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Home My WebLink AboutBOH Minutes 7/18/1996i BOARD OF HEALTH MINUTES f JULY 18, 1996 ., -, 23 22 a Members Present: Chairman Ray Martin, Clerk Gary Forget, Joe Kowalczyk -and Jim; I IS Leonard Also Present: Scott Leite, Health Agent 1. Call To Order at 7:36PM by Chairman Martin in the Town Hall. 2. Consent Agenda a. Approval of Minutes, June 13, 1996 b. Approval of Food Service Permits: Stylianos Kachiouteas @ Datel Wendy's Old Fashion Hamburgers of N.Y. Mansfield Parks & Recreation Summer Camp, July I -Aug. 23, 1996 Recind Approval of Motorola M7 (Withdrawn) Deli King, Inc., d/b /a LaCroix Food Service Ltd.(Withdrawn) c. Recind Approval of Retail Food Permit for Villa Liquors d. Approval of Catering Permits: Heavenly Caterers (Previously signed) e. Approval of Snack Permits: Villa Liquors f. Approval of Mobile Food Permit: Gerry's Catering (Previously signed) g. Approval of Disposal Works Installers Permits: Michael Moreshead, Foxboro C &S Excavating, Taunton Bristol County Backhoe, Acushnet Expressway Sewer Construction, Inc., Kingston Andy Dolan, Mansfield Michael A. Fernandez, Mansfield h. Approval of Septic Pumping Transporting Permit: All Seasons Septic Service MOTION: To approve the Consent Agenda as submitted. Forget/Leonard. All in favor. VOTED 3. Communications ACTION ITEMS: 1. Community Health & Home Services, Inc. Contract July 1, `96 to June 30, `97, $18,000. MOTION: To approve and sign contract. Leonard/Kowalczyk. All in favor. VOTED Page 2, BOH Minutes, July 18,1996 2. Invoice Mass. Assoc. Health Boards Membership, July 1, `96 -June 30, `97, $50.00 MOTION: To renew MAHB membership at $50.00. Kowalczyk/Leonard. 3 -0 -1 Martin opposed. 3. Letter from Carmine Lorusso, Jr., June 13, 1996, re: Request for hearing for housing complaint, June 26, 1996, 46 Cottage St. Agent gave brief summary and Board agreed to hearing date of September 5, 1996. REGULAR CORRESPONDENCE: 1. Memo to Health Agent from DPW Director, June 17, 1996, re: No funds for stump dump removal at Plymouth St. Rec. Area. Article for $30,000 will be submitted at Special Town Meeting in September. DPW Director, Darr Clifford will be invited to discuss steps for a solution to this issue. This removal project maybe able to be accomplished over a period of time. 2. Thank you letters to Chris Gill and John Hobill, DEP. 3. Three "congratulation" letters to local businesses for successful tobacco compliance checks and seven warning letters to businesses. 4. Memo to Jim Leonard, BOH from Charlotte Scozzafava, NEMS, June 4, `96, re: follow - up meeting. 5. DEP status list of all hazardous waste sites. 6. Community Health & Home Services, Inc., May and June monthly reports 7. DEP letters to Hub Folding Box Co., May 15th and July 1, 1996, re: Air Quality Control 8. DEP letter to Hatheway & Patterson, May 16, 1996, re: Notice of Responsibility 9. DEP letter to X -Cel Transport, June 13, 1996, re: Augat Corp. Notice Responsibility 10. ENSR, May 16, 1996, re: Compo, April Progress Report 11. Fluor Daniel GTI, June 26, 1996, re: 340 S. Main St. Progress Report May 1996 12. June 1996 Monthly Activities Report, NEMS 13. Copy letter to Attleboro District Court, June 27, 1996, from Ms. Scozzafava, NEMS, withdrawing a complaint for Richard O'Brien. 14. Great Woods Sound Reports, June 15, 1996 to July 13, 1996 15. MAHB Quarterly, Spring 1996 4. Visitors At 7:40 PM, Charlotte Scozzafava, Coordinator NEMS, explained her recommended amendments to the Mansfield Smoking Regulation. (1) Free - standing displays are already banned, therefore definition should be eliminated. Rather than eliminate self -serve displays, dummy packs of cigarettes could replace genuine packs, and the display would have to be located behind the counter. Attleboro, Sharon and Easton outright ban self -serve displays. (2) A sign at the entrance of a