A meeting of the Sharon Board of Health was called to order at 7:40 P.M. on Monday evening, November 18, 2002, in the Sharon Town Offices with the following members in attendance: Chairman Andrew Stead, Vice-Chair Susan Peck, Jonathan Goldberg, and Elizabeth Barnett, M.D. Also present was Jim Andrews, Health Agent for Engineering.
Variance Hearing - 34 Huntington Avenue
Paul Smith, P.E., Cedarcrest Engineering, was present, along with property owner Scott Dunn, to request a Local Upgrade Title V variance to use the proposed leaching area as a remove and replace location if there is future failure of the leaching field. The request is to leave the existing barn and a large tree in the reserve area of the proposed septic system for the house (to be constructed). Susan Peck asked for an explanation of any manifest injustice, which is required in order to issue a variance for new construction. Various alternative options were suggested, e.g., splitting the reserve area. The Board’s consensus was to deny the variance. Mr. Dunn agreed to withdraw the request.
Approval of Minutes of Meeting
VOTED:(Barnett/Goldberg)unanimously to approve the minutes of the meeting of October 21, 2002.
VOTED:(Peck/Stead)Stead, Peck, and Barnett voted in the affirmative; Goldberg abstained; to approve the minutes of the meeting of November 4, 2002, as amended.
Suzi Peck suggested and will draft suggested changes to Article 7 prior to the next meeting. It was agreed to write to Mr. Dangelo (applicant for variance at 140 Maskwonicut St.) to let him know that the BOH is in the process of revising, re-evaluating regulations and ,in the interest of possibly sparing him the additional expense of hiring a second engineer, to offer him the option of postponing his variance request until April 2003, by which time Article 7 may have been revised.
Jim Andrews/Suzi Peck will ask Lisa (DPW) to provide GIS maps for the BOH representing the Groundwater Protection District, Surface Water Protection District, and the most conservative Zone 2. The Board also requested that Lisa add the number of bedrooms in Zone II and divide that by the pervious land area.
Proposed Meeting Schedule
The Board agreed on the following meeting dates: January 13, January 27, February 10, February 24, March 10, March 24, April 7, and April 28.
Fiscal Year 2004 BOH Budget review
VOTED: (Stead, Peck)unanimously to approve the FY2004 BOH budget as prepared.
VOTED: (Barnett, Goldberg) unanimously to approve the FY2004 BOH uncontrollables budget.
Position Descriptions
VOTED: (Barnett/Peck) unanimously to accept the position description for the Interim Public Health Nurse - to be classified, per Personnel Board recommendation, under “Miscellaneous” with a rate of $21/hour retroactive to November 18, 2002.
VOTED: (Barnett/Peck) unanimously to accept the position description for the Part-Time Public Health Nurse and the revised position description for the Part-Time Administrative Assistant as presented...and to forward both of these position descriptions to the Personnel Board for classification.
216 North Main Street
Jim Andrews has spoken with the property owner and has given him two weeks to comply with orders previously issued by the Board. If the owner does not comply, Jim will bring the matter back to the Board for enforcement.
Manicure Regulations
Suzi Peck will incorporate the Board’s recommended changes, and present the draft for BOH review on December 16th, with a target date of January 13th for a public hearing..
The meeting was adjourned at 10:10 PM.
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