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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1972-01-31430 7\'J DISPOSAL P7R7ITS Suburbanite Cesspool Service R. E. Andrews (2 trucks) Electric Sewer (3 trucks) Joseph App Co. A A Cesspool Co. Rite Clean Cesspool Co. John Zanni (2 trucks) (3 trucks) Dorothy Jones, Clerk BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING JANUARY 31, 1972 The regular meeting of the Board of Health was held Monday, January 31, 1972 at 7:00 P.M. in the Conference Room G-5 of the Town Office Building. Members present were: Dr. William L. Cosgrove, Chairman, James W. Lambie, Dr. Charles Ellicott and Robert C. Heustis, Director of Public Health. The minutes of the January 3, 1972 meeting were approved. Mr. Heustis reported that Edward Fitzgerald, 31 James Street, had defaulted on his court appearance regarding the FITZGERALD keeping of 2 ponies without a permit. The 30 days granted Mr. HORSES Fitzgerald to make other arrangements for the ponies are up. The default will'.•mean a warrent will be issued for Mr. Fitz-- gerald's arrest and it will then be up to the judge what action will be taken. Mr. Heustis went on to say that Mr. Fitzgerald talked of applying for a permit to keep one pony. The concensus of the Board was that Mr. Fitzgerald did not have acreage to keep even one pony and according to our Regulations the Board could not grant a variance. The Mystic Valley Mental Health Clinic has submitted a MYSTIC revised budget for 1972 which shows an increase of 3% or $506. 'VALLEY dollars for the Town of Lexington. MENTAL HEALTH Mr. Lambie reported that Mrs. Welch explained that the CLINIC insurance payments for some cases and also an under -expended balance for operating costs in 1971 made it possible for the clinic to revise their budget without cutting the services to the Towns. The Board voted to accept this Budget and submit to the Board of Selectmen the sum of $18,376. to be placed in Article 27 for Mystic Valley Mental Health Clinic for Town Meeting. Mr. Heustis reported that he and Donald Irwin, Building AIR POLLUTIONInspector attended the hearing on the proposed changes in REGULATION Metropolitan Boston Air Pollution Regulations. He went on to HEARING 1 1 1 1 1 1 explain that what the State Health Department is trying to do is up -grade the present Air Pollution Regulations to comply with the Federal Air Pollution Regulations. The enforcement of these regulations will be by the State, local Police, Fire and Health Departments. There could also be quite an impact on local Town Budgets when these regulations are enforced. The letter to B. Snyder Co., Inc., regarding the spillage of sewage during the repair of the pumping station at Brook Street was approved. PUMPING STATION Mr. Heustis explained that he noticed the spillage at the time of an inspection and felt that this should be called to the attention of the contractor making repainrs at the pumping station. This situation has been corrected. The Board asked if these repairs would correct the problem of sewage running into the meadow around the pumping station in the Spring. Mr. Heustis said it should but at the present time the con- tractor is six months behind schedule. Hopefully the open win- ter we have had this year will help the situation at the pump- ing station this Spring. Mr. Heustis explained that Mr. Charles R. Metchear, Pres- ident of the Rotary Club, had been in and would like the Board HARD OF of Health to co-sponsor the Boston Guild of the Hard of Hearing HEARING Mobile Unit for Lexington. MOBILE The Board voted in favor of co -sponsoring the Hearing Mobile Unit. The Mobile Unit will be in Lexington April 24 through April 28. The Health Department will work with the Rotary Club on this program. The Clerk explained that attendance at public clinics has been very small and she questioned the value of the clinics if PUBLIC they were not well attended. This past year, six clinics were CLINICS held and a total of 353 immunizations given. Only 11 attended the Measles Clinic. The Board discussed clinic attendance and it was agreed that the resource age for the clinics should be between age one and kindergarten. It was suggested that possibly a ques- tionaire could be sent to parents of pre-school children so that an evaluation of the need of public clinics could be made. Dr. Ellicott also suggested Mr. Heustis contact the State Health Department to see if any of the vaccines could be given the same day.