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Good evening everybody. Today is uh Monday, June 8th, 2026. It is 6:02 p.m. Uh today is the regular board of health meeting. Uh let's start with a roll call. Dr. Christian Ramirez,

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uh chairman um Charles Paul Serene, vice chair clerk here. >> Okay. Um, going on our agenda, we we're going moving forward for 1.261

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Edward Road. >> So, we sent some letters out. >> Yep. So, um, a letter went out on May 18th, which was the one that you had asked me to send out at the meeting prior that allowed them 14 days.

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>> Oh, yes. It was 14 days from that day to um to comply with the uh 105 CMR 410. I drove by. It was either Thursday or Friday last week. It doesn't look like anything's been done out there. Um and so the board had talked about sending an

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order at this point. So I just need you guys to give me the thumbs up and I will do that. >> All right. >> So, um can I get a motion? We any discussions for this? Should we >> I have a question. >> Okay. Go ahead. eight or several years

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back, same situation with the same property and somehow a group got together and helped them out. >> So, I think it was mostly uh conservation commission members that ended up doing that >> and did Shaw end up donating a dumpster?

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Did they ended up paying for it? >> I think they did, but I I don't know for sure. So it was you know a group of people because conser just like this time around conservation was involved with an enforcement order because of the proximity to the wetlands and so they had tried to work with a gentleman that

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owns the property. They didn't weren't getting anywhere and so they approached him and said you know if we can get a group of people together to help you clean the property would you be open to doing that? Um, and so they they did and um, it didn't I wouldn't say it got

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completely cleaned up, but it was significantly better and all the the trash that was down in that wetland area got cleaned out. >> And um, >> so we have to wait for it to elevate to that. I >> I mean, anybody could approach him to um to to, you know, ask if he's willing to

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accept help. I I think the whole issue with when they had done it the last time was that they had to do it as, you know, private citizens and not as a board because of liability reasons. Yeah. You know, but if anybody wanted to approach him personally with, you know, yourself

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or a group of people, then you could certainly try to do that. And I'm sure [clears throat] >> send like a regular mail. >> This was just regular mail. >> Okay. I would recommend before we do the enforcement to send them send them via

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certified mail um providing them five business days to either comply or we will enforce uh >> five days. >> Can we just do that? >> Yeah, we just >> can we do that? >> That's kind of what we just did. And and just certified mails, you know, it's 11

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bucks at this point. And so, you know, if you want to send it out, I would say just >> you need to send a certified letter. in order to keep rolling with with where we want to give accomplish we need to and then you know it's up to [clears throat] you guys to take the ne next level of enforcement and so if that

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14-day passes then he still doesn't do anything it doesn't mean that you immediately have to go into your next level of enforcement which would be approaching the board of selectment to uh youth town council uh you could come up with another plan and push off enforcement if you have you know an

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alternative plan to to try to get things done out there I will propose this board to approve sending them at least a certified letter for seven business days and after that if that doesn't if we don't receive any response that will be

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an automatic from this board. >> What does he have to respond with full cleanup or a plan? >> No, she they have we already gave them we already initiated with this letter. We already warned them about the cleanup. So we assume that they are

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aware of the situation. >> Well, we can't assume. That's why we're doing >> that's why. So the certified letter is going to be that letter more or less. >> It's going to be that, but it's going to have legal language. Yeah. >> And they'll have to sign for it. So we'll verify he's still alive. >> Verify. Yeah. That's why we we should

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send the certified certified mail. But I would I would recommend giving them from the date that they received that certified mail 7 days for them to comply. >> Oh, I'm okay with that. Yeah. >> Uh

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that that being said, what are your thoughts on it? >> Oh, what's what's >> 7 days? >> What's the date? >> That's think it's just going to be a legal rate reason to send it. It's not going to happen in seven days. So, um, we're just sending the letter, but

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>> I'd like anybody, >> we want to make sure we're here when they if when they respond. That's all. You know what I mean? Make sure we're on a make sure we're on a date where they can >> y >> maybe a a letter to respond in writing,

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Rick, in seven days to let the board know that it's been received. >> Think So you know within 7 days you need to contact the board of health and provide them with a plan for cleanup and then within 30 days the property has to be cleaned.

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>> Okay. I think that would be reasonable. >> 7 days to tell us 30 days to actually get it done. >> Okay. And then I have a motion to to submit uh a a warning letter to 61

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Edward Edward Road via certified mail. uh with um the expectation of responding in seven business days for um for their plan. And I call a motion

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to send 61 Edwards wrote a registered letter 7 days to comply and or to respond in 30 days to comply. >> I'll second that motion. They will respond to our next border help meeting which is

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>> okay >> by the 22nd. >> Okay. Respond by the 22nd. >> Okay. >> All right. Uh you second that. >> I will second that motion. >> Okay. Uh any further discussion? Where are you getting the 22nd is our next meeting? >> 22nd right here.

