[Music] [Music] stand back. >> Hi, Vinnie. >> Hey, Vinnie. He's not even There you are. Hi. Hi, Vinnie. >> I can't see you, but Hi.
>> Hi. Did I not start the video? Oh, it's pointing me in the wrong direction. >> Ah, there we go. >> Can you see us? Is it too high? >> That's better.
You're just going to see the backs of our heads. I'm wondering if I should sit there. >> You want to >> or at the end over there? >> Yeah. >> Just so I can see. >> Yeah, we talking.
>> All right, let's get started here. I'd like to call this meeting to order. Town of Dyon Board of Health regular meeting. Today is Tuesday, September 9th, 2025. It's 2 p.m. And we're going to start off by saying
our pledge of allegiance. We all stand. Pledge of Allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
Board board member introduction. My name is Tammy Bellow. I'm the acting chairperson. >> Uh Vinnie Heert, uh board member. >> Awesome. Anyway, we'll start with reports from the health agent.
So, do you want to go into recommendation for the health agent? I don't have anything to report for the health agent. >> Yeah, that's okay. If there's nothing, we can Yeah, we can just skip over that.
>> Um, do we have the nurse um today? >> We do not. >> Okay, so we'll go skip over the tag nurse office manager. Anything? >> Yeah. from the office. I just wanted to um let you guys know that the waste reduction formally solid
waste committee met last night. There is a um composting flyer that we're going to post around town to try to get residents to um purchase one of the composting bins and um just get the public informed that they're available
to them. Uh we're going to try put them all over the town hall obviously and then we're going to see if some of the businesses will take them like where we sell bags so people are aware. They also come with a composting countertop bucket that we weren't aware of. So, for an
additional $5, you can buy a little plastic bucket. You put it on the countertop so you're not going outside every night to your compost bin to put stuff in. Fill your bucket. You bring it outside whenever it's full. I have one in the office. So, if anybody wants to see them or purchase one, just let me
know. Uh, call, email me. I'll get one of those to you. Let's see. Can we also put that on Facebook maybe? >> Yeah, I can ask Leanne to put it over on Facebook for us. Um,
quick update on um on uh the alliance meeting. I met with them Tuesday. Uh we do have a full staff for uh the nurse and there was one other
position that was filled. They are still looking for a regional uh health inspector. So if anybody's interested, you can apply. There's a link on the Dyontown page board of health website uh with the information where you can apply for that position.
And other than that, it's been really quiet. Okay, I was on vacation for a week, so I'm still trying to play catchup. >> Thank you. >> Doesn't look like animal control is here. So, doesn't look like we have anything for her. So, we'll go right
into old business. Uh, so A is dumpster regulations. Uh so our last meeting um Liz was able to uh print us up some of those regulations from other u other places
which were helpful. Um some didn't really apply for what we were looking for. Um so we just need to decide what we want to do. um is it something that we want more time with or do we want to uh set up a
workshop um in order to just put something together? It doesn't we have talked about not really getting too crazy in details uh because I don't think that's exactly what we need. We're just looking for basic stuff as far as,
you know, how many feet from uh somebody else's property, how many feet from the street it should be because we don't want plow trucks hitting it as, you know, the winter approaches and truck plow trucks are going by. Um, so I think it would be really easy to come up with
something. So, um, we just need to decide how we want to do that. you know, I I think maybe we just call like a we could call like a special meeting and then just discuss, you know, what we want to do. Um, and like I said, I we
said last time is just make it straightforward and simple. It doesn't have to be like some of these the ones that I was looking at, they were like, you know, a legal document, which, you know, we don't need anything like that. I mean, we just need um just what
you said, Tam, right? How many feet from the street? Um, you know, how many feet from Nav's properties um and that's it really. I mean, when you really think about what what else is there? It's a dumpster, right? So, you know, as long
as they they conform to that, I think it's I think it's as simple as as how many feet off the street, how many feet between neighbors properties and um that's it. We don't have to worry about accessibility. That's up to the company
that's, you know, uh getting, you know, that they're dealing with. Um but I I can't think of anything else. We we're not going to >> We can't control like what they put into it. That's up to the company as well, right? >> That would be up to the company. >> The The only thing is um the town likes
to know uh like weight of So I don't know if we're going to make these companies report to us on how much they've picked up, anything like that. Um I don't know if we still want to monitor the weight if it's not going through us. It might just feel like
>> Yeah, I don't I don't think I'd wait because that's a private matter between the resident and company that they're they're um hiring to budget from. So, I I don't think we really need to get into >> The problem is we get grants based off of some things.
