Board of Health – September 28, 2011
6:07 Chair Gary Allard called the meeting to order. Members in attendance: Jane Jacobs, John Schneider. Other people in attendance: Audra Staples- BOH Clerk, Dwayne Pafumi of Wilbraham Road.
6:15 The Board met with the Pafumi Family in regards to their proposed OWB. Dwayne Pafumi previously applied for an OWB permit through the Board of Health and was approved at a meeting held last month. He has since decided to move the proposed location and to use the unit to heave both his home and the neighboring home owned by his parents.
Ms. Staples explained to the Board that she asked Mr. Pafumi to come before the board to determine if the Board had any issues with the newly proposed location and use as well as to see if the Board wanted Mr. Pafumi to re-apply for another permit. Mr. Allard said the board would not require another application. He showed Mr. Pafumi the Town regulations as far as the setbacks and said that he would check with the building department and the DEP but he felt that the new standards on the OWB’s brought them out of the Board of Health’s jurisdiction.
Ms. Jacobs moved to approve Mr. Pafumi’s revised plan as long as it is approved by Lorri McCool and the Town Building Inspector as well as Mr. Pafumi having the chimney inspected and approved by the Fire Department. Mr. Schneider seconded the motion. It was so voted unanimously.
The Board thanked the Pafumi family.
Ms. Jacobs made a motion to table the review and approval of the minutes from the September 12th meeting due to a lack of quorum. Mr. Schneider seconded the motion. It was so voted unanimously.
Mr. Allard said he would like to hold the next two meetings on Wed October 12th and Wednesday October 26th both at 6:00 PM.
Beavers – Gary- nothing new to report
Bulky Day – Phyllis- Everything is all set for Bulky Day- Mr. Schneider and Mr. Allard will meet at the Board of Health Office at 8AM- Ms. Harrison and Ms. Jacobs will pick up the food donations from Adams and Woodbine on their way to the school.
Communicable Diseases –Beau- Mr. Schneider and Ms. McCool attended a MAVEN training, MAVEN being the new online communicable disease reporting and tracking system for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Mr. Schneider said the program offers a great opportunity to interact and collaborate with other municipalities. He said that there are 2 times a month when a town can “go live” and launch the program at this moment he feels that the month of November will be the best time to go live in Monson. He is looking forward to the advances the system will offer the Board of Health and the Town of Monson.
Emergency Preparedness – Peg- nothing new to report.
Finances –Phyllis & Beau- nothing new to report.
Floor Drains – Gary- nothing new to report.
Food Safety – Jane- A Summerfest Committee meeting recently brought up Serve Safe. Ms. Jacobs asked the Board about ServeSafe and asked why it was not currently required. Ms. Staples gave Ms. Jacobs some flyers on the program that the office has and told her that it should be required.
Hazardous Waste Day – Phyllis- Mr. Allard wants to talk about Hazardous Waste Day at the next meeting and he wants to discuss the opportunities for carpooling to get the most out of each car load as the Town is charged by the car load. Mr. Allard asked Ms. Staples to create small hand-out flyers for Hazardous Waste Day that the board could give to people at Bulky Day.
Health Fair – Jane & Peg- nothing new to report.
Housing Safety – Gary- nothing new to report.
Medical Reserve Corps – Peg- nothing new to report.
Outdoor Hydronic Heaters – Gary- as discussed above.
Press Relations – Jane- Ms. Jacobs asked to be relieved of this responsibility. Mr. Allard agreed to be in charge of Press Relations from here forward.
Recycling – Phyllis – Mr. Allard said he would like to run a program with the Allied Waste Donation for the kids at the schools to come up with a recycling program and the best idea would win a cash prize to be used towards the execution of their program and the schools would receive the proceeds from the student’s idea.
Tobacco –Beau- nothing new to report.
Trash – Phyllis- nothing new to report.
Wells - Gary- nothing new to report.
BOARD OF HEALTH CORRESPONDENCE September 28, 2011
- Memorandum from Debi Mahar, Finance Director Re: Setting of Trash Rate
Ms. Jacobs moved to accept Ms. Debi Mahar’s proposed FY12 Trash Rate of $242.00 per unit per year.
Mr. Schneider seconded the motion. It was so voted unanimously.
- Email correspondence with Jeff Roberts of Roberts Printing Re: Ordering Trash/Recycling Calendars.
- DEP RAO notice- 43 Upper Hampden Road
- DEP RAO notice- 21 Washington Street
- HHAN Alerts (Product Recalls)
- SoyNilla & Chocolate Decadence- Allergens
- Rocky Ford Cantaloupes- Possible Listeria
- HHAN Alerts (Public Safety)
- Connecticut River Water Advisory Lifted
- Preventive Medicine Associates Clinics Closing
- NACCHO- Contagion LHD Responses
- Invitation to participate in regional AAR process to the June 1, 2011 tornados.
Mr. Allard moved to adjourn the meeting. Ms. Jacobs seconded the motion. Meeting adjourned at 7:00 PM.
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