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Home My WebLink AboutBOH Minutes 9/5/1996BOARD OF HEALTH MINUTES / SEPTEMBER 5, 1996 Members Present: Chairman Ray Martin, Clerk Gary Forget, Joe Kowalczyk and Jim Leonard Also Present: Scott Leite, Health Agent 1. Call To Order at 7:30PM by Chairman Martin in the Town Hall. 2. Consent Agenda a. Approval of Minutes, August 15, 1996 b. Approval of Disposal Works Installers Permit: David Cannata, N. Attleboro MOTION: To approve the Consent Agenda as submitted. Forget/Leonard. All in favor. VOTED 3. Communications REGULAR CORRESPONDENCE: 1. Letter of resignation from Peter Fontanini, August 19, 1996. Board will send thank you for his fifteen years of service and pass this letter onto the Town Clerk's office and Selectmen. 2. Copy letter from Town Manager to Mary Capone, Aug. 16, 1996, re: Fluoridation 3. Letter Lincoln Environmental, Aug. 6, 1996, re: Phase I Limited Site Investigation, Shell Station, 4 South Main St. Agent requested copy of report. 4. DEP letter to John L. Clemmey, Inc., Aug. 29, 1996, re: Release of oil and hazardous material at I Foundry St. This business was abandoned abruptly. On site were cylinders, barrels, fuel and 2 -3000 gal product tanks. All witnessed by DEP. Second inspection revealed all these items gone. DEP wants to /mow where the material is and how they were disposed of. 5. Fluor Daniel GTI, Aug. 29, 1996, NPDES Permit exclusion monthly discharge monitoring report, July 1996, former Gorham Silver, 340 S. Main St. Terms are being met. 6. August 1996 NEMS Monthly Report 7. Great Woods Sound Reports, July 29 to August 25, 1996, 8. Copy letter to Gail Farrugia, COA Director, Aug. 27, 1996, Flu Clinics 9. Copy memo to Town Mgr. from Health Agent, Sept. 4, 1996, re: Return of Health Dept. Town Vehicle 4. Visitors Agent reported that housing hearing for Carmine Lorusso, 46 Cottage St. has been postponed to October 3rd. According to State law, all occupants in building must be notified of hearing Page 2, BOH Minutes, September 5, 1996 and it must be done by the Health Dept. That did not occur; therefore, hearing must be postponed. 5. Health Agent's Report a. Health Agent's Vacation: September 19th week. Meeting will still be held. b. Fall Household Hazardous Waste: Quotes have not yet come in. Will be one of these Saturdays, Oct. 26th, Nov. 2 or 9th. c. Schedule for Review of BOH Reg: Agent will develop schedule and make recommended changes. Each member has a book of regs. d. Oct. 3rd Workshop on Housing: Agent will begin BOH workshops. He will also attend a seminar on Housing Enforcement on Oct. 2, 9 and 22. e. Stump Dump at Plymouth St. Recreation Fields: Have had no correspondence from DPW. Will send enforcement order to have one dump site removed this Fall, one next Spring and one next Fall. ( f. Road Salt Study/Policy: Sodium levels in wells are slowly creeping up. Selectmen want State to declare a "no salt area" on certain portions of Rt. 95. John Buckley is developing a water conservation plan to be accepted as a policy by Water Commissioners. 6. Old Business a. Compo, Branch St.: Member Kowalczyk contacted DEP, Bureau of Waste Site Cleanup, Mr. Jablowski, to ask for an update of the Compo cleanup. As we know, the blowers have been shut off. Since no notification was given, theoretically it puts this cleanup in noncompliance. Phase II long -term plan must be approved. Member Kowalczyk would like Health Agent to follow up. Mr. Jablowski, licenses site professional, said report is due, but has not yet been received. Agent will make on -site visit. b. NEMS Update: Chairman Martin reviewed the Tobacco Control Grant and came to the conclusion that Mansfield, as the lead community, should be taking a more supervisory lead over the TC staff and the day -to -day operation. NEMS board has no power whatsoever, and the Mansfield BOH should be meeting with the program director monthly. A meeting with the Mansfield Town Mgr., State tobacco person, Sarah Sabourin and Mansfield BOH was to be held to determine the scope of the grant and Mansfield's role. However, through discussion, Board members felt this meeting was not necessary and that the grant specifically states Mansfield's role. A letter will be sent to Ms. Sabourin canceling the meeting. Page 3, BOH Minutes, Sept. 5, 1996 Since Charlotte Scozzafava, Director TC, is a patient of Dr. Martin's, he will abstain from all votes and decisions. Board expressed the following concerns: personnel issues, compliance check procedures, budget justification, have goals and objectives of the grant been met, transitional plan for when grant funding ends should be developed, program assessment should occur, three other towns must be notified that Mansfield will now take a leadership role as addressed in the grant. MOTION: To direct Health Agent to oversee the day -to -day operation and provide guidance and supervision to the HEMS Program Director for the next 45 days, and to ask Program Director to report to the BOH on the 45th day with a plan that this effective to the BOH concerns. Leonard/Forget. 3 -0 -1 Martin abstained. VOTED c. Community Septic Management Program: Agent recommends responding to this program and saying that Mansfield is interested. $20,000 could be awarded to the BOH to develop a plan. Something creative should be looked at. For example, overlays and layers of maps showing soil types and groundwater levels and Zone II's. A salt and road study could be considered. d. TAG Grant: We should be notified sometime in the Fall. e. Water Issues: Member Kowalczyk referred to the discussion with John Buckley, Ass't DPW Director and his report on water management for the town. The board should maintain a proactive approach to water quality as it pertains to public health. As Water Commissions, Selectmen are focusing on all water issues. f. Goals: Chair suggested Board measure BOH goals and evaluate their status. 7. New Business a. Kennel Barking: Member Leonard received a call from a neighbor of Alladin Kennels, West St. with continued concern over barking dogs. Residents in this area will attempt to deal with the nuisance of barking through the Kennel's permitting process with the Board of Selectmen. Agent feels that this a civil suit between residents and kennel. Page 4, BOH Minutes, September 5, 1996 If 8. Adjournment MOTION: To adjourn at 9:20 PM. Leonard/Forget . All in favor. VOTED Respectfully submitted, Dianne Royle Recording Secretary NEXT MEETING: September 19, 1996 @ 7:30 PM Health Agent will be on Vacation. Date 1