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Home My WebLink AboutBOH Minutes 3/17/1994BOARD OF HEALTH March 17, 1994 MEMBERS PRESENT: ALSO PRESENT: MINUTES fi (" tC- IV ID Chairman Henry Austin, TA1r)Y)1Tb�g6hi12:CR&ol Sosman and Donald Steele Health Agent Scott LeiteHA SSi \N U SEI1S 1. CALL TO ORDER at 7:30 PM by Chair Austin in the Town Hall. 2. CONSENT AGENDA a. Approval of Minutes, February 17, 1994 MOTION: To approve Consent Agenda. Forget /Sosman. All in favor. VOTED 3. COMMUNICATIONS a. February 18 -March 17, 1994 Communicable Disease list. b. Letter GEI Consultants, Inc., Feb. 25, 1994, re: Compo Chemical Co. presentatation to Board of Selectmen, April 20, 1994. c. Letter Groundwater Technology, Feb. 28, 1994, update report on 340 S. Main St., Gorham Silver. d. Letter Tom Verrochi, County Realty Trust, March 2, 1994, re: fill at former Conlon and Donnelly. Mr. Verrochi asked that he will solve the problem in Spring. "Free fill" sign has been removed. e. Community Visiting Nurse Agency February 1994 report of services. f. Polrep, March 9, 1994, re: Hatheway- Patterson, from EPA. g. Letter DEP, March 10, 1994, re: Granting of variance for Elks Lodge, Eastman St. h. Copy letter DEP to Robert Swanson, Town Engineer, March 141 1994, re: Public Water Supply and KOH Treatment. i. Copy letter DEP to Robert DeMartino, J.P. Smith Co., March 9, 1994, re: Recycling permit. j. Copy letter to Allen Willis, from BOH and Agent, March 14, 1994, re: Cobbler's Corner Subdivision and possibility of sewer. k. Bill from Joe Hannon, Atty for Brugliera case, March 8, 1994, $4,241.66. This amount includes $981.00 for additional charges from DeFeo Wait and Pare Inc.. MOTION: To approve payment of $4,241.66 to Attorney Joseph P. Hannon for Brugliera case. Steele /Sosman. All in favor. VOTED. This bill will be forward to Selectmen for payment. 4. VISITORS Present were Charlotte Scozzafava, Coordinator, and Sheila Miller, Health Educator, Tobacco Control Grant, to give an update of the program. Ms. Miller has communicated with quite a few M Board of Health Page 2, March 17, 1994 groups. She attended a State conference on how to make a worksite' smoke free, met with Stonehill College, Director of Student Counseling Center. (They would like to become smoke - free.) Stonehill invited Ms. Miller to participate in their Lifestyle Fair on April 13th. She has been in touch with American Cancer Society and Dept. of Public Health, Lakeville, Research Library. Very impressed with library, wonderful free literature. Ms. Miller has also been in touch with Southeastern Regional Technical School, which is very interested in smoking cessation program literature. Ms. Miller will train one of their staff to give the program. She has also been in touch with Oliver Ames High School, Easton, and Sharon High School. A slide presentation was purchased entitled, "Youth and Advertising ". Ms. Scozzafava will publish under the "Healthbeat" section in the Mansfield News and list of smoke -free businesses. She wrote letters to various businesses asking if they would like to become smoke -free. Employees in the tri -town grant, Mansfield, Easton and Sharon, will find a note in their paycheck asking if they want to quit smoking and will offer a program with some monetary reim- bursement attached. Press release has been sent out asking for people to join the community coalition, which is stipulated in the grant. Also, she contacted Cable Access for a short commercial and they offered her a program. Council on Aging newsletters will also advertise the tobacco grant services. Chair asked Ms. Scozzafava opinion of Mansfield's smoking reg. She responded that it appears fine; easy to understand. If something came up, she would let the Board know. Member Sosman cautioned that the public schools may have received their own tobacco grant. She would not like to see money expended out of the town's grant for the school, but would, however, have no problem with coordination of efforts /programs. Smokeless tobacco was briefly discussed. Popular