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Home My WebLink About1983-11-14 4)(14'', 4) BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING NOVEMBER 14, 1983 The regular monghly meeting of the Board of Health was held Monday, November 14, 1983 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, Linda Roemer, Ph D and George A. Smith, Health Director Minutes of July 13, July 13th Public Hearing on "Non-Smoking" areas in cafete- rias, July 22 Special Meeting on Mosquitoes, August 11th Special Meeting, Aug 23 & September 6 Special Meetings, September 13th Regular Meeting were accepted as read The minutes of the October 17, 1983 Meeting had one correction Under the heading of Winning Farm (page one of board notes) it was written that the Board of Selectmen met to discuss the Winning Farm. It should have read that the Con- servation Commission was going to meet to discuss Winning Farm at their meeting and Mr Lambie would attend to listen to the discussion Mr Smith told the Board that Mrs Deborah Halko, Sanitarian could not be at the meeting tonight He reported that she has really been busy doing restaurant in- spections and checking out their "No Smoking" sections Mario's and Peking SANITARIAN Gardens say they have signs on order as does the Versaille Restaurant Mr REPORT Smith said it is going to take "some work" to get these restaurants completed with their no smoking sections Brigham's is making a real effort to comply with their set-up Mr Smith told the Board that he had taken Mrs Halko to a meeting in regard to PCB'S and they also went to Hood's Plant in Charlestown and had a tour ' of the plant Mr Smith told the Board that Mrs Halko is doing a very good job for the Health Department Nothing new to report on Winning Farm No one has heard from the D E Q E WINNING FARM on this matter Woodburning stoves can be a problem. The smoke from the stoves doesn't WOODBURNING rise It hangs in air 20 feet or below STOVES Mr Smith said there are no regulations on woodburning stoves and it can be a problem when the smoke doesn't rise DEQE doesn't plan on passing any regulations in the near future A member of the Board asked how many woodburning stoves are there in Lexing- ton? Mr Smith said that Peter DiMatteo, Building Commissioner, can give us that answer Mr Smith reported that after January 1, 1984, it appears the exemption of LEAD PAINT lead paint inspection for single family (owner occupied) homes will not be INSPECTIONS extended This is for homes that have children six years of age or under ' This will involve sales of homes to people with children six yrs or under HAZARDOUS Hazarous Waste Day went well We collected 29 drums, mostly pesticides It WASTE DAY cost the Town $2,480 00. BUDGET FY'85 Mr Smith said the Town Manager had extended our time for one week to finish the budgets for fiscal year 1985 Mrs Smith has been working on the figures for the budget and Mr Smith is working on the goals and accomplishments Mrs Smith and Mr Smith will sit down towards the end of the week to com- plete the budget He said that this year there is no need to have large in- creases on nigher the Animal Control or the Health budgets Rabies Clinic budget will stay the same MOSQUITO Mosquito control is completed for the summer work Next year, it is Dr Grady's CONTROL prediction that the EEE could be prominent, so we may have to do heavy spraying (larvaciding) early It is undecided at this time what amount the Board will request for mosquito control TV MOVIE A letter was received from Baylis Walker, Commissioner of Public Health for "THE DAY the State, about the TV movie "The Day After" Mr Walker has suggested that AFTER" local health departments may receive calls from parents the next day saying that their children have emotional problems from watching the movie FLU CLINIC Mr Smith wanted the Board to know that he received a complaint from Jack COMPLAINT Gardner, senior citizen, about the flu vaccine clinic He missed our original clinic that was held on October 6, 1983 and went to the make-up clinic at the Greeley Village Blood Pressure Clinic The nurse refused to give him the shot because he had an allergy shot the day before He said he went to Concord and received the vaccine and they didn't ask anything about other shots Mr Smith told the Board that it is the Town's policy not to give the vaccine if any other shots had been given within two weeks SEASONAL The Board of Selectmen send down memos this time of year asking for recent i' INSPECTION inspection reports made for hotels/motels before the Selectmen re-new the REPORTS licenses They also ask for a memo on inspections made of the food service facilities that