1969-12-01City of Beverly, Massachusetts
Public Meeting Minutes
Board: Board of Health
Subcommittee:
Date: December 1, 1969
Place:
Board members present: Dr. Jacob H. Fine, chair, A. Joseph Callahan, Jr., and Angelo R. Massa
Board members absent:
Others present: Thomas H. Scanlan, Director of Public Health, Richard Montoni, Code Enforcement
Officer, Leo Panunzio, Milk and Food Inspector, Robert Russo, Plumbing Inspector, Alfred Semple,
Code Enforcement Officer, and Joseph W. Walsh, Jr., Sanitarian
Recorder: Joseph W. Walsh, Jr.
BOARD OF HEALTH - MONTHLY MEETING - DECEMBER 1, 1969
Meeting called to order at 6:10 p.m. Members present were to Angelo Massa and A. J. Callahan, Jr.
Dr. Fine was absent (attending conference in Denver, Colorado). Also attending were Thomas
Scanlan, Joseph Walsh, Leo Panunzio, Robert Russo, Richard Montoni, and Alfred Semple.
The Board approved the minutes of the November 3, 1969 meeting as read. The Schedules were read
and signed by the members, and the monthly reports of the various staff members were read as
submitted.
OLD BUSINESS
Garbage Collection
The Board was informed of poor garbage collections from two of the three companies contracted to
collect in Beverly. A survey of the complaints received by this office from October 1, 1969 to
December 2, 1969 revealed that Lawler had 126 complaints, Ferrara had 40, and Teixeira had 6.
The Board requested Mr. Scanlan to send Mr. Lawler a letter appraising him of his poor performance,
and notifying him that if it continues he will have to appear before the Board of Health at the January
meeting explaining his poor performance and to find out if he can fulfill his contract for the remainder
of said contract.
NEW BUSINESS
Environmental Health Course
After discussion, the Board of Health agreed to pay for Mr. Walsh's Environmental Health Course
at the North Shore Community College as requested in a letter to the Board in September.
Budget
After considerable discussion the Board recommended the following budget items:
Clerk Typist
Dental Hygienist
Principal Clerk
Public Health Nurses (2)
Code Enforcement Insp. (2)
Milk & Food Inspector
Sanitarian
Plumbing Inspector
Grade 4 to Grade 6
" 7 " 8
" 9 " 12
" 12 " 16
" 15 " 16 1,200.00
" 16 " 17 1,200.00
" 16 " 17 1,200.00
" 16 " 17 1,200.00
Director of Public Health " 19 " 21 1,200.00
Dentist " 19 " 20
The above-mentioned recommendations were arrived at at a special Board meeting on November 25,
1969. The Board also requested that these recommendations be forwarded to the incoming city
government for their consideration.
Meeting adjourned at 7:45 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
FOR: Thomas H. Scanlan
Director of Public Health
BY: Joseph W. Walsh, Jr.
Sanitarian