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1 1 1 309 BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING JANUARY 11, 1982 The regular monthly meeting of the Board of Health was held Monday, January 11, 1982 at 7:15 p.m. in the Recreation Office (Room G-1) of the Town Office Building. Members present were: Mr. Janes W. Lambie, Chairman; Dr. Linda Roemer, Ph.D. and Mr. George A. Smith, Director of Public Health. The minutes of the December 9, 1981 meeting were approved as read. Mr. Lambie asked what the special agents for Met State Hospital were. SPECIAL AGENTS AT MET. STATE Mr. Smith said that the secretary, Mrs. Smith would explain it. Mrs. Smith told the Board that there are suppose to be two employees at Met State (section in Lexington) that can sign burial (removal) permits when a dies at the hospital. They have to be appointed as a special agent by the Board of Health. The Board approved Acting Supt. Melvin Tapper and Steward, Stephen Wright as special agents to sign burial permits at Met. State Hospital Mr. Smith said "Speaking of death certificates, we have had a hard time lately with the death certificates that we take to the Town Clerk. The Town Clerk does not accept anything less than perfection. It causes a lot of extra work for the Health Office help. Mr. Smith told the Board that the funeral directors are in the process of setting up a new death certificate with a burial permit attached so that they would not have to come to the Health Office at all. Mr. Smith said some towns are charging now to make out burial permits. They get $5.00 for each burial permit. The Board was not in favor of putting this charge into operation at this time. Mr. Smith reported to the Board that he received a letter (with an application) this week requesting to increase the animal permit from four to six horses from Lisa Fitzgerald. He said Lisa has received two letters from the Board making it very plain that she can keep four horses only. She only has four stalls in her barn and four is all she can handle right now. Mr. Smith said that borrowing land is really not the way to go about increasing the number of animals on these permits. Mr. Smith also told the Board that Lisa does not seem to cooperate or adhere to what she is suppose to do in regard to her animal permit. Dr. Roemer said she had reviewed the Fitzgerald's file in the Health Department and Lisa never had permission for six horses before. She said she is against "borrowing of land" for these animal owners, also.