Town of Mashpee
16 Great Neck Road North
Mashpee, Massachusetts 02649
BOARD OF HEALTH – EXECUTIVE SESSION
Mashpee Town Hall – Conference Room 3
Minutes of the Meeting of Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Board Members Present: Also Present:
Burton Kaplan, Chairman Glen Harrington, Health Agent
Kalliope Egloff, Co-Chairman
Lucy Burton, Clerk
Chairman Burton Kaplan called the Executive Session meeting to order at 7:22 PM.
Roll Call Vote: Burton Kaplan, yes; Kalliope Egloff, yes; Lucy Burton, yes.
1. MEZ Realty, Inc. v. Mashpee Board of Health – Water.
Glen Harrington stated that there is no information for discussion.
2. Landfill Monitoring Contract.
Burton Kaplan stated that this discussion is on the financial aspect of the two proposals for monitoring the Ashers Path Sanitary Landfill for the Fiscal Year starting July 1, 2012. Mr. Kaplan commented that there is a difference in the proposed contract bids, and last year although Horsley Witten Group was not the low bidder was chosen as the most qualified low bidder.
Glen Harrington stated that last year Green Seal Environmental proposed a condition that the Board of Health provide electronic formats of the reports, which we could not. Therefore, their condition could not be met, and they were not qualified.
Glen Harrington stated his belief that he agreed with Burton Kaplan that this is a boiler plate type of submittal and that the Terms and Conditions should not be an issue because Green Seal works with municipalities and understands that the Terms and Conditions will be changed and that he believes Green Seal is willing to accept Mashpee’s Terms and Conditions.
Lucy Burton commented that she is not advocating for one bidder over the other. If the Board of Health is strictly looking at the numbers and both are equal, give Green Seal a try even though considering that Horsley Witten did a good job last year.
Kalliope Egloff stated that she is in favor of different groups testing the wells, almost as a check and double check.
Glen Harrington commented that the solar farm will not hinder either of the companies. Mr. Harrington stated his belief that it should not be a factor on who the Board of Health decides can work independently of the solar farm. Weston & Sampson was partnered with the company that was doing the solar farm and that therefore a conflict exists so Weston & Sampson could not have been the environmental contractor while the solar farm was being negotiated.
Burton Kaplan stated that there is a difference of $1,100.00 between the bidders, and he does not have a problem with either of them. Mr. Kaplan stated that he agreed with Kalliope Egloff’s suggestion that a new contractor would keep the data consistent by having other than the same contractor.
Kalliope Egloff made a motion that the Board of Health accepts Green Seal Environmental’s work order for the Environmental Monitoring Inspection of the Asher’s Path Landfill for Fiscal Year 2013 subject to amendment of the Terms and Conditions to Town Counsel’s satisfaction. Lucy Burton seconded the motion. The motion was unanimously approved.
Lucy Burton made a motion that the Board of Health Executive Session be adjourned. Kalliope Egloff seconded the motion. The motion was unanimously approved.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:30 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Fran Boulos
Administrative Assistant
Mashpee Board of Health
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