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Home My WebLink AboutMay 2004 Minutes i i North Andover Board of Health I MEETING MINUTES DPW 384 Osgood Street Thursday—May 27, 2004 7:00 p.m. New Business Meeting Minutes Approval of March 25, 2004 and April 29, 2004 Board of Health presented for signature. Minutes were signed by Ms. Barczak and approved by all present. Presentation about 46 Elm Street Housing Issue. Homeowner requested to be present. Mr. Nat Stevens, and sister, Kathy Stevens were present to address the issue of the original order letter which is presently in non-compliance. The next step is court. This is a long-term issue, and the Board of Health has taken a stand to correct it. Mr. Markey states that the Health Department is understaffed and would like to see this issue go to housing court to streamline the problems and eliminate the middleman. Ms. Sawyer has connections via MR.1 to get dumpsters provided to the site. Ms. Rillahan will still help with resources and Rick Gorman of the Youth Services Department will gather Town of North Andover youths to help with what needs to be done if necessary. Ms. Sawyer states that Lazarus House in Lawrence uses a train of people to help clean out in these situations. Mr. Markey notates that the Order Letter indicates excessive clutter in the house. Ms. Rillahan states that there is a pathway, and the house is clean, it is just filled with excess clutter. She thinks that the outside of the house should be focused on first to keep the neighbors satisfied. Mr. Markey asks if the smoke alarms are working. Ms. Rillahan states that they are. They are located at the top of the stairs, left of the living room and in the kitchen. Ms. Sawyer will go into court and file the required paperwork and speak with the housing specialist. Dr. Trowbridge makes a motion to expedite this issue for the protection of health and the neighborhood. This case will be referred to the Lawrence Housing Court. Ms. Barczak seconds the motion. All were in favor. May 27,2004 -North Andover Board of Health Meeting-Agenda Page I of 1 Board of Health Members:Cheryl Barczak,Clerk; Jonathan Markey,Chairman; Thomas Trowbridge,DDS,MD,Member; Health Department Staff Strsan Sawyer,Health Director; Debra Rillahan,Public Health Ntrrse;Pamela DelleChiaie,Health Department Assistant I I Old Business 458 Johnson Street—Progress Update regarding Sewer Tie-In J Ms. Sawyer was recently inducted into the Rotary club hoping to get help for this property. Mr. Markey will route a letter to Selectman to follow-up as well. An Attorney, Robert Ford, states that one cannot donate based on a possible profit. Each contractor would need to donate items, such as stone, or a tangible item. Ms. Sawyer and Mr.Markey will report back at the next meeting on their findings. i Discussion and Correspondence Discussion regarding the Emergency Call List The list was reviewed, and a couple of updates and revisions were given. Ms. Barczak's e-mail needs to be changed, as well as Dr. Trowbridges's phone number. The list will be revised and presented Board of Health and staff members at the next Board of Health meeting. Discussion regarding the consideration of adopting two separate Disposal Works Construction Permit fees, such as $125 for components and $250 for a full system repair. The current fee is $250 for a full system repair, as well as for components. It was discussed and agreed that the Component fee would be lowered to $125. A motion was made by Dr. Trowbridge to adopt the lowered fee and leave the full system fee as is. Motion seconded by Ms. Sawyer. ➢ Note: This change will be made official at a later time, as all the fees will be discussed at a future Board of Health meeting. Discussion regarding Bioterrorism funding to MA towns. Ms. Sawyer will present the spending plan. Ms. Sawyer discussed the role that the funding and organization take the part of. The function of the groups is to help all the departments run better and have all the Towns involved be synchronized. Discussion regarding the draft town counsel sent about the tobacco regulations and review of drafted proposed changes to regulations. The draft was reviewed and it was decided that the Tobacco documents need to be merged and notated to state that this new document will supercede all prior signed regulations. This new, revised document will be reviewed at the next meeting. Discussion regarding registration for the 2004 MAHB Certification Program for the Board of Health members. All the Board of Health members are interested in attending this conference on Saturday,November 20`h, 2004. The cost is $150 per person. The fees for these trainings will be covered by designated special account funds. May 27,2004 -North Andover Board of Health Meeting-Agenda Page 2 of 2 Board of Health Members:Cheryl Barczak,Clerk; Jonathan Markey,Chairman; Thomas Trowbridge,DDS,AID,Member; Health Department Staff Susan Sawyer,Health Director; Debra Rillahan,Public Health Nurse;Pamela DelleChiaie,Health Department Assistant 1 Discussion of Beaver Plan issued at the May 2004 Town Meeting. i This plan called for adopting the state plan and malting it official with the Town of North Andover. Mr. Markey inquired as to what is the criteria for a public health threat. Mrs. Bernice Fink was at the meeting and states that she owns 13 acres of j land, and 10 acres of the property are under water. Review of Cholesterol Machine and how it works. All Board of Health members present had their cholesterol tested. There will be a Health Fair in the fall that the Cholesterol Machine will be used for, as well as a Bone Density screening. Heartsafe Defibrillator Conference—attended by Susan Sawyer and Debra Rillahan on Friday,May 21st. This program was coordinated by the Fire Department, specifically Barry Sullivan and Bill Martineau. Qualifications include ongoing CPR. It was discussed that it would be beneficial to maintain these Defibrillator machines in all blue-plate vehicles. The Board of Health could adopt regulations and use funds to donate for use by the Town of North Andover. Dr. Trowbridge states that the cost is approximately $2,000 per unit. The name of the machine is: AED: Automatic External Defibrillator. Well Regulations Discussion Impromptu discussion regarding the well regulations, and issue of dipping into the aquaphor and also if one ties in, it could contaminate the potable water supply. An issue was brought up regarding Section 2.7 of the regulations, as the stipulation of the wording is not very clear. Ms. Barezak made a motion to stipulate that there are to be no wells in the watershed area. Dr. Trowbridge seconded the motion. The regulations will be revised and presented for signature at the next Board of Health meeting. Letter from GLSD dated April 29, 2004 re: Monthly Sampling Results for March 2004. Letter from GLSD dated April 29, 2004 re: Second Quarterly Summary of Results for March 2004. Letter from Urbelis &Fieldsteel, LLP re: Beaver Issues Committee Request for Opinion dated May 3, 2004. Letter from Healthy Communities dated May 3, 2004 to North Andover Shell re: Suspension of Tobacco Sales Permit beginning Tuesday, May 4th through Wednesday, June 2"d, 2004. Letter from Wheelabrator dated May 7, 2004 re: Tonnage Receipts for April 2004 May 27,2004 -North Andover Board of Health Meeting-Agenda Page 3 of 3 Board of Health Members:Cheryl Bmroaak;Clerk; Jonathan Markey,Chairman; Thomas Trowbridge,DDS,MD,Member; Health Department Staff Susan Sawyer,Health Director; Debra Rillahan,Public Health Nurse;Pamela DelleChiaie,Health Department Assistant Letter from GLSD dated May 17, 2004 re: Sampling Results of Sludge Pellets for the Month of April 2004. Meeting Adjournment The Board of Health meeting was adjourned at 9:28 p.m. ............ ............... ----------- Respectfully Submitted, lerk Cheryl Barcza rcza I Northh Andover oard of Health May 27,2004 -North Andover Board of Health Meeting-Agenda Page 4 of 4 Board of Health Members:Cheryl Ballezak Clerk Jonathan Markey,Chairman; Thomas Trowbridge,DDS,AID,Member; Health Department Staff Public Health Nurse;Pamela DelleChiaie,Health ff:Susan Sawyer,Health Director; Debra Rillahan, u Department Assistant