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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBOH Minutes 4/9/19871 t N MINUTES BOARD OF HEALTH APRIL 9, 1987 Members present: Chairman Edward Tartufo, Peter Fontanini, Donald Steele and Frank Zarek Also present: Health Agent Scott Leite 1. 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. Peter Fontanini in favor. VOTED 3. Motion: To approve Board of_Health minutes of February 11, 1987 meeting. Peter Fontanini /Donald Steele. All in favor. VOTED 4. CORRESPONDENCE - Invoice from the Community Health Agency, Inc. for April contract for service - $ 1,335.00. Motion: To approve statement from Community Health Agency, Inc. /April. Peter Fontanini /Donald Steele. All in favor. VOTED - Copy of letter dated March 26, 1987, from Vaughan Steeves, Air Quality Control Section, DEQE, to Merckens Chocolate Co., acknowledging receipt of application, stating requirements of Air Pollution Control Regulations. - Letter dated March 26, 1987, to the Board of Health from David Spackman, Gaston Snow & Ely Bartlett, Counsellors at Law, advising the Board that New England Energy Development, Inc., hereby withdraws its application for a site assignment under M.G.L. c. 111, S150A. Chairman Tartufo requested that acknowledgement of withdrawal letter be made. Motion: To acknowledge withdrawal letter for request of School Street site assignment. Peter Fontanini /Donald Steele. All in favor. VOTED Memorandum dated March 23, 1987, from John Dwyer, Town Counsel, to Health Agent Scott Leite regarding Lot 2, Edgewood Condominiums. In John's opinion, the waiver does not change the status of Lot 2 in considering the total waste- water flow of the Edgewood Condo Project as originally proposed. The appli- cation does not fall within the jurisdiction of the Board of Health and should not be approved. The application must be forwarded to DEQE. Motion: To send copy of memorandum to Philip Grefe, Malcolm Post' attorney, stating that we take no action, following the advice of Town Counsel. Frank Zarek /Peter Fontanini. All in favor. VOTED Board of Health Minutes Page 2 April 9, 1987 - Letter dated March 26, 1987, from Philipp Grefe, to Scott Leite, stating that comments made in the Attleboro Sun Chronicle on March 14, 1987, are untrue, regarding one of the septic systems failing at Village II Condo- miniums, owned by Malcolm Post. - Memorandum dated March 24, 1987, from Chairman Tartufo to Rande Wilson, Town Manager, regarding Health Agent Scott Leite's evaluation. Chairman Tartufo reviewed evaluation and salary increase with the Board. - Copy of letter dated March 18, 1987, from Jacqueline Warren, SEMASS Partner- ship, to John McNair, Chairman, Board of Selectmen, enclosing Draft Service Agreement for the disposal of municipal solid waste at the SEMASS Waste -To- Energy Facility. - Invitation on announcement about a symposium on recycling and shrinking landfill space, sponsored by Reusable Resources of Attleboro to be held on April 13th. Chairman Tartufo requested that Scott Leite start gathering information. Town will be forming a committee and start acting on this very soon. - Memorandum dated April 9, 1987, from Health Agent to the Board, informing the Board of landfill situation. Photographs accompanied memo. Health Agent recommends the Board visit the site for full impact of the problem. 5. VISITORS Carol Dunn expressed her concern about the landfill. There is incredible litter being accumulated around the area of the dump and the 106 access into town. The stench coming from the dump is unbelievably nausiating. Mrs. Dunn feels that the Board should be gravely concerned about water con- tamination and general public health hazard. Mrs. Dunn also commented about the seagull population increasing. Motion: To send letter to Board of Selectmen, ordering to correct problem immediately, at the landfill site on East Street. Peter Fontanini /Frank Zarek. All in favor. VOTED i Board of Health Minutes Page 3 April 9, 1987 6. HEALTH AGENT'S REPORT Licenses: - Robert Hickey, 441 Stearns Avenue, Mansfield, MA Motion: To approve application for permit to drill well. Frank Zarek /Peter Fontanini. All in favor. VOTED - Mansfield Little League Auxiliary Motion: To approve application for Food and Milk /Cream Permits. Peter Fontanini /Frank Zarek. All in favor. VOTED Disposal Work Installer's Permits: - M. T. Construction Corporation, 108 Alfred Road, Milton, MA Motion: To hold application until further information is obtained. Peter Fontanini /Frank Zarek. . All in favor. VOTED - E & M Excavation, 77 Massapoag Avenue, N. Easton, MA Motion: To approve. Peter Fontanini /Frank Zarek. All in favor. VOTED - Tifdan Development Corporation, Inc., 5 Jewel Street, Mansfield, MA Motion: To approve. Peter Fontanini /Frank Zarek. All in favor. VOTED 7. OLD BUSINESS The Board made the following changes to the Regulation for Request of Site Approval for a Public or Private Dumping Ground: Call it one Regulation, (not plural) for Request of Site Approval for a Public or Private Dumping Ground. Delete III.H - The vendor of the equipment. Change III.L to read as follows: Any other information requested by the Board of Health that is directly related to this Regulation and /or the site assignment. Add VI.A - The Board of Health may require consultants. Motion: Regulation for the Request of Site Approval for a Public or Private Dumping Ground may be approved and amended. Frank Zarek /Peter Fontanini. All in favor. VOTED i Board of Health Minutes Page 4 April 9, 1987 f 8. NEW BUSINESS - Donald Steele would like to make proposal to Board of Selectmen for Mansfield to stop smoking in public buildings. Chairman Tartufo suggested we hold for agenda at next meeting. - The Board discussed increasing the following fees to raise money for addi- tional help: Pumping Permits, Percolation Tests, Disposal Works Installer's Permits. Chairman Tartufo suggested that other logical fees to raise first would be Food Permits for restaurants (large establishments). Motion: For Health Agent to check on surrounding town fees. Peter Fontanini /Frank Zarek. All in favor. VOTED - Chairman Tartufo read an article to the Board that appeared in the Attleboro Sun Chronicle (Letter to the Editor), written by Marcia Benes, Chairman of Mass. Clean, concerning Bristol Arms. Chairman Tartufo commented that it was written by an uninformed point of view. 9• Meeting adjourned at 10:35 P.m. Respectfully submitted, Beverly Rooney, Recording Secretary Clerk Date 1