So, would we not be qualified if we don't have um I'd have to get more information from Missy Holland back from MP to see if we would need to keep track of disposals
like the pump records. Companies send us pump records every month. >> So, would these waste disposal companies need to send us records of what they disposed of? I'm not 100% sure. So yeah, I don't want to go too crazy with that. To me, that that's like I said, that's
between the person who rents the dumpster and uh the dumpster company without, you know, kind of >> getting a little more into >> I'll find out if we're going to miss out on any grants from the state if we
don't have that information. >> Yeah, that would be the only reason, Liz, that I can think of. >> Other than that, what do we care? You know, it's got I just don't want to get too complicated into this because it should be a real easy >> simple
>> thing to uh to accomplish. >> Um I'm not even sure that we need to do really a special meeting on that. We can probably >> um you know maybe come up with some things before our next meeting next month. So why don't we do that?
>> I I agree with that. Tam, uh, if we just even like draft a a proposal, draft a letter, and then review it and edit it and then we can vote on it. >> Yeah, I think that's better. >> It doesn't have to be anything crazy. >> Absolutely. All right. So, do you want to um make a motion on that one?
>> Yeah, I would make a motion to um put together a draft for uh the dumpster regulations, something we can have for our next meeting, and then we can edit or vote on it to approve it. And um that would be it. >> Sounds good. I step down. I second that
motion. Can I get a vote? >> I >> I motion passes. Moving on to B, which is complaints update. So that would be Liz. >> So it's it's been fairly quiet. I haven't received any new additional
complaints. Um I did do, you know, drivebys of complaints that we already have. Uh there was um one that the resident believes that the neighbor has someone living in a trailer. So I'm
going to take a ride by that address and see if I can see anything. >> Okay. >> But other than that, it's been fairly quiet. >> Okay, sounds good. >> Okay, good. >> Moving on to C, which is the portable bathroom facil facility regulations.
Uh so I think that is the same as the dumpster regulations. I think that's something that we can easily come up with for the next meeting and do it the same way perhaps doing a proposal and um and going from there. So I don't
>> Yeah, I think so. Um >> I don't think much has changed fee structure wise. Um, we talked about was it wasn't the barn permit. It was uh what was it the barn permit that we were
talking about eliminating? Um, yeah, we we could just go I think you know what I think what we could do is we could just go line by line through that. I mean, if you want to do it ahead of time, you could do it ahead of time. We could do it right in the meeting. It's
not a lot of a lot of uh fees. So, >> sure. >> Oh, no. We're talking about portable bathroom regulations. >> Oh, you on the next line. We're not talking about fees. We're talking about the portable bathroom. >> Oh, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. >> Jumped ahead. It's different down here
in Florida, you know. >> Um, yeah. I mean, looking at when we looked at some of that, it was like again, it was like really complicated, right? I mean, that document that was sent out. >> Um, do we really need all of that? No,
>> no. >> I think we need something basic just like the dumpster regulations. >> Yeah. >> What we got was was awesome. We got a lot of information about portaotties, but I think it was a little more than what we needed. >> So, I think let's let's stick to the
basics. I >> stick to the let's stick to the basics. I agree. So I I think again that's something Tam we could do, you know, write in in the meeting and look at it and maybe draft the letter beforehand, keep it simple, you know. So >> sounds good. So can I get a motion on
that one? >> Yes. Uh I would make a motion uh for the not for the fees for the portable bathroom facility regulations. Uh make something simple, put together in a letter, review and edit at our next meeting.
>> I step down. I second that motion. Can I get a vote? >> I >> I motion passes. Moving on to D. Finally, we're on the fee schedule review. >> All right. So, I don't have to repeat that, right? So, >> no, but I did uh put together a
comparison from similar surrounding towns. Uh so, I will send that out to you. But >> be great. Next month, uh, October, the selectman and the town administrator are going to go over the whole town's fees
and they're requesting that we, you know, put something together. Um, by the looks of it, you know, we could probably go up 25 bucks, but we're pretty pretty much in alignment with some of the other towns.
