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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1971-12-06 42 The Automobile Expense :accounts were reduced because the new car will not require the repairs that were necessary Ln the old car. The Gas"line Acc un+ was also reduced. Laboratury Equipment will be purchased fr m the 1q^'1 Budget, therefore a $1000, was eliminated from this ace ant . A total c" *1570. was cut from last years budget . The Rabies Clinic Expense Budget was discussed. It was pointer out that this year there sh uld '-)e appr ,xi mately 3000 a ngs license in T EIyi'^^t t _, ' r . mhis increase in licer.sin^' would inuicate a larger attendance at the Rabies Clinic, therefore, an increase was made to purchase extra vaccine and alv• to have RABIES more anncuncemort cards printed. Total increase in this budget CLINIC was $220 The fellwing permits and licenses were signed by the Board Chili "are Centers C-mmunity P'ursery ` chool Yreb ' s School Foundation, Inc . Rubbish Disposal McCall Trucking Cc. ( 1972 License ) Animal 1ernits Pauline Sellars Food Establishment Peririi.ts Servomation-Wilburs , Inc. 141 Sprin7 St. F lsom' s Seafood of Lexington =env mation of N.E. , Inc. Ginn p: Co. Cafeteria 01'. Lexington Festaurant d/b/a Lario ' s Drummer P -y =restaurant Friendly' s Ice 'ream C,h p L .)r„thy Jones, Clerk Ban= OF HEALTH MEETING FECEMBEF 6, 197'1 The regular meeting of the Board of Health was held 'Ionday, December 6, 1Q-1 in Meeting ' eon r f the Tcwn 0ffice Building. Members present were Dr. :,'illiam Ccs^'reve, Chairman, Tr . James Lambie , Dr. Charles Ellicott and Rob rt Heustis , Direct r of �ublie ''ealth. 'he minutes r the f uvember 1, 1971 Meeting were appy, Tied as real. II The letter to the Board oC Selectmen regarding the irspection of the Bamb Hut cn Nc--ornber 29, 1971 , was discussed and appr )ved e Board. BAMBOO Mr. Heustis explained that the C .mmon Victulars license HUT issued by the Selectmen was due for renewal and the health de- ����m t.is f ' sled t�- crt Ln the ” od e tablis}1UPt be- �k�ei� lice_ des are re �wed. He wet; on �o s:�y taa� �ie 424 cr f t�ni t o Far,; j_ Hut in sst4sfactcry . onditiur at the time f the inspecti r. KAM Mr. Heustis said he diu not kn :w if the Selectmen would review the hours of operation for the Bamboo Hut before issuing the CommL.n Victulars Licence but this might eliminate some of the complaints re'arding the noise , I did mention agai^ in the letter t.; the „electmer that the Board of Health would revoke the Food Establishment Permit of the Bamboo Hut if future inspections showed continued violations. 419 BEDFORD STREET The order t( : cubert Drake, 419 Bedford Street, to remove one goat and two cults from the premises was approved by the Board. Mr. Heustis explained 4-hat Mr . Drake had just moved to Lexington fr •m Nev Hampshire and brought the animals with him. The lots in this area are small and he would not have enough land to keep the animals. A re-inspection showed that the arimals were not on the premises. The subdivision plan, owned by Robert Cclbourne, located .,CTBDIVTSION o• Mountain Foad and dated November 17, 1971, was approved by MOUNTAIN the Board with the following conditions 'ROAD 1. 7c ouilding permit shall be issued unless town water service is provided. 2. No building permit shall be issued until the require- ments of the State Sanitary Code , Article XI , "Minimum Requirements for the Disposal of Sanitary Sewage in ' r s _1 ra.. kr a-" _.