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Board of Health – Mar 25, 2026

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The Board of Health heard an appeal from Sunnyhurst, 19 Lebanon Street, over a $1,000.00 ticket for a December 22, 2025 sale of tobacco to a minor. The Board voted 2-0 to hold the violation as is, voted 2-0 to remove the suspension of sales, and voted 2-0 to modify the payment due date to June 25, 2026. The meeting also covered the Director's Report, tobacco compliance checks, TB case counts, food and rental inspections, and Language Access Coordinator activities, and set the next meeting for April 15, 2026.

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CITY OF MALDEN

Health and Human Services/Board of Health

215 Pleasant St., 3rd Floor Malden, Ma 02148 781-397-7000 Laura Vlasuk, Director

Malden Board of Health Meeting

Minutes

March 25, 2026 6:30pm Rm 108, Malden City Hall

Board & Staff Present Dr. Scune Carrington, Board Chair Mr. John Colangeli

Board Member Laura Vlasuk, Director of Health and Human Services

  • Meeting called to order by Dr. Scune Carrington at 6:33 pm.
  • Approval of Minutes of the February 25, 2026, meeting. Motion to approve minutes made by Mr. John Colangeli, seconded by Dr. Scune Carrington. Motion passes 2-0.
  • Sunnyhurst - 19 Lebanon Street, Malden appeal of a $1,000.00 ticket resulting from December 22, 2025, sale to a minor.
  • Maureen Buzby Regional Tobacco Prevention Program explained what transpired during the inspection that resulted in the sale to a minor
  • Arian Liton, manager of Sunnyhurst -19 Lebanon Street, spoke regarding that at the time of the inspection, the manager was in the restroom and the individual that sold to a minor was not trained to sell alone.
  • Dr. Scune Carrington inquired on the history of Sunnyhurst prior violation.
  • Maureen Buzy explained that in the last three years there have been no violations.
  • John Colangeli motioned to hold violation as is, seconded by Dr. Scune Carrington. Motion passed 2-0.
  • John Colangeli motioned to remove suspension of sales, seconded by Dr. Scune Carrington. Motion passed 2-0.

  • John Colangeli motioned to modify the pay by date to June 25, 2026, seconded by Dr. Scune Carrington. Motion passed 2-0.

  • Board acknowledged receipt of the draft Open Space and Recreation Plan (OSRP)

  • Director's Report
  • We have offered the position of Public Health Nurse to Tai Nguyen he will be starting March 30 and will be appointed at the next Board meeting
  • Health and Human Services completed a Region 3 Drill
  • The Senior Center conducted 16 free tax appointments in the month of February
  • Health and Human Services will be hosting a Blood Drive at the Malden Senior Center on
    • Monday April 13th 9 am - 2 pm
    • Monday August 17th 9 am - 2 pm
  • During routine compliance checks conducted on December 22, 2025, All Malden tobacco locations were inspected in February the following locations paid their fine.
  • Big Mike's, 180 Salem St. sold Zyn Chill 6mg to a minor 2 for $19.10 resulting in a $2,000 violation – This location previously sold a flavored product to an adult buyer on 2/4/2025. Violation payment made
  • Number of Active TB (Tuberculosis) 9 cases (2 nonpulmonary - 7 pulmonary)
  • Total number of Male 5
  • Total number of Female: 4
    • Ages 1-10 = 0
    • Ages 11-20 = 0
    • Ages 21-30 = 26 male
    • Ages 31-40 = 32F, 40F
    • Ages 41-50 = 46F
    • Ages 51-60 = 51M
    • Ages 60+ = 71F, 72M, 73M, 77M, 80M
  • No Travel Information available for last 30 days
  • 13 Food Establishment inspections
  • 11 Food Services Inspections
  • 2 Retail Food Inspections
  • 63 Rental Units
  • 5 Complaints
  • 2 individuals were transported to a rehabilitation center in February.

  • Teen Enrichment Center provided a 3 Day February Snowshoeing trip to Cardigan Lodge 19 participants enjoyed various activities. From snowshoeing, campfires, horror movies and cooking meals. This was a very well received bonding event enjoyed by all.

  • Language Access Coordinator

  • Connecting Community members with English Classes & community resources
  • Guest speaker at Medford City Hall for the Multilingual Liaisons Program
  • Participated in 2 city-wide events with Malden Reads and The Great Malden Outdoors. Promoted Language Access, Language Ambassadors and Malden Connect programs
  • Attended Language access in tech: multilingual digital services national webinar
  • Organized Civic engagement activities for the community:
  • Language access support was utilized 43 times including walk-ins and language line
  • In-Person
  • Spanish 7
  • Portuguese 6
  • Haitian Creole 4
  • Phone Line
  • Haitian Creole 4
  • Mandarin 2
  • Portuguese 7
  • Spanish 7

  • Operator 6

  • The date for next Meeting set for April 15, 2026, at 6:30 pm.

  • The Motion to adjourn is made at 7:23 pm by Mr. John Colangeli seconded by Dr. Scune Carrington. Motion passes 2 - 0.

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