There are some things that we are not charging for that we possibly could. um variance and stuff like that. So, I can send that to you, >> have you review it, and then at our next meeting, that'll be what we'll present
to the town administrator. >> Mhm. Okay, >> sounds great. So, sounds like that's something that we're going to be uh waiting on for our next meeting. So, I just need a quick motion on that one. Vinnie, if you could
motion to review a fee schedule at our next meeting. I step down. I second that motion. Can I get a vote? >> I >> I motion passes. Moving on to Earm States variance request. And we do have a guest here who's going to be going
over this for us. >> You want this anywhere specific? >> Anywhere you want to put it is fine. >> You want me at the podium? >> Sure. >> Or you can stay near that. >> Very very small here. kind of against
here. Um Chris Vandenber with the civil environmental consultants CDC uh for the Belfates subdivision project. Um we are currently one one document away um from the town of Somerset well like well over here
we're just one document away from plan board approval on that. So going to conservation. Um but now plan board has supported our waiverss and that they're listed on our front sheet set there. This is just a kind of overall pretty color here. Point of today's meeting is just
requesting the variance from the board of health for the regulation of open storm water basins. So the site's going to have two infiltration basins um pretty much in the middle of site and then twoirds of way down the site. Essentially it's yeah just trying to request their variance given the systems
of processes that we follow here and that variance is wid. So it's standard filtration basin has four groundwater separation it's a max 3 ft high I believe um has a flat bottom so it's not sloped so it's yeah standard
infiltration basement. >> So I guess any other questions? >> No I don't have any questions. Vinnie, do you have any questions? No, I think we we looked at this last time, didn't we? Pretty much >> it was a different company. It was a different project. >> Okay. >> Did you guys get any of these at all?
The rare range request at all? >> I'm sorry. >> Did you get very like many varian requests for the open? >> I don't think so. We just got one last month for just so happened that two months in a row we had one. Um, so for me, I mean, I don't have a problem just
reviewing what um Jerry wrote. Um, I think as long as the basins are properly maintained and protect protected by adequate fencing to prevent unended access by children or animals. >> So, I know there's no we're not proposing any fencing. I I can't
remember the regulation state, but like anything that's up over 4 feet. Um, and that's the only thing I know. We're not proposing fencing around it. I don't know if the plan board's going to make that a condition of approval. I'm not 100%. Um, I don't recall that has come up yet. Um, they have not stated, oh,
okay, you're proposing this. Okay. Well, we need to show up. So, I know we're not doing it. Um, >> yeah. >> However, who's Jerry again? >> Uh, he is our um health agent. >> So, he goes out and does these. Um,
yeah. >> Do you know if he corresponds with the planning board? >> So, that I don't think that come up. >> I think he does. I don't think he does. No. Um, I did submit that to the planning board. So they were >> he reviews the plans. So a plan you
submitted, we send it to him. He reviews it. >> Yeah, I imagine we kind of we most of the way through the approval process here. So I don't recall that ever coming up. I don't know if the planning board plans on making that a condition of approval. I can't remember if it's stated somewhere in the suburban regulation, but if it's I know a
variance was would have also been needed was greater than four feet. I know that greater than four feet height. Um but you know that needs to be condition needs to be conditioned >> I think. Um, we just had this conversation. Doesn't it have to be at 3 feet? Didn't Jim just say it had to be
at 3 ft? >> Well, yeah. So, basin depth is 3 feet. Like, like um the bottom it say elevation 100. The top of burn is 103. So, like these basins are all three feet and under. So, even though from recall, there is a regulation in Southern Range on basins not to exceed three feet in
height. So, we're not doing that. >> So, that's why we didn't we weren't showing enough fence around it. >> Yeah. Well, I'm going to recommend a fence. Um, and as Jerry had explained, you know, as long as it's properly maintained and adequate fencing to
prevent I worry about, you know, the access to to kids and pets and not pets so much, but animals. Um, that's just my two cents. I mean, I think it depends on what the planning board has in mind.
