Board of Health
12 noon
Members Present: Mark
Baker, Dan Brown, and Duane Gregory
Members Absent: None
Health Agent: Jane
Evans
Member of the Public: Barbara Rushmore
The meeting was called to order at 12 noon.
AGENDA
Public Hearing on Board of Health’s Public Health Articles
In
accordance with §2-2-2 of the Provincetown Charter, the Provincetown Board of
Health held a Public Hearing on Monday, April 4, 2005 at 12:00 noon in the
Judge Welsh Hearing Room, 260 Commercial Street, Provincetown, MA to determine
the number of Board members in favor or opposed to the petitioned articles
concerning public health for the April 4, 2005 Special & Annual Town
Meetings.
STM Article 13: Extension of SEMASS Solid Waste Disposal
Agreement:
The discussion was minimal since it was
determined that this was a financial decision only made to lock in the rate.
Therefore, no vote was taken.
STM Article 14: Wastewater Design/Implementation:
The Board decided that the Woodard &
Curran group had already developed an emergency plan that allowed the
acceptance of septage. A cost analysis
would be appreciated to see what equipment, staffing, etc. would be needed for
the proposed study.
Barbara Rushmore (as part of the public
hearing portion) said that she would like Phase II to take place soon. She heard that the money had already been
allocated for this. She also was in
favor of septic haulers going to Tri-Town so that the additional septage
wouldn’t foul our water table.
Motion: The Board of
Health unanimously voted in favor of STM Article 14. The vote was 3-0-0.
STM Article 15: Wastewater System Monitoring/Enforcement.
After a great deal of discussion, it was
decided that Mark Baker would make a “friendly amendment” to the article which
would read that the “$20K proposed to be expended under the direction of the
Board of Selectmen and the Town Manager” be instead used to continue the Health
Agent as a full-time position. The
rationale from the BoH was that this would give them continuity from the Health
Agent position and provide a person already trained and aware of all the issues
especially regarding the oversight of the municipal sewer system.
Motion: The Board of
Health decided unanimously (3-0-0) to support the amendment to STM Article 15
as discussed above.
Motion: The Board of
Health decided unanimously (3-0-0) to oppose STM Article 15 if the amendment to
it did not carry.
ATM Article 8. FY 2006 Capital Improvements Program
9. DEP Water Management Permit/New Source Development:
Motion: Duane
Gregory made a motion to support Article 8, Section 9. Mark Baker seconded the motion and it
carried 2-0-1 abstention (DB)
10.
Water: South Hollow Pump House:
Motion: Duane
Gregory made a motion to support Article 8, Section 10. Mark Baker seconded the motion and it passed
3-0-0.
11.
Water: South Hollow Well Development:
Motion: Duane
Gregory made a motion to support Article 8, Section 11. Mark Baker seconded the motion and it passed
3-0-0.
ATM Article 24. Clarification on Ozone.
This article was put in by Barbara
Rushmore. She elaborated on it and felt basically that the Cape was being
falsely accused of having high levels of ozone when in reality it was a
mis-reading due to our quantity of salt air. Dan Brown felt it would be
valuable if Ms. Rushmore were to inform other Cape towns of the findings should
they become available. She agreed to do this.
Motion: Dan Brown
made a motion ATM Article 24. Mark
Baker seconded the motion and it passed 3-0-0.
ATM Article 25. Amend Harbor Plan.
Since none of the Board was fully
informed, it was decided to reserve judgment until the Harbor Plan amendments
were read.
ATM Article 27. Establish Committee for Animal Welfare.
Duane Gregory expressed concerns that a
new board – with no real authority - would interfere with the BoH’s official
activities concerning animal issues.
Motion: Duane
Gregory made a motion not to support ATM Article 27. Dan Brown seconded the motion and it was passed 3-0-0.
THE NEXT MEETING OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH WILL BE HELD ON
APRIL 28TH AT 5:00 P.M. IN THE CAUCUS HALL.
The meeting adjourned at
1:00 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Evelyn Gaudiano
Evelyn Rogers Gaudiano
Approved by ____________________________on ______________, 2005.