restaurant stating a warning that the restaurant is not smoke - free. Some restaurant owners prefer smoke -free establishments because there is a faster Page 3, BOH Minutes, July 18,1996 turnover of tables. (3) A separate permit for the sale of tabacco products is recommended to allow for more effetive enforcement. (4) Prohibit vending machines. To date only Tahana and Holiday Inn have a machine. Board will consider amendments, come to a concensus and hold a public hearing. NEMS member Jim Leonard recommended that the title and current powers of Charlotte Scozzafava as "Agent of the Board of Health for Tobacco Control" be elminated. He prefers that Scott Leite, Health Agent, enforce compliance checks to keep process consistent. Mr. Leite is quite familar with the process since he frequestly issues orders and at times takes out complaints through the court. 5. Health Agent's Report a. Recreation Summer Camp: Because there are low - income children attending the Mansfield Rec. Dept. summer camp, Dept of Social Services requires a license from the local BOH. Camp has been inspected to the Agent's satisfaction. MOTION: To grant Mansfield Recreation Dept. a license for the summer camp held July 1 to August 23, 1996 at Memorial Park. Leonard/Forget. All in favor. VOTED, b. Well Regulation: Agent is requiring residents to submit small sketch by engineer showing septic system and distance from adjacent septic systems. Every well should be considered potable, since people are apt to drink from a hose. Many shallow wells have been installed since the water ban. Member Kowalczyk is concerned about safe yield of well and if these shallow wells have an impact on public water supply. A well list is updated frequently and sent to the Water Dept. to keep them informed. c. TAG Grant: Agent hand delivered to Boston. Will know in Fall if approved. d. Agent's Vacation: July 22 -25, 1996. e. 23 Saddle Ridge Rd: House has been paddlocked and is vacant. Owner will make repairs to allow habitation. C Sodium in public wells: John Buckley, Ass't DPW Director, informed Agent of higher sodium levels in several wells as compared to previous year's readings. Selectmen shut down Albertini 2 well. High sodium is directly at well. Mr. Buckley will measure sodium out of random taps in homes. What causes sodium? Snowy winter (road salt), increased development (more roads), no watershed protection areas. Calcium chloride is being used. Hopefully a water treatment plant will never be needed. Mr. Buckley will keep Agent informed. Page 4, July 18,1996, BOH Minutes 6. Old Business a. Compo, Branch St.: Member Kowalczyk reported that the cleanup had stopped because they found something in the storm drains' sediment. Agent spoke with V.P, of Compo, rest of buildings will be torn down and area will be cleaned up. b. Fluoride: Chair asked for an update. Board agreed to invite John Buckley to August meeting to discuss fluoride, sodium levels, conservation efforts, water quality. c. Clemmey's Issues: Member Kowalczyk is concerned about the use of land for bathroom facilities at Great Woods. Agent will inspect trenches and water flow. He recommends to Agent that spill prevention be reinforced when the RFP is developed for the next household hazardous waste day. d. NEMS: Member Leonard reinforced his concerns with procedure for filing criminal complaints. The procedure must be exact so as not to compromise the complaint. The complaint against Easton Gas, Pratt St. was flawed. MOTION: To direct Charlotte Scozzafava to appoint Gretchen Elliott, Health Educator, to head up compliance checks in Mansfield under the NEMS grant. Leonard/Kowalczyk. 3 -1 -0. Martin abstained. 7. New Business None presented. 8. Adjournment MOTION: To adjourn at 10:30 PM. Forget/Kowalczyk. . All in favor. VOTED Respectfully submitted, Dianne Royle, Recording Secretary NEXT MEETING: August 15, 1996 @ 7:30 PM