7/5/2006 BOARD OF HEALTH Minutes

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i+r explained that lir. Liebman is looking for credit land for a nitrogen aggregation plan to order to accommodate the additional bedroom. To date, he has been unsuccessful in locating an available lot. Glen Harrington suggested that Mr. Liebman send a letter to the BOH explaining the entire situation, filing for a variance request from the 130H. Mr. Liebman's variance request will be placed on the agenda for the net 13H meeting on July 1 'fdr further consideration. OLD BUSINESS. No old business. DISCUSSION. 1. April 2006 Landfill Gars Deport—Woodard&Curran Glen Harrington reported that the April 2006 Landfill Gas Report recommended that there were still some wells to be repaired. The report recommended repair of l ndfull gas well SGW 1 3, gent -13 and ground monitoring well W-1 3. Even though DPW could repair the wells, having the money available for the work from the lower bid submitted by Horsley&Witten would be convenient. 2. cape obstetrics!Midwifery&Gynecology Letter of July 6,,2006. Lucy Burton reported receipt of a letter from Dale Weldon, SID at the cape Obstetrics Midwifery Gynecology. The letter was expressing concern about the elevated levels of sexually transmitted diseases (STD) being reported In I ashpee. Upon receipt of the letter, Lucy Burton spoke to Glen Harrington about its then promptly contacted the superintendent of Schools, MaryF ose Grady, a member of the Wellness school Committee, Lourie Patrick: Director of Human Services, for a meeting to discuss the situation. At the meeting they talked about things that would be dome to raise awareness of the situation. f=ollow-up action included contact with the DEP for educational materials, contact with the Mashpee Free Clinic to determine whether they could offer any assistance With local free testing for teenage girls. They talked about sending le ers to both students and parents of students in the high school to raise awareness of the issue. Glen Harrington'suggested that the BH could write the letter, and have the Superintendent send out the letter to the students and parents. Glen Harrington pint in a call to Lisa Crowner, the southeast Region Educational Coordinator. Glen also contacted the state to get their numbers of reported Chlamydia trachomatis(STD)for 2005/2006. The Mate's reported numbers did not match up to the numbers that were being reported by cape Obstetrics. There is ars HPV vaccine now available} but not yet approved. A follow-up meeting is scheduled for Thursday July 6th, 2006 at 9 AIM at the Superintendent's office with the same gaup of individuals. NEXT MEETINGS The not two meetings of the BOH will be on July 19, 2006, and August 2, 2006. As there was no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 8:55 PM. respectfully submitted, Ina G. Sch ohm recording ecretary 3