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Home My WebLink AboutBOH Minutes 5/7/1987MINUTES BOARD OF HEALTH MAY 7, 1987 Members present: Chairman Edward Tartufo, Peter Fontanini, Frank Zarek and Donald Steele Also present: Health Agent Scott Leite Meeting was called to order at 7:35 p.m. by Chairman Tartufo. 2. Clerk Edward Rosenberg was not present. Motion: To appoint Donald Steele as Clerk. Chairman Tartufo /Peter Fontanini. All in favor. VOTED 3. Motion: To approve Board of Health minutes of April 23, 1987• Peter Fontanini /Donald Steele. All in favor. VOTED 4. CORRESPONDENCE Memorandum dated May 7, 1987, from Selectman Dunn to the Planning Board, ( Conservation Commission and Board of Health regarding Committee for Solid Waste Alternatives. Selectman Dunn has requested a representative from each of the above Boards. Chairman Tartufo appointed Peter Fontanini as the representative from the Board of Health. - Invoice from the Community Health Agency, Inc. for May contract for service - $ 1,355.50. Motion: To approve statement from Community Health Agency, Inc./ May. Peter Fontanini /Donald Steele. All in favor. VOTED - Memorandum dated May 7, 1987, from the Board of Selectmen to the Planning Board and Board of Health regarding Joint Meeting for Presentation by WDT, Inc. (Gasifier Power Recovery type of plant). - Copy of letter to Texas Instruments, from Vaughan Steeves, Department of Environmental Quality Engineering, to acknowledge receipt of communication relative to review application concerning the proposed installation of a new wave solder machine for electronic circuit boards, with a stainless steel filter. Letter dated April 21, 1987, from Philipp Grefe to Chairman Tartufo, enclosing a copy of the letter sent to Health Agent Leite on March 26, 1987, regarding comments made in the Attleboro Sun Chronicle on March 14, 1987, about Village 11 Condominiums. Board of Health Minutes Page 2 May 7, 1987 Chairman Tartufo requested that we refer to Town Counsel. Motion: To refer letter to our Town Counsel. Peter Fontanini /Donald Steele. All in favor. VOTED - Letter dated April 28, 1987, from Celeste DaCosta, Chairman - Norton Board of Health, to Chairman Tartufo, expressing appreciation for our assistance with the New England Energy Development Corporation's application for site assignment. 5• HEALTH AGENT'S REPORT - Soil Examinations: #87-21 Spiermeister Realty Trust, 1194 East Street Motion: To approve soils and percolation rate with an adjusted groundwater level at 116 ". Peter Fontanini /Frank Zarek. All in favor. VOTED #87 -19 Herb and Helen Hawksley, East Street, Lot 10B Motion: To approve soils and percolation rate. Groundwater will be checked at a later date. Peter Fontanini /frank Zarek. All in favor. VOTED #87-20 Herb and Helen Hawksley, East Street, Lot 10A Motion: To approve soils and percolation rate. Groundwater will be checked at a later date. Donald Steele /Frank Zarek. All in favor. VOTED - Licenses: #53 George Perry, 13 Cross Street, Norton, MA 02766 Motion: To approve application for Disposal Works Installer's Permit. Frank Zarek /Peter Fontanini. Ali in favor. VOTED #54 Paul Cannata, 45 Mechanic Street, Foxboro, MA 02035 M otion: To approve application for Disposal Works Installer's Permit. Frank Zarek /Peter Fontanini. All in favor. VOTED #55 John Geary, 12 Mechanic Street, Foxboro, MA 02035 Motion: To approve application for Disposal Works Installer's Permit. Peter Fontanini /Frank Zarek. All in favor. VOTED #118 Larry Brooks, P.O. Box 606, Wrentham, MA 02093 Motion: To approve permit for Cesspool Cleaning and Pumping. Donald Steele /Peter Fontanini. All in favor. VOTED - #74 Self Help, Inc., Mill Street Motion: To approve permit to operate a Mobile Food Service Establishment. Peter Fontanini /Frank Zarek. All in favor. VOTED Board of Health Minutes Page 3 May 7, 1987 #76 Stephen Davis, Mr. Nick's Ice Cream and Lemonade Motion: To approve permit to operate a Mobile Food Service Establishment. Donald Steele /Peter Fontanini. All in favor. VOTED #77 Mansfield Little League "Dugout" Motion: To approve permit to operate Food Service Establishment, and waive $ 25.00 application fee. Frank Zarek /Peter Fontanini. All in favor. VOTED #78 Mansfield Recreation Commission Motion: To approve permit.to operate Retail Food Service Establishment, and waive the.