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MEETING PACKET DECEMBER 2010 / 1 CITY OF SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS aa BOARD OF HF—ILTI-I 120 WASHINGTON STRIHET,4...FLOOR • TEL. (978) 741-1800 K NIBERLEY DRISCOLL FA-- (978)745-0343 MAYOR DGHVisNBALINt cni SANIkl.(.;OM DnviO Giu,'T'NIMUNI,RS AC'r1W,, T rlm;uj Aci.NT NOTICE OF MEETING ' You are hereby notified that the Salem Board of Health will hold its regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday,December 14, 2010 at 7.00 PM at City Hall Annex, 120 Washington St. Room 311, MEETING AGENDA 1. Call to order - : 2. Approval of Minutes from October 12, 2010 3. Chairperson Announcements 4. Public Health Announcements/Reports/Updates c a. Health Agent > • b. Public Health Nurse c. Administrative v d. Councilor Liaison 5. Cindy Supplee—Requesting a variance to Board of Health Body Art Regulation#27; Sec: 2.4 requiring Anatomy and Physiology classes are no older than seven years. 6. Miscellaneous 7. Executive Session—Personnel MatterCityA� � O 8. Adjournment h s,1r e,Ahaw Next regularly scheduled meeting is January 11, 2011 at 7pm at City Hall Annex, 120 Washington Street Room 311 - AA n /6 David G ee au • Acting Health Agent Cc: Mayor Kimberley Driscoll, Board of Health, City Councilors • Acting Health Agent Report November 2010 Meetings/Trainings 1. Attended the monthly meetings of the NS/CA Emergency Preparedness Coalition for November. Key items discussed include: • Updates on upcoming deliverables and how to meet the deliverables • Local State Advisory Committee updates 2. Attended the Senior Staff meeting in the Mayors office. Updated the Mayor on final Haunted Happenings matters and upcoming flu clinics and flu activities. 3. Conducted an introductory meeting with Tracy and Karin Carroll the new NSCAEP Coordinator. 4. Met with Cindy Supplee to discuss her pending application to be a body piercer in Salem. Ms. Supplee is requesting a variance to Board of Health Body Art Regulation #27; Sec: 2.4. 5. Attended the Senior Staff meeting in the Mayors office. Updated the Mayor on upcoming Flu clinics and activities. 6. Attended two day training on ICS 400 at the Saugus Public Safety Building. Significant Communication or Complaints from Residents During the first week of November Jim Treadwell called the office and inquired where he could view a copy of the Environmental Notification Form (ENF) for the transfer station. I told him he could view the ENF in the Board of Health office. On November 8, 2010 Mr. • Treadwell viewed the ENF in the Board of Health office. Inquiries or Reports from the Media 1. Tom Dalton from the Salem Evening News contacted me regarding the issue of bedbugs at the Salem Housing Authority buildings. An article appeared in the paper on November 13, 2010 and he was writing a follow up to that article. Both articles are attached as Appendices A and B. 2. John Zorobedian from the online newspaper The Salem Patch contacted the Board of Health office in reference to the issue of bedbugs. He was writing an article regarding the bedbug problem at the Salem Housing Authority buildings. The article is attached as Appendix C. 3. A reporter from the Boston Globe North Section contacted the Board of Health office regarding the issue of bedbugs. A copy of the article is attached as Appendix D. Other Public Health Information • A flu clinic was held on November 18, 2010 at the Salem Family Health Center. Approximately 94 doses were administered. • A regional flu clinic will take place at the North shore Mall in Peabody on Thursday, December 16, 2010 from 4-8PM. "1 will be on vacation the week between Christmas and New Years, returning on January 3, 201 V • APPENDIX A • SalemNews.com, Salem, MA November 13, 2010 Beagle sniffs out bedbugs in 38 Salem apartments By Tom Dalton Staff writer — SALEM—The Salem Housing Authority said it will exterminate bedbugs from dozens of rooms in two elderly housing complexes after a specially trained dog detected the troublesome insects yesterday. Tracer, a beagle,went through the Philip L. Morency Manor and the James A. Dalton Residence searching for the small, bloodsucking bugs that have made headlines across the country. The dog,which was brought in by A-1 Exterminators of Lynn, raised its paw and scratched furniture or other surfaces in 38 of the 89 apartments in the complex,which is along Bridge Street near the old Salem Jail. "Yes,we have found bedbugs at the Morency and Dalton buildings," said Carol MacGown, • executive director of Salem Housing Authority. "Right now,we're looking at exterminating 38 units." The bedbug-sniffing dogs have been used nationwide to find the tiny bedbugs,which are about a quarter-inch long and reddish brown. "They are between 95 and 98 percent accurate ..."Jeff Weisberg of A-1 said. The SHA removed