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BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING
MARCH 25, 1986
The regular meeting of the Board of Health was held Tuesday, March 25,
1986 at 7:15 p.m. in Room G-15 of the Town Office Building. Members present
were: James W. Lambie, Chairman; Dr. Donald Goldmann, Dr. Howard B. Asarkof,
Goerge A. Smith, Jr., Health Director; and Jacqueline H. Selway, Sanitarian.
Minutes of the January and February meetings were approved as read by
the Board of Health.
TREETOPS OF Treetops of Lexington Health Care came before the Board to explain what
LEXINGTON type of facilities they plan to construct if the Planning & Building Depart-
ments give them the permits to build.
Dennis Sargent, Jim Paino of Treetops and Frank Miller, Health Admin-
istrator came before the Board and brought with them a slide show of all the
facilities they plan to build if they are able to continue with this project.
They have a big drawback - there is only one exit from the the property and there
has to be two. They have talked to the Elks and have tried to buy the up front
property but to no avail. They said if the situation does not change and they
cannot obtain a second exit they will have to find another site somewhere else
out of town, for this project.
After further discussion, Mr. Sargent, Mr. Paino and Mr. Miller thanked
the Board of Health and retired.
MALFUNCTION- Mr. Huang and his wife of 22 Mason Street came before the Board at Mr.
MING SEPTIC Huang's request for a hearing in regard to his rental property at 31 James
SYSTEM Street, Lexington.
'JAMES ST.
The Health Director has received complaints from the tenant in regard
to the malfunctioning septic system and that the yard was all mushy. He said
there had been a problem with the system from time to time for several years
but there never was a permanent soluction at that time because there was no
sewer on the street. The town has since put town sewer on the street and the
house at 31 James Street could and should be connected.
Mark Rolsema, the tenant, and Jill Langton of 21 Rangeway and Mr. Rolsema's
next door neighbor came to the Board Meeting also and spoke of the problem of
the malfunctioning septic system.
Mr. Smith told the Board that he recommends the Board order Mr.Huang to
tie the house at 31 James Street into the town sewer because the ground won't
take any more affluent. If he doesn't want to tie in the Board should order
Mr. Huang to put in a whole new septic system that could cost as much or more
than tying into town sewer. It could be more expensive in the future.
The Board all agreed Mr. Huang should tie into the town sewer and they
would give him a couple of months to get his arrangements made and sewer tied
in. They told Mr. Huang to get back to them in three or four weeks to let
them know how things were going.
The Board thanked everyone for coming into the Board Meeting.
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Dr. Goldmann brought up the subject of a rash that continues to occur
in some of the schools. He thinks the Board should make some kind of state- RASH -
ment. SCHOOLS
Mr. Smith said it is up to the school department to handle all of this.
Dr. Goldmann said the Board should know how many cases there are of this
rash.
Dr. Asarkof said he would call the pediatricians and poll them on the
number of cases they have seen.
Dr. Goldmann brought up the subject of the suicides of young people in SUICIDES
Lexington. There has been one suicide and four attempts, he said, Dr. AMONG THE
Goldmann feels the Board should be doing more. Lexington is right behind YOUNG
Leominster. Dr. Asarkof said he had spoken to Mr. Southworth at the schools.
They really don't know just how far the schools can go prying into the
family's lives.
Jacqy Selway said maybe workshops, etc. would help.
Dr. Goldmann feels the Board should be having hearings on this subject.
Dr. Goldmann said instead of talking septic systems overflowing, VNA,
hazardous wastes day and other such topics, we should be concentrating on
the problems of the young people in the schools.
Mr. Smith said those things are part of the duties of the Board of Health,
also but we should bring something constructive up front, should money be
appropriated for education, who do we talk to, where do we start?
Dr. Asarkof said a starting point is to contact the school department,
police, school counselors, call attention of this to the Town Manager, Board
of Selectmen, Town Meeting and bring it also to the attention of the whole
town.
Dr. Asarkof said we should start with the schools and ask about the
suicides.
They wondered what happened to the questionnaire that Bea Phear was going
to get together.
Mr. Smith said that Mrs. Phear has left the employment of the town.
