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January 12, 1995
The Board of 1-lealth Meeting was brought to order at 5:35 p.m. on Thursday, January 12, 1995
in the Berger Room of Town Hall by Chair Bill Murphy. Also present at the meeting were
members Cathy Baranofsky and Jim Nugent, staff Ruth Clay and attorney O. Bradley Latham.
The minutes of December 8, 1994 were approved with one typographical correction 2:0:1.
Site Plan review for Meadowbrook Golf Club: O. Bradley Latham gave an overview of the
project, noting that new building would be used for employee restrooms, bag storage, and pro
shop. There will be no trash stored on site at the new building. The Board had no comments on
this project and voted 3:0:0 to forward that to CPDC and ZBA.
Site Plan Review for Longwood Senior Living, 75 Pearl Street: Clay noted that the applicants
had contacted her about attendance at this meeting. Due to short notice, they were having a
difficult time having someone at the meeting. She reviewed potential issues with them in advance.
After discussion, the Board voted 3:0:0 to forward the following comments to CPDC and ZBA:
• They would recommend no inside trash chute or inside trash storage, especially right next to
a dwelling unit. They would recommend that all trash go to the dumpster indicated on the
plan.
They noted that both the ice cream store and the kitchen would be licensed under Chapter
X of the State Sanitary Code and would require a separate plan review. Paperwork will be
forwarded to the applicant.
Public Hearing for amendment to Board of Health regulations Section 1.1 Definition 4
"Person" and Section 16 Sale or gift of Tobacco to Minors substitution of "Any person who" for
"Whoever" and substitute "a" for "any" in the last line. There was no public present and no
comment had been received. The Board voted 3:0:0 to approve the amendments as presented.
Old Business: Clay gave the Board an updated report on the Adult Immunization Clinics. She
noted that the REI employee clinic was well received for the second year. The Administrative
Assistant is working to process the paperwork for reimbursement from Medicare for the influenza
and pneumonia immunizations. Also noted was the Head School Nurse's reluctance to collect the
Board of Health fee from the teachers for the immunizations, as reflected in the revenue. The
Board instructed Clay to write a letter to Ms. McMahon concerning this issue. Clay noted that an
in-house review of the blood pressure clinics revealed a great deal of confusion surrounding the
existing schedule. Both participating VNAs have agreed to increase their volunteer commitment
of hours so that each of the four sites will have a clinic each month (doubling the number of
clinics).
New Business: Annual appointment of the animal Inspectors were made for Diane Kurkjian for
the barn book and Susan Tapley for the quarantine activities.
Proposed revision to policy concerning inspection schedule of food service establishments:
Clay noted that the past two years staff has been unable to meet the existing policy; this year, we
were only about 8 short. After discussion, the Board voted to add "an establishment which has a
confirmed foodborne illness in the past year" to the High risk establishment category as presented
by staff.
Proposed draft tobacco regulations: Clay noted that the draft enclosed was for discussion
purposes. The Board agreed to go forward with the draft as presented and decided on February 1
for the informational meeting with local restaurants. After that meeting there will be a public
hearing on the draft regulations.
Meeting adjourned at 7:00 p.m.
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Ruth . Clay, MPH
Director