furniture from the common areas of both buildings yesterday and emptied out an apartment in the Dalton building about a week ago. MacGown was meeting with the exterminators and her maintenance crews yesterday afternoon and said she planned to begin the buildingwide exterminations next week. Some individual rooms have been debugged over the past few weeks, the director said. "We're preparing the schedule as we speak," she said. "We'll start ... midweek." Asked if there are any interim arrangements for tenants in the targeted rooms, MacGown said: "There's nothing we can do ... until we start the exterminations." John Boris, chairman of the SHA,praised MacGown for being"proactive" and bringing in outside resources on what has become a national health problem. • G , "It's a big problem, not only here in Salem but around the country," he said. Bedbug infestations have been reported in New York City hotels, Chicago office buildings • and apartment complexes in Arizona. Residents of the Dalton building first learned of the problem about two weeks ago when a woman went to the doctor with bites, one tenant said. "It's very upsetting," said Kathleen Burke,who resides in the Dalton building. "It's the creep factor." While she had hoped for speedier action, Burke praised the SHA for "stepping up to the plate" and dealing with the problem. Burke,who is on the board of the Massachusetts Alliance of HUD Tenants, said more tenants and landlords need to educate themselves about the issue. Bedbugs in the apartments at Morency and Dalton will be exterminated using heat, according to MacGown. Heat-carrying ducts will be run into the apartments that will raise the temperature in those rooms to more than 130 degrees, killing the bedbugs and any eggs. An A-1 official said the method is safe, effective and poses no fire risk. "We will get the temperature up and bake those units," Weisberg said. • • • APPENDIX B e , SalemNews.com, Salem, MA November 16, 2010 Bedbugs are not -limited to just Salem By Tom Dalton Staff writer SALEM—Tom Drapeau, the owner of Freedom Pest Control,went to his Topsfield office yesterday morning to check messages. It had been a busy weekend. "Thirty to 40 percent of the calls were regarding bedbugs," he said. That would not have been the case a few years ago,but bedbugs have made a comeback in recent years, a resurgence that many attribute to bans on DDT and other pesticides. The tiny, blood-sucking insects —more nuisance than health threat, according to health officials—are also making headlines. The problem is so acute in New York City that the governor signed a Bedbug Disclosure Act this summer requiring landlords to report bedbug problems to prospective tenants. Last Friday, the Salem Housing Authority called in a specially trained dog,which found • evidence of the hard-to-spot, 1/4 inch critters in more than 30 rooms in an elderly housing complex. An exterminator is coming this week. Residents of the building first learned of the problem about two weeks ago when a woman went to the doctor with bites. The bad news locally—and there is not a lot of good bedbug news —is that Salem is not alone.Virtually every community on the North Shore has them, according to local exterminators and health officials. There are differences of opinion, however, on the severity of the problem. "It's an epidemic and it's going to get worse," said Peter Wonson, president of General Environmental Services,which is based in Malden and serves a large area including the North Shore. "You can probably name the city and we've been there,"Jeff Weisberg said of A-1 Exterminators of Lynn,which is handling the Salem Housing Authority problem. Local health e departments saythey et bedbugcomplaints mostly about hotels,motels and Yg p Y apartment buildings, but not a lot of them. In most cases, they concede, the issue is worked out between tenants and landlords, and reaches them only when there is a problem. • i "So far we've been fortunate," Beverly Health Director Bill Burke said. "Most of the • property owners seem to be doing the right thing." Peter Mirandi has been health director of Danvers for 20 years and got his first bedbug call last year. He estimates he's had a half-dozen since then. "I got a call this morning," Mirandi said yesterday.The caller, a tenant in an apartment building, said someone in her complex had a problem and she wanted to know how to keep it from spreading. Peabody also reports a handful of complaints. "We have had at least one large apartment complex that's been grappling with it over a period of time," Health Director Sharon Cameron said. The landlord brought in bedbug- sniffing dogs and an exterminator. She declined to identify the complex. "I really don't want to say. It's under control at this point." Salem Health Agent David Greenbaum said he's gone out on several