5/11/1987 BOARD OF HEALTH Minutes

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TOWN OF NEE BOARD OF HEALTH ET I NG MAY 115 1987 Meeting called to order 4;05 p.m. Members present: Charles F. Buckingham, Roland L. Wilson, George R. Costa THE PURPOSE OF THE TAPE IS FOR THE USE OF THE CLERK IN TRANSCRIBING THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING, IT IS NOT TO BE CONSIDERED A PART OF THE MEETING. The meting was called to order by Mr. Buckingham early o that, for the recor i, reorganization could be held. Mr. Buckingham welcomed Mr. Costa to the Board and, requested that nominations for Chairman of the Board and Clerk of the Board. CFB explained that the Clerk of the Board is not intended to mean that the Clerk of the Board is the recording secretary. The purpose of the C I erk of the Board is to revue the correspondence that goes out from this Board as pasted by the Secretary. Motion by W. Costa to make W. Buckingham the Chairman, seconded by W. Wilson. "IR ACCEPTED BY MR. BUCKINGHAM. W. Buckingham then requested nam i r at i on s for Clerk; W, Costa offered the nam of Mr. Wilson, who, declined the nomination and stated that he wished to remin as Co-Chaiman. Mr. Buckingham then said that wound leave W. Costa as Clerk. UNANIMOUS VOTE FOR MR. COSTA AS CLERK. W. Buckingham questioned whether, or not, the meeting t i m on MDndays, we u l d be convenient for M '. Costa. HE AGREED TO THE CURRENT DAY AND TIME. I, Warrants signed. 2. dation W. Costa to accept minutes of May 4th meeting, second, Mr.. Edilsoon. MOTION CARRIED. 3. Mr. Buckingham made note of the fact that a person who would be present at the SuTmrwccd hearing and CFB will request that this person i dent i f h imse 1 f and his reason for being present, whether he is acting as an individual or as a representative of prod Trust. 4. CPB adv i sed the rr rrbers that he just spoken to Weston & Sampson and that 'we' are scheduled for a n eting with DEE and Town Counsel, Weston & Sampson re: Letter of Conditions, Ton Land- fill, there are a couple of stateents in the letter that 'we're' not happy with and it is felt the best way to c I ar i fy the situation is to go to DEE directly and amt. One of the conditions that DEE was imposing was at least the inplication eras) that the Landfill could be closed im- mediately m- mediately upon signature of the Board which 'v ' certainly cannot afford to do. S. Copy of DEE "Notice of Responsibility' the basis of the Thursday afternoon mreeting. CFB EX- PLAINED THAT HE WAS NOT QUITE SURE HOW IT WOULD BE RESPONDED TO. '-WE' HAD TAKEN STEPS PRIOR TO THIS TIME AND 'WE' WILL BE TAKING OR RECCMvEMING A STEP TONIC. WHEN THE SITUATION FIRST CAME TO VIEW, THE BOARD OF HEALTH, WHICH BROUGHT IT INTO VIEW AND CDT THE OPERATION OF THE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN STARTINGWITH VOLATILE WATER TESTING UP IN THE AREA: ONCE 'WE' STARTED ON THAT, DEE AND EPA BECAME INVOLVED WITH IT, THE SOLUTION FOR IT AT THAT TIME WAS INDICATED AS SUP- PLYING WATER TO THE PLACE WHICH THE BOH COULDN'T DO BECAUSE 'WE' CAN'T SIGN CONTRACTS FOR ANY- THING LINE THAT, SO WE INFOR MED THE SELECTMEN WHO DERE THEN ACTING AS WATER CO ISSIONER,S TO PRO- CEED'WITH THE MATTER. -IT SEES THAT EVERYTHING WAS GOING ALRIGHT UNTIL A LETTER A WEEK BEFORE THIS WHICH INDICATED THAT EPA, DEE WERE DIS-SATISFIED WITH THE SPEED WITH.,WHICH THE PROGM WAS BEING PROPOSED AND AT THAT TIME, ABOUT SIX OR EIGHT MONTHS AFTER WE HAD REQUESTED THAT EPA INFOFH US AS TO WHAT POSSIBLE USE COULD BE MADE OF THE CONTAMINATED WATER, UP AT aMERWOOD, WE FINALLY GDT AN ANSWER WHICH INDICATED THAT WE SHOULD TAKE STEPS TO CLOSE DOWN THE WELL AT BUILDING x#14 FOR USE, WHICH WE DID, AND WE ARE MEETING WITH THE PEOPLE TONIGHT IN ORDER TO TELL THF WHAT ALTERNATIVES WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO OCME Up WITH. WE MET A WEED AGO WITH TM COUNSEL AND WESTON&SAMPSON AND TOM ODNE$ WHO, SINCE HAS BEEN ELECTED TO THE WATER CUvMISSIONERS AND RAN 11MUGH THE DIFFERE!VT AL- TERNATIVES WHICH WERE 1 CONNECT TO ANOTHER WELL.'�IN ONE OF THE BUILDING AREAS UP THERE, 2 DRIVE A NEW WELL, WHICH IS A DIRECT RECOMMENDATION OF MR. I-MANSON IOUR IOUSELECTMAN OR, 3 EPA HAD SUGGESTED THE USE OF A FILTER, WHICH IS SUMEWRT CONTRARY TO WHAT THEY HAD BEEN SAYING SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE THING BUT NOW THEY SEEM TO HAVE TURNED THEIR MINDS AROUND. MR. JONES HAS INVESTI- GATED THE POSSIBILITY OF FILTER USES AND SEES TO HAVE COME UP WITH A PRETTY GOOD HISTORY OF A FILTERING THAT WOULD WORD IN THE AREA, IT WOULD BE THE CHEAPEST WAY OUT. WESTON & S*IPSON IS NOT