1986-02-25 - Laserfiche WebLink

Browse Search

BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING FEBRUARY 25, 1986 The monthly meeting of the Board of Health was held Tuesday, February 25, 1986 at 7:15 p.m. in Room G-15 of the Town Office Building. Members present were: James W. Lambie, Chairman; Donald A. Goldmann, M.D., Howard B. Asarkof, D.D.S., George A. Smith, Jr., R.S., Director of Public Health and Jacqueline Selway, Sanitarian. Jacqy told the Board she had done quite a few routine inspections of SANITARIAN'S cafeterias and restaurants and has started her inspections of vending REPORT machines in the different commercial buildings. George and Jacqy had gone to court last week for an overflowing septic system and the court had not sent out the summons to the proper parties so they have to go back again this week. Jacqy said the pig manure has all been removed from the area at the Bedford -Lexington line at Defelice's old property where the pig farm use to be. There had been an oil spill in back of the town hall area and oil went into catch basins on Fletcher Avenue which empties into the Vinebrook. D.E.Q.E. called Clean Harbours to set booms in brook to catch the oil. Estimated spil- lage from tank appears to be less than 100 gallons. Jacqy said they had also been doing the Brie Cheese and the Tylenol recalls. Jacqy had one food poisoning complaint and also one complaint in regard to smoking in a retail food store. At 7:30 p.m. David Henley, Superintendent of the East Middlesex Mosquito MOSQUITO Control Project came into Board Meeting to report to the Board how the project CONTROL is doing - in regard to Lexington and other towns. He said the project is running well and a couple of new towns have entered the Project - one being Hanscom Air Base. David and his workers will train workers at the Air Base in mosquito work and the project will do work at the perimeter of the base. Mr. Henley said with the Pheasant Brook Estates thickly settled woods being opened up it makes it much easier to do the mosquito work done in that area. Seven hundred feet have been done so far. Mr. Henley described what he and his personnel have been doing, what they are planning to do and in what areas, etc. Mr. Lambie asked Mr. Henley what about Tophet Swamp and mosquito control. Mr. Henley said it would be too large an area to do. It would have to be done by aerial spray. Mr. Henley said he had been talking to someone from Pennsylvania that uses helicopters in Plymouth. Dr. Asarkof wanted to know if the budget should stay the same or be lowered. Mr. Henley said he would like to raise the workers pay up a little bit. He has only been paying $6.50 an hour and that is not much incentive to get some good help and keep them.