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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHEALTHminutes09032009 BOARD OF HEALTH MINUTES SEPTEMBER 3, 2009 Present: Dr. Ray Martin, Chairman, Catherine Memory, Clerk, Nancy Wall, and Michael Healey. Also present: Scott Leite, Health Agent. 1. Call to Order @ 7:00 pm 2nd Floor Meeting Room 2A/B. 2. Consent Agenda a. Approval of Minutes of June 11,2009. b. Approval of a Permit to Operate a Food Establishment ARB Enterprises, Inc. dba Casey O'Conor's Chipotle Mexican Grill # 1113 Faith Fellowship United Methodist Church Family Food Mart First Baptist Church Friendly's Ice Cream, Corp. Icy Bean Coffee House Jimmy's Pub and Restaurant Mansfield Lodge of Elks #2633 Spoodles Soup Factory Trattioria La Cucini Della Nonna c. Approval of Permit to Operate a Retail Establishment CVS Pharmacy # 1866 Pauline F. Bellavance d. Approval of Permit for the Sale of Tobacco Products CVS Pharmacy #1866 Family Food Mart e. Approval of License to Sell Milk & Cream ARB Enterprises, Inc. dba Casey O'Conor's Champagne Catering CVS Pharmacy # 1866 Faith Fellowship United Methodist Church Family Food Mart First Baptist Church Friendly's Ice Cream, Corp. Gerry's Catering Icy Bean Coffee House Jimmy's Pub and Restaurant Mansfield Lodge of Elks #2633 Spoodles Soup Factory Trattioria La Cucini Della Nonna f. Approval of Permit to Operate a Temporary Mobile Food Establishment Grampy's Popcorn Wagon Jennerational Salon - Family Fun Nite Mansfield Band Parents Association, Inc. Mansfield Boys Varsity Soccer Team - Family Fun Nite Mansfield High School Cheerleading - Family Fun Nite Mansfield Shelter Friends, Inc. Mansfield Youth Soccer - Family Fun Nite North Easton Savings Bank - Family Fun Nite St. Mary's Catholic School- Family Fun Nite St. Mary's Cub Scout Pack 7 - Family Fun Nite g. Approval of Caterer's License Champagne Catering h. Approval of a Disposal Works Installer's Permit . Christian & F eck Pisano General Contracting Corp. William Moreshead, Jr. Excavating Co. 1. Approval of a Septage Pumping and Transporting Permit A. Viera Disposal & Sanitation, Inc. J. Approval of License to Operate a Recreational Camp Hornet Soccer Camp Mansfield Arts & Education Center RBI Baseball Camp Rising Star Basketball School k. Approval of Permit to Operate a Mobile Food Establishment Attleboro Del's and Ice Cream Gerry's Catering Mansfield Lodge of Elks #2633 Mobile Hot Dog Cart @ The Mansfield Airport 1. Approval of Permit to Operate a Residential Kitchen Pauline F. Bellavance m. Approval ofa Practitioner's Permit for Offering Tattoo Kerwin Chong - Tattooing Samantha Gromczyski - Tattooing MOTION: To approve Consent Agenda Memory/Wall Passed 3-0 Michael Healey abstained. 7: 15 pm - Discussion: Ken Wagner - Mr. Wagner did not acknowledged the letter sent to him about the hearing; hearing was not opened. 3. Communications Nursing Reports for May, June and July. 4. Health Agent's Report a. Food Establishment Licenses for National Corporations: National Corporations needing to be permitted by the Town of Mansfield want the applications and permits sent to corporate headquarters. Scott would like the forms and the permits sent directly to the local establishments MOTION: All licenses will be mailed directly to the local establishments rather than the corporate offices. Healey/Memory Discussion: Dr. Ray Martin: due to economic cut backs in hours and man power at the town level, sending the paperwork to the corporate offices is requiring the town to expend more man hours to the benefit of the permit holder. Michael Healey: local management might not be aware of when the permit expires - by sending directly to the representative, they are aware of the permitting process. Catherine Memory: Catherine strongly supports sending the forms and permit locally, placing the responsibility directly on the local management. Motion passed 4-0. b. Mercury Recovery Program: Residents received information in their electric bill this summer regarding the proper disposal of mercury products. Mansfield was reimbursed $500.00 by Wheelabrator. c. The Emergency Preparedness Coalition will have a call down drill for the emergency dispensing site. Scott asked the board if they wanted to be contacted at home or work and asked how soon they could respond. About 25 to 30 calls would be made. d. Flu Clinics including HI NI: Information from a teleconference dated August 18,2009. State has received $2.4 million for medications, vaccinations and personal protective equipment such as masks. The seasonal flu vaccine should arrive mid to late October. The state has purchased 10% more vaccine this year; efforts to administer the seasonal vaccine will be intensified to vaccinate as many people as possible prior to the HI N 1 vaccine being administered, in case the seasonal vaccine might serve as a buffer to the HINI flu. The state hopes to have HINI vaccine by October, but realistically, probably won't arrive until late November, early December. The administration of the HINI vaccine will be regulated federally. Priority groups will be pregnant women, home health contacts/caregivers of infants younger than 6 months old, health care providers and emergency medical services, persons 6 months to 24 years old (the portion of the population most effected by HINI) and high risk persons 25-64 years old. When priority groups are done, when more vaccine becomes available, the vaccine will be offered to not-at-risk people. The coalition will receive Public Health Emergency Response money. The Bristol coalition will receive $300,000; money will be used for staffing the extra clinics needed and the disposal of medical waste. The vaccine will come with syringes, wipes and sharps containers. Scott would prefer the money come directly to the towns involved to pay for the expenses. He thinks each town would get approximately $12,000. Another way to disperse the money would be for the coalition to pay all the bills for the towns and the host agent would get approximately 15% of the $300,000 for this service. All communications from Scott will be web based. DPH will be responsible for hiring a clinician specifically to educate the public about HI N 1. The board was shown a draft of a letter to be sent to the Board of Selectmen outlining ways to prevent the spread of the flu and to encourage people to stay home while sick. MOTION: To send a letter to the Board of Selectmen to adopt these policies for the town. Healey/Wall Passed 4-0 5. Old Business Mosquito season: Mild mosquito season; not a lot of West Nile Virus or EEE. Scott told the board there have been moderate warnings in the Easton, Bridgewater and Raynham area for encephalitis (EEE). Testing for West Nile Virus was not done this year. 6. Adjournment MOTION: To Adjourn at 7:25 HealeylWall Passed 4-0 Respectfully submitted, Jane Doucette ETING WILL BE OCTOBER 8, 2009 All matters listed under Consent Agenda considered to be routine by the Board of Health and will be enacted by one motion. There will not be separate discussion of these items. If discussion is desired, that item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and will be considered separately.