10/27/2010 BOARD OF HEALTH Minutes

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Y . FY 2012 Budget Calliope Egloff noted that the only change from last year's budget is a 2% reduction of funding for part-time clerical staffing. Lucy Burton made a motion that the Board accept the FY2012 budget as presented. l alliope Eglofl"seconded the motion. The motion was unanimously a proved. OLD BUSINESS Sandra Stastny The following individuals introduced themselves to the Board: John Dara, attorney representing Sandra Stastny Lt. Jon lead, Ilashpee Police Department - Ben Perry, Animal Control Officer with the ll ashpee Police Department L . Jon Read began the proceedings, leading Officer Ben Perry through his past interactions with Sandra Stastny at her residence. July, 2009: macer Perry was called to assist with retrieving tills. Stastny's horse, Penny, who got loose and was rounded up and. brought back to the yard. At that time, Office Perry discovered that Sandra Stastny did not have a current stable license. During the licensing process it was discovered that the barn was not properly located on the lot and had to be moved, the horse's food was not being stored in an appropriate location, the flooring of the barn was plywood with'no rubber padding, the teed buckets were on the floor of the barn and , were plastic, not metal, and the.fence needed a gate. Officer Perm stated that after Sandra Stastny corrected all these issues, her stable license was issued in the fall of 2009. August 2009: Ben Perry stated that he was contacted by Horse Rescues about the condition of the horse Penny,-who was showing signs of becoming emaciated with ribs showing. Several months later Officer Perm was receiving reports that the horse's condition was continuing to decline, and he contacted Sgt. Tori Flanagan at the Animal Fescue League who examined the horse and agreed that the horse was getting thin. At that time, information regarding the worsening condition of the horse was given to Sandra Stastny's son r : , lass. General Law 277 which states that neglect can lead to charges of cruelty to animals. November er 2009:. Upon follow-up inspection of the horse in November 2009, Officer Perry learned that Sandra Stastny had traded the horse, Penny, for a much larger-horse, Coco, from Wendy Ford at a horse farm in Bridgewater.. Officer Perm learned that Ms. Stastny returned Coco to Wendy Ford after two months, because the horse was too big for her to handle. .June 2 , 2010: rills.-Stastny adopted the home Guthrie from the East Bridgewater rehabilitation stable owner Deborah Pell. September 21, 10: officer Ben Perry stated that his net contact with Sandra Stastny was on September 21, 2010, after recei pt of a phone complaint on 9/20/10 that a horse at 72 Id Colony Drive was in very poor condition. Officer Perry stated that on September 21st: he, Mr. LaBlond and Mr. Charbonier from the MSPCA, Bourne eterinarran Dr. Harry Ernst, and Veronica Warden, Asst. Health Agent, gent to the site to conduct an inspection of the horse and barn. Upon arrival they were told that the horse, Guthrie, had been euthani ed