East Longmeadow health staff outlines four-town shared-services plan, hiring timeline

Tammy, the town's public health nurse, told the board the four towns involved are moving toward signing an intermunicipal agreement (IMA) that would create a governing board for a new regional arrangement called the Common Ground Health Collaborative.

Tammy said the IMA would let the towns hire a shared-service coordinator to coordinate programming across communities and a regional health inspector; the target for posting those positions is mid-October. She noted two work tracks: establishing SOPs and hiring protocols and completing a five-year strategic plan driven by surveys, focus groups and a contractor-provided environmental scan report from BME.

The board asked no substantive questions; Tammy said more information will be shared as the IMA is finalized and contracts with the contractor BME conclude in October.