07/16/1998 BOARD OF HEALTH Minutes

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MINUTES July 161998 3 BOARD OF HEALTH big mistake is that everybody thinks town water will solve everything but look at everything you're dumping into the ground, where's it going?" "Town wells." Mr. Fudala relayed, "The Sewer Commission is going to need funding to implement any plans." Board members agreed to wait for an updated version from the Sewer Commission prior to introducing any new regulations. APPOINTMENT: Dr. Segal - Pool Regulations Dr. Segal was in attendance for this scheduled appointment. Dr. Segal stated, "I am on the Board of Trustees at the Stratford Pond Condominium complex." "Several weeks ago the Department of Public Health forwarded to our Board a copy of a new regulation which now requires us to employ a certified pool operator." "I automatically assumed that the gentlemen that has been servicing our pool for 4 years would automatically be certified to do that and we wouldn't have any problems." "After inquiring to Mr. Souza and discussing this situation with him he said he would not take the course, he doesn't have to as he has 107 accounts of which 105 are private pools." "What I thought I would do is apply for a variance from this particular situation." "I called Mr. Cahir's office who suggested I submit in writing to the Board of Health our variance request." "Our pool is really pristine." "We follow all of the directives." "Mr. Souza is there every week sometimes twice a week." "We monitor it twice daily seven times a week_" "Our log book is available to you at any time." "I would really appreciate if you would take the variance under consideration." "In my opinion, I think this regulation is more applicable to a hotel/motel as they get a lot more transient people coming in and a lot more people who are exposed to the pool then people who are exposed to the pool in our particular situation." Mr. McQuaid stated, "I concur with Dr. Segal, his pool is immaculate however, according to Howard Wensley who is the chief sanitarian for the Department of Public Health it was his opinion that the Board does have the authority to grant the variance from this requirement but only based on manifest injustice which has to be presented by the applicant for the variance." "Manifest injustice would be financial hardship or the fact that the pool was pre-existing for a number of years before this law came into effect which doesn't seem to apply here." "Mr. Wensley commented that in the long term Stratford Ponds Association may benefit from having someone on their staff take the course because the course teaches specifics such as types and amounts of chemicals used."