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>> Oh. >> Oh. Is that wrong? >> I'm so far off. Just Okay. I'm already in July. Any further any any further discussion? >> No. >> Okay, let's vote then. All those in favor of the motion that was submitted

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for the certified mail sent to 61 Ever Road in Townsen, say I. I. They will. Unanimous. Okay. Um let's go on to 1.3 29 Ponderosa Drive upgrade

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>> and the uh applicants have requested that we continue that for the next meeting. >> Okay. So it will be continued >> to 622 >> 622. Okay. Um then we go to 1.4213 4213 Mason Road

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upgrade with LUA. This is the plan. Um, we're kind of looking at it like here. Uh so they have a existing three-bedroom house. Uh this is a driveway out to Mason Road. Uh right now

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they've got a septic tank right here with two leeching pits. Uh this is the well radius. It puts the well right about here. Um and so they are just looking to replace the the failing pits and the septic

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tank. Um, so they're proposing to put in a 2500galon two compartment tank uh that'll gravity feed to this field which is 14 by or sorry 18 by I believe it's 32 18 by 32. Um they are requesting one

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local upgrade approval which is to reduce the groundwater offset from 5t to 4 feet and that allows them to gravity feed the field. Okay.

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Any questions comments? Can I get a motion to approve um 213 Mason Road upgrade with LUA? >> I call a motion to approve 213 Mason upgrade with LUA.

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I will approve that motion. The 1013 Mason Road. Okay. Uh any further discussion? None. All in favor say I. I. Very well. Okay.

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Okay. We don't know who >> we we can't talk about them. The reason why you have those is because I know that um other board members like to read them as they're printed out. But if it pleases you at the next board meeting, I will add it on the next end of this one.

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This one and the other ones that we have together. >> I actually have an email to talk about you um to talk to you about the next agenda because I did think that that would be appropriate. It's just in your packages just in case people don't read the emails and open them up. >> Okay. But you don't have anything about

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the crossing of the street. >> Nope. Uh, it's going to be a little while. So, I've got revised plans back yet, but I'm still waiting for um the easement plans and language and stuff. So, >> okay.

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>> I've talked to Kathy about it a little bit, but um >> but yeah, nothing nothing to bring to you guys. >> Let's go to any other septic permits. Uh there are none. Okay. So let's go on to >> see you tomorrow. >> Yeah.

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>> Oh the photo. You can't go. >> Um >> I have no minutes. I really wanted to get to them today. I was very close. I'm sorry. >> So this is going to be continue on >> the minutes will be continued to 6:22. I do have some invoices.

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Uh Carlos probably in June $58. UMass Memorial Health is $120 coming from the general revolving fund as well as the travel for our new employee Jeffrey Moon's FISCO which the town is responsible for paying completely [clears throat] recycling solutions is

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all the um electronics um and the bulbs and whatnot that we get rid of that Shaw doesn't or the tires or the propane that is $1,58183. Uh GW Shar and Sun for their bulkies has

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710 and then part of the RDP grant is $690 as well as Bob's Tires for $358.50. So that's a that's a lot. We did clean up it. It was the spring. We knew that all of this was coming. So this is

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nothing that's unexpected to me. And the April bill for Shaws was $57,9010 for a warrant of $60,63843. >> You're right. The dumpster down there for mattresses was pulled.

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>> And we're overflow. >> Yeah. Overflow. >> Mattresses in the uh higher dumpster. Not the dumpster. >> I I sent you guys a message. We We made a record. >> I know. >> A record. And we have to empty everything. The only thing that we

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didn't have to empty was metal and we emptied that last week. So, >> okay. >> But let me ask you this, Carla. There's there are here there are various bills for shots here. Is this all of the residents

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or you still receiving it together with >> So, what you have here and and they do arrive in one. So I have to be really careful that I I um separate them. So right here you can see as your monthly this is your monthly trash. >> Okay. >> And recycling and that comes up to be um

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tonnage at 108.37 tons and recycling at 46.37. That was pretty low. Um here's your Bob's tire statement. Here is completely recycling solutions which is the fluorescent lamps

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um batteries and mercury containing um equipment and it is all very nicely put together. They also picked up things that we didn't ask and they gave us a $300 credit which is on here and there

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is their certificate. And then you have your invoice a credit >> because they picked up they picked up things that were already package paid and that I left them instructions not to. So we weren't going to double pay for it. >> Okay. >> And there is my mileage and the Shaw's

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invoice this. Okay. It's right here. So what you see is rigid plastic, bulky furniture and wood. Wood and rigid plastic can come out of the grant money. The bulky plastic cannot. So that's why it's separated. Okay.

