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Mr. Morel said he has a cesspool that is operating but the leaching area is very slow. Mr. Smith told Mr. Morel that he should connect to Town sewer but Mr. Morel wants to get a variance just enlarge the leaching field. Dr. Cosgrove said the system was installed in 1949 and it is not a conventional system because it is cement blocks. Mr. Morel said he is 260 feet away from street to connect but Mr. Smith said the Engineering shows he is 200 feet away from the sewer connection. Mr. Morel said that the Great Meadows is behind his property and he feels if he could repair the leaching area his system would function properly. Mr. Morel kept insisting that his cesspool was operating properly but Mr. Smith told Mr. Morel that his wife indicated that the system is having problems. 1 Mr. Smith said if the Board gives a variance it would have to be more than repairs on the leaching area. The system is old and the standards are different today. Mr. Morel stated that the old fashioned systems that are simple have held up very good. Dr. Cosgrove said that the system is antiquated and asked Mr. Morel if he planned to use it the way it is. Mr. Morel said if he could have a variance to repair the leaching area he would leave the cesspool the way it is. Mr. Morel kept stressing all he wanted was to repair the leaching area. He said he is going to sublet the house for one year and did not want the tenants to have any problems. The Board feels it should he a long term septic system and that a sewer connection is a permanent condition. The Board explained that when sewer connection to the Town sewer is available that repairs to a system should not be done. Mr. Smith explained if the Board gave a variance he would have to go out to the property when Mr. Morel has an engineer there and observe the deep hole testing. He has to be there to see the ground conditions and if the ground will accept the affluent from the cesspool. Mr. Smith told Mr. Morel that he does his own digging and repairs without the Board of Health being notified that he will catch him. Mr. Smith said that he has to be there and observe the conditions. When he hires an engineer he is to call the Health Department and make an appointment. Mr. Morel thanked the Board and retired. RABIES Mr. Smith told the Board that the new rabies vaccine law had been repealed, CLINIC so instead of having to get the immunization first, we can go back to our own way of having the dog licensed first before rabies clinic. He told the Board that he has been meeting with the staff every week going over the clinic system and the certificates that will be filled out for dog owners. 1