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Home My WebLink AboutBOH Minutes 4/7/1994Tip!' U1= .' 1 L BOARD OF HEALTH MINUTES 94 URI 2g Ath 9,12 April 7, 1994 "` t i i L U fI,aSSl,CF1USETTS Members Present: Chairman Henry Austin, Clerk Donald Steele, Gary Forget, Carol Sosman and Peter Fontanini Also Present: Health Agent Scott Leite 1. CALL TO ORDER at 7:30 PM by Chair Austin in the Town Hall. 2. CONSENT AGENDA a. Approval of Regular & Executive Minutes, March 17, 1994 b. Approval of Disposal Works Installers Permit: Frank Allen, Allen Mfg. c. Approval of Food Service Permits: Town "n Country Market (Change of name) First Baptist Church (Waiver of fee) MOTION: To approval Consent Agenda. Fontannhffonget. All in favor. VOTED. 3. COMMUNICATIONS a. Letter GEI Consultants, Inc. to DEP, March 14, 1994, re: Compo Update. b. Memo to Health Agent from Town Engineer, March 22, 1994, re: Sewer 36 Glen St. and conflict of BOH reg and Sewer policy. Could be discussed at Board of Selectmen joint meeting with boards and committees. c. Copy of letter to Datel, Inc., from DEP, March 30, 1994, re: Hazardous waste status. d. Groundwater Technology Update re: Textron site, Edgewood St., March 25, 1994. e. Flyer for Household Hazardous Waste Day on April 30, 1994. 4. VISITORS At 7:45 PM Jim DeCorpo and his wife, 879 West St., spoke to the Board about the odor and flies that invade their property and cause their quality of life to be diminished, especially in the spring and summertime. They live six houses from the farm. He has spoken to people at the Dept. of Food and Agriculture and DEP, Div. of Composting. Div. of Composting told him that they have been out to the site several times, and that they will be glad to work with the BOH, but have no intentions to take over. He also spoke to Mrs. Parente, who told him that the town stopped disposing of their newspaper because the town did not Board of Health Page 2, April 7, 1994 want to get sued. She also said that Parente's had no waste management program and admitted that they have been lax in removing the manure on a regular basis. Mr. DeCorpo questioned if the stockpiling of manure was causing pollution to groundwater or nearby stream. He also questioned if the flies imposed a health hazard. His goal is to have the waste stored in a building, removal during the weekday on a periodic basis and a waste management program developed that will hopefully control the odor and flies. Member Steele commented that the Board's primary concern is health. Members were not aware of any people from agencies inspecting the farm, except the Poultry Inspector, Div. Animal Health, called by the Health Agent. Agent will contact those mentioned by Mr. DeCorpo and report back to Board next meeting with full report. 5. HEALTH AGENT'S REPORT a. 102 Rumford Ave.: Closing today. Bank loan is $144,000. List of items to be corrected, replaced, repaired was also sent. b. Brugliera: Motion Summary Judgment was denied. Trial is April 21st. No issues of fact, just rules of laws. Board's goal is to raise the septic system to the legal requirements and is willing to reach that goal without imposing fines to Mr. Brugliera. Concensus was to proceed without fines in order to reach resolution. o. Parente's Poultry Farm: Composting and agriculture are two separate functions. Nuisance law does give BOH authority to deal with odors; however, the agricultural operation may be exempt from that law. Are the odor and flies harmful to one's health? That is the question. Flies are mechanical spreaders, not carriers of disease. Breathing dry manure can subject one to fungi and an open out can become infected if it came into contact with wet manure. Health Agent will determine what the Board's jurisdiction is and if, in fact, there is a health issue. Again, agricultural practices fall under different laws. d. Town Meeting: April 25th, Mansfield High School, 7:30 PM. Each member received a warrant and annual report. $10,000 for testing is still in operating budget and $12,500 is still in for household hazardous waste collection. e. Site Evaluator: Mass. Environmental Health Association and Mass. Association of Health Officers are attempting to get rid of site evaluator's test. Mr. Leite is opposed to this. He feels that being certified is an asset to the position of Health Agent. Agent will write letters in opposition. Board of Health Page 3, April 7, 1 994 f. Immunization Clinics: June 28th, 10:00 AM to Noon, Mansfield Depot Francis Ave., and August 17th, 2:00 PM to 4:00 pm, Library/COA Community Room. g. Subdivision Plans: Planning Board has received in one week preliminary plans for 45 lots and definitive plans for 33 lots. Board agreed to have Agent review. h. Hatheway & Patterson: Concern was if arsenic is detected in the water of the Rumford River, could the fish be contaminated? No one from EPA was onsite to ask. Member Steele questioned if Board should prohibit fishing. Agent said that EPA is pulling out next week because everything is stabilized. DEP will be coming in to start their portion of the cleanup. Agent will contact Fish and Game and already has a call into Lisa Danek, EPA. i. Former Conlon & Donnelly: June 1993 a 21E for surface groundwater testing was conducted. Carr Research did the testing. Dirt pile will also be tested as agreed upon by Mr. Verrochi. j. Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day: April 30th, 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM, Great Woods Center. Carol Sosman will volunteer. k. Great Woods: May 5th, 6:00 PM, tour Great Woods sound equipment and site locations for ports johns. Meet at GW. 1. Fee for Change of Name: MOTION: To charge $10.00 for change of name for permits. Fontanini/Forget. All in favor. VOTED. m. Mass. Contingency Plan: Compo, Branch St., and Gorham Silver, So. Main St. are under the Mass. Contingency Plan and are overseen by licensed site evaluators. State audits their work rather than coming on -site to view the projects. n. TAG Program: Technical Assistance Program offers grants to municipalities to hire someone to monitor hazardous waste cleanup that is ongoing. Workshop will be held in June and Agent will attend. o. Fluoride: Plans from Dept. Public Health arrived. Board will pass on to Water Dept, Town Engineer. Agent asked if it would be worthwhile talking with CVS about the possibility of the town providing fluoride pills to residents. Might get a cost - effective deal with CVS that is less money than installing fluoride injection systems at each well in town. Board of Health Page 4, April 7, 1994 P. Coolville, OH: Don Wallace told these residents that his company never tried to build a waste -to- energy plant in Mansfield. Agent received another phone can from a resident in Coohdlle and was told this info. Agent responded that it was Mr. Wallace under a different company name. Agent provided them with newspaper articles. 6. OLD BUSINESS a. Food Service Inspection: Member Forget accompanied Agent at Rojacks and Codex cafeteria for routine inspections. Very informative and was impressed with Agent's relationship with employees and professionalism while conducting inspection. b. Tobacco Control Grant: Member Sosman reported that March 29th, Tobacco Control Grant Committee with Ms. Scozzafava and Ms. Miller. May 5th is Massachusetts Prevention Day and a Wellness Fair in Cafe at MHS will be held. There will be a variety of health- related booths and demos. May 31st, World Health Organization will declare "Non - Tobacco Day ". They are asking that the money a tobacco user would spend on tobacco be donated to a worthy organization. 7. NEW BUSINESS a. Chair asked Agent to investigate a hole, dangerously too large, on or near Sam's Barbershop. 8. ADJOURNMENT MOTION: To adjourn at 9:40PM. Fontanini/Sosman. All in favor. VOTED Respectfully submitted, Dianne Royle, Recording Secretary NEXT MEETING: APRIL 21, 1993