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Merrimac BOH authorizes violation notices for residents who ignored animal‑keeping outreach
Summary
The Board directed staff to send third notices and issue notices of violation and orders to comply to residents who failed to respond to prior BOH and Animal Control contacts; Health Agent Ketchen and the administrative assistant were assigned to draft enforcement letters for Chair review.
The Merrimac Board of Health authorized enforcement action Jan. 14 to address residents who have not responded to prior communications about animal‑keeping rules.
Chairperson Christine Berube moved that the Board send a notice of violation and an order to comply to residents who have failed to respond to BOH and Animal Control outreach; Member Ashlyn Calcagni seconded. The motion carried unanimously (3‑0). The minutes state that the Health Agent and the administrative assistant will draft a letter and forward it to Chair Berube for review.
The record also notes that the board will send a third notice to residents who already received two prior contacts from the BOH. The minutes do not list the residents by name, specify the alleged violations, or include dates for the draft letters; those details are to be handled by staff and returned to the board as needed.
Other administrative items recorded at the meeting included the signing of 43 permits, continued monitoring of convenience‑store displays, creation of a BOH fee‑schedule spreadsheet by the administrative assistant, and tabling dumpster permitting until Member Calcagni completes research.
