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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1986-03-255.10 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. 1 1 511 -2- 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 5t2 -3- 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. 1 1 1 Sia -4- 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.