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Lakeville Board of Health approves mobile food truck permit, continues septic upgrade review and reports West Nile detections
Summary
At its July 16 meeting the Town of Lakeville Board of Health continued review of a local upgrade request for 1214 Morrison Way, approved a mobile food truck permit for Papa’s Sweet Treats and heard that 10 mosquitoes tested positive for West Nile virus.
The Town of Lakeville Board of Health on Wednesday continued consideration of a requested local upgrade approval for 1214 Morrison Way, approved a permit for a new mobile food vendor and was told that 10 mosquitoes tested positive for West Nile virus.
The actions taken at the July 16 meeting were procedural and routine, according to board members: the board voted to continue the Morrison Way item to its Aug. 6 meeting, unanimously approved a mobile food truck permit for Papa’s Sweet Treats at 98 Highland Road and approved minutes from a Jan. 30 joint meeting. Board staff also reported the recent mosquito test results and said there have been no detections of Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) in town.
Board members first considered a request from Zenith Consulting Engineers related to 1214 Morrison Way. The applicant asked for a continuance to the board’s next scheduled meeting on Aug. 6; the motion to continue was made and seconded and carried. No substantive discussion of the upgrade request took place during the meeting.
The board then reviewed an application for a mobile food truck operating as Papa’s Sweet Treats at 98 Highland Road. Board members described the operation as a van selling prepackaged ice cream with a year-round permit requested. A motion to approve the permit was made, seconded and approved.
Members also approved the Board of Health’s meeting minutes from Jan. 30, 2025. In the meeting record, one member noted a procedural issue: the board had been using minutes drafted by the Planning Board for a joint meeting and needed its own separate minutes; the Board of Health minutes were then approved as typed.
During announcements, Ed, the board of health agent, said the health department’s testing had found 10 mosquitoes positive for West Nile virus. “There are now 10 mosquitoes that have tested positive for West Nile,” Ed said. He added that there have been no detections of Eastern equine encephalitis in town or in the state, and that the nearest recent detections were in Swansea and other Cape Cod communities.
There were no other pending board-agent items discussed and no further public health advisories issued at the meeting. The meeting concluded with a motion to adjourn that carried.
Votes at a glance: the board voted to continue the 1214 Morrison Way item to Aug. 6 (motion carried), approved the Papa’s Sweet Treats mobile food truck permit for 98 Highland Road (motion carried), approved the Jan. 30, 2025 meeting minutes (motion carried) and voted to adjourn (motion carried).
