08/10/1995 BOARD OF HEALTH Minutes

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MINUTES "august 10, 1995 3 BOARD OF HEALTH states the well pump is leaking badly causing the basement floor to be partially flooded." "I thought to myself, three days this things been leaking." "I called the tenant, no answer." "I cam here and spoke to Mr. Evans and I said to him I lived in the house 15 years." "I know the large water holder sweats." "He said to me that is more then sweat the pump is leaking." "I said are you sure?" "He said no, this is more then sweat and if that was the case every cellar floor on the cape would be flooded, this is a pump problem." "You have 10 days to get this taken care of." "I went to 35 Lisa Lane, knocked on the door, tenants didn't answer, nobody was home." "The apartment next door belongs to me also, nobody is living there." "I entered that apartment which makes the basements adjoin." "I looked at the pump, the pump was not leaking it was sweating but because he told me it was the pump I removed the pump called my plumber who told me to go to Osterville Electric to have the pump checked out." ,rcalled them, they said bring it down and we'll check it out for you and have it ready by 6:00." "5:30 Mr. Evans called I want that pump in there you're in violation $500.00." "I said I have to get the thing looked at, I know I'll have it in there tonight." Mr. Evans stated, "You didn't say that." Mr. Perry responded, "Well, you didn't give me the opportunity, you started reading me the riot act." "I've rented this place to these people for a year and they have never had a problem with me." "I thought my house was going to be flooded." "I took care of the problem." "I would like to ask Mr. Evans if anyone was living in that apartment." Mr. Evans responded, "There were no occupants in that apart.nient when I was there." Mr. Perry questioned, "Then how is this in violation of co-mingling," "Mr. Evans also told me he did not go to the bottom of the stairs or go to the pump, he was going by what the tenants told him." "I said, you mean to tell me lair. Evans you never saw w ere the pump was leaking?" "He said no, I never went to the bottom of the stairs." "He put me in a position today gentlemen which is not fair." Mr. McQuaid commented, "You don't need to go into the basement to see that it is 3/4 flooded." "Neither Mr. Evans nor I as health agents are certified plumbers." "We can't tell you that it is the pump that is leaking or what is causing; the problem." "The problem from the Board of Health sanitation code standpoint is that the basement was flooded." "For Mr. Evans to suggest that it might be the pump is not an unwise suggestion, in my opinion."