with high school boys. There is an increase in oral and throat cancer, receding gums and a host of dental problems for those who chew. 5. HEALTH AGENT'S REPORT a. 102 Rumford Ave: Purchase and Sales Agreement has been signed. Closing sometime in April. Agent asked for plans and loan info from the bank. Agent will work with new owner in regard to the housing code. House is hooked up to sewer. b. Coolville, Ohio: Agent received a call from a woman in Ohio who asked questions about Don Wallace, N.E.Energy Develop- ment. Mr. Wallace hopes to build a medical waste facility and has V Board of Health Page 3, March 17, 1994 told these folks in Coolville that he has never met opposition in any community. Agent reviewed with her the events that occurred in Mansfield when Mr. Wallace proposed a waste to energy plant. Agent offered some advice. C. 340 S. Main St. Groundwater Technology will start drilling in the streets to extract water and soil samples sometime in April. d. Household Hazardous Waste Day: Cost of site setup has been reduced, approx. $1,200 lower. Disposal costs are relatively the same among the bidders. Agent recommends Triumvirate. MOTION: To award bid to Triumvirate as lowest responsible bidder meeting bid specs. Steele /Forget. All in favor. VOTED Agent reviewed with the Board his search for an oil collector. Sampson Oil has retired. Agent will have to hire a person at $90 /hr. overtime on Saturday, and $.10 /gal to remove oil. Sampson Oil was of no cost to Town when he did it. e. Food Handling: Agent attended a new restaurant in Seekonk and noticed several food handling violations. He mentioned them to the owner. Purpose of mentioning this was to let Board know that the inside /outside appearance of a restaurant could be immaculate, but their food handling practices could be horrendous. f. Rojack's Food Store: Unfortunately, some meat was tainted with chlorine bleach. The mixture used to clean the meat - cutting tables was too strong. The combo should be 1/2 oz. bleach to 5 gals. water. g. Paine School Hours: Grievance was won. Hours are 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Monday to Friday. h. Mark Begley, DEP: Called Agent and offered any assistance re: H -P. Hoped that meeting went well with DEP and EPA. i. Peres and Plans: 1 perc and 14 plans. 6. EXECUTIVE SESSION MOTION: To enter Executive Session to discuss on -going litigation and to return to Open Session to continue with the regular meeting. Steele /Sosman. Roll Call Vote. All in favor. VOTED Separate transcript for Executive Session. Session began at 8:50 PM and ended at 9:00 PM. N Board of Health Page 4, March 17, 1994 7. OLD BUSINESS a. Perc Season: Member Steele commented that instituting a perc season had been discussed at various times. Might want to talk about it again. Member Forget cautioned that a perc season might cause a backlog of perc appointments. Agent said that since Title V takes into account groundwater level, soil colors and structure, mottling, and surface geology, a perc season now becomes less defensible. Agent would prefer that the Board set certain days out of the week for perc tests, e.g., Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Monitoring pipes are installed in certain areas of town for the purpose of adjusting groundwater. A perc season might also cause a premium on the land and eventually on the cost of the house. b. Great Woods: Bruce Montgomery, General Manager, will be glad to show the Board the sound equipment and mechanisms for detecting levels, and give a tour of the grounds sometime in May. c. Ethics: Member Steele gave everyone a copy of the response from the State Ethics Commission and said that he must refer it to the Board of Selectmen for interpretation. The final decision lies with the Selectmen, since they are the appointing authority. S. NEW BUSINESS - None presented tonight. 9. ADJOURNMENT MOTION: To adjourn at 9:30 PM. Steele /Forget. All in favor. VOTED Clerk 1 Respectfully submitted, Dianne Royle, Recording Secretary NEXT MEETING: APRIL 7, 1994 to