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Home My WebLink About2013-9-26Minutes for September 26, 2013, adopted Oct. 17 BOARD OF HEALTH Town of Nantucket 2 Fairgrounds Road RECEIVED Nantucket, Massachusetts 02554 www.nantucket- ma.0oy 2013 OCT 21 PIM g yg NANTUCKET TOWN CLERK Commissioners: Malcolm MacNab, MD, PHD, (chair), James Cooper (Vice chair), Helene Weld, RN, Stephen Visco, Rick Atherton staff: Richard Rev. Artell Croarlev ---- MINUTES — Thursday, September 26, 2013 4 Fairgrounds Road, Community Room – 4:00 pm Called to order at 4:00 p.m. Staff in attendance: Richard Ray, Health Director; Terry Norton, Minutes Taker Attending Members: Malcolm MacNab, MD, PHD; James Cooper; Helene Weld, RN; Stephen Visco; Rick Atherton, Board of Selectmen Absent Members: None Agenda adopted by unanimous consent I. PUBLIC COMMENTS — ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS COMMISSIONERS AT THIS TIME 1. August 15, 2013 – Motion to Approve. (made by: Weld) Carried unannumish 1. Ed Grennan – Le Languedoc Inn (4:00) Sitting MacNab, Cooper, Weld, Visco, Atherton Recused None Documentation Supporting documents and plans, staff recommendations. Staff Two licenses: lodging and food; disconnects in that food was appropriately paid and issued, lodging was issued but payment was not made on time; the deadline is by opening day. Representative Ed Grennan – Feels the fine is stiff in regards to the fee. The inn is on Hussey Street and any food is consumed at Languedoc on Broad Street. No food is served at the inn. Discussion Consensus is that the fee should be paid. Action Motion not to accept the application. (made by: Visco) (seconded by: Atherton) Vote Carried unanimously Page 1 of Minutes for September 26, 2013, adopted Oct 17 1. Saltzman — 60 Arkansas Avenue, Madaket Sitting MacNab, Cooper, Weld, Visco, Atherton Sitting MacNab, Cooper, Weld, Visco, Atherton Recused None Documentation Supporting documents and plans, staff recommendations. Staff None Representative MacNab — Stated that he took comments from the meetings and hearings and incorporated Discussion them into the regulations. Before the board is the revised version. Discussion Cooper — Page 1, 7609 — Asked if the permit actually comes from the BOH. (Answer: yes) Vote Page 2, - Indicates that the Department of Public Works (DPW) doesn't have to have a permit, does that mean they don't have to follow the regulations. (Answer: The equipment they use is already code compliant.) Atherton — Expressed the opinion that the BOH should make sure the Town follows the regulations the same as the private sector. Ray — Stated that the Town does not use open vehicles, all their trash is picked up with compactor trucks. Discussion about whether or not to remove the exceptions from the regulations and how they should read. LEAVE as is. Cooper — Page 2, C - Asked if there is a separate fee for seasonal permit. (Answer: No) 7605B, asked who the agents of the Town & BOH are. (Answer: Richard Ray & Artell Crowley) Action Motion to Approve as presented in the document on September 26. (made by: Cooper) (seconded by: Weld) Vote Carried unanimously 1. Saltzman — 60 Arkansas Avenue, Madaket Sitting MacNab, Cooper, Weld, Visco, Atherton Recused None Documentation Supporting documents and plans, staff recommendations. Staff Mr. Saltzman is looking for $40,700. Representative Paul Surprenant, for owner — Stated that they are doing an ACO, which one bank will accept. He is not putting in a new system. Discussion None Action Motion to Approve. (made by: Atherton) (seconded by: Weld) Vote Carried unanimously LOAN APPLICATION 1. Susan Widger -9 Marsh Hawk Lane - $50,346.53 Sitting MacNab, Cooper, Weld, Visco, Atherton Recused None Documentation Supporting documents and plans, staff recommendations. Staff Ready to go. Representative None Discussion Cooper — Asked if there was ever any hope of sewer the going past her house. (Answer: no) Action Motion to Approve. (made by: Visco) (seconded by: Cooper) Vote Carried unanimously Page 2 of 4 Minutes for September 26, 2013, adopted Oct. 17 1. Biodegradable Packaging (BdP) Sitting MacNab, Cooper, Weld, Visco, Atherton Recused None Documentation Supporting documents and plans, staff recommendations. Staff Explained the history of draft regulations in regards to BdP that have never been adopted. Stated recently that he has received numerous complaints from business that use BdP about business using plastic or Styrofoam. More and more non - biodegradable packaging is coming into use on the Island. Asked if the BOH wants to pursue regulations on its own or petition the BOS to review and assess the existing regulations for approval. Representative None Discussion Cooper — Asked how a change would affect the landfill. Ray — Styrofoam & aluminum can't go into trash and would have to go into recycling. Cooper — Believes the board would have to show a financial benefit to the Town before trying to get the regulations passed. Ray — Stated that Nantucket is a leader in this area and the regulations would be another step in that leadership role. Discussion about whether or not the regulations would be a benefit to the Town. Ray — The BdPs can go through the digester; the more that goes through the digester, the more the Town saves. MacNab — Stated his sense is that Nantucket needs to do something, the question is how. Review of how to move forward on having the regulations adopted: Town Counsel should review the regulations to determine who should issue them, and there would have to be a series of public hearings before adoption of the regulations. Ray — In December, most retail services will be restocking for the summer of 2014; if these regulations go into affect prior to that, they will have to order BdP. However, stated the belief that this should take some time to be vetted and worked out with the regulation being adopted in early Fall 2014. Suggested one public hearing would include manufacturers; some have expressed interest in coming to Nantucket. Action Staff to do research and come back at the next meeting with some examples. Vote N/A DIRECTORS I . Ilu clinic- October 26, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. — Nantucket Elementary School, there will be a $20 charge for flu shots ages 3 and up. 2. 2013 Beach Water Quality — final report, had only five exceedences this year which were only hours in duration rather than days. 3. Recent Department of Public Health educational meeting — Medical marijuana regulations, local requests for licenses have made it through the first step of the process. Discussion about one of the costs of running such a business on Nantucket. 4. Local sale of tobacco products regulations — update, discussion of "e- cigarettes" which still involves nicotine. 5. MacNab — Stated that he had talked to Allen Rutberg, who tuns a deer sterilization research program in New York and South Carolina; however the gentleman said it won't bring the population down to a level on Nantucket that would affect tick -bome diseases. Further updates on the tick -bome disease program. Page 3 of 4 Minutes for September 26, 2013, adopted Oct. 17 6. Atherton — Sewers: Mr. Ray will get a list of roads not connected to the sewers. About 100 residences in Madaket have still not had their septic systems inspected. 7. Ray — Summer House issues have been continuing through the summer. Reviewed those problems; violations noted mandated repairs that were not paid. They have paid the fines. Has proposed a meeting with the owners prior to their leaving the island with a list of issues that have to be rectified before they are allowed to open next season. The BOS will be holding a hearing in regards to their liquor license and have been asked to bring a list of the violations. ADJOURNMENT Motion to Adjourn: 5:17 p.m. Submitted by: Terry L. Norton Page 4 of 4