Seragen had an appointment at 8:30 p.m. but did not show up at the SERAGEN
appointed time so they are now over the time for their proposal.
Jacqy Selway has continued her inspections daily. She has inspected
mobile servers, and has been inspecting vending machines, inplant cafe-
terias, retail food stores and restaurants.
She answered a complaint about the trash behind the C.V.S. store.
Jacqy accompanied Mr. Smith over to the Bridge School to check out some
areas that were under our jurisdiction.
SANITARIAN'S
REPORT
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At the present time there is nothing new to report on the septic system
on Cliffe Ave./Albermarle Ave. situation. They have been waiting to hear
about the sultlmons .
Jacqy has also been updating the chart in the office for inspections
that have been made, complaints received and permits due.
The Board discussed the V.C.N.H. and how to set up the guidelines for
everyone to agree upon.
The Board feels that at the present system they are becoming a welfare
agency, instead of a board of public health. They need a solution to all of
this.
They said that Rita Sullivan of the Lexington Housing Authority should
have a list of a relative of the elderly living in the village to contact
in case of illness.
The Visiting Nurse had refused to let her nurses answer a call at one
of the villages because she had been told the Board of Health would not pay
for any more visits. The nurse should have answered the call anyway because
she did not know if the person was a Board of Health client or whether she
or he was able to be on Medicare. The nurse did not know the person's cir-
cumstances but refused to go anyway.
Mr. Smith said another alternative to the Visiting Nurses would be to
hire a town nurse.
The Board said they will have to find a solution to this problem some-
how and it may end up each client will pay $10.00 a visit from the nurses.
The Board feels there should be some kind of financial check before
the Board pays for these visits. The Minute Man Home Care runs a check
for "eligibility" before you get their services. Also, the visits should
only be made with the orders from the doctor. As it is now the nurses just
go without any calls from the doctor.
Mr. Lambie suggests that Rita Sullivan get involved and she could call
one of the Board members who in turn would call the Visiting Nurses or Rita
could call George Smith directly in an emergency situation.
The Board does not have the right answer as yet but they are working on
it.
Mr. Smith is going to talk to the Fire Chief and the Police Chiefs.
Send letter to Collaborative Research in regard to their BL2 research.
The Board o.k.'d the appointment of Audrey Deloffi, Chief Operating
Officer at Met State to sign death certificates at this institution.
Meeting adjourned at 9:45 p.m.
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The following permits are to be signed by the Board:
Vending Machine Facilities DUPLICATE COPIES
Epicurean Feast Food Service, Inc.
One Cranberry Hill
Food Service Establishments
Epicurean Feast Food Service, Inc.
One Cranberry Hill
Mobile Food Server
Charles D. Aker
242 Lincoln St., Lexington
Catering Permits
Ellen Balmer Catering
207 Broadway, Arlington, MA
Concord Caterers
9 Adams St., Burlington, MA
Jean's Catering Service
100 Central St., Milford, MA
Food Service Establishments
Carey's Catch II
46 Mass Ave.
Cory's of Lexington, Inc.
20 Waltham St.
James Tully - new caterer
Lexington Golf Club
55 Hill St.
Lexington Lodge of Elks #2204
969 Waltham St., Lexington
Lexington Knights of Columbus
177 Bedford St., Lexington, MA
Swimming Pools
Swim "90", Inc. - Harold/Helen Millican
Animal Permits
Carroll Bros.
31 Allen St.
Eugene F. Delfino
94 Reed St.
David L. Gennaro
108 Winter St.
Vernon M. Parsons
65 Allen St.
Inplant Cafeteria
Lexington Veterans of Foreign Wars #3007
2 Hayes Lane, Lexington
S.E.I. Corp./MNB Vending Service, Inc.
83 Hartwell Ave.
Service America Corp. for T.B.S.
Hayden Office Trust - 33 Hayden Ave.
Corey Vending Co., Inc. for Interactive
Data Corp.
94 Hayden Ave., Lexington - VENDING MACHINES
A.T.&T. Information Systems
Executive Communications Center - 128 Spring St.
Animal Permits
Collaborative Research, Inc.
128 Spring St.
John W. Frey
1133 Mass Ave.
Alfred Iodice
63 Winter St.
Wilson Farm
10 Pleasant St.