08/22/2019 BOARD OF HEALTH Minutes

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The perspective buyers, Pascal and Elisa Nicolle,were present at the meeting and stated that the closing is scheduled for August 28, 2019. They do not intend to immediately occupy the property. There being no further comments or discussion, Mallory Langler moved to approve the variance request for 49 Uncle Percy's Road with the condition that the buyer enter into an enforceable agreement,and the new system is installed within 90 days of the date of transfer. Motion seconded by Laurel Almquist. VOTE: Unanimous(3-0). OLD BUSINESS 1. Discussion of short-term rentals and proposed Assistant Health Agent position. Mr. Harrington commented that he continued the discussion of this topic from the last meeting because he wanted to see what the Selectmen were going to do with the short-term rental by-law. The Town Manager alluded to the fact that the Selectmen may want to submit a by-law version of their own. At the Selectmen's meeting earlier that week,they discussed doing just that. The Selectmen are also supporting a proposed by-law that allows accessory apartments by right, with no special permit or site plan review required. A by-law may be problematic if the board wants to do their own regulation, particularly for year-round rentals. If the board wants to do a rental regulation, perhaps go for year-round rentals, because we are still going to have to wrestle with them. The part-time Assistant Health Agent position has been joined with another new position called a Code Enforcement Officer. The Town Manager wants this new full-time position to cover by-law violations under the Building department, and rental property inspections under the Health department. This position would work out because the by-law violations that were to be covered were the sign violations. Once the sign violations diminish,the position would largely be a Health Agent. The warrant article that was submitted for the part-time position was replaced by the Selectmen with the code enforcement position. With respect to funding of the third-party consultant that will identify and notify the short-term rentals, Mr. Harrington's recommendation was to go with LodgingRevs for a cost of $12,780, because the Town would have access to the database for three months,which allows for time to build our own database. Harmari's price was cheaper but their quote was very general, so it was difficult to determine if they were offering the same services. Host Compliance/STR Helper was double the price of LodgingRevs for essentially the same services. Ms. Langler asked if these consultants identified year-round rentals and Mr. Harrington answered that they handled strictly short-term rentals. Chair Baumgaertel asked about funding for the enforcement part of the position, and Mr. Harrington answered that funding for the position would be budgeted and paid for from the general fund. There being no further comments or discussion, Mallory Langler moved to approve funding of the third-party short-term rental consultant at a cost of $12,780. Motion seconded by Laurel Almquist. VOTE: Unanimous (3-0). 2. Request for Irrigation Well Variance, 214 Hooppole Road. Mr. Harrington commented that, at the last meeting, he was asked by the Chairman to check with the Assessor's Office whether they could place the board's restriction for the irrigation well and VOC testing on the Assessor's field card. The Assessor indicated that could be done, and said they would make sure it was in a location where it was visible when the card is printed. 6