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Home My WebLink AboutBOH Minutes 11/7/1996l'f ti BOARD OF HEALTH MINUTES NOVEMBER 7, 1996 96 1'01127 Pi; 4: 47 G Members Present: Chairman Ray Martin, Clerk Gary Forget, Jim Lc &h dS � t;H_1SE (TS and Joe Kowalczyk 1. Call To Order at 7:40PM by Chairman Martin in the Town Hall. 2. Consent Agenda a. Approval of Minutes, October 17, 1996 b. Approval of Disposal Works Installers Permit: J. W. Dubis & Sons, Inc., Chatham MOTION: To approve the Consent Agenda as submitted. Forget/Kowalczyk. All in favor. VOTED 3. Communications REGULAR CORRESPONDENCE: 1. ENSR, October 11, 1996, Notice of MA DEP Tier II Classification, former Ispo facility, Branch St., ad in newspaper notifying public that Ispo has been classified as Tier II site. 2. Memo to Dr. Martin, Chairman from Chair Board of Selectmen, Oct. 17, 1996, re: Water Workshop on Oct. 30th. (Ray, Jim and Gaty attended) 3. Memo to Dan Clifford, DPW Director from Health Agent, Oct. 30th, Compliance with stump dump at Plymouth St. Recreation Area. 4. Woodward -Clyde letter to Health Agent, Oct. 21, 1996, re: Notice of Availability of RAO Statement, 33 Suffolk Road 5. Letter from Sharon Board of Health, Oct. 22, 1996, re: Vote that Sharon will remain in NEMS Tobacco Control Program. 6. Copy letter from DEP, Boston, Oct. 31, 1996, informing Health Agent that TAG grant was not awarded to Mansfield BOH. List of towns that submitted a proposal and designation of those that were awarded a grant. 7. Copy of Services and Facilities draft of Master Plan from Director of Planning and Development. Chairman Martin announced that the Norton Board of Health reconsidered their vote to remain in the Sharon and Mansfield Tobacco Control Program. They also agreed to meet with the tobacco group the second Thursday of each month. Chairman Martin, Member Leonard, Health Agent attended the Norton BOH meeting. Chairman and Member Leonard attended the Easton BOH meeting about three weeks ago, and Easton retains their position and will remain out of the group. Sarah Sabourin, Mass. Tobacco Control, also met with Easton and she received the same response. Ms. Sabourin will review the NEMS budget and remove Easton's share. Interviews for a new program coordinator will now continue. Page 2, BOH Minutes, November 7, 1996 4. Visitors At 8:OOPM, Elaine LaRoche, Program Director for N. Attleboro, Seekonk and Wrentham met with the Board and offered her services to train the new program coordinator. North Attleboro also invited Mansfield to join their coalition. However, now that Norton has agreed to remain, Sharon, Mansfield and Norton will continue in the coalition. Ms. LaRoche informed the Board that Mansfield will participate in the Great American SmokeOut (Gretchen Elliott, Health Educator NEMS, is prepared) and reminded the Board that monthly and quarterly reports are due to the State Tobacco Control this month. Also, she developed a permit for sale of tobacco products and has collected $14,600 in fines and fees. She meet with her three Boards of Health monthly and visits nearly 450 businesses in three towns on a regular basis. N. Attleboro's fee for tobacco permit is $25.00. Wrentham and Seekonk do not charge. It is advantageous when each community receives the same service and programming and that the lines of communication are open between the town and the program director. Member Leonard asked for copies of the sale of tobacco permits from area towns that have one. Subcommittee for reviewing applications for program coordinator will meet next week and final interviews may be on November 21 with reps from Sharon and Norton. 5. Health Agent's Report a. BOH Budget Proposal: Agent presented the FY98 budget proposed for the BOH. Salaries have no increases at this time since the union contracts are up for renewal. Agent is asking for a two -hour increase per week (total 25 hours) for the administrative secretary. Agent explained each category. Use of handheld phone and internet will fall under Operating Expenses and Motor Vehicle Parts and Fuel will remain in budget in anticipation that Health Agent is returned his vehicle. There are no changes proposed in the expense portion. Total expense budget proposed: $24,017. Personnel budget without pay raises, $61,713. MOTION: To approve proposed FY98 budget. Forget/Kowalczyk. All in favor. VOTED b. TAG Grant: To the dismay of the Board, Mansfield was not awarded the Technical Assistance Grant for their "Web Page" Proposal. Member Kowalczyk and Agent will call the State and ask for an appeal hearing. Member K feels that the proposal was misunderstood and that an appeal is worthwhile. c. Plymouth St. Recreation Area: Agent met with Mike Ahern, DPW, to discuss ( the stump dump. Dan Clifford, DPW Director, has decided to file an application with DEP to Page 3, BOH Minutes, November 7, 1996 regulate these stump dumps. Agent gave Mr. Ahern a copy of the regulation and application from DEP. Member Kowalczyk commented that this application is very involved and may not qualify for a stump dump that is existing, that is, to apply after the fact. It is the law to prohibit or regulate stump dumps. d. Wheaton College Project with Housing: Agent developed an outline on housing issues for Dr. Hyun Sook Kim at Wheaton College, Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology. They were decreases in affordable housing, inequality of housing, changes in standards, interviews with clients, housing code, site considerations. e. Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day: Good news is that a lot of people came to dispose of their HHW; bad news, we ran out of money at about 11:15 AM and had to turn people away. Spent about $8,000, have about $15,000 remaining. In the Spring, should consider an all -day collection since set up fee is $750. Member Kowalczyk suggested a educational flyer to residents asking to buy less, use less, if possible, and more about the collections as to how to safely dispose of latex paint and small amount of oil base paint. The Mansfield Green Park can take certain items also. This mailing can occur through electric bills. ( 6. Old Business a. Compo: Member Kowalczyk reported that a meeting should occurred at the site with the licensed site professional (LSP) and DEP. Long -term plan should be available from the LSP and/or DEP. No response from Gerard Martin, DEP, yet re: invitation to attend BOH meeting to discuss Compo. Agent will contact Mr. Martin. b. Water Workshop: Members Martin, Leonard and Forget attended. Fluoride will be implemented late Spring. Regarding quality: corrosion control will continue and a new well field is underway. 7. New Business a. Hazardous Waste Sites around Town: Member Kowalczyk asked about Hatlieway & Patterson. It was a superfund site. EPA conducted phase I and DEP will conduct phase II remediation. Clemmey Tank hazardous waste has just been discovered. Maybe the bank is involved at this time. These two sites are adjacent to each other. Page 4, BOH Minutes, November 7, 1996 8. Adjournment MOTION: To adjourn at 9:10 PM. Leonard/Forget . All in favor. VOTED Respectfully submitted, Dianne Royle Recording Secretary NEXT MEETING: November 21, 1996 Interviews: 6:30 PM, 7:00 PM and 7:30 PM for Tobacco Control Coordinator Regular meeting will follow. Clerk # Date