A meeting of the Sharon Board of Health was called to order at 7:15 P.M. on Monday evening, December 13, 2004, in the Sharon Town Offices, with the following members in attendance: Suzi Peck, Elizabeth Barnett, M.D., Vice-Chair, Sherwin Goodblatt, and Anne Bingham, Chair. Also present was Jim Andrews, Health Agent for Engineering.
Discussion: Mandarin Taste Request
The Board reviewed a letter from Alice and Allen Hui and agreed to hear their request for another extension to the previously imposed deadline for upgrading the septic system for Mandarin Taste. However, particularly in light of the extensions already given to the Huis, the board members were in agreement that the March 31, 2005, deadline shall stand.
Discussion: Shared systems
Anne Bingham will draft a bylaw/BOH regulation regarding no shared systems to be allowed except for upgrade purposes/repairs.
Donations
VOTED: (Bingham/Barnett) unanimously to accept $176 in donations for the purpose of defraying the cost of future flu clinics/other health promotions and to deposited these funds into the health clinics donation account.
Minutes of November 29
VOTED: ( Peck/Goodblatt) unanimously to accept the minutes of November 29, 2004.
Budget proposal - FY2006
The Board reviewed and discussed the 3 scenarios for the BOH FY2006 budget to be submitted to the Finance Committee. which were, according to Elizabeth Barnett, masterfully prepared by Linda. Rosen. All three scenarios include a projected 3% increase for each FY05 and FY06 for all regular personnel, in accordance with discussion between Linda Rosen and Paul Pietal, chair of the Finance committee. In accordance with the Fincom’s instructions, there is a level-funded budget (Option A), which decreases hours of both the nursing and administrative assistants; a plus 2.5% budget (Option C), which maintains current level of staffing, but decreases several line items; and the preferred budget (Option B) which maintains all line items at current levels, and increases salary-driven items according to
projected contractual obligations.
VOTED: (Bingham/Peck) unanimously to recommend these budget scenarios to the Finance Committee. Board members will meet with the Fincom on January 10th, 2005, to review these budget proposals.
Massage Regulations
Elizabeth Barnett presented a draft revision of the BOH Massage regulations for Board review. This is basically a merging of both Newton and Weymouth regulations. She had spoken at length with someone in Newton, who is both a massage therapist and physician....who emphasized that regulations should be in place to protect the town and to protect the practitioners as well. Board members will review and will cross-check with the current BOH
regulations.
Annual Town Meeting articles
The Board agreed to request that the Selectmen put forward 2 previously submitted articles onto the warrant for the Annual Town Meeting for May 2005: 1) Non-criminal disposition of violations of septic regulations and
2) Non-criminal disposition of violations of the pooper-scooper regulation.
Municipal Trash Contract
It was noted that the current contractor, Mike McNamara, has agreed in writing to extend the current contract (at current rates) through June 2005. Suzi Peck and Anne Bingham are working on including recycling language in the contract proposal.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:30 PM.
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