7/31/1997 BOARD OF HEALTH Minutes

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MINUTES July 31, 1997 2 BOARD OF HEALTH town and it also gives the Board a little bit ofregulatory power over then so that if they do not retail responsibly then the Board can act accordingly by warnings, etc.." Mr. McQuaid commented, "l see that in your February 28, 1997 sting operation that no sales took place therefore, I don't think we need to adopt a regulation at this point." Ir. Evans agreed. Mr. Ball relayed, "I also talked to the police and at the time I talked to there they i were doing a sting operation." "I was informed no sales had transpired." i 1 Ir. Doherty stated, "In my opinion, we should institute a permit requirement. "The reason I think the permit should be in place is because right now if there is a problem there's limited recourse that we can take." "Yet, if we institute this and there is a problem then there is clear cut action that we can take immediately." Mr. Collett connnented, "The individual Board's of Health in all the towns in Massachusetts have within their power the right to do this." "It is the responsibility ofthe Board to uphold it." Mr. Crain commented, "`You can be preventative to a point but you can also over- regulate v r-regulate too.' 11r. Evans relayed, "I would like to set-up another smoking cessation program at Town Hall." "I will get together with the Executive Secretary to plan one." Mr. Collett relayed, "We will probably be doing another compliance check some time in the mar future." `It's advisable to do them on a periodic basis." . Correspond nce from Town Counsel & W S re: Consent Order - Mr. McQuaid e nunented, "The first part of our upcoming "Consent Order" 'is to do risk assessment ori the River that was going to have to be done anyway." "Weston& Sampson is responding to the additional environmental study a copy of which will submitted to the Board for review." "I would like to forward a copy of the scope ofwork to the Executive Secretary." Agreed. . Copy of letter re: Green head flies- Acknowledged.