2/16/2006 BOARD OF HEALTH Minutes

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i I r ;r TOWN OF MSE BOARD of HEALTH -- PUBLIC Minutes of the Meeting of Thursday, February 1 , 2006 Board Members Present: Board Members Absent: Also Present: Glenn Santos Steven Ball Glen Harrington, Health Agent Lucy Burton Veronica Warden, Asst. Health Agent Chairman Glenn Santos called the'meeting to order at :00 Pi. APPOINTMENTS Got fs Gym—Tanning -"'Show cause Hearing" Veronica Warden reported that Jim Moses from Gold's Gyre haat called this morning to say he would be unable to attend tonight's meeting. .lir. Moses stated that he had taken care of correcting all the reported violations. Veronica Warden conducted an inspection during the arft rno n'aft r the phone conversation with M r. Moses, and found that 4 of the 6 violations cited on the inspection report dated 1 16106 had been corrected. However, there were no sanitizing solutions-av ilable in the booths for cleaning the tanning beds after use. It is left up to the patrons to clean,the beds after their use. The cleaning solution available at the check-in desk is an all-purposegreen cleaner, not a saniti ing solution. Paper towels were being.used to wipe off the tanning beats w ith the solution. The facility is not training its attendants, and is not coaching new clients in the proper use of the tanning salon. Veronica H arden stated'that the Gold's Lynn opened in September,,2 004 and had applied for a permit, but did not renew their permit in September, 2005. They reapplied on February 14, 2006, the day Veronica Warden conducted an.inspection and found they had no current p rr it. Glenn Santos made a motion that the tanning booths at Gold's Gym be closed until after a Show Cause Hearing is conducted at the next meeting of the Board of H alth on Thursday, 3102/06. The tanning booths will not be reopened until Gold's Gyre presents to the BOH a written internal policy of(1), how they plan to conduct an ongoing training program for their attendants and coaching of clients 1n the proper use of the tanning equipment and , their pians for instituting the proper sanitizing of the tanning beds. Lucy Burton seconded the motion. All approved. ashpee country Store—Appeal of Tobacco Compflance Fine* l oh mmud Arafik from the Country Store introduced himself to the Board. Glen Harrington reported that the Country Store had-been observed during an inspection by the Massachusetts Tobacco Control of selling tobacco to a minor. This was the second violation by the Country Store, the first violation having occurred in June 2005 when it was observed that cigars were on the counter within easy reach of customers. Since this was the second violation the Country More had been fined $200: Mr. Arafik stated that with regard to the first violation, the box on the counter with the cigars was locked with no access to the general public. Although Mr. Arafik did not feel the fine justifiable at the time, he went ahead and paid the fine. Because he sees the first violation as not really justifiable, Mr. Arafik now was requesting that this new violation be considered his first violation, not the second, and was appearing an amendment to the second$200 fine. Glen Harrington confirmed that Mr. ► rafil 's$200 check to giver the second fine had been received b.r the BOH, but that it had not yet been cashed. Glen noted that the Boli could amend the fare if they chose, since the regulation states the second violation fine can be. up to$200. After discussion of the issue, the