6/18/2020 BOARD OF HEALTH Minutes

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Town of Mashplee 16 Great Neck Road North Mashpee, Massachusetts 02649 BOARD OF HEALTH — PUBLIC SESSION Mashpee Town Hall —Ockway Meeting Room Minutes of the Meeting of June 18, 2020 Board Members Present: Member Absent: Also Present: Brian Baumgaertel,Chair Glen Harrington, Health Agent Veronica Warden, Clerk Caitlin Gardipe,Assistant Health Agent Chair Brian Baumgaertel called the meeting to order at 7:01 PM, and stated for the record that all Board members were participating remotely. OLD BUSINESS 1. Review of compliance — 81 & 95 Echo Road. Mr. Harrington commented that, after the last meeting, a final abatement order was prepared by Town Counsel and hand-delivered to Manuel Cabral on June 12, 2020 as the owner of 95 Echo Road. The order stated that he had seven days to abate the violation. Town meeting subsequently approved the requested amount of$150K for the Town to address the refuse pile. Three quotes were submitted to the Health Department in response to a Request for Quotes (RFQ)for removal of the pile by transportation and disposal to various disposal sites. The mortgage holder subsequently expressed an interest in paying for removal of the refuse to avoid a lien on the property by the Town. The mortgage holder has indicated that they wish to keep a clear title to the property,and will discuss the option with the Town Manager. The next step is to notify the owner of 81&95 Echo Road of the fact that, now that no action has been taken,the Town has the right to abate the violation and charge the owner for all expenses incurred. Once that notice is served,the Town can schedule the clean-up or allow the mortgage holder to perform the clean-up. Mr. Harrington reminded the Board that executive session is required if members wish to discuss the quotes or obtain additional quotes, as discussion in public session may put the Town in a deficient position to get fair and reasonable competition for pricing. Award of the contract must be done in public session. Mr. Harrington indicated that the quotes can be reviewed at the next meeting, as they have not yet been provided to all Board members for review. 2. Review of amended Refuse Hauler Regulation, Mr. Harrington commented that there is still no update on this regulation, as Town Counsel has not yet commented. 3. COVID-19 update. Mr. Harrington commented that the following actions are completed or ongoing: • Maintained the Mashpee COVID-19 webpage with up-to-date information 1