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The Town of Mashpee generated 10,210 tons of trash during 1999 (a substantial increase of 2439 tons Report of the over 1998). We recycled the following quantities: Board of Health 1999 1998 Newspaper(tons) 556 294 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and Officepaper I 0.4 the Citizens of the Town of Mashpee Scrap metal (tons) 399 130 ` We, the Board of Health, respectfully submit our Glass (tons) 86 62 annual report for the calendar year 1999. Plastics (tons) 16 7 Yard waste (tons) 655 483 The following is a partial list of the services pro- Tires (each) 1170 1130 vided by the Board of Health and its staff during 1999 Used oil (gallons) 2000 1760 as compared to 1998: Antifreeze (gallons) 55 i 1999 1998 Oil filters (55 gallon drums) 1 Pere tests 520 211 Water tests 140 115 We applaud all town recyclers! The Town saved Pool inspections 58 53 approximately $48,000 by not shipping 1060 tons of Complaint investigations 38 84 recyclables to SEMASS (this excludes yard waste, Septic inspections 217 208 tires, oil, etc.). Food inspections 177(no Pow-wow) 281 Housing inspections 28 29 As is evident by the number of perc tests and septic Hazardous emergency calls 10 13 plan reviews, 1999 was an extremely busy year for our Septic plan review 467 319 staff. During the last three months of the year, our Illegal dumping investigations 16 30 Agents performed 290 perc tests... more than the total in 1998. Revenues generated by the Board of Health during We were very pleased to promote Veronica Warden 1999 as compared to 1998 are as follows: from Administrative Assistant to Assistant Health 1999 1998 Agent in January. The choice from among nine candi- Perc tests 39,050.00 17,875.00 dates was unanimous by the selection committee. Septic permits 23,350.00 19,150.00 Having held the prior staff position for a number of Well permits 2,275.00 1,850.00 years gave her the experience and advantage so valu- Installer's permits 8,650.00 6,475.00 able to her new position. Septic pumpers 1,300.00 1,700.00 We were also very fortunate to have Lucy Burton Trailer parks 20,668.00 21,272.00 join our staff as Administrative Secretary. Her com- Pool permits 3,300.00 2,600.00 puter and organizational skills have already proven Motel permits 600.00 800.00 invaluable. Food permits 10,991.00 10,636.00 Stable permits 275.00 225.00 Misc. permits 2,741.00 2,148.00 Trash haulers 2,000.00 3,500.00 Commercial stickers 3,125.00 3,250.00 Recycling revenue 385.00 702.00 Tobacco sales permits 115.00 70.00 Sub-total 118,825.00 92,253.00 Commercial tipping fee 183,084.00 127,162.00 TOTAL REVENUE 301,909.00 219,415.00 ! This does not include $220,000 taken in for resi- dential trash stickers by the Town Clerk's office. i 101