serve liquor before the Selectmen issue the liquor licenses SOT 16 This log had been approved in 1972 The foundation had been put in and has 152 SPRING since been torn down Septic system had been approved at that time STREET Mr Smith said he has told Peter DiMatteo, Building Commissioner, to hold up the current building permit until he could find out what they have planned for the septic system. Mr Smith said he had received a letter stating what is happening in regard to the septic system The tank had been demolished but the leaching fields are intact Mr Smith sees no problems with this and has advised the builder to re-apply for a septic system permit There was a brief discussion about trying again to get a full-time sanitarian to assist the Health Director with inspection, etc Mr Smith thinks it is time to get someone that would be permanent There is continually more work coming into the department and a full-time assistant would take some of the load off the Director's back 399 Dr Roemer said that it is draining on the Director to keep training someone and then when they are trained, they move on to another town or city and someone else gets the advantage Nothing definite was decided and after a brief discussion, it was left to be taken up at a future meeting Mr Smith notified the Board that the Board of Selectmen have requested that the Board of Health meet with them at their meeting on November 21st Dr Roemer and Dr Erdos would not be able to attend on that evening as they have previous commitments Mr Smith said he would talk to the Selectmen for a change of date because it was decided to have more than one member of the Board of Health available for this meeting The Board of Health also felt that the Planning Board should also attend the Selectmen's Meeting that evening, also The meeting of these Boards had been suggested by the Board of Health recommending that the Board of Selectmen (a) appoint a committee to look into the matter of RDNA and that they report the findings at the next Town Meeting and that (b) it place an article on the warrant for action by the Town Meeting to determine if it approves of or disapproves of recombinant DNA research in Lexington Neither Mr Lambie or Dr Roemer have a position on this The power of issuing the permit will be with the Board of Appeals The Board of Health will have to set the regulations for DNA research if it is allowed in Town and will also have to regulate this After discussion of this, the meeting was adjourned Next meeting will be December 12, 1983 The Board of Health signed the following permits Animal Permits Motel/Hotel Permits Nathan T Sidley, M D Battle Green Inn 2 Rogers Rd , Lexington 1720 Mass Ave Catch Penny Chalet Motor Lodge 440 Bedford St Sheraton-Lexington Motor Inn 727 Marrett Rd # (s ra Yl Rubbish Permits Sewer Permits 4 trucks Charles Lee Disposal, Inc Sewer Reamer Service 1 Ellery St , South Boston 81 Newton St , Somerville, Ma Wellesley Trucking Suburbanite Cesspool Service 3 trucks 11 Forest St , Wellesley, Mass P 0 Box 448, Lex 2 trucks John Edward Airey Removal Services A A Cesspool Service 31 Nelson St , Winchester, Ma 89 Willow Street, Waltham, Ma 6 trucks SCA Services, Inc Eastern Div E A Comeau, Inc 103 Boxford Rd , Rowley, Ma 144 Sudbury Rd , Concord, Ma C T Disposal Electric Sewer Cleaning Co 4 trucks 851 Lancaster St , Leominister, Ma 294 Lincoln St , Allston, Ma Installers Permits Installers - continued Deflice Bros Corp Suburbanite Cesspool Service, Inc P 0 Box 170, Lex , Ma P 0 Box 448, Lexington, Ma Arlex Oil Corp Lawrence M Carroll 275 Mass Ave , Lex Ma 753 Waltham St , Lexington G Nichols Construction Co Electric Sewer C leaning Co , Inc 45 Nashoba Rd , Acton, Ma 294 Lincoln St , Allston, Ma Methyl Alcohol Licenses Lexington Exxon 10 Woburn St , Lex Syringe Permits Collaborative Research, Inc 128 Spring St , Lex Food Service Establishments The Candy Castle Putnam Pantry Candies 1853 Mass Ave 1666 Mass Ave - Lexington Square Lexington House of Pizza Maunder's Meat Market 399 Lowell St 1768 Mass. Ave Friendly Ice Cream Shop AT&T Information Services 60 Bedford St 430 Bedford St I 401 Church Kitchens - Food Permits Hancock United Church of Christ 1912 Mass Ave Pilgrim Congregational Church 55 Coolidge Ave Countryside Bible Chapel Church of Our Redeemer 480 Lowell St 6 Meriam St Grace Chapel First Parish Church Worthen Rd 7 Harrington Rd Sacred Heart Church Trinity Covenant Church 21 Follen Rd 44 Allen St Lexington Church of Christ Follen Community Church 319 Lowell St 755 Mass Ave First Baptist Church St Brigid's Church 1580 Mass Ave 2001 Mass Ave Temple Kitchens Temple Emunah 9 Piper Rd Temple Isaiah 55 Lincoln St