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Reading Board of Health
Minutes I~30
January 12, 2006
The Board of Health meeting was called to order at 6:00pm Town Hall, Berger Room by
Chairman Colleen Seferian. Also present at the meeting were Barbara Meade, David
Singer and staff liaison Jane Fiore.
The minutes of December 8, 2005 were accepted as read. 2:0:0 with one abstention.
Old Business:
• Health administrator presented overview plan for emergency dispensing site plan
progress and early plans for COOP (continuity of operations plan). It was reported
fire, police and DPW will list staff and town the live in with the number living in
their household to better estimate the volume of vaccine needed to immunize first
responders in the event of a flu pandemic.
Discussion followed on presentation.
Emergency Preparedness Report volunteer nurse credentialing process going well.
Liability insurance for nurses during emergency response covered by the Town.
PHN will plan a medication administration (IM/SC) refresher for news presently
Working as faculty members.
Public Health Nurse and BOH member David Singer will be trained as CPR
instructors. This course has been delayed due to AHA change in criteria.
• Logan Airport Fly Over Committee report by Barbara Meade nothing new. No
noise complaints reported to the Health Division.
• Budget discussion tabled
• Tobacco Coalition program meeting minutes distributed. Discussion of potential
change in regulation from identifying every one under the age of 27 to raising the
age to 30 years. The Tobacco program Coordinator will forward more
information.
• Copies changes in Animal (dog) Bylaw noted as part of the packet and this By
Law will be brought before April Town Meeting.
• Mercury Exchange program notes were sent to the BOH as part of the packet by
the Covanta representative, Dan Harty
New Business-
Property owner at 99 Lilah Lane, Charles Calvin came before the BOH to request
the privilege to install irrigation well at 99 Lilah Lane. The property is located in
the aquifer district. Mr. Calvin is aware he is the second application for irrigation
well in the aquifer district for the year of 2006. The licensed well driller is TJ
Ogden # 354. The well is located 20 feet from the property line and 15 feet from
the curb. The rear of the property borders the Ipswich River flood zone. The well
will be drilled in the spring of 2006 no deeper than 500 ft. and no less than 300 ft.
Conditions before vote: the well driller will report the dig safe number and
plumbing permit numbers before the well is drilled.
A motion was made by Colleen Seferian to:
Permit the irrigation well installation at 99 Lilah Lane according to The
Reading Board of Health Well Regulation Section 8.
The motion seconded
Vote 3:0:0 to permit the well at 99 Lilah Lane.
• Review of the annual radio frequency testing at the site of Sprint Radio Relay
Antennae (Beacon Street on the Water Tower). Gradient Corp. is hire Dr. Peter
Valberg completes and reports the testing on public way. The values are all below
the Federal limit guideline. This was noted by the chairman. No further
discussion.
Memorandum of Understanding for Public Health to assist in emergencies and
continuity of operations. Review of article to present to Town Meeting in April.
Town Counsel has reviewed the language. The BOH moved to vote to accept the
language in the article as written:
To see if the Town of Reading will vote, in accordance with G. L, c40
section 4A, to authorize the Town of Reading through its Board of Health to enter
into an inter-municipal agreement with one or more other governmental units to
provide public health services which the Board of Health is authorized to
perform, or take any other action with respect thereto.
With further discussion and development of background material to be used to
explain the MOU before Town Meeting. 3:0:0.
• Report on Drug Summit meeting of January 5, 2006 called to order by the Board
of Selectmen. Barbara Meade and Colleen Seferian participated in the night lead
by Nora Mann from the Middlesex District Attorney's Office. Ms. Mann
presented information of adolescent drug use in Massachusetts. The goal of the
Selectmen and School Committee members is to establish a Task Force with a
compliment of members to mirror the Substance Abuse Advisory Council. No
town staff will participate as a member of the task force. The Task Force will
report back to the BOS by March 9, 2006. Barbara Meade will represent the
BOH on this task force. She has not heard as yet when the initial meeting of the
new task force at the time of the meeting.
• Regulation section 24 _ Grease Trap. The full regulation has been reviewed by
Town Council. The Board has unanimously decided there will be a public
meeting held on February 9, 2006 at the next BOH regular meeting before any
Board action is taken on these regulations.
• A motion was made to adjourn at 9 pm seconded and 3:0:0
The Next scheduled meeting:
February 9, 2006
Town Hall Berger Room
6pm
Respectfully Sub itted,
,"..Jane M. Fiore