The Fall River Board of Health held a virtual meeting on Tuesday, July 30th, 2024. Board members Thomas Corey, Michael Coughlin, and Dr. Steven Gagliardi were present, along with Sandy Baraby, the agent of the board. The meeting began with a roll call and the unanimous approval of the minutes from the January 25th, 2024 meeting. The Board then addressed three main items. First, they unanimously approved a tattoo apprenticeship for Nicholas Negro Navaras of Middleboro, Massachusetts, to work at Flaming Ball Supply located at 1120 Stafford Road in Fall River. Second, a request for a variance to keep chickens at 49 Woodman Street, Fall River, by Roy Arujo, was unanimously approved. The property was noted for being meticulously maintained, with a secure coop and rat-proof feed containers, addressing common concerns despite a letter of opposition. The Board stipulated a limit of 24 chickens and no roosters, along with a rodent control contract. A resident, Cory Barosa of 119 Woodman Street, inquired about the rat poison traps, receiving an explanation of their function. Finally, the Board conducted a tobacco violations hearing for a second offense by "7" at 1641 South Main Street. Jennifer, representing the Board, reported that a youth buyer was sold backwards cigars on June 18th, 2024, after the clerk initially asked for ID but then called the minor back to complete the sale despite the lack of identification. The retailer was not present at the hearing, having informed Jennifer that the store had been closed for a month. The Board unanimously voted to impose the statutory $2,000 fine and a 7-day suspension of the tobacco license, with the suspension to take effect upon the store's potential reopening. The meeting concluded with the director's report and citizens' input showing no new items, and the next meeting was scheduled for Tuesday, August 27th.
AI-generated summary. May contain errors. Watch the video to verify.
Public / Other
okay good afternoon to everyone in the land of zoom and welcome to the Board of Health virtual meeting on Tuesday July 30th scheduled for 3:30 my name is Thomas Corey present with me via Zoom is Michael Coughlin Dr Steven gagliotti Sandy baraby representing our agent of the board various guests and participants in today's meeting pursuant to the open meeting or any person may make an audio or video
0:29recording of this public meeting and may transmit the meeting through any medium attendees are therefore advised that such recordings or Transmissions are being made whether perceived or unperceived by those present and are deemed acknowledged and permissible the next item on oh can we have a roll call Sandy Thomas Cory yes Michael Coughlin yes Dr Steven Gagliardi yes okay we need to approve
1:01the minutes of the meeting from Tuesday January 25th 2024 are there any additions deletions or corrections to be made to the minutes of the meeting as printed no to approve second Sandy can we have a roll call Thomas Cory yes Michael Coughlin yes Dr Steven gagliotti yes okay next we have the request for approval of tattoo apprenticeship for Nicholas negro navaras of Middleboro Massachusetts to work for flaming ball
1:42Supply 1120 Stafford Road in Fall River gentlemen welcome and and f are you presenting that would be me oh okay Josh there you are y okay Josh should give give us the scoop on this gentleman i r reviewed all his uh paperwork and um everything looks good to go on this end um the only had question was the skin course but I did speak to Rich about it and he said um it's not required until
2:18um he's ready for his um tattoo practitioner license okay gentlemen any questions no Nicholas you're coming all the way from Middleboro yes sir you gonna fight that 24 traffic every morning you Contin you do what I love every day okay uh can we have a motion to Grant the uh the approval move to approve second Sandy can we have a roll call Thomas Cary yes Michael Coughlin yes Dr Steven gaglardi yes Nicholas good
3:04luck We Wish You a successful career and no traffic in the morning okay next thank you next we have the request for variance of the keeping of chickens Roy arujo 49 Woodman Street Fall River 02724 who's presenting I I am ah okay F ready okay well um this is a very nice property very meticulously maintained no clutter weedless lawn a little bit jealous uh we have a I looked at the
3:37pictures too it's a really nice property yeah and and and I think a coupe of some architectural Merit uh very uh very stly built um the Aros have not only the um exterminators uh Rat boxes but they've supplemented them with some of their own I'd say it's Overkill but I think when it comes to rats there's no thing is overkill um everything really I mean the the the plan is a pretty standard
4:07plan a dead animal they have a rat proof uh uh feed container um it's a kind of an exemplary property as properties go uh the um the birds themselves have plenty of room in that Coupe I can tell you that and um Mr rer you're here right somewhere correct I know I did notice we didn't talk about this you have some chicken wire you know your open picket fence you know on in
4:36the front but on the West Side you let the chickens out to roam around from time to time is that why you have that there all the time I can eat the vegetabl have all the V Portuguese way yeah all right well we've had some issues with escapees I don't think that's going to happen in this particular property uh the whole place is very very secure um and I had to
4:57really stand right there at the coupe to to smell chicken uh the coup was really clean I was there unannounced it wasn't cuz they cleaned up for me uh but it was pretty much spotless I weirdly so so I mean I as these things go they seem to check all the boxes okay for the record we did did receive a letter in opposition yes that's right you have that well they have regular control your
5:24mother needs to get on the list for additional but that doesn't happen overnight they can get somebody day or two so Tom I'm sorry were you waiting a response for me uh yes did you did uh yeah I did I did see the letter U that one is um that wasn't about selling eggs I'm sorry I I can't put my hands on it right now you have that that copy of that
