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Home My WebLink About1982-12-13 :356 BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING DECEMBER 13, 1982 The regular meeting of the Board of Health was held Monday, December 13, 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, and Linda Roemer, Ph.D , George A Smith, Director of Public Health A change in wording was corrected in the Board Notes of the November 8, 1982 meeting It should read "the Board would like to review the job description with the Health Director instead of "go over the job description with him" NEW INTERN Mr Smith introduced Miss Ellen Ripton to the Board Miss Ripton is the new Health Intern for the Health Department CATALDO Mr Smith told the Board that Mr Cataldo has written a request to continue RECLAMATION land reclamation program for another year PROGRAM The Board agreed to renew Mr Cataldo's request for another year SHERATON- Mr Smith reported that the Sheraton-Lexington Motor Inn had a fire in the LEXINGTON laundry room !IRE They have restored the laundry room and there are no further problems at this time WILD ACRE INN There is nothing new to report at this time Dr Roemer went out with Mr Smith to inspect the Inn before the Selectmen's Meeting They have fixed the place all up The Board of Selectmen gave the Wild Acre Inn a temporary permit and has asked the Human Services Coordinator to check it out from the Human Services aspect REQUEST TO Mr Smith told the Board he had received a request from a resident to keep KEEP ROOSTERS roosters on their property Mr Smith has sent the request to the Board of Selectmen to see if they want to grant a variance as they do not allow roosters according to their by-laws Mr Warren Fox came into office and said he wanted to build three houses on SPRING ST his property on Spring Street and wants to put in three septic systems for these houses Mr Smith looked at the property and feels he should connect these houses to sewer because he does not think that three septic systems would fit in there At 7 30 p m Mr David Henley of East Middlesex Mosquito Control came into the Board Meeting He came to discuss "encephalitis" and the dangers of Mos- quitoes that can carry it He discussed briefly the specific cases that appeared in Bedford and Dover and how they had trapped mosquitoes and had found a positive virus in them Mr Henley does not know too much about Lixington at this time because mosquito control had been voted out at Town Meeting so he has never worked in this Town 657 Mr Henley discussed with the Board the different ways to control the mosquitoes and gave suggestions that the Board could think about and discuss with the Select- ' men He suggested it would be worthwhile to ask for money for surveillance and water management and adulterciding The Board feels there should be some kind of mosquito control in Lexington particularly after the two cases in towns nearby After further discussion, the Board thanked Mr Henley for coming in and Mr Henley retired The Board discussed the "non-smoking" areas in restaurants and cafeterias They NON have decided to write a letter to those businesses stating that the Board would SMOKING like to make the "non-smoking" areas a voluntary thing and wanted to ask the AREAS owners and managers if they would be willing to establish an area on a voluntary IN basis They also would like their views on this subject RESTS The Board discussed a "possible" full-time position for a sanitarian in the CAFE- Health Department The Board asked Mr Smith to make a report of all his duties TERIAS and inspections that are done by his department and write up a report to show the need for an assistant Mr Smith agreed to do this for the Chairman The Board feels they should be knowledgeable of the staffing positions and policies of the Department At 8 30 p m Mrs Janet Dephoure, applicant for a license for a massage therapist, came before the Board Mr Philip Ciampa, applicant for a massage parlor was also to come in at 8 30 p m but failed to show up Mrs Dephoure discussed her qualifications with the Board and they, in turn, questioned Mrs Dephoure After a brief discussion, the Board agreed that a temporary license for six months would be given as a probationary period The temporary license would restrict the applicant to working in one establishment only and would not allow working in the homes of clients The following permits were signed by the Board Food Establishment Permits Carey's Catch 46 Mass Avenue Dennis Dyer d/b/a Lexington House of Pizza (new owner) 399 Lowell Street Brigham's, Inc 34 Bedford Street a Olkii Permits signed by the Board - continued Inter-State United Corp for Data Resources 24 Hartwell Ave Belco Vending for Unitrode Corp 5 Forbes Rd The Crafty Yankee (temporary) for Christmas 6 Muzzey St Vending Servomation for Ginn & Co 191 Spring St Servomation for W R Grace Co 53 Hayden Ave Catch Penny Chalet Motor Lodge 440 Bedford St Dining Management Services for Itek #1 10 Maguire Rd Servomation Corp at Temple, Barker and Sloane Hayden Office Trust, 33 Hayden Ave Battle Green Inn 1720 Mass Ave Nursing Homes Pine Knoll Nursing Home 30 Watertown St East Village Nursing Home 140 Emerson Rd Dana Home for Women 2027 Mass Ave Church Kitchens St Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church Countryside Bible Chapel 17 Meriam St 480 Lowell St St Brigid's Church Temple Isaiah 2001 Mass Ave 55 Lincoln St Temple Emunah Church of Our Redeemer Rte 2 at Piper Rd 6 Meriam St Lexington, Mass First Parish Church 7 Harrington Rd Lexington United Methodist 2600 Mass Avenue Lexington L a-"rnk Permits signed by the Board - continued Sacred Heart Church 21 Follen Rd Trinity Covenant Church 44 Allen St Grace Chapel Church of Christ Worthen Rd 319 Lowell St First Baptist Church Pilgrim Congregational Church 1580 Mass Avenue 55 Coolidge Avenue Hancock United Church of Christ Follen Community Church 1912 Mass Avenue 755 Mass Avenue Animal Permits SEWAGE DISPOSAL PERMITS Nathan T Sidley, M D Suburbanite Cesspool Service 3 trucks 2 Rogers Rd , Lexington P 0 Box 448, Lexington, Ma Syringe Permits Electric Sewer Cleaning Co 4 trucks 294 Lincoln St , Allston Collaborative Research, Inc 128 Spring St Sewer Reamer Service 81 Newton St , Somerville, Ma Motel Permits A A Cesspool Company Sheraton-Lexington Motor Inn 89 Willow St , Waltham 727 Marrett Road RUBBISH DISPOSAL PERMITS Catch Penny Chalet Motor Lodge 440 Bedford St Brown-Ferris Industries, Inc 5 trucks 170 Market St , Brighton Installer's Permits Wellesley trucking service, Inc Suburbanite Cesspool, Inc P 0 Box 166, Wellesley, Ma P 0 Box 448 Miller Disposal Service, Inc 2 trucks Lawrence M Carroll 1 Commercial Ave , Bedford 753 Waltham St , Lexington Charles Lee Disposal, Inc 2 trucks Arlex Oil Corp - Dave Eagle 1 Ellery St , So Boston 275 Mass Avenue Corenco Corp (rendering) 2 trucks Defilice Bros Corp 525 Woburn St , Tewksbury P 0 Box 170, Lexington Ace Disposal Service, Inc A A Cesspool Co 22 No Maple St , Woburn 89 Willow St , Waltham, Mass Northeast Disposal Electric Sewer Cleaning Co 22 No Mapel St , Woburn 294 Lincoln St , Allston Barry Bros 3 trucks 105 Rumford Ave , Auburndale