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31. DOG BITES PREMATURE BABIES BUDGET HEALTH FAIR GUENTHER'S RESTAURANT BORA BORA Mr. Smith asked if he lets anyone else besides Arlington in with any fill. Mr. Cataldo said, "It is only Arlington that dumps their fill in the land". There are 15 acres there, Mr. Cataldo said. Five are for Conservation. Mr. Lambie told Mr. Cataldo to renew the permit on a yearly basis, one year at a time. Mr. Cataldo said the "master permit" is for a five year period. The yearly permit is renewable every September. He wondered if it could be renewed in December to coincide with the "master permit". The Board agreed to have the yearly permit renewable each December. Mr. Cataldo thanked the Board and retired. Mr. Smith told the Board that he has been quaranting dogs after a dog bite is reported. If a dog has bitten people three times, then there is a re- quest for a hearing to have the dog removed from Town. Mr. Lambie felt that three bites was rather generous. Mr. Smith said, "Not really, but if a dog becomes vicious and bites, we can remove the dog and put him in our shelter and quarantine it there. He said there was one dog in Town that had bitten two people badly but they didn't want to make any fuss over it because they were friends of the dog owner. The joggers have trouble with loose dogs running after their legs and on occasion a jogger will give a dog a little kick and the dog bites them. Mr. Smith told the Board that the State sent us a letter stating they were not funding any more premature babies payments that they are to be trans- ferred to Medicaid. We had always sent out a visiting nurse when a premature baby was reported to our Department. They investigated to see if the parents had any kind of health insurance. Most cases were covered by some kind of insurance and it was always suggested that they contact Medicaid if by chance they were unable to pay the bills. Mr. Smith told the Board he had his meeting with the Town Manager in regard to our budget for 82/83. Everything passed that he had asked for. Our budget is relatively small and we do not overspend. Mr. Smith said he had hoped Dr. Erdos was here tonight to discuss the up- coming health fair with him. Mr. Smith told the Board that the health fair here in Lexington will be May 15th. This will be strictly a local effort and will not be run in conjunction with Channel 5. He said he is working a couple of things now and he is hoping to get the Hearing Aid Dog Society and the E.P.A. to come up with something in their fields of health work. Mr. Smith said Guenther's had some work done on his outside filters. The stores that had been involved think there is improvement, but it is still somewhat noticeable, it is still not ventilated well. An inspection of the Bora Bora showed it was in terrible shape. Mr. Smith