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BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2015 AT 7:OOPM
TOWN HALL, ROOM A
Board members present:Lemuel Skidmore,MS,MPH,Chairman; Annie Dugan,RN,Vice Chainnan;Joanne Hughes;Mary
Chaffee, RN, PhD and Carmen Scherzo, DVM]
Call to order: Chairman called the meeting to order at TOOPM
Others present:Nancy Ellis Ice,MPH,CHO,RS, Health Director and Tammi Mason, Senior Department Assistant
1. Chairman's announcements
There were no announcements.
2. Bennett Environmental-Annual Engineer report for Pleasant Bay Health &Living Centers
David Bennett told the Board that all permit limitations were met for the whole year. There were minor repairs to the system made
throughout the year.
Mrs. Hughes asked how under capacity the plan was working. Mr. Bennett stated that the plant is running about 12,000gpd.
3. A.E. Com-Annual Engineer report for Ocean Edge
Chris Vineagu,Plant Manager was present. He told the Board that there were 3 overages during the year. One was due to a pump
problem(which they replaced),and there were two flow issues that had to do with the cooling tower.
4. Horsley Witten Group,Inc.—Annual Engineer report for Kings Landing
They requested a continuance until the March 10`"meeting.
5. Whitewater&Wastewater Solutions-Annual Engineer report for Epoch
Chris Haywood was present. He told the Board that there were some deviations that were above the pen-nit limits. In March the TSS
was higher than allowed as well as the fecal coliform. It was noted that the influent tank had a high level and the operator ran the
pumps manually alto the plants which caused some of the tanks inside to overflow. In August,there was a fecal exceedance because
the ultra violet disinfectant wasn't working efficiently. It was upgraded at this point. The 3rd exceedance was due to operator error.
6. J.M. O'Reilly-Title 5 and Local variance requests for 300 Foster Road
The following variances are being sought:
1. To allow the proposed SAS to be 5' from property line
2. To allow the proposed SAS to be 12' from the foundation
3. To allow the proposed septic tank to be 5' from a property line
4. To allow the proposed septic tank to be 9' fi-om a foundation
John O'Reilly,Engineer and Peter Polhemus,Architect were present. Mr. O'Reilly stated that they had gone in front of the
Conservation Commission and that the Board should have a memo from them. This is an existing 10 room home that has a septic
system with a 330gpd capacity. The House only has 3 bedrooms currently.
Noted.
11, Discuss Health Director's mid-year review
Mr. Skidmore has not had a chance to complete this yet but will get it done.
12. Topics the Chairman did not anticipate
None.
Infonnational items were noted.
Meeting adjourned at 8:45PM
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