9/15/2010 BOARD OF HEALTH Minutes

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. r TOWN OF MASHPEE BOARD of HEALTH - PUBLIC SESSION Mashpee Town Hal! -•- Conference Room Minutes of the Meeting of Wednesday, septe ber.'15, 2010 Board Members Present: Also Present: Calliope Egloff, Chairman Glen Harrington, Health Agent Lucy Burton, co-Chairman Burton Kaplan, Clerk Chairman Kaliiope Egloff called the meeting to order at 7:01 PM. APPOINTMENTS 7:15 Public Hearing -Amendments to septic Inspection Regulation The Board members reviewed and made further amendments to the draft Arnendm.ent to the Septic System Inspection Regulation. Lucy Burton' made a motion to approve tine Amendment to the Septic Inspection Regulation as printed with the addition of the requirement-to replace septic tanks that are installed prior to 1980. Burton Kaplan seconded the motion. The motion was unanimously approved. 7:30 Gibbs Rubbish Removal— "Show Cause" Hearing - Failure to Comply with Refuse Regulation Glen Harrington stated that on Tuesday, 11 1 O'he witnessed a DMG Enterprises, Inc. (d/b/a Gibbs Rubbish Removal) packer truck servicing residential refuse barrels at 129 Paddock Circle in New Seabury. Therefore, Gibbs Rubbish Removal is hauling refuse in Mashpee without a BOH-issued permit which is a violation,of NSA. General Law � Chapter 111 section 31 A. .filen Harrington added that Gibbs Rubbish Removal is disposing of Mashpee commercial refuse at a waste facility not approved by the 130H, which: is in direct � violation of the Mashpee Board of Health "Refuse Regulation". The regulation states that no refuse loads may be disposed of at any site other than one approved by the BOH. Glen Harrington sent a Notice of Non-Compliance - Refuse Regulation to MG g - i Enterprises, Ino, dated 8/23/10, with an order to appear at a BH "Show cause" hearing on 9-15-10. Tammy Gibbs and Eileen Fitzpatrick from Gibbs Rubbish Removal introduced themselves to the Board. Glen Harrington stated that in 2006 Gibbs Rubbish Removal sent in an application for a trash hauling permit and a► check for$500 but did not provide the required $1000 bond. Glen stated that the BOH sent Gibbs Rubbish Removal a letter asking thein to provide the bond, but they did not follow up on the request. Therefore, Gibbs Rubbish Removal Inas been hauling refuse in Mashpee without a BH- required permit since 2006. TATs. Fitzpatrick stated that they have only two cust mets in � Mashpee and that they may be discontinuing doing business with thein. The Board informed Ms. Fitzpatrick that even though they may have no customers in Mashpee, a permit still would be required by Gibbs-Rubbish Removal if their trucks were traversing through Mashpee.