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596 Health recommended the formation of a committee from members of the departments concerned with waste collection and disposal so that the Board of Selectmen would have well -considered recommen dations on which to base future action. Chairman, Lincoln Cole, then made a motion that a committee consisting of the Superintendent of Public Works, the Executive Secretary to the Board of Selectmen, The Health Officer, and representative of the Town Meeting Association be commissioned to study and report on the Town's wate sollection and disposal services. This motion was unanimously passed by the Board of Selectmen and approved by the Board of Health. BOARD OF HEALTH MEETIN€i SEPTEMBER 20, 1963 The regular meeting of the Board of Health was held, Friday September 20, 1963, at 7:30 P.M. in the Selectmen's Office of The Town Office Building. Members present were: R.L. McQuillan, Chairman, Dr. William Cosgrove, Mr, James M. West, and Executive Health Officer, James F. Finneran. Minutes of the August 1, 1963 meeting were approved as read and also the minutes of the Special Meeting of September 9, 1963 were approved as read. AA CESSPOOL At the request of the Board of Health, Mr. Verner Rodenhiser COMPANY of A.A. Cesspool came before the Board to answer charges made by Miss Margaret Joyce, 93 Laconia Street, Lexington, Mass. In a letter to the Board the following charges were made -by Miss Joyce against A.L. Cesspool Co. 1. Overcharging 2. Work improperly done except as overseen, step-by- step by customer 3. Misleading advertising 4. Incompetence 5. Unethical tactics Miss Joyce also stated in this letter she felt the Board of Health should also be challenged on their tactics of issuing licenses to the sewage disposal companies. Mr. Finneran explained that if the equipment used by these companies was in good tight condition a license was issued to them and because of the highly competative nature of this bus- iness he always suggested that home -owners call more than one company for estimates on the job to be done. The Board agreed that they could not supervise the work done by these companies and because of the competitive mature of the business must assume that each company does the work properly. Mr. Rodenhiser was accompanied to this hearing by the men who had done the work at Miss -Joyce's home, namely, his son Mr. Lebow and Mr. Bennett. Mr. Rodenhiser stated that Miss Joyce had signed a contract for what he termed a $90.00 dollar job but because when the men went out the first time they could not locate the cesspool and had to come back to the garage for a hearing device there was an extra charge. When the hearing device was used a snake from