1/27/2010 BOARD OF HEALTH Minutes

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three variance requests. Kalliope Egloff seconded the motion. The motion was approved unanimously by the Board. NEW SINESS 1.. sign Warrants.. o warrants. . Approve Public session Minute 1113/10 Calliope Egloff rade a motion to approve as amended the minutes from the BOH meeting on January 13, 2010. Burton Kaplan seconded the motion. Lucy Burton recused herself from the vote. The motion passed. Lucy Burton made a request of the Board, reminding thea that when there are BOH session minutes to be approved from a previous meeting at which a full Board was in attendance, the approval of those minutes should not take place until and unless a full Board is present. Lucy Burton referenced the approval by the Board of the BOH minutes for the 12123109 meeting which she attended, but was not present at the 1/13/10 meeting when they were approved. Chairman Burton Caplan noted the request and thanked her for the reminder. 3. Recycling Regulation Burton Kaplan stated that the BOH is obliged to present the Recycling Regulation as an agenda item at Town Meeting, and the regulation needs to be re-formatted for consideration at that meeting. Burton Kaplan stated that the due date for submission is sometime next week, but we have been advised by the Town Manager ger that so long as the item itself has been submitted for consideration, the Board still has several weeds to further amend the document. Glen Darrington stated that he has started preparing a draft of the regulation in warrant format for Town Meeting. Glen Harrington stated that the question was brought up by the Recycling Committee as to whether there should be some changes In the Bpi regulation regarding the softening of the enforcement provisions. Glen Harrington stated that his response to the enforcement for the haulers is set by statute. The enforcement for the individual property owners regarding the recycling is also set by noncriminal disposition, which all the other by-lavers in town have. The fine for violation of the regulation in its current form is up to $300 per day per infraction. Discussion followed regarding the question as to who should be responsible for violation of the recycling regulation in a case where an individu i throws recyclable sterns into a trash dumpster: should it be the individual, or the trash hauler who now has recyclable materials included in his trash? Calliope Egloff a pre sed her feeling that there should be no fine unless it is,clearly understood to whom the fine applies. Glen Harrington stated that one of the recycling Committee recommendations was that i the enforcement should be for egregious situations, where there is some intent of violation of the regulation on a large scale, rather than getting down to a personal i individual level. Glen Harrington added that the Recycling C om ittee was leaning toward the delaying of enforcement with fines for one or two years, with the intention of amending the implementation date for imposing fines in the regulation when it becomes necessary.