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Board of Health Meeting
Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at 7:00PM
Town Hall, Room A
Present:Joanne Hughes,Chairman,Lemuel Skidmore,Vice Chairman,Mary Chaffee,Annie Sherwood,Nancy Ellis Ice,Health
Director and Tammi Mason, Senior Department Assistant.
1. Discussion on proposed Animal Control By-Laws and Penalties with ACO and Police Chief
Chief Koch and Lynda Brogden Burns,Animal Control Officer were present. CK gave the Board a brief history of the By-Laws. He
spoke about the leash law and how poorly it works because it uses voice command and does not actually require the dogs to be on a
leash. CK stated that he believes that there should be leash law that states dogs must be on leashes and if that happens then the dogs
should have some place to run off leash. LBB went over the vaccination part of the by-laws among other things. CK would like the
Board to give some suggestions to help with these regulations.
2. Temporary fence discussion
There was a very brief discussion on the proposed temporary fence at Drummer Boy Park. The Board was not in favor of temporary
fencing and felt there were a lot of unanswered questions at this time.
3. Discussion with VNA re: Bid
Mary Devlin,Contracts Coordinator and Kathy Berry McDonagh,Public Health Nurse were present to answer any questions the
Board had. MD spoke about a few new programs that the VNA was trying to introduce that would be paid for with grants. They went
over the proposed contract for FY '14.
Motion:LS-accept the VNA contract. MC seconded. 4 yes.
4. George Reilly-continued variance request for Hamilton Cartway
George Reilly and Paul Revere,Attorney were present. GR spoke about the 2 different plans he had proposed.The 1st proposed plan
is for a Micro Fast.05 treatment with Geoflow drip dispersal. The 2"d proposed plan was for a Bio Barrier High Strength Membrane
Reactor,which would be under a piloting approval by DEP. This was the plan that the Board was leaning towards. GR stated that
DEP approval would still be needed if they went with the Bio Barrier system and explained that the results that they have gotten so
far were promising and he felt it was a great system.JH voiced concern regarding the variance for the installation of a new well. LS
stated that he would like more information from George Heufelder before making a decision.
Motion: LS-continue hearing until the next meeting. MC seconded. 4 yes.
5. Coastal Engineering-continued variance request for 105 Old Owl Pond Drive
A revised plan for a Drip Dispersal was submitted prior to this meeting. There were no questions from the Board.
Motion:LS-finding that the use of this system would get significantly better phosphorus treatment for
the pond,the variance shall be granted. Environmentally Sensitive Area conditions apply. MC
seconded. 4 yes.
6. Jason Ellis-continued variance request for 3750 Main Street
Rita Demarco and Maureen Alston,homeowners were present to talk to the Board about this variance request. They stated that
Conservation Commission had given their approval already. JH read a letter from the Wallace's,who are abutters. There was
discussion on the issues.
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Motion: MC-approve variances requested for 3750 Main Street, including having animal enclosures less
than 25 feet,but not less than 3 feet from the lot line(Wallace side)and to have the existing
barn and proposed enclosures less than 100 feet from 2 wetland areas, one on the property and
one on the abutter's property to the east. AS seconded. 4 yes.
7. Breakwater Fish&Lobster-seeking BOH approval for variance from State Plumbing Code
Curt Collias,owner and Eric Olkkola,plumber were present to answer any questions from the Board. CC is requesting a variance
from the State Plumbing code and before he can present it to them he needs the local BOH to give their approval for the project.The
variance has to do with getting approval to use a different type of material for piping.
The Board had no objections. NI wrote out an approval letter for the owner.
8. Continued discussion on 40 Sean Circle
Owner did not show for meeting. NI showed the Board the pictures that were taken during the inspection she did today. NI also
stated that she had requested from the homeowner,documentation of what she took to the dump. The house did show some signs of
improvement,smell was still noticeable though. The owner is still receiving help from her parent partner and the dog is still in the
home.
The Board agreed to continue for another month and asked that NI continue to monitor the progress and do another inspection before
the next meeting. The Board would also like to be copied on any request that the owner makes to the Selectmen asking for a fee
waiver to dump big items. The yard needs to be picked up and trash must be gone by next meeting.
9. Frank Burgess-failure to renew food permit
No one showed for this. The Board asked NI to find out if the business was still in operation.
10. Pepper House Inn-failure to renew food permit
The owner called and stated that there would be no guests until the spring and she will renew her permit before that
11. Michelle Watkins-failure to renew barn permit
The Board asked TM to contact her
12. Minutes from 1/22/13 meeting
Motion:LS-approve minutes as written. AS seconded. 4 yes.
Chairman signed the bills to be paid.
Informational items were noted.
Meeting adjourned at 9:00PM.
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