HomeMy WebLinkAboutBOH Minutes 9/15/1988BOARD OF HEALTH MINUTES �ti OCT 2 11988 1
September 15, 1988 jyt iex,
Members present: Clerk Michael VanSplinter, Donald Steele, Frank Zarek
Also present: Health Agent Scott Leite
1. CALL TO ORDER
Acting Chairman VanSplinter called meeting to order at 7:30 p.m.
2. CONSENT AGENDA
Minutes of September 1, 1988
Licenses: Pushcarts, Fanfare at Great Woods
Food Establishment, Mansfield Recreation Dept.
Bill: Community Health Agency, $1,354.16
MOTION: To approve Consent Agenda
Zarek /Steele. All in favor. VOTED.
3. COMMUNICATIONS
a. Memo from Kelli Baker, Selectmen's Rep to SRPEDD, Sept. 12, 1988,
re: Municipal Assistance Time
b. Letter from Howard S. Wensley, Director, Div. Community Sanitation,
Dept. Public Health, Sept. 8, 1988, re: licensing of public and semi - public
swimming pools.
c. Memo from Chairman, Board of Selectmen, Sept. 6, 1988, re: October
Override Questions.
d. Copy of letter from Health Agent to Philip Weinberg, Bureau Solid
Waste Disposal, DEQE, Sept. 8, 1988, re: site approval for waste -to- energy plant.
e. Copy of letter from Health Agent to Town Counsel, Sept. 8, 1988,
re: his opinion of Art. 9, Annual Town Meeting, 1987, for waste -to- energy plants.
4. VISITORS
No one at this time.
5. HEALTH AGENT'S REPORT
a. Sewer program: HA will submit a list of priority areas to the Board of
Selectmen. They are: development near public wells, Forest Park Subdivision,
known septic failure areas, high groundwater areas, and poorly drained soil areas.
b. Troy, Ware Street, failed septic system, 6 -man jury trial, December 15, 1988.
c. Ware St. dirty water problem: water has been tested, no health hazard,
aesthetic problem, do not recommend getting involved at this time.
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d. Food Service Licenses: HA requested that FS licenses be issued once a
year, either on June lst or January lst. Retail, food service, mobile, and milk
and cream expire on three different dates and all use the same food service
application. One date would streamline the process. Board of Health agreed.
6. OLD BUSINESS
-bit. Zarek asked if there was any response on the hydrological study requested
by the Board of Health. A letter will be sent to Town Manager.
-Mr. VanSplinter attended a Recycling Seminar in Millis and reported that they
have a very ambitious program. Recycling will not help at this time since the
Town has a flat -rate contract for trash removal. If the Town renegotiates a
trash removal contract based on tonnage, then recycling would be beneficial.
7. NEW BUSINESS
None presented at this time.
8. PENDING
-Mr. VanSplinter will attend two more concerts at Great Woods. Tuesday, Sept. 13th,
still night, damp and cool, helicopter was working again to monitor inversion
layer. There are still other steps that could be taken to alleviate noise issue
even though progress has been made and Great Woods management has been most
cooperative. Water curtains (fountains) and lowering acoustical clouds will be
looked at for future improvements.
-Mr. Steele reported his telephone conversation with Maryanne Powers, Attleboro
Area Mental Health Clinic. After Blue Cross /Blue Shield, Medicare, Medicaid,
and private health plans are exhausted, MHC will charge patient either full rate
or sliding scale based on income. $23,000 would be a more like rate for the
Town of Mansfield based on the number of patients MHC sees. Mansfield currently
pays $5,400 per year. Ms. Powers will get Mr. Steele more info.
9. ADJOURNMENT
MOTION: To adjourn at 8:10 p.m.
Zarek /Steele. All in favor. VOTED.
Respectfully submitted,
Dianne Royle
Recording Secretary
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