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Home My WebLink AboutBOH Minutes 5/16/1996BOARD OF HEALTH MINUTES MAY 16, 1996 °u J`J'r' 24 1; i 10:: I �l Members Present: Chairman Ray Martin, Clerk Gary Florge ,James l eonprd, Joe Kowalcyzk and Peter Fontamm Also Present: Health Agent, Scott Leite. 1. Call To Order at 7:30PM by Chairman Martin in the Town Hall. 2. Consent Agenda a. Approval of Minutes, April 18, 1996 b. Approval of Disposal Works Installers Permits: Franklin Plow Corp., Blackstone Guild Construction Co., Mansfield* *For one repair only at 180 Balcom St. MOTION: To approve the Consent Agenda. Fontanini/Leonard. 4 -0 -1 . Kowalczyk abstained. VOTED 3. Communications ACTION ITEMS: Copy letter from Wynn &Wynn, Attorneys at law, April 24, 1996, re: Variance request for C.J.Scooters, 16 Old Colony Way, ISmoking Reg. See New Business. REGULAR CORRESPONDENCE: 1. Community Health & Home Services, Inc. April Report of Services and Press Release for immunization clinics on June 25th and August 23rd. 2. Memo from Town Mgr., April 23, 1996, re: Informational Seminar for Elected and Appointed Officials on May 23rd. - 3. Copy memo to Dr. Michael Monopoli from BOH, April 25, 1996, re: Special Town Meeting vote for fluoridation and May 7th, re: Request for $70,000. 4. Copy memo to Town Mgr. from Agent, April 30, 1996, re: Implementation schedule for fluoridation. 5. Memo from Town Mgr. to Agent and Ass't DPW Director, April 30, 1996, re: Response to Fluoridation Memo dated April 30th. 6. Card from Mary Capone, Brook St. to Dianne Royle, re: Dangers of fluoridation. 7. Letter to Agent from Steven and Susan Bankert, April 26th, 1996, re: Ice cream truck driver accused of accosting N. Attleboro girl. Copy will be sent to Police and Selectmen. 8. An "Alert" notice re: Tobacco Control Funding. Letter of support will be sent to legislators. Page 2, Minutes, May 16, 1996 9. Copy letter from DEP to CE -WAY Express, May 13, 1996, re: Notice of Responsibility, Route 195 North. 4. Visitors 5. Health Agent's Report a. 380 Mill St: Special Attorney, Joe Hannon, will file the covenant May 17, 1996 b. Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day: Was a success. Constant flow for four hours at a cost of $6,435. A Fall collection would be appropriate. Approximately $20,000 remains. Board concensus was to collect driveway sealer (which was never collected in the past because of the cost of disposal) and to issue a press release on the success of the program. c. Wading River Pump Station: Papers have been filed. Have not yet received anything from Paul Nicholson, Attleboro Water Dept. d. 23 Saddle Ridge Road: Went to court on Tuesday, May 14th. No one showed. Continued to June 4th for an arraignment. Duplex house with no water or electricity and two young men living in it. e. TAG Letter of Intent: Agent and Member Kowalzcyk attended this meeting in Boston on May 2nd to acquire funding for an educational program for residents re: hazardous waste sites in Mansfield. $100,000 is available in grants of $10,000 ea. only for Tier I and II sites, such as Compo Chemical on Branch St. The Agent proposed a page on the Internet and once the page is developed, then other town departments can add on. Shell Oil Co. called Agent and asked if they could be included on this page. Member K. suggested Agent ask for funding from Shell Oil. Board was very pleased with proposal. C Health Vehicle: Agent's vehicle will be removed before May 31st. Agent will use a vehicle from a motor pool located at the Highway Garage on East St. If he chooses to use his own vehicle, reimbursement will be 30 cents/mile. Board will send a memo to Town Mgr. asking for reinstatement of vehicle justifying this request as a deterrent to the Agent doing his job since much of it is field work. Removal of the vehicle from the Health Dept. is totally unacceptable to the Board of Health. g. "Team" Participation: Agent has been assigned five teams to work on: (1) personnel policy development; (2) "pay -by -bag" trash program; (3) Park Row relocation; (4) water conservation; (5) sewer capacity. A memo will be sent to the Town Mgr. asking that the Health Agent only be assigned to teams that are pertinent to public health, i.e., water conservation and sewer capacity. Page 3, Minutes, May 16, 1996 h. Plymouth St. Athletic Fields Stump Dump: Stumps must be removed by June 30th. i. DEP CMP Workshop at BOH Meeting: Agent scheduled DEP to speak before the Board on June 13th the Mass. Contingency Plan and the four major hazardous waste sites (Compo, Hatheway- Patterson, Shell Oil, Gorham - Textron). j. Fluoridation Update: State will award $31,000 in FY97 and the balance in FY98. Equipment should be installed by end of summer. k. Joint Training Meetings: Agent spoke with Ass't to Town Mgr. re: joint training workshop conducted by Atty. Joe Hannon with Planning Board, BOH ZBA and ConComm. 6. Old Business a. Wade Property: Member Forget asked status. b. NEMS: Member Leonard, HEMS rep, suggested that Gretchen Elliott's hours be increased rather than hiring a third person. Ms. Elliott is the Health Educator. Mansfield, being the lead community, should be more involved with supervision of the coordinator and health educator and spending of money, since the budget for FY97 may be reduced by the State. Member Leonard distributed a proposal for changes to the smoking reg for Board's review. Board will consider these changes for the Fall. Also, Member Leonard wrote compliance check procedures, which he hopes the Board will adopt for Mansfield, and possible the NEMS Board can adopt for the other communities. 7. New Business a. C.J. Scooters Variance Request: Board reviewed plan and had questions, such as the number of smoking vs. non - smoking seats, location of door to divide the smoking/non- smoking area. Agreement to hold public hearing on June 13th. Sean Splaine, Attorney for Jerry Chipman will be notified of date. b. Robinson School Oil Leak: Agent did not receive any information on this leak. c. Water Workshop with Water Commissioners: Member K.attended this workshop with the town's water consultants, various boards and committees and water commissioners. Concerns were developing a plan for safer water distribution, flushing program, develop watershed protection program. Contamination two years ago of E. coli bacteria was related to overpumping. Do we really have enough water in this growing community? Safe yield is crucial and may not be present. Town Engineer advocates for water conservation program. Need for Boards to interact is very important. Planning Board Page 4, Minutes, May 16, 1996 was not aware of some of these issues and may not have approved certain subdivisions, if they were aware of the fact that quantity of water was not at a premium. Very informative workshop. 8. Adjournment MOTION: To adjourn at 10:00 PM. Forget[Leonard. All in favor. VOTED Respectfully submitted, Dianne Royle, Recording Secretary NEXT MEETING: JUNE 13, 1996 @ 7 :30 PM PUBLIC HEARING: Variance, C.J. Scooters, Smoking Reg DEP Workshop - AGENT AT A CONFERENCE Date