1973-12-04City of Beverly, Massachusetts
Public Meeting Minutes
Board:
Board of Health
Subcommittee:
Date:
December 4, 1973
Place:
Board of Health Office
Board members present: ,
Dr. Jacob H. Fine, chairA. Joseph Callahan, Jr., and Angelo R. Massa
Board members absent:
Others present:
Joseph W. Walsh, Jr., Director of Public Health
Recorder:
Joseph W. Walsh, Jr.
Board of Health - Monthly Meeting - December 4, 1973 **Executive Session**
Meeting called to order at 7:30 p.m. Members present were Dr. Jacob H. Fine, Chairman; Angelo
R. Massa, and A. Joseph Callahan, Jr.
Also attending was Joseph W. Walsh Jr., Director of Public Health.
The minutes of the November 15, 1973 meeting were accepted as mailed. The monthly bills
schedules were signed.
The Board of Health agenda of Old and New Business was suspended and the Board went into
executive session for the specific purpose of reviewing and modifying the 1974 - 75 Annual Budget
submitted by the Health Director.
Dental Clinic Budget Request
The Director submitted his suggested 1974 - 75 budgetary allocations for the operation of the Dental
Clinic to the Board for their discussion and approval.
Each individual request on the A., B., and C budget sheets was scrutinized by the Board and
subsequently approved.
Board of Health Budget
Subsection A Sheet
All lined items on this sheet except mental health and Project Rap were discussed and approved. It
was noted by the Board that for the first time our budget request would not reflect the cost of
collection of garbage. This is the first annual budget since the combination of garbage and rubbish
into a single collection regulation was adopted.
The suggested mental health appropriation was tabled until the Director received the latest quarterly
statistical report of services to Beverly residents from the Greater Cape And Human Services, Inc.
of Gloucester.
The allocation for Project Rap was left blank because the funds are recommended by the Mayor,
voted by the Board of Aldermen, and merely administered through the Board of Health.
Subsection B Sheet
This section of the budget is the salary schedule for the departmental employees and had already been
bargained for and approved by the City Government. The only exception being the promotion of
Senior Clerk Typist to Principal Clerk Typist within the Department.
Subsection C. Sheet
This is the departmental operational expense section of our budget and each line item except the staff
car allowances was discussed and approved. The Board of Health discussed the requested car
allowance increases of:
Leo L. Panunzio, Milk and Food Inspector (i.e. $1500 per year or a municipal vehicle)
Alfred J. Semple, Code Enforcement Inspector (i.e. $1000 per year)
And the increase for the other staff members as suggested by the Health Director.
After discussing each departmental subdivision and estimated travel requirements of each staff
member, the Board instructed the Director to request each employee to estimate their annual mileage
and submit same in addition to any other pertinent data to increasing the car allowances to the Board
for fair evaluation.
Meeting adjourned at 10:35 p.m.
Respec fully submitted,
Joseph W. Walsh, Jr..
Director