But that would be my recommendation. I might as well if you know if Jerry has approved it, reviewed it and approved it, made any recommendations on his end, um then sure, I'm I'm I'm fine with it. >> Yes, we'll send that off uh Liz if we
can to the planning board and just say that that's what we have recommended. Um so other than that, I don't see any any problems with this. So I think we can go ahead and vote. Mhm. Yeah. I would make I would make a motion to approve Bell
Farmates's variance request. >> You did see the report from Lisa, right? I don't think I did see Lisa's report. Is there anything else we want to add? >> Uh, no. I mean, it was I didn't see anything in that report. She sent an
email out, but I didn't see anything in there that was like definitive or uh let me see. Let me find it. >> I don't think >> that's okay. >> Lisa just wanted to make sure that we
knew it was in a zone two. >> Yep. >> So that means that they can't there's a certain bedroom count that they can't go over. >> Yep. Um, so the planning board is waiting for Somerset's response to water because
right now they currently don't have water for this project. The Dyon water department is not giving out any more water permits. >> Okay. >> Um, so everybody who's building new homes has been going to wells. >> Okay.
>> So they're not getting water supplied by D. So >> Okay. Bell Farms is trying to get Somersets approvable for water. So that's what the planning board is waiting for. >> Okay. >> Um it has not been approved by Cong
as of yet. >> So as I'm looking at this, I'm just looking at like what um the re the um end result was. And it's all they view
the MET only one that she said was let's see number seven number eight above it should provide a discussion of impacts to resources if applicable hasn't been addressed other than that it's like it's
been addressed or um it's not applicable or um you know it meets the spec or so it doesn't I don't see anything on this report from leis really that would hold this up. Not that I can see.
>> The intention was obviously to come back, you know, for individual like for conservation matters getting individual notice of intent for work on each of the lot submitted to the board of health for each individual septic, you know, permit and whatnot. We're aware of note that each lot is subject to nitrogen loading because it's in a sit is within a zone
too. So that >> perfect. >> Yeah. So again, I don't see anything in that report that would hold it up. Um, so I would vote to approve. >> I step down. I second that motion. Can I get a vote?
>> So I'm going to put in the notes that you approve the waiver with um a recommendation of fencing. >> Yes. >> Okay. >> And of course to be properly maintained the basins. >> Yep. Yeah. There's a standard O&M plan
that we have for all this stuff. >> Okay, that's it. That's it. Thank you very much for coming. >> Email that gets sent over. >> Thank you. >> Yeah, I'll send it out. We'll send that to you. >> Thank you. >> You're welcome. All right. New business
uh conservation review of Beach Street. See that? Um as well. >> Did you get the letter I sent out? >> I'm sorry. What? I couldn't hear you. >> Did you get the letter I sent out for Beach Street, the conservation letter that came from the conservation
committee? >> Yeah, that's what I was reading. >> Yeah. So, they were they got involved in it as well. Uh Ellie had approached them, asked them if there was anything that that department could do about it
and the conservation commission uh the chairman responded with that letter. So >> yeah, >> pretty much >> that's the the peerreview zero Milk Street, right? >> No, the one from It says Beach Street.
Look for an email that says Beach Street. >> Oh, okay. Wait a minute. Hold on. >> So basically email it. >> Oh, I got it. I got it. I got it. Yeah. >> Um Okay.
