MONTEREY BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING MINUTES
Date: September 10, 2007
Present: Stephen Enoch, John Makuc, and Robert Annelli
The meeting began at 3:45pm
1. The minutes from 8.20.07 were approved as written.
2. Mail was reviewed.
3. White Engineering came in to discuss the Alpert property located at 177 Mt Hunger Rd (septic system was redesigned from initial plan submitted). The new retaining wall has been lowered and tiered and the septic location they had before is no longer available. The Board reviewed the plans and would like to see a floor plan before approving this application. The applicants have an application submitted to the Conservation Commission as well.
4. White Engineering brought in preliminary plans for property located at 31 Sackman Way for the Board to review. An application has not yet been formally submitted.
5. White Engineering also came in to discuss the Bodian project at 20 Bidwell Rd. Before this application can be approved Peter Kolodziej would like to review the plans again and a driveway permit application needs to be submitted to the Highway Department.
6. Emily from the Town of Otis came in to discuss Monterey’s ACO procedures (Monterey and Otis both use Nora Hayes as their ACO). She wanted to know Monterey’s policies and procedures for examples such as stray dogs. Right now strays are brought to Bilmar and there is a charge involved which the owner would be responsible for unless the animal went unclaimed.
7. The subdivision plan submitted for Friedman/Bach on Mt Hunger Rd. was reviewed and will be discussed further at next weeks meeting when Peter Kolodziej returns.
8. The 3rd cigarette sale to a minor violation at the Monterey General Store was discussed and the correspondence from Tri Town Health as well as the Monterey Tobacco Regulations was reviewed. A letter will be sent to the owner of the Monterey General Store assessing him a $300 fine for the 3rd violation as per our regulations and the board will hold a hearing on 10/1/07 at 3:30 to discuss a 4 week suspension of their tobacco sales permit.
9. The septic application submitted for Gould Farm will be discussed next week when Peter Kolodziej returns as John Makuc and Stephen Enoch have to recuse themselves from the discussion.
10. The board discussed the recent article in the Monterey News concerning the ACO. John wanted to be clear on who was supervising the ACO, is it the Select Board, Board of Health or State? The Board felt that the Select Board needs to be part of any discussions as they supervise the Police Department who works with the ACO but the Board of Health would have the final say in setting any policies, procedures or guidelines for the ACO as they are the appointing authority for this position. The Board stated that the article in the Monterey News was inaccurate but the Board is working with the ACO on improving the procedures that are already in place. The Board noted that the response issue was not due to the ACO not wanting to respond it was a communication problem which
is being worked on. The Board also noted that barking dog complaints do not fall under the responsibility of the ACO but rather the Police as it’s a noise complaint. The ACO and Police Department are working on the pager issue and finding one that works consistently. All calls for the ACO should go to dispatch (528-3211).
The meeting adjourned at 5:05pm
Submitted by
Melissa Noe
Inter-Departmental Secretary
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