& F lieu with. F r. ,_eustis explained to the B. and that J hn Walters, Jr. of 19 Oakland Street had requested permission to instal an 19 OAKLAND over-flow cesspool to c )rrect a nuisance with his septic system. STREET Mr. Walters property is within 200 feet of the public sewer but the soil pipe drain from his house is about 20 feet below the surface level of Oakland Street . The sewer line , according to the Town Engineer, is only 6 feet below the surface at this point on Oakland Street. In order to connect to public sewer Mr. Walters t.,ould have to pump the sewage up hill, also the land towards Oakland Street is all rock ledge and estimated to be about 100 feet. Due to the difficulties involved to connect this house to public sewer the Board voted to grant Mr. Walters a variance and allow him to install an over-flow cesspCol or leaching area. 199 WOBUPH STREET The letter from Mr. H. L. Lotto, 199 Woburn Street, re- garding the sewage problem he has an his property was read by the Beard. Mr. Heustis explained that the section of Woburn Street where Mr. Lotto was located was a problem area but could not be serviced by town sewer until a trunk line was brought through this area. He said we will continue to recommend the area for public sewer. This section of Woburn_ Street , Webb Street and Young Jtreet are having a let of trouble with the in- dividual sewage systems. 25 Mr. Heustis explained that F 'arc s 7. Donovan, 675 I,-avrett Road, had requested an extension o' time to connect his house to public sewe—. He explained that Mr. Donovan was having a problem trying to get c 'ntrac` rs t. du the wurle. In the mean- time he has has his system pumped ut and will watch on as n ± 6-'r; to create a health nuisance . MARR"T ROAD The Board voted to gran` Mr. D _ncvan a 30 day ex"ersi,r of time to correct is house to public sewer . The re-application for a permit to keep 2 ponies by Edward H. Fitzgerald, 31 James .street vas discussed by the Board. HORSES 3l TAT47. 5 Mr. Heus'- is explaires that in June Mr. Fitzgeralx was STREET ordered to remove the ponies from his premises , lie had the horses for the past 13 years without a permit . At that time he made application for a permit t, keep the 2 p ries , but he did n 't have eroi:gh lane ano the permit v as re 'used. He did not c mply , ith the ruler to remove the ponies from t _- pro _pro ises and a complain?- was filed in fine rd P is'cric` Cuurt . The re-applies i,r has a letter signed i'7 ''achel iilllrTbar, 27 Paroeway `_ead, granting? the Fitzgeralds permissiur to use her property ti ma,ce up he required Peres of land. Mr. Heustis went on to say that Tr. Fitzgerald has still not sunpl ied tee requires inf rmati n f_r the B -ard t _ act 'n this application, therefore, nc action car be take- at this time . Tee applicati .n for a permit to keep 15 chickens by Lance ANIMAL Burke, 331 Marre"- road was approved pr viding there are no PERMIT roosters kept on the premises . Yr. Heus`is reminded the Bard that the final date for TOWN articles for 'the Town l arra-t was Janaary 7, lq-2. The �' ar~ *ARRANT has no articles f;Mr the Warrant unless we hear from A'L'torne:, - General quinn regarding Flu-rilation. Dr. EllicPtt rep reed that he haL, met with the Rand .f YOUTH Selectmen regarding the Youth (kuncilinl ,ervice. He explained COlNCILTTTG that Mr . McManus , youth ccurcilcr, is pail fr -)m the Tlec'men ' s Youth .services Account . The funding f;r "Replace whore McManus has his test ccr'"act v,ith the youth -f Town, ,, as ex- plained by Dr. E11i2Ltt. Dr. Ellicott said nothing definite has come fr -m this meeting but he will keep the and informed. Mr . Lambie said the rcmmi"tee to investigate the Mystic Valley Mental Health had nct met yet . MV?Ii BUrTET Mr. Heustis reported that he has attended the Meeting of the League of ;;omen Voters regarding the operation of the SANITARY Sanitary LandFill. The results from this meeting were LAND FILL 1. Agreed that the Lane Fill was nut operated properly. 2. They would like to see the re-cycling center enlarged. 3 . Would like to see the Town employ additional monitors at the rand Fill. The Beard members discusses changing their regular meeting date to coincide with the meetinrr nights of other Town Boards. It was agreed that '�onday night was nuw convenient fur all members.