Brookfield Board of Health elects new chair, sets agenda for policy overhaul

Other Committee · Meeting of May 27, 2026

Brookfield's Board of Health reorganized Wednesday, electing newly elected member Jake Hill as chair and Kim Simmons as vice chair in back-to-back unanimous votes. The 32-minute May 27 meeting also covered the Leicester Regional Public Health Coalition's April 2026 report, which logged permits for Brooks Baked Goodies, Brookfield Orchards, Post Road Trading, and Brookfield Congregational Church, along with one confirmed norovirus case, five influenza cases, and one novel coronavirus case. Hill said he plans to draft two new internal policies, one governing board office access and a visitor log and another standardizing inter-departmental communications, both for review at the next meeting.

The board deferred approval of March and April meeting minutes, tabled discussions on Seven Mile River dumping and beaver permit protocols pending an absent member's return, and flagged that the coalition's three-year contract comes up for renewal next year, a timeline Hill tied directly to unresolved complaints about inspection conduct from local businesses including Dollar General and White's Landing.

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Source: the Other Committee meeting of May 27, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.