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>> So that's why you have the two different. So I think it was 710 and 690 which equals out to the 1400. >> Okay. That that was my question. >> We are using every bit of the grant money that we can to help offset the recycling. We're also taking out the Bob's tire which again is full. We just

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paid them. So, >> okay. >> Wow. >> Okay. >> Can I get a motion to approve the town the b town of towns and border health um uh invoices?

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>> Invoices. >> I call a motion to approve the town of Townsen's Border Health invoices. I'll second a motion. >> Okay. [clears throat] Any further discussion? Being none. Uh, all in favor say I. >> I. Vay. Well,

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>> I do not have any board of health year end budget discussions because we talked about this last meeting and I don't have any budgets, but I will have them definitely next meeting. I don't see us anticipating going over anything. So, I'm very happy to talk about that. The

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enterprise funds for the pay as you throw, the same thing. I don't have the information from the account as far as from our last meeting, but we do have our invoice that we are submitting to the Department of Environmental Protection for the grant that we have

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$42,000 left. I think it was it's actually $40,000 in change. We could have claimed 46,000, but we we can't because that's that's they don't have that money. Um, but we are requesting a total spend of

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$41,541.75. And that is for the 85 cases of large bags that we bought to make sure that we will never run out. And the net receipts from waist zero, which to date is $34,763 for them managing. They keep them on

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their site and do the deliveries. We just own them. [clears throat] There must be a storage fee or something. They they that's what you're paying $34,000 a year for is and that's just n months. That's for them to manage this. So they take the orders, they deliver, and we

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just get the reports at the end of the year. >> Okay. >> You you you need a full I mean 30 you need a full-time person to do that job. >> Yeah. >> Um so um and they're handling it well. I I did talk to them about running out on Memorial Day weekend.

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>> Where are they located? in North South Carolina something warehouse in Pennsylvania is >> we only have five people carry on you would think it could be easy 34,000 heck I'll do it for 25 >> they're paid enough that they they should know and we have

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>> do so >> but I'm hopeful that by the next board of health meeting if I if I receive all the information I can bring probably a projection of analysis on the data that we could have collected or not. Yeah,

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>> I think we should really wait for a full year >> like um July July September to September. >> I really think you need a full year. >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> So, we'll wait a full year then. Um I want to put on the agenda for our next

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agenda. Um the the food the food permit inspection report. I know that we have a few. We received a few, but I want to itemize at the agenda that at least we can review them and approve that they're

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read. Correct. Ka here. >> Yes. Because [clears throat] uh my plan is that from now on um the Shabba since we are the board of health, right? uh our role is not only approving

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um septic systems but it's in our jurisdiction to also overseas um the food permits as well. So um so that's why we've been receiving I mean we always receive them correct right we always receive them but I want to

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itemize on the agenda when the time comes to us review it and if we have any comments or questions Rick is here or if we need to have Bridget to come in we can certainly ask her to come on on which meeting we have any questions so

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that we can go over the the the food inspections but Nothing. I have not heard of nothing uh uh nothing that serious but I just wanted that that we that people see that we're

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not only on septic systems but we are on the food and all that is entailed and we have to thank the show for the work that they do because the work that they do it would equal like a lot of manpower that we don't have the financial financial stability for that and the show does it

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for the fee that we paid quarterly. Oh >> yeah. How many times you get them to see these? >> Uh so typically the food service establishments are they're each done twice a year and Carla's got a a list.

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There's probably maybe 40 years old there. >> Well, I will be driving around personally Thursday afternoon, well probably Wednesday. um the styrofoam regulations that go in effect July 1st, just to remind people. And there's 37

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establishments that went through your list today. 37 that that we would have to get to. But it's just it's much easier to just drive around and make sure that you hand it in person versus sending them. >> The ones that are exempt are the school systems um >> and the grocery stores with the packaged

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meat prep and stuff. Okay. July >> July right around the corner. >> Yeah. So use them styrofoam containers up. >> Yeah. >> That's why they needed personal delivery. >> Yeah. Okay. Any other concerns? Any

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other questions before we wrap up our meeting tonight? >> Good. >> Okay. >> Can I get a motion to adjourn tonight's board of health meeting? I call a motion to adjourn tonight's board of health meeting. >> I'll second that bill.

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>> Okay. Uh any further discussion? >> Okay. Uh all those in favor say I. I. Very well. Meeting adjourned at 6:23 p.m. Thank you very much everybody. of record.