5:55though but but from your description the the applicant has has done everything that we asked and you used the word Immaculate so there to yeah I mean you know I I did get a couple of phone calls from people that didn't want to comment once they learned that dep um that they wouldn't be selling eggs that was an objection that I got um and the other one was and they declined to to write the letter
6:20once they spoke to me but oh they didn't feel one was worried about uh rats which is a common uh concern but that's addressed by the requirements of the permit okay Mr and Mrs arujo just for the record the board insists upon that rodent contract okay your application was for 24 chickens that means you can that means you can have 24 chickens not 25 okay um there can't be a lot of
6:53chicks the week before Easter because you have the limit of 24 chickens and and absolutely no roosters 100% okay as long as long as we're aware of the the usual board um recommendations um it it it sounds like a uh a good applicant gentlemen do you have any questions no I actually have a question yes I live on Woodman okay first first of all I'm sorry Mrs Barosa can you state your name and address for the
7:27record Cory baros 119 Woodman Street um so my question is I'm I'm all for the chickens I'm just I was just wondering about the rat poison like does this kill the rats right there or are these rats just you know going down for some bird to pick it up and end up with rat poison that's my concern well I could speak to the type of of traps they are that's helpful okay
7:55uh they're the they're the kind that are loaded with bait the rats have to enter the the Trap um they generally do not die in the Trap they just the poison and they die where they die okay is that sufficient explanation it is I'm it is okay gentlemen can we have a motion motion to approve Sandy can we have a roll call Thomas Cory yes Stephen Gagliardi yes Michael Coughlin
8:48Mike I said yeah you didn't hear me I said yes all right okay Sandy we're we're good all three yeses okay next we have a tobacco violations hearing second offense of an act to modernize the Tobacco Control uh 7 on 1641 South Main Street for River 02721 Jennifer be you're becoming a frequent visitor to our meeting I know um so I'm actually not sure I just got a text message from the retailer uh
9:28because I tried to shout to her um a few times and I haven't heard back until just now and I guess she said that her store's been closed uh but I guess I'm not sure if she's going to be joining the call she hasn't given me an answer she's going to join the call or not okay what do she mean the store is being closed um they going out of business
9:50closed or closed for the afternoon or uh it sounds like it's like a going out of business from what I she just sent me a text saying the store is closed and has been closed for a month so okay uh I never had this one come up before I know nether should I still I guess continue when when did you do the inspection uh so the inspection that I did the well the follow-up compliance
10:20check was on June 18th um 2024 uh I guess I'll just I'll just go over what had happened just okay okay so um I completed my follow-up compliance check on June 18th I sent in a female youth buyer she went into seven at approximately 11:14 a.m. she was able to purchase a three pack of backwards cigars uh the youth described the clerk as a female with curly here she did
10:47mention that the clerk asked for her ID the youth buyer said that they did not have it the clerk asked for another ID with age the youth attempted to walk away uh the clerk then asked for the date of birth the youth gave her correct date of birth and then the clerk waved back the youth into the store and sold to the minor so I sent a cease and assist for her second offense within 36
11:13months um the fine was $22,000 with the possible 7-Day suspension okay but we don't know if the store is actually closed to not well I think I think we proceed as if it was and when they do reopen then the the you know whatever penalties would still take effect upon their reopening that's what I would do okay so I motion to put the fine in the onewe suspension in um with it to start upon their
11:47reopening if they do reopen I guess the fine should should exist whether they reopen or not I suppose that'd be up to you guys what do you think well the $2,000 is automatic it's a suspension uh yeah so $2,000 fine is in place uh suspension their reopening since I join the board every time we get a second violation we have waved the suspension this is a little different in that the owner isn't here to plead their
12:21case so I I I for that reason I'd go along but I just want to point out every time this is H we've been at this situation sitation yes it's true weed it the last um we didn't have this situation till maybe six or eight months ago and then all of a sudden it's popping up once a month yeah well this one you know kind of you know didn't have ID um gave a birth date
12:49wasn't even fake and then you know called the the minor back in and sold so kind of went out of their way to sell to a minor person you know the the The Miner was walking out called them back in to make the sale so I mean that's you know going out of your way to sell to a minor it's a little different so I would put the fine in um suspension upon their
13:19reopening if you guys want to do that well that's fine I mean you know these circumstan are a bit different than the others in in all the other instances the owner was was here to plead his or her case and gave assurances it would never happen again and they they left with the the the confirmation on our part that if if it happens again they'll they'll get the 30 days without
13:50any this is different okay so is that a second yes yes yes okay Sandy can can we have um we want the motion worded correctly for the minutes eventually and if you'll a roll call please okay Thomas Cory yes Michael Coughlin yes Stephen gaglardi yes okay the next item we have is the director's report Sandy did the test leave anything in particular no nothing at this time nothing at this time do you
14:22know was if there was anything for Citizens input none at this time as well okay do you know if there was anything else of such a nature that it couldn't make the the agenda uh nothing at the moment nothing at the moment uh gentlemen following our past procedures the next meeting would be Tuesday August 27th is that okay looks good yeah all right I thank you all have a lovely
14:50afternoon all right have a good one go bye