2016-09-15 Board of Health Minutes

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Town of Reading Meeting Minutes RECEIVED o TOWN CLERK Board -Committee -Commission -Council: READING. HASS.�- Board of Health Zlib OCT 20 P b bl I Date: 2016-09-15 Time: 530 PM Building: Reading Town Hall Location: Berger Room Address: 16 Lowell Street Purpose: General Business Session: General Session Attendees: Members - Present: Andrew Friedmann, Nancy Docktor, Elizabeth Shurland, John Costigan Members - Not Present: Others Present: Steven DiLauro, Staff Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Darlene Topics of Discussion: Board of Health meeting came to order at 5:35 pm on September 15, 2016 in the Berger Room of Reading Town Hall. Minutes Minutes of August 24, 2016 were presented. Shurland made motion to accept, seconded by Costigan. Motion passed 3:0 Monthly Reports An inspection was performed at Bertuccfs after a customer complained of seeing insects. No evidence was found at the time of inspection. Their pest management company was called and provided treatment. McDonald's and Reading Petroleum continue to work on their pest control issues. Jordan's is interested in selling fudge and will be submitting a proposal to do so. Starbuck's has inquired about the use of nitrogen in the cold brew of their coffee. Cold brew is ground coffee steeped in cool, filtered water, then brewed for about 20 hours. Thirty-nine temporary food permits were issued for the Fall Street Faire. MSPCA received a complaint at Bed & Biscuit, 271 Main Street, conducted an inspection on August 16' and found unsanitary conditions and 101 dogs on the premises that day. The kennel license issued from the town does not have a capacity limit. The facility was last inspected in January by Joan Vitale. Future commercial kennel inspections will now be conducted by Ron Burns, Animal Control Officer in accordance with Chapter 140. On August 18, mosquitoes in Reading tested positive for West Nile Virus. A press release was issued, sent to the Chronicle and posted on the website. Page 1 1