>> You see it? Yeah, I have. >> I'm gonna talk about some of my concerns with this. Um, my biggest concern is that I keep hearing about this water sample that was um was turned into a a
company in order to get it tested. Um, my biggest question was who did the collection? I then was told that um the complainant uh Ellen did the the uh collection of the sample. Uh I just have
big concerns about that because we don't know where it came from. Um did it come from the street? Did it come from her backyard? Did it come from somewhere else? We don't know. So normally if a sample is tested for some type of issue, it's usually a company that comes out to
do that. that's not a person who goes around and collects almost like evidence collecting evidence and and having it, you know, analyzed. Um, so I do feel at this point, um, I just feel as though this is more of a neighbor dispute
versus a public health concern because it seems like every meeting that we have, there's a new issue of something, whether it be the shrubs are too long. I want you to have them cut it down to um
you know I can smell ducks or you know um another meaning it was there was a kid in the neighborhood that was sick and the doctor said it's because of the ducks. Um, so my my thinking, um, you know, my professional thinking here is
that it's more of a neighbor dispute u versus a public health um, >> I mean, didn't didn't click take a sample of that water and it was fine like it met spec? I think that was in one of the reports. Um so the water wasn't it came in with
some bacteria but uh from the company that it was brought to they basically said could be treated but um they couldn't uh treatment is recommended but not >> but not required. >> Um so obviously it's not a big health
concern. Um and remembering too all those streets over there are um are private. we the town doesn't plow, the town doesn't go there for repairs. All of those streets over there are private. Um so again, I'm going to stress the
fact that I feel as though this is um the the board of health is you being used almost as a tool in my opinion of um of of neighbors going back and forth. So I feel as though again and I'm going to stress that that this appears to be
more of a neighbor dispute that's been ongoing for quite some time. I do remember looking through the file for this particular address and it was quite large of complaints that were coming in that were unfounded. Um I I have driven
past there and I did take a glance over to where these ducks are housed. Um they are housed in a building or coupe if you will um surrounded by fencing. So it doesn't even appear that the ducks go out of that particular area. However, on
that property, it is some wetlands and I did see some wild animals uh that were in the water. So, wild ducks and geese. So, you are going to get that and I don't think that the property owner has any control over any wildlife
um that happens to um you know go into the area and possibly you know into the water or in that area. Um, so in my my opinion, I just again feel as though that we're going back and forth with
issues, some that don't even apply to us being the shrubs and uh I feel as though this is more of neighbors going back and forth over time. >> I would agree and and and like I said, it's the phone calls that I had um with
Ellie about there's nothing we can really do. we've looked into it. Um when we have sent someone there and they said that they needed to fix something or they weren't in compliance, they they did it. So we don't have there's nothing enforceable that we have and you we had
mentioned that she could go they her or you know the neighbors they could go to the state and I gave her Mike Hugo's contact information and phone number and he said you could go and he said he would help you. That's all we can do. So I agree it's a neighbor's complaint. There's nothing that we can do. you know, we're not there's nothing we can
enforce because there's nothing there's nothing that is um enforceable, >> right? So, >> I just feel as though at this time we're just sort of reaching >> Yeah. >> Um, you know, reaching for things that could possibly be something.
>> Yes. I mean, we I think we we keep track of the complaints and file them. Um, but again, if they keep coming up like this, the answer's the same. you know, if it's it's always going to be the same answer. So,
>> yeah, there's there's nothing we can do. >> Exactly. All right. So, moving on to items not reasonably anticipated within 48 hours. I don't have anything. Uh Vinnie, do you have anything that you wanted to add into that category? Liz, anything? >> No.
>> No. Okay. Um, so it doesn't look like we have anybody from the public, so we will skip over that. Uh the only thing well two things left to do. One would be approve the meeting minutes from August the 19th meeting if I can get a motion on that.
>> Yeah, I would make a motion to approve August 19th u meeting minutes. >> I step down and second that motion. Can I get a vote? >> I >> I motion passes. Uh moving on to 10. Scheduled next meeting. It looks like
it's going to be October the 21st, 2025. We just need to come up with a time. Is two o'clock still good for everyone? >> Good for me. >> Good for me, too. All right. So, why don't we say October 21st, 2025 uh at 2 PM?
>> Yeah. Have we had any other um applicants for the open board of health member position? >> I don't think so. >> Nothing. >> So, maybe we can post that again. >> Yeah, it's still posted. >> So, okay. put it maybe put it in other
areas. Maybe we can make a Facebook post about it. Um best we can do and um I will not be here next week. Um so uh if anything comes up, Vinnie, if you can >> Sure.
>> No, we're leaving uh Florida Friday, so we'll be back Saturday. >> I'll be gone from Sunday to Sunday, the 14th through the 21st. >> Okay. No, I can I can uh I can cover for you, Tam. Don't you worry. I got you. Thank you very much. All right. So, I just need a motion to
adjourn the meeting. >> Okay. And motion to adjourn. >> I step down and I second that motion. Can I get a vote? >> That is an I. >> I. Motion passes. That's it. >> All right. Next meeting. Have a fantastic uh week and weekend and see
everybody the next time. >> Okay. See you later. Thank you. Bye.