10/16/1989 BOARD OF SELECTMEN Minutes

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t s I BOARD CSE SELECTMEN MINUTES REGULAR SESSION MONDAY v OCTOBER 16v 1989 PAGE FOUR APPOINTMENTS & HEARINGS #3 (Cont. ) Mr. Hansen moved to appoint Thomas Booth to fill the vacancy on the School Committee, based on the recommendation of the School Committee, Mrs, Jacobson seconded the motion, All members of the Board of Selectmen and the School Committee were in favor. VOTER INFORMATION ASSOCIATION Mr5, Jean Thomas of the Voter Information Association presented to the Board the position and a letter that was sent to Mr, Parker, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense from the Association. Mrs. Thomas stated that the Association collected 1 ,272 signatures relative to the decision of the Department of Defense to discontinue ne ofiations with the Town of Iashpee. The letter to Mr. Parker asked that the decision rade to discontinue the negotiations be reconsidered,, EST N & SAMPs N BOARD OF HEALTH - Mike sc i p i one of Weston & Sampson appeared before the Board to review the report relative to lead contamination in the water~ supply at the Mashpee Elementary school . Mr. s i p i one stated- that they. had looked into Highwood water o's water source to determine how corrosive it is. Envi roteh Laboratories ran a 1anl i er index which indicated -4,5 and - .4 on two separate occasions., Anything more' ne at i ve than -2.5 is considered "highly corms i v wat r" H i hwood Water has indicated that they plan to install a corrosion control system when the booster pump p stations come on line. Until that time, Weston Sampson recommends that the Town install an interim flushing program. This would involve 10 minutes on all outside faucets and 10 minutes on ups a i r~s bathrooms, 2 minutes on drinking and k1tchen faucets. After the initial flush i s out of the srster , the lead concentration should drop.