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Home My WebLink About1982-05-10333 BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING May 10, 1982 The regular meeting of the Board of Health was held Monday, May 10, 1982 at 7:15 p.m. in Room G-1 (Recreation Office) of the Town Office Building. Members present were: Mr. James W. Lambie, Chairman; Dr. Michael S. Erdos, Dr. Linda Roemer and George A. Smith, Director of Public Health. Minutes of the last meeting were approved as read. Mr. Frank P. Scolaro,Jr. of 5 Bruce Road was at the meeting because he had made application to keep 12 racing pigions on his property. There has been only one objection from a neighbor, all other abuttors have no objections. The Board told Mr. Scclaro their only concern would be to keep the area clean PIGEON and free from odor. PERMIT Mr. Scolaro said he has had the pigions for six months but had not been aware that he needed a permit from the Board of Health. The Board had no objections to this permit. Mr. Smith, the Director told Mr. Scolaro that he would be over to check out the area where the pigions were kept. Mr. Scolaro thanked the Board and retired. Mr. Smith introduced the new temporary dog officer, Patricia Martin -Paul to the Board. Mr. Smith told the Board Patricia had started last week as Dog Officer and he will be spending some time with her relating to other matters such as quarantining dogs that have bitten people and also training her in the role as Animal Inspector. TEMPORARY DOG OFFICE] Mr. Smith reported to the Board that the Building Commissioner has let the BATTLE GREEN owners of the Battle Green Inn open about 40 rooms in the older end of the INN motel. He and Debora Chiklis, Health Intern, went through all the rooms and found no problems. The rooms in the pool area are not allowed to be open at this time because there is not a second exit available. Mr. Smith told the Board that he had been contacted by the School Department PEDICULOSIS to attend their principals meeting on June 2, 1982 because they are going to IN SCHOOLS discuss the pediculosis control program for the fall season. We have received many calls from parents of the school children, who sometimes did not feel enough had been done in the schools to control this problem so they have given suggestions and ideas to the schools to help control pediculosis. Mr. Smith discussed with the Board the price of the flu vaccine for the coming fall season. The salesman came in the other day notifying us that it will be $32.50 for a vial of ten doses. For 700 doses it would cost $2,303.00. The State will not be supplying any vaccine this year at all. Mr. Smith said we could buy 11 of our supply out of our current budget and the other half out of the next fiscal year's budget. The Board discussed and was in agreement that a $2.00 fee would not be too much of a burden on those wanting the vaccine and it would give the Board a chance to see if people stayed away because of a small charge. FLU VACCINE :366 PNUMOVAX V.N.A. DIABETES CLINIC MAC DONALD'S MINUTE MAN VOC. SCHOOL HEALTH FAIR SALMON RECALL EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM RAILROAD WEED CONTROL DUST SUPRESSANT GYPSY MOTH CONTROL Mr. Smith said although we are about the only Town left that gives the flu vaccine free, he prefers to give it this year without a charge. Mr. Lambie told Mr. Smith to see if any money will be available for the vaccine. We have ordered some pneumovax to bring the number of doses for our clinic up to 125 doses. We had a good clinic last year and hope to do as well this year. Mr. Perry had asked for a list of our clinics that are given to residents as they will increase the Town's insurance at that time. Mr. Smith told the Board that Jayne Tapia and Susan Byrnes of the Visiting Nurses Association came into his office to discuss a couple of topics. First, they wondered about putting a "blood pressure reading" clinic at the new elderly housing, and take it out of East Lexington. The Board discussed this briefly and decided to leave the clinic at East Lexington for the present time. Also, the Visiting Nurses would like to run a Diabetes Educational Clinic as they had two years ago. They would like to have it at Freeley Village Hall because the bus service is better. A nurse from the diabetes Society would be the instructor and the charge for this would be $40.00. The Board said they feel this clinic would be very worthwhile. Mr. Smith told the Board an outside vendor (MacDonald's) is trying to operate the cafeteria