What was said

Board of Health, March 1, 2021

the recording · 1:13 long, about 8,196 words spoken · captions carried this meeting moderately well

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The town published minutes (text) and an agenda for this meeting. Those minutes are the record; what follows is a guide to the recording.

The short version

  1. ▶ 8:56The Board of Health granted a Title 5 variance and local upgrade approval at 466 Massachusetts Avenue, voting unanimously.
  2. ▶ 1:04:01The board granted three variances, two Title 5 and one Lunenburg, for a Townsend Harbor Road property.
  3. ▶ 17:38The board took up variances at 75 Roof Street, with the new well to be a permit condition; the minutes record the vote as not audible.
  4. ▶ 35:26The Woodland Road local upgrade request was continued to 7:15 on March 15 so well information and a well test can be obtained.
  5. ▶ 1:07:54310 Sunny Hill Road withdrew its groundwater offset request, and 244 Pleasant Street must return for new variances because its system type changed.

Why it matters — our reading

  • Septic variances decide whether a property owner can repair or replace a failing system on a tight lot, which touches groundwater and well protection near Lake Shirley and elsewhere in town.
  • The Woodland Road request is still open, so its outcome depends on a well test the board has not yet seen.

Watch next

  • March 15 at 7:15: the Woodland Road request returns, and the board may meet earlier that evening if the town caucus falls that day.
  • The first April meeting: 244 Pleasant Street returns with new variance requests.

electionspublic safetywater sewer

Present: george eamon (chair); perry jewell (vice chair); paul fortin (member); evan waters (member); andrea schnepp (administrative assistant); jim gorefy (health agent); jack maloney (presenter (engineer, Dillis and Roy)); dan proctor (presenter); doug smith (presenter (septic designer)). Names are the caption model’s hearing and may be wrong.

Votes

  1. ▶ 8:56Grant local upgrade approval and Title 5 variance for 466 Massachusetts Avenue (reduced groundwater offset). — moved by perry jewell, as heardpassed unanimously
  2. ▶ 17:38Grant the Title 5 and local variances for 75 Roof Street, with a condition on the new well. — moved by perry jewell, as heardnot audible
  3. ▶ 1:04:01Grant three variances (two Title 5, one Lunenburg) for the Townsend Harbor Road property. — moved by perry jewell, as heardpassed

And 2 procedural: approve the january 4, 2021 minutes. (▶ 39:22); adjourn. (▶ 1:12:04).

Against the town’s minutes

The town published minutes (text) for this meeting; ours were compared item by item. 8 agree, 3 caption errors resolved by the official reading, 1 substantive difference. The town’s minutes are a partial record.

  1. differs75 Ruth Street variance vote outcome and condition▶ 17:38

    recording Grant the Title 5 and local variances for 75 Roof Street, with a condition on the new well. — not audible

    town’s minutes “the board voted to approve the variances with the condition that the well be installed and tested prior to the issuance of a certificate of compliance for the septic system.”

    Our minutes could not hear the outcome, while the official minutes record approval; check the recording around t=1058 for the vote and the exact wording of the well condition (installed and tested before the Certificate of Compliance).

3 caption errors the town’s minutes resolve
  • Chair's name:george eamon (chair)→George Emond▶ 0:00
  • Member Evan Watters:evan waters (member)→Evan Watters▶ 0:00
  • Health agent's name:jim gorefy (health agent)→Jim Garreffi▶ 0:00
In one record only: 4 from the recording, 0 from the town’s minutes
  • Recording only — Caucus on March 15 and shortened agenda: If the caucus is on March 15, the board will meet earlier that evening and limit the agenda to the two items already scheduled. ▶ 1:06:50
  • Recording only — 310 Sunny Hill Road withdrawal: 310 Sunny Hill Road withdrew its groundwater offset request and will use a fully compliant system. ▶ 1:07:54
  • Recording only — 244 Pleasant Street must return for new variances: A site at 244 Pleasant Street must return for new variances because its system type changed; scheduled for the first April meeting. ▶ 1:11:44
  • Recording only — Administrative assistant attendee: andrea schnepp (administrative assistant) ▶ 0:00

Compared 2026-10-28. Neither record is treated as the referee: a caption error is the same fact heard badly; a difference is for a person to check at the timestamp.

The money

Nothing touching money was heard beyond the transfers.

Settled without a vote

  • ▶ 35:26Woodland Road local upgrade request continued to 7:15 on March 15 so well information and a well test can be obtained and the owner consulted.
  • ▶ 17:17The new-well requirement at 75 Roof Street will be written as a condition of the permit.
  • ▶ 1:06:50If the caucus is on March 15, the board will meet earlier that evening and limit the agenda to the two items already scheduled.
  • ▶ 1:07:54310 Sunny Hill Road withdrew its groundwater offset request and will use a fully compliant system.
  • ▶ 1:11:44A site at 244 Pleasant Street must return for new variances because its system type changed; scheduled for the first April meeting.

Documents and exhibits

The town’s minutes

The minutes print no list of documents and exhibits.

Heard in the recording

  • ▶ 11:26the planplan or drawing· mentioned in the recording, not found in the minutes
  • ▶ 19:21copy of Title 5other· mentioned in the recording, not found in the minutes
  • ▶ 39:22minutes from January 4thprior minutes· mentioned in the recording, not found in the minutes

State law asks minutes to list the documents and exhibits used at a meeting (M.G.L. c.30A §22(a)). Names from the recording are the caption model’s hearing; the two sides are matched by name, by script, so a document named two different ways can be missed. A place to look, not a finding.

Where the time went

Minutes of recording by subject, from the topic spans below. A topic with two subjects counts toward both.

The whole meeting, in order

  1. ▶ 0:06Roll call and remote meeting ground rulesinformational · 5:37 long
  2. ▶ 5:43466 Massachusetts Avenue Title 5 variance (failed septic repair)voted, granted · 4:37 long · public safety, water sewer
  3. ▶ 10:4275 Roof Street variances (two to three bedrooms, near Lake Shirley)voted, granted with well condition · 12:53 long · public safety, water sewer
  4. ▶ 23:35Woodland Road septic variances and well setbackcontinued to March 15 · 12:16 long · public safety, water sewer
  5. ▶ 36:18Caucus timing and January 4 minutesminutes approved · 7:52 long · elections
  6. ▶ 44:12COVID-19 update and vaccine clinicsinformational · 12:42 long · public safety
  7. ▶ 56:54Townsend Harbor Road septic variancesvoted, granted · 8:31 long · public safety, water sewer
  8. ▶ 1:05:25March 15 meeting time, Sunny Hill Road withdrawal, procedure question, adjournmentinformational · 7:03 long · elections

What the captions could not carry

  • The 75 Roof Street vote result is not stated in the captions.
  • The Townsend Harbor Road vote tally is not stated; only the outcome is evident.
  • Whether the caucus is on March 8 or March 15 was unresolved.

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