1993-02-11 Board of Health Minutes

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Minutes The Board of Health meeting came to order at 5:08 pm in the resent at the Berger Room of Town Hall on February 11, Ruth 1993. Pand gue t Lois meeting were James Nugent, Bill Murphy, Cogan Bond. The minutes of January 14, 1993 were approved as submitted. Recommendation to Town Manager concerning smoking in public buildings and vehicles. Bond noted that at the last Council on Aging meeting the Council voted unanimously to recommend to the Town Manager that the new Senior Center and van be entirely non- smoking. She said that the Council felt very strongly about this issue. The Board reviewed the draft report to thoeTlotwnandnager and approved it (Baranofsky had reviewed a copy of approved it by telephone that day). The Board voted 2•.0:0 to approve a policy that all septic systems and cesspools not in use are to be pumped out and filled in. Other business: Cogan noted that the DPH will be holding public hearings at the end of this month concerning the Housing Code's requirement that building owners be responsible for water bills. Cogan showed the Board stickers used by the Framingham and Brook- line Boards of Health for mobile food vendors in order to easily identify who is licensed in their town. The Board instructed Cogan to draft the appropriate regulations in order to implement such a system in Reading at the next licensing period. Hanscom Air Force Base has formally dropped out of the Mosquito Control Project bringing its membership back to 19. Fixed costs for each member community will reflect this change. The application for a masseuse license of Victoria Dolben was reviewed. After discussion it was noted that the letter from the nurse practitioner would be acceptable (rather than from a physician) and that current fees would need to be paid (fees paid last April for the application which she never completed would not count for a new application in another fiscal year). The ap- plication was approved. arms. Murphy asked about the status of smoking at the another complaint Fabout Cogan noted that she had dust received an that. issue noting that the complainant saw an employee smoking and asking the other employee whether they had been caught by the Health Dept yet. Cogan will be requesting a meeting with their regional manager. The meeting adjourned at 5:40 pm Respectfully submitted, Ruth L. Cogan, MPH Director