The Wantage Township Board of Health held its monthly meeting on Wednesday, October 11, 2006 at the Wantage Township Municipal Building, 888 State Route 23 South, Wantage, New Jersey 07461 at 7:30 p.m.

Members present: Dr. Arthur H. Braunwell, Mrs. Susan Floyd, Mr. Daniel Pelt and Mr. Joseph Greenaway. Absent: Mrs. Gloria Li Trenta. Also present was Mr. Michael Plaza, Sussex County Sanitarian and Jeanne McBride, Secretary.

Mr. Greenaway made the following statement: “This meeting is being held in compliance with the provisions of the Open Public Meetings Act, Public laws of 1975 Chapter 231. It has been properly advertised and certified”.

On motion by Dan Pelt, seconded by Dr. Braunwell, the minutes of September 27, 2006 were approved as presented and ordered filed.

Roll call: Dr. Braunwell, Susan Floyd, Mr. Pelt, Mr. Greenaway, yes, carried. Absent:
Mrs. Li Trenta.

READING OF REPORTS
County Health Department     September 2006
Sanitarian Michael Plaza         September 2006
Registrar                                 September 2006
Secretary                                September 2006

BILLS
None

CORRESPONDENCE

SUSSEX COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITIES AUTHORITY: NJDEP 2004 recycling Tonnage Report
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL BOARDS OF HEALTH: Newsbrief
NEW JERSEY LOCAL BOARDS OF HEALTH ASSOCIATION: Newsletter
TOWNSHIP OF WANTAGE: RE: DOUGLAS & SIRAMARCO, bear problem

DISCUSSION OF REPORTS
Mr. Plaza reported the following:

A family on Valley Road is in post exposure treatment for rabies after being exposed to several bats in their home.

Patricia Hill on File Road was exposed to a raccoon it also tested positive.

Gene Bootsma opened his basement door to find a raccoon fighting with a ground hog. The raccoon was captured and sent to Trenton for testing, the result came back positive.

A family on Joseph Dr. had a skunk on their property acting strange. The police put the skunk down, the skunk tested positive for rabies.

A bat flew into the face of a fourteen year old on Wantage Day. The teen is receiving post exposure treatment.

A raccoon and a cat were fighting; the raccoon was tested and came back positive. The cat was given a booster shot.

Dawn Wolf on Beemer Road complained after a neighbor hydro-fracked their well. The well was eight hundred feet deep and had no water. The hydro-fracker received a special waiver from the state to frack because the well is only seventy feet from the Wolf’s well. The Wolfs now have very little water and the water is not clear.

There is a neighbor dispute on Moore Road over the placement of garbage cans. Bears are getting into the cans and the trash is all over the neighbor’s yard. Mr. Greenaway suggested using bear proof garbage cans. Mr. Pelt suggested looking into the possibility of Wantage Township purchasing the cans in bulk at a reduced cost and reselling them to the residents.

DISCUSSION OF CORRESPONDENCE
At the Special Meeting 7/6/06 the board went into executive session without making a motion. The board wishes to cure and memoralize the decision. While in executive session the board did not make a motion or a resolution. Mrs. McBride re-read Mr. Pelt’s motion that the applicant will resubmit the application for an alteration to the septic system of the white house with County and DEP approval. Dr. Braunwell seconded the motion. Ayes: Dr. Braunwell, Mrs. LiTrenta, Mr. Pelt, Mr. Greenaway. Absent: Mrs. Floyd. The board wishes to reconfirm that decision.

OLD BUSINESS
The Rabies Clinic date is set for November 3, 2006 6:00-8:00 PM.

Mr. Plaza stated he has not been contacted by Mr. Helmrich, nor has the county inspected digging at the Glen Road site.

NEW BUSINESS

OPEN PUBLIC SESSION
There being no members of the public present, President Greenaway dispensed with this segment of the agenda. There being no further business to discuss, a motion by Mr. Pelt
seconded by Dr. Braunwell the meeting was adjourned.

Roll Call: Dr. Braunwell, Mrs. Li Trenta, Mr. Pelt, Mr. Greenaway, yes, carried. Absent: Mrs. Floyd.

Respectfully submitted,
Jeanne M. McBride,
Secretary, Board of Health