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BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 16, 2019 AT 7 :OOPM BREYS.,TER: T0b1i? '. L ERK
TOWN HALL, ROOM B
Board members present: Carmen Scherzo, DVM, Chairman; Annette Graczewski , MT (ASCP), Vice Chair an,
Hausser Holeman, MPH , MA, MS and Nancy Leach, PharmD
Board members absent: Joe Ford
Others present: Nancy Ellis Ice, MPH , CHO, RS, Health Director and Tammi Mason, Senior Department Assistant
1 . Chairman 's announcements
The Brewster Police Department received a Child Passenger Safety grant which will be used to purchase child safety
Seats . People can contact the Police Department for more information .
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health is developing a 10 million dollar Gun and Youth Violence program which
should be up and running this spring .
The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection Bureau of Waste site Clean Up will be conducting an audit at
1399 Freeman' s Way, potential future of home of Cape Grow Lab ,
2 . J . M . O ' Reilly & Associates Inc . — approval of a Definitive Subdivision Plan for WH Besse Cartway
John O' Reilly presented this to the Board . He is working with the Open Space Committee and the Town of
Brewster to develop this subdivision . This was a Town Meeting article . There will be 3 residential parcels . All have
private wells and Title 5 septic systems . The subdivision will not impact any of the current residential parcels . The
property is being divided in such a way that a septic system could be installed 300 feet away from the pond . Mr. O' Reilly
told the Board that they are required to review and approve this subdivision request. The owners and the town have
agreed to put town water on parcel 5 .
Motion : Accept the subdivision plan as presented by John O' Reilly.
Motion : Annette Graczewski Second : Penny Hausser Holeman Vote: 4 -0 - 0 Action : Motion carried
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3 . Discussion on proposed Marijuana regulations
Dr. Scherzo thanked Ms . Holeman for bringing back information from the MAHB meeting she went to .
Ms. Holeman asked if it would be helpful if the Board looked at what Brewster has proposed so far.
Dr. Scherzo stated that there are new rules coming out next month and the Board should probably wait and see what they
come out with .
Mrs. Grazcewski believes that there are already conflicts with the bylaws and Town Meeting vote and thinks
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moving on with regulations at this point would not be necessary
This will remain on hold until there is some resolution with the lawsuit.
4. Discussion on Private Well regulations
There was a brief discussion as to why this was here , Mrs . Ice had brought it to the Board ' s attention originally because
she thought the section that required abutter notification was not needed as the State had removed it from their model
regulation . Dr. Scherzo wanted to look at the entire regulation because he noticed differences . He specifically asked what
Brewster required for testing .
Mrs . Ice will bring back the list of what the lab test for so the Board can look at it.
5 . Discussion on the Financial Hardship regulation
Dr. Scherzo went online and found an inflation calculator and the current poverty levels .
Dr. Scherzo is recommending that the Board change the " Farmers Home Administration " to state "the government poverty
Levels from the US Department of Health & Human Services and to also index the $ 120.000 with regards to inflation .
Motion : Adopt the changes proposed by Dr. Scherzo to the 1993 Financial Hardship regulation .
Motion : Annette Graczewski Second : Penny Hausser Holeman Vote: 4 -0 - 0 Action : Motion carried
6. Discussion on Dogs Banned from Beaches regulation
Chris Miller was present to help with the discussion .
Dr. Scherzo stated that he had talked to Jim Gallagher about this issue with regards to who has authority where and also
looked at data about whether or not there was a health reason why these beaches were closed to animals during the
specified times but did not see any health issues in surrounding towns .
Mrs . Graczewski did state that the Town has a very active shell fishing program .
Dr. Scherzo wanted to propose that dogs are not allowed on specific beaches ( Paine's Creek, and on the west beaches to
the Dennis town line, Crosby landing beach and Linnell landing from April 1St to Sept 15th
Mrs , Ice asked Mr. Miller about the signs that were put up last year at the beaches . He stated that there may be issues
with making changes to them .
Mrs . Graczewski isn't in favor of changing the dates .
There was talk about enforcement of the regulations , Dr. Scherzo stated that it needs to be discussed at a later date
because it is a problem .
The Board agreed to continue this discussion until the full Board is present.
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7. Discussion on the Tobacco Regulation
Bob Collette was present.
Dr. Scherzo asked if the new tobacco law prevented the online ordering of vaping products . Mr. Collette stated that it will
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be harder and the age verification process will be different.
Mr. Collette stated that he will be checking the establishments for the correct signage .
Mrs . Ice asked about section M (any flavored tobacco product), definition section, it says " other than menthol and mint
tobacco . Mr. Collette stated that there are currently lawsuits going on because of towns banning those flavors .
Mrs . Graczewski stated that she is ok with leaving menthol, mint and wintergreen in the regulation .
Ms . Leach stated that she assumed the exception was for adults using the products and asked if these are abused flavors
by children . Mr. Collette stated that kids are more apt to be in favor of using the fruity flavors and that mint, etc , are
flavors so he believes that they should be included .
Motion : Adopt the proposed regulations as drafted into our tobacco regulations . Effective date to be May 1 , 2019 .
Motion : Penny Hausser Holeman Second : Annette Graczewski Vote: 4- 0- 0 Action : Motion carried
8 . Topics the Chairman did not anticipate
None .
Informational items were noted .
Meeting adjourned at 8 : 10PM