bedbug calls, but has never actually seen one of the brown, oval-shaped insects. There have been a few instances, however,when his inspectors have found evidence and ordered landlords to take action. Several officials cautioned against picking up furniture left curbside because it could be • infested. After getting a call about the matter this fall, Greenbaum said he put out a brochure on the subject at Salem s hazardous waste day. For general information on bedbugs and what to do about them, officials advised residents to go to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health's website and search under "bedbugs." Convinced the problem is only going to get worse, one exterminator said this is a fine time to own a dog with a good nose. "If I knew someone who was training (a dog), I'd say, 'Now is the time to hang your shingle,"' Drapeau of Freedom Pest Control said. • • APPENDIX C Exterminators Brought in After Bed Bugs Found in Senior Housing • By John Zorabedian I Email the author I November 17, 2010 Add a comment (0 comments ) The Salem Housing Authority is working to exterminate an infestation of bed bugs at the Morency and Dalton senior apartments; Board of Health is handling other complaints. An infestation of bed bugs at two senior housing apartment buildings in Salem is forcing the Salem Housing Authority (SHA) to hire an extermination company to deal with the problem. Residents of the Morency and Dalton apartment buildings on Bridge Street reported bed bugs a few weeks ago after a resident went to a doctor to complain about the bites, according to Dalton resident Kathleen Burke. Burke, who sits on the board of the Massachusetts Alliance of HUD Tenants, said she has had contact and meetings with the housing authority director, Carol MacGown. MacGown could not be reached immediately for comment on Tuesday. Two messages were left at her office by Salem Patch. Bug-sniffing dogs were brought in by the housing authority last week, Burke said. "It was a slow start, but now they're really stepping up to the plate," Burke said. • id he has been "vigilant" about keeping the bed bugs out of her own Burke said s P 9 9 9 apartment, but others have not been so lucky. Many are worried. "We're dealing with an elderly population," Burke said. "Some people have family and some don't. I would say to the general public, don't alienate yourself from the people who live here. Some of them are very old and it's traumatizing to them." Burke said she saw a report on TV about an infestation in Melrose where the housing authority brought in a heat-treatment company, and brought it to the attention of the Salem Housing Authority. David Greenbaum, acting health agent for the Salem Board of Health, said his department had received a few complaints from residents of the Morency and Dalton buildings. Other apartment buildings in the city may also have bed bugs, Greenbaum said. By law, the landlords must take care of at their own expense, he said. "They should contact us and we'll do an inspection," Greenbaum said. "If we do find (bed bugs), we'll do an order for the landlord to exterminate them." • • APPENDIX D • • J • Bedbugs are biting once again By Taryn Plumb Globe Correspondent/November 28,2010 It could be the synopsis of a horror movie. They come for you in the middle of the night.They feed on your blood. They spread rampantly and unseen, and annihilating them is an elaborate, tactical process that doesn't ensure they won't come back again. But this infestation —of tiny, resilient, and fast-breeding bedbugs — isn't on • multiplex screens, it's in bedrooms, hotel rooms, and institutions across the country. The nocturnal bloodsuckers are proliferating at an alarming rate locally, according to officials and exterminators and this time around the may be a permanent est. > Y Y P P "It's the craziest thing I've ever seen in my industry," said Galvin Murphy of Malden- based Yankee Pest Control. "It's been beyond our ability to believe." Rusty-red, oval-shaped, and about the size of a lentil,bedbugs —which remain dormant by day and feed on human blood by night—were ubiquitous in the United r States at the turn of the century and then went nearly extinct after World War II with the introduction of the insecticide DDT. But now,they've nestled right back into America's bedrooms —and fears. In one of the more publicized cases locally, the insects were discovered in roughly 40 elderly-housing units managed by the Salem Housing Authority. Lynn-based A-i Exterminators is in the process of eradicating the bugs with a high-heat method, according to company president Gary Weisberg. Housing Authority executive director Carol MacGowan did not return calls seeking comment. • But the skin-crawling bugs have been found in"just about any community in metro north,"said Murphy, citing Malden, Everett, and