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BOARD OF HEALTH/BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
The Minutes of the Meeti~,-g of Thursday, November 2, 1989 at 4: 30 PM. The
meeting took place in the Selectmen's Hearing Room, Town and County Building,
Nantucket, MA 02554. All members of the Board were present. Chairman Sevrens
called the meeting to order at 5:17 PM.
Liaison Meeting with the Sewer Project Advisory Committee: Mr. Viera read
Mr. Bourgoin's memo of October 31, 1989 regarding small sewer lines requested
for Crooked Lane. Chairman Sevrens asked if this would fall into the new
sewer specifications. DPW Superintendent Jeff Willett answered that it probably
would not; the Town would take over sewers after a suitable demonstration
of functionality, if they meet the specifications. Chairman Sevrens asked
if Crooked Lane sewer lines should be taken over by the Town, if voted. Mr.
Willett responded that the Town should not assume ownership of this line (Crooked
Lane) and that the Town does not necessarily have to maintain this line, making
it the responsibility of the property owners for maintenance. Chairman Sevrens
stated that an exception should not be made before the specifications are
finished. Mr. Willett responded that he was not in favor of the Town taking
the lines, but two inch lines had been installed in the past, that prior to
the contact with DEQE there had been no explicit regulations prohibiting this
practice. Mr. Viera stated that he felt this must be prevented in the future,
stating that a two inch line would not be adequate for other hook ups in this
instance. Mr. Arthur Reade explained the history of the property, stating
that development had been planned for some time and that DEQE said there must
be a public sewer connection to allow construction. Mr. Reade stated that
he was willing to work with the Town to ensure that this would not be of any
cost to the Town. He also stated that he was willing to ensure maintenance
of the line. Mr. Jack Gardner stated that the majority of the land is wetlands,
and that the Town should not make a mistake again, there being problems with
long two inch lines. Mr. McLaughlin questioned the size of the sewer line
for Burnell Street. Mr. Dick Glidden responded that the sewer line was probablyl
six inches. Mr. Viera stated that the sewer line was to be run just past
Pilgrim Road; Mr. Bourgoin stated that it would be 2,300 feet in length.
Ms. Coombs stated that this leaves room for problems without proper safeguards.
Mr. McLaughlin stated that a 6 or 8 inch line should be adequate for a few
hook ups. In response to Mr. Grossman's question, Mr. Willett stated that
he did not favor this hook up. Mr. Grossman moved denying the application
on Mr. Willett's recommendation; seconded by Mr. McLaughlin. Mr. Reade stated
that the applicant's consultant Mr. Daylor could work with Mr. Willett to
design a more adequate proposal. Mr. Grossman withdrew the motion. The
Board agreed unanimously to refer this to Mr. Willett and the applicant's
engineer.
Liaison Meeting with the Health Inspector: Health Inspector Richard Ray
read the first two paragraphs of his memo dated November 1, 1989 regarding
RFPs for consulting engineers for septic systems in subdivisions as a request
for technical assistance. There was discussion regarding this issue. The
Board approved of the concept in general and agreed to ask Mr. Ray and Town
Counsel to work with the Planning Board to see if their engineers could acomplish
something of this kind.
,Mr. Ray stated that there should be a change of job description for the Health
IOfficer. He stated that the job description of the Health Officer from 1978
jstill exists, but that the job has changed dramatically. Mr. Ray proposed
,the following deletions from this job description: 1) Animal Inspector;
]2) Collector of Transient Vendors tax; 3) Sealer of Weights and Measures;
Iland 4) Right-To-Know Officer. Mr. Ray requested a full time assistant and
!a salary raise of $8,990. Mr. Grossman stated that these salary issues should
jbe taken under consideration by the Board. The Board agreed.
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IThere being no further business before the Board, the Board voted unanimously
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ito go into Executive Session at 6:10 PM.
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ISubmitted for approval the I ",""" ay of December 1989.
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Approved the
1# day of December 1989.