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BOARD OF HEALTH
November 1,2001
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Members Present: Chairman Phil Giangarra, Michelle Madan, Davi~~!a~ct' Ray Martin
Also Present: Health Agent, Scott Leite
1. Call to Order @ 7:06 P.M., 2nd Floor Committee Meeting Room
2. Consent Agenda
a. Approval of Minutes of October 4, 2001
MOTION: To approve Consent Agenda
MadanlMartin. 4-0 PASSED
3. Communications
a. The IT Group - to EPA re: Gorham Silver Company Site, October 5, 2001, NPDES
Permit Exclusion Monthly Discharge Monitoring Report.
Conditions Met
b. SECOR International, Inc. - re: Former Gorham Silver Site, Tier 1 Minor Permit
Modification Transmittal
SECOR is replacing ITCorporation as Licensed Site Professional of Record for
the site.
c. HealthCare Options, Inc., September 2001 Report of Services
d. NMS Tobacco Control compliance check, October 9, 2001
9 out of 20 stores sold cigarettes to minors. Fines and warnings were issued
e. 11 Kybren Circle - complaint regarding drainage swale
4. Visitors: Maria Tsapanidis - Classic Pizza
Inspection by Agent on 9/26 found cigarette remnants and ashtrays in food prep
area. Maria stated employees were smoking prior to prepping food. She now
understands there will be no smoking at any time and has spoken to her
employees. According to Ms. Tsapanidis, since the inspection, all employees go
outside to smoke. Ray Martin suggested penalties to employees who disregard
the warnings, and Agent suggested posting signs.
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,.. 5. Health Agent's Report
a. West Nile Virus Update - Testing has stopped for this year
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b. Post Office Anthrax Scare - Negative result reported by MDPH. P. Giangarra spoke
with Postmaster after incident reporting everything was handled very quickly and
professionally.
c. Anthrax Advisory
d. Hathway Patterson meeting was held at the Town Hall on 10/18 to explain mediation
process.
e. DPH-MEMA Emergency Response Regional Meeting - Attended by Agent and Pat
Byrnes on 10/30
f. Health Agent on Vacation - November 9th - 17th
g. Flu Clinics - November 6th for High Risk Individuals only
h. 44 Oak Street - request for variance from Mansfield Septic System Regulations
Variance denied at this time due to no reserve area noted on plans under the New
Construction code.
6. Old Business
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a. Massachusetts Association of Health Boards certification and training
Michelle Madan is attending November 10th session.
7. New Business
a. Local BOH role in chemical and biological terrorism
Very small role. MDPH notifies local BOH of negative results, who in turn, notify
incident location of results. If results are positive, BOH is bypassed and FBI is
contacted. Submitter (usually Fire or Police) and local BOH are kept informed.
b. Next meeting December 6th, 2001
7. ADJOURNMENT
MOTION: To adjourn at 7:45 PM.
MartinlMadan. 4-0 Voted
Respectfully submitted,
Patricia Byrnes, Recording Secretary
NEXT MEETING
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2001, 2ND FLOOR, 7:00 P.M.
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