CITY OF WORCESTER | Public Health and Human Services Committee Meeting | Wednesday, February 27, 2008 | Council Chamber | Convened: 4:32 P.M. | Adjourned: 6:02 p.m. |
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Mayor
Konstantina B. Lukes | 
www.ci.worcester.ma.us |
Clerk of the City Council
David J. Rushford | Committee Members | | Chairperson Gary Rosen | | Councilor Barbara G Haller | | Councilor Frederick C Rushton |
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City Hall - 455 Main Street Worcester, Massachusetts | |
| Present Were: | Chairperson Councilor Gary Rosen
Councilor Barbara G Haller
| | | | | Also: | Commissioner of Public Health Dr. Leonard J. Morse
Acting Commissioner of HHS James Gardiner
Director of Office of Disabilities Lawrence M. Raymond
Acting Director of Public Health Derek S. Brindisi @ 4:40 p.m.
Director of Office of Human Rights Frances R. Manocchio @ 4.42 p.m.
City Clerk David J. Rushford, clerk | | | |
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| | | 1a. | Communication of the City Manager relative to the ADA Transition Plan Update for the City of Worcester.
# 14A CM September 28, 2004
In Committee January 10, 2005 - Held
In Committee May 16, 2005 - Held
In Committee September 25, 2006 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold after Discussion | |
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| | | 1b. | Communication of the City Manager relative to employment practices.
# 63 CC October 5, 2004
In Committee November 29, 2004 - Held
In Committee May 16, 2005 - Held
In Committee September 25, 2006 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
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| | | 1c. | Communication of the City Manager relative to City Manager's Appointments, City Charter Implications - Affirmative Action Plan.
# 15A CM October 26, 2004
In Committee November 29, 2004 - Held
In Committee May 16, 2005 - Held
In Committee September 25, 2006 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
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| | | 1d. | Communication of the City Manager relative to the minority statistics for the City of Worcester.
# 14A CM May 3, 2005
In Committee May 16, 2005 - Held
In Committee September 25, 2006 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
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| | | 1e. | Communication of the City Manager relative to the translation services that are available at the Worcester Police Department and the Communication Department.
# 19B CM May 31, 2005
In Committee September 25, 2006 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | | | | | | | | Chairman's Orders | | | | Request City Manager provide City Council with a report detailing the translation services that are available throughout all city departments. | |
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| | | 1f. | Communication of the City Manager relative to the City Manager's Community Task Force on Bias and Hate Crimes - No Place for Hate Campaign.
# 6A CM June 14, 2005
In Committee September 25, 2006 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | |
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| | | 1g. | Communication of the City Manager relative to the City of Worcester's Affirmative Action Plan dated September 26, 1983.
# 14A CM June 14, 2005
In Committee September 25, 2006 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
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| | | 1h. | Order of Mayor Konstantina B. Lukes - Request Ethnic & Minority Affairs develop a City policy on racial profiling.
# 82 CC September 7, 2004
In Committee November 29, 2004 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | | | | | | | | Chairman's Orders | | | | Request City Manager provide City Council with an update relative to Worcester's Affirmative Action Plan. | | | | Request City Manager provide City Council with an update concerning the Bias and Hate Crimes Task Force including activities and membership. | |
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| | | 2a. | Communication of the City Manager transmitting informational communication relative to the efforts that are being made to test the air quality across the City.
# 9.24A CM October 30, 2007 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | | | | | | | | Chairman's Orders | | | | Request City Manager provide City Council with an air quality report, at least once, yearly. | | | | Request City Manager provide City Council with copies of the Breathe Easy Report as prepared by the City of Boston's Department of Public Health. | |
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| | | 2b. | Communication of the City Manager transmitting informational communication relative to Permitting, Inspection, and Monitoring of Commercial Trash Containers.
# 37B CM September 26, 2006 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold after Discussion | |
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| | | 2c. | Communication of the City Manager transmitting informational communication relative to Methacillan Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) in our Community.
# 8.24A CM November 20, 2007 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | | | | | | | | Chairman's Orders | | | | Request City Manager request the Commissioner of Public Health interact with the Director of Health and Physical Education of the Worcester Public Schools to determine if MRSA Education may be integrated into the health education program of our public school system. | |
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| | | 2d. | Resolution of Councilor Frederick C. Rushton, Councilor Dennis L. Irish, Councilor Barbara G. Haller and Councilor Kathleen M. Toomey - That the Worcester City Council go on record in support of House Bill 2168 to Promote Proper School Nutrition.
# 14b CC March 27, 2007 - Resolution Adopted
In Committee January 24, 2008 - Held
| Attachments | | | In Committee for informational purposes only | | |
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| | | 2e. | Petition of Wyatt Wade et al request all action be taken to immediately close the operation of the People in Peril Shelter, 701 Main St.
# 7 CC October 14, 2003
In Committee January 13, 2004 - Held
In Committee October 25, 2004 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | | | | | | | | Chairman's Orders | | | | Request City Manager request the Commissioner of Public Health update City Council quarterly concerning progress in the closing of the PIP Center at 701 Main Street. | | | | Request City Manager provide City Council with a copy of his Task Force Three-Point Plan to End Homelessness for referral to the City Council's Standing Committee on Public Health and Human Services. | |
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| | | 2f. | Order of Councilor Gary Rosen and Councilor Barbara G. Haller - Request the Standing Committee on Health conduct a hearing in the near future to discuss the Hector E. Reyes House, a culturally sensitive Latino treatment residence, which has been proposed by a community task force seeking creative solutions to stop the increasing level of violence among young Latino males. Further, request City Manager distribute a copy of this report to all the members of the City Council.
# 25 CC May 9, 2006
In Committee August 2, 2006 - Held
In Committee August 16, 2006 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold
Speaker: Jo Hart, Worcester | | | | | | | | Chairman's Orders | | | | Request City Manager provide the City Council with copies of the minutes of the January 23, 2008 meeting of the City's Board of Health for referral to the City Council's Standing Committee on Public Health and Human Services.
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