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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1967-04-03 cc 124 -3- tr. representative of the Board of Health to the Lexington Visiting Nurse Association. The annual appointments for the year ending March 31, 1968 were made as follows : James F. Finneran Director of Public Health James F. Finneran Inspector of Slaughtering James F. Finneran Assistant Animal Inspector Dr. Carl R. Benton Animal Inspector Dorothy Jones Clerk and Agent Hazel Murray Agent Isabel Finneran Dental Hygienist Paul F. O'Leary Special Agent-Metropolitan Hospital Charles S. Karr Special Agent - Metropolitan Hospital Dr. Wm. F. McLaughlin Special Agent - Metropolitan Hospital The following renewal permits were signed by the Board: Pewter Pot Muffin House-Food Establishment Frank Sarno Disposal - Rubbish Disposal Minute Man Disposal Battle Green Motor Inn - Swimming Pool Permit Center Playground Pool " Hayden Recreation Centre The meeting was adjourned at 9:00 P.M. BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING APRIL 3, 1967 The regular meeting of the Board of Health was held Monday, April 3, 1967 at 7:00 P.M. in the Health Department Office. Members present were : Mr. R.L. McQuillan, Chairman and Mr. James M. West. Minutes of the March 6, 1967 meeting were approved as read. Mr. West and Mr. McQuillan requested that the Clerk, Mrs. Jones enter a vote of confidence from the Board in the work she has carried on in the emergency of the past 2 months. Dr. Howard A. Smith, Veterinarian, 476 Bedford APPOINTMENT Street was nominated Inspector of Animals to replace ANIMAL INSP. Dr. Carl Benton. The Clerk was instructed to notify the State Health Department, Division of Livestock Control of this nomination and also to notify Dr. Smith and Town Clerk, Miss Mary McDonough. -2- 16 r' the changes in the 1967-Budget were noted by BUDGET the Board. The car allowance of the Director was reduced from X800. to $400. because it is expected that a Town car will be provided by July 1st. The Clerk - Stenographer' s position was reclassified from a S-5 to S-7. This reclass- if ioation was done by the Selectmen to all Clerk - Steno- s graphers in the Town employ. The letter to Mrs. Joseph Hyatt, Hyattsville Maryland, 303 ordering her to correct the sewage situation at the dwelling CONCORD owned by her at 303 Concord Avenue was approved by the AVENUE Board. Mrs. Jones reported that Mrs. Hyatt had called the Health Department and stated that she had instructed Mrs. Silva, tenant, to call a contractor to have the system repaired. Mrs. Jones said she had talked with Mrs. Silva who will get estimates of the job from two or three contractors and then let Mrs. Hyatt decide who would do the job. Mrs. Jones said she realized that this would hold up the correction of this problem for a few days but the tenant did not want to take the responsibility of hiring a contractor without the ownerâ–şs okay. The preliminary subdivision plan entitled "Bowser BOWSER Saddle Club Estates, Section III" was approved by the SADDLE CLUB Board with the conditions as stated in the Whitman & ESTATES III Howard Report. The letter to Bryant Land Corporation regarding lots LOWELL originally in the "Lowell Estates" subdivision was apnroved.ESTATES Mrs. Jones explained that the President, H. R. Zeller, Jr. , of Bryant Land Corporation had been in to the Office and also wrote a letter stating that certain lots that were rejected in the original survey of the subdivision had been filled in and he wanted these lots rechecked and possible released for building. Mr. Lucas of Whitman & Howard, Inc. went out to check on these lots with new plans submitted by Mr. Zeller but they did not include the lot grades in these plans so Mu. Lucas could not approve or disapprove the lots in question. Mr. Zeller was notified that lot grading plans would have to be submitted before approval could be given. The letter to Clifford Magee, owner of an apartment 703 at 703 Massachusetts Ave. was approved by the Board. MASS. AVE. Mrs. Jones explained that the tenant called complaining the landlord had turned off the water in the apartment. Upon checking with the landlord it was found that the plumbing in the basement was blocked and a plumber was fixing it and that was why the water was turned off. The letter to Mr. Magee cited regulations of the Sanitary Code dealing with the owner' s resonsibility to provide water for household use for tenants. The Board again discussed the problem of Air Pollution AIR and it was decided that laws would be drawn-up to help POLLUTION control some of the outside burning in Town. Further study will be done before these rules can be drawn-up.