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Farmington residents will vote on changes to the town sign ordinance and on a proposal to raise $40,000 for the first of five payments on a front-end loader.
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"We have to rethink the way we address Ebola infection control. Even a single infection is unacceptable," Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told reporters, according to . "The care of Ebola is hard. We're working to make it safer and easier."<br>
  
Town Manager Richard Davis said the town sign amendments currently prohibit political signs at three traffic islands, and the amendment would prohibit all signs on those islands.  
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Health authorities are still investigating how nurse Nina Pham, 26, became infected while caring for Liberian Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan in the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital isolation ward, said Frieden.<br>
  
The islands are at the intersection of Farmington Falls Road and Main Street, the intersection of High Street and Farmington Falls Road and the intersection of Bridge Street and U.S. Route 2.
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While the Dallas nurse is "clinically stable" according to Frieden, as many as 70 other hospital workers may have also come into close contact with Duncan while treating him. All were wearing the same protective gear, and are now being closely monitored by the CDC for symptoms of the virus.<br>
  
The other proposed change to the ordinance would allow advertising banners to be displayed for under 30 days after getting approval from the code enforcement officer.
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"We need to consider the possibility that there could be additional cases, particularly among the health care workers who cared for" Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan, he said, adding: "We're concerned that there could be other infections in the coming days."<br>
  
The second topic of the special town meeting will be a request for $40,000 for the first of five payments on a new front-end loader.
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Pham received a transfusion of plasma from Kent Brantly on Monday, the Texas physician who survived the virus, reported the .<br>
  
The Public Works Department asked selectmen to pursue acquiring a new front loader after the transmission failed on its 25-year-old loader.
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Frieden said he will be implementing an "immediate set of steps" to ensure staff caring for Pham remain safe.<br>
  
The money for the first payment will come from the unassigned fund.
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Some changes in procedures have already been put into effect, said Friedan, such as having staff monitor those putting on and taking off protective gear, and retraining staff on how to do so properly.<br>
  
The regular Board of Selectmen s meeting will follow the special town meeting. Agenda items include:
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Other steps are being considered, including improved protective clothing, and implementing the use of a disinfectant spray.<br>
  
鈥?hearing a brief presentation from Dwight Hines on matters of economic development and transparency;
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Friedan also apologized for his initial remarks on Sunday, when he suggested that Pham was responsible for a "protocol breach" resulting in her exposure to the virus.<br>
  
鈥?awarding the bid for crack sealing;
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鈥?awarding the bid for a front-end loader;
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鈥?hearing an update on fire service grants and a possible sharing of the Farmington Falls Station with Chesterville;
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鈥?appointing the downtown tax increment financing advisory committee;
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鈥?amending the town of Farmington park rules to include Bjorn Park;
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鈥?adopting an updated computer, network and email usage policy;
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鈥?determining the meeting schedule for November 2014;
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鈥?holding an executive session pursuant to 1 M.R.S. 搂 405.6.A to discuss the selection of a contract assessing service and to discuss the manager s annual performance evaluation.
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The special town meeting will be held 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the downstairs meeting room of the Community Center on Middle Street.
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Revision as of 23:28, 31 October 2014

@@@ "We have to rethink the way we address Ebola infection control. Even a single infection is unacceptable," Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told reporters, according to . "The care of Ebola is hard. We're working to make it safer and easier."

Health authorities are still investigating how nurse Nina Pham, 26, became infected while caring for Liberian Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan in the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital isolation ward, said Frieden.

While the Dallas nurse is "clinically stable" according to Frieden, as many as 70 other hospital workers may have also come into close contact with Duncan while treating him. All were wearing the same protective gear, and are now being closely monitored by the CDC for symptoms of the virus.

"We need to consider the possibility that there could be additional cases, particularly among the health care workers who cared for" Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan, he said, adding: "We're concerned that there could be other infections in the coming days."

Pham received a transfusion of plasma from Kent Brantly on Monday, the Texas physician who survived the virus, reported the .

Frieden said he will be implementing an "immediate set of steps" to ensure staff caring for Pham remain safe.

Some changes in procedures have already been put into effect, said Friedan, such as having staff monitor those putting on and taking off protective gear, and retraining staff on how to do so properly.

Other steps are being considered, including improved protective clothing, and implementing the use of a disinfectant spray.

Friedan also apologized for his initial remarks on Sunday, when he suggested that Pham was responsible for a "protocol breach" resulting in her exposure to the virus.

"I'm sorry if that was the impression given. That was certainly not my intention," he said.

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