and culinary arts program at Minute Man Technical Vocational School. They have been negotiating with the school to train students in the management end of the "fast-food business". The Health Fair of May 15th was a success. The people watching the dis- plays were really taken up with the hearing -aid dogs. On the salmon recall - all stores were checked in Lexington - no tins of salmon were found here. The emergency alert system is going back into effect. Mr. Smith explained that at one time, when there was a recall or an emergency (red tide) Lexington was notified by the State and then Lexington had to call several surrounding towns. The Railweed Control will not be spraying the railroad tracks through Lexington because the tracks are not used here anymore. D.E.Q.E. sent a notice stating use of waste oil as a dust supressant re- quires a site assignment from the Board of Health. Mr. Smith said he would not recommend its use. Dust problems here have been controlled by wetting down and using a sweeper. Mr. Smith said the State will be re-imbursing the towns that are spraying to control gypsy moths with B.T. (Bacillus Thuringiensis). The agreement has been signed with the Town and the State and the Board of Health notified. Spraying will start sometime this week. 337 RECREATIONAL Mr. Smith told the Board that there are changes in the "minimum sanitation and safety standards" for recreational camps for children. He said substantial changes will go into effect in January 1983. CAMPS Mr. Smith told the Board our Department is now preparing for the annual rabies clinic to be held on June 3 and 4 at the Public Works Barn. RABIES CLINIC He is not sure just hor our clinic will be this year as Waltham had a two-day clinic and only immunized 68 dogs and Needham only immunized 163 dogs. Mr. Smith said we will have to take a look at next year's budget and also just how long we should run this clinic. It would probably be better to have it only one day. The Hazardous Waste Day has been put off until some time in the Fall because residents will probably be starting vacations in June. HAZARDOUS WASTE DAY Mr. Smith mentioned that he will be bringing in the people from the Sheraton - Lexington Motor Inn if they don't shape up soon. He had a report there are cockroaches in the Crackerbarrel Lounge. We also had a call about a party of 18 people at the Sheraton for a brunch and just about everyone of them were sick afterwards. Dr. Erdos asked that #15 on the Agenda be postponed for now and thought the Board should have a special meeting to discuss the DNA Research. The Board agreed to have a special meeting on May 25th at 7:00 p.m. to discuss this subject. The following permits were signed by the Board: Rubbish Disposal Permits Chad Tully d/b/a C.T. Disposal - 3 trucks 851 Lancaster St., Leominster, Mass. Animal Permits John D. Chiesa, Jr. 10 horses 44 Adams St. Alfred Iodice 10 poultry/fowl - 4 deer 63 Winter St. Robert/Marie Rollins 3 horses 205 Grove St. Henry Green, III 12 chickens/two rabbits 14 Fottler Ave. Helen Stakutis 5 hens 160 Grant St. 338 Animal Permits (continued) Carroll Bros. 31 Allen St. Bernard D. Osgood 573 Marrett Rd. Gerhard A. Rowe 69 Blossomcrest St. Peter Tropeano Swimming Pool Permits 15 cows & two horses 1 pony 2 horses 2 cows and one_horse Drummer Boy Green Adams swimming & wading pool 13 Drummer Boy Way 18 Brent Rd. Sun Valley Pool Kinder Care Learning Center Pool 14 Fairlawsn Lane 80 Maple St. 1 Paint Rock Swimming & Wading pool Pleasant Brook swimming & wading pool 13 Partridge Rd. 21A Mason St. Moon Hill swimming and wading pool 24 Moon Hill Rd. Food Service Establishments Guenther's Restaurant Pine Meadows Country Club 1777 Mass. Ave. Cedar St. Belco Vending for Unitrode Chadwick's 5 Forbes Rd. 903 Waltham St. Royal Pastry of Lexington Village Food Stores 317 Marrett Rd. 189 Bedford St. Woburn Vending for Hewlett Packard 32 Hartwell Ave. Discovery Day - Temporary Permits - May 29, 1982 Baskin-Robbins Children's Center of Lexington 1729 Mass. Ave. 1508 Mass. Ave. Lexington Rotary Club - 2 trailers Strawberry Festival Trailer at Hastings Park Lexington Council on Aging Stand Meriam St. Peking Gardens Mother Earth 27 Waltham St. 10 Muzzey Street Gracie's Restaurant Lexington Lions Club One Meriam St. Pretzel Cart (mobile) 1 1 "Road Race Day - May 23, 1982 - Temporary Food Permits Honeywell Battlegreen Run Committee Stand at Road Race selling: oranges, coca cola, sandwiches, non -carbonated orange drink, chocolate chip cookies, wrapped candy bars and yogurt. 1 1