$ 25.00 application fee. Peter Fontanini /Donald Steele. All in favor. VOTED 6. VISITORS - Dennis Baker - Mathew Estates Mr. Baker requested reconsideration of groundwater level at Mathew Estates, Lots 16, 17, 18, 21, 23 and 24. Member Fontaninf wondered why pipes were removed prior to coming to the Board for approval. The Board requested that pipes be put back on Lots 16, 17, 18, 21, 23 and 24. Health Agent Leite will check readings. Joseph St. Onge - Old Colony Diner Charles Mulcahey - Mr. St. Onge' Attorney Health Agent Leite recently did an inspection at the Old Colony Diner and ordered several items to be corrected, giving Mr. St. Onge two weeks. Thirteen days later, Health Agent did another inspection and found that things had not changed. Some of the items that should be corrected are: the floor in the wash area is not sanitary; garbage is left uncovered; food handling - food is left uncovered, food is left out at room temperature; walk -in cooler does not meet standards, racks are made out of wood; cellar door is left open; and premises are dirty. Some items go back to when inspections were done in October, 1985, and never were corrected. At this point, Health Agent felt this matter should be brought to the Board of Health to decide if license should be revoked. Chairman Tartufo requested that schedule of work to be done should be estab- i fished. Health Agent recommended that Mr. St. Onge contact contractors and inform him exactly when each job is scheduled. Mr. St. Onge will submit list to Health Agent within one week. Board of Health Minutes Page 4 May 7, 1987 - Sam Talavera - Ware Street Mr. Talavera requested a variance on the groundwater for a septic repair. For the past two or three years there has been serious problems with system. Health Agent Leite recommended that septic system be put in the back of the house. A new set of plans will be re- submitted to the Board for approval. - Steve Benoit has requested to lower the assigned watertable of Lot 17 on Williams Street, by 20 inches. Watertable is at elevation 148.3 and has not fluctuated in these past two rainy months. Health Agent will check levels. 7. OLD BUSINESS -Member Steele suggested that the Board enforce no smoking at the Board of Health meetings and all other town meetings, in the corridors of the town hall and at the counters where people are doing business, and restaurants. Again, Chairman Tartufo feels it is fine for our Board to enforce this rule at it's meetings, but stresses that the first step would be for the Board of Health to "encourage" all Town Boards and committees to take similar action. , Resolution will be voted on when all Board of Health members are present. Member Steele spoke with the Department of Public Health and pointed out that we are not going to be a leader in this; 39 other towns already.have smoking ordinances, including Foxboro and Plainville. 8. NEW BUSINESS - The Board voted to amend Town of Mansfield Septic Regulations Minimum Require- ments for the Disposal of Sanitary Sewage in Unsewered Areas, Regulation 6 - Paragraph 1, as follows: The fee for a permit for each on -site sewage testing application shall be $ 100. The fee for submission of plans for sewage disposal shall be $ 50. for a single family and $ 20. for each additional unit. The fee for repair, modification, expansion, or alteration shall be $50. for a single family and $ 10.00 for each additional unit. Motion: To amend Town of Mansfield Septic Regulations Minimum Requirements for the Disposal of Sanitary Sewage in Unsewered Areas, Regulation 6 - Paragraph 1. Frank Zarek /Peter Fontanini. All in favor. VOTED i Board of Health Minutes Page 5 May 7, 1987 - Member Steele received literature from the Department of Public Health on fluoridation. This topic will be discussed at the next meeting. 9. Meeting adjourned at 10:35 P.M. Respectfully submitted, Beverly Rooney Recording Secretary a, Clerk P , C� — G IVWP7 Date