HADLEY — Town officials are seeking applications from residents interested in serving on the three-member Board of Health after a vacancy was created following the death of longtime member Greg Mish last month.
The health board’s mission is to promote and protect public health, and it accomplishes these goals through routine inspections, investigating complaints, plan reviews and education.
The Board of Health is also responsible for interpreting and enforcing the provisions of the state’s public health and sanitary codes, along with state and local environmental codes. The panel meets on Thursdays at 7 p.m. at the Senior Center, 46 Middle St.
This position is a joint appointment between the remaining elected members, Dr. Susan Mosler and Margaret Mastrangelo, and the five members of the Select Board. The resident selected will serve through next spring’s town election.
Those interested should send a letter of interest to Jennifer Sanders James at info@hadleyma.org before July 20.
Mish, who was reelected to the board in May to the position he had held since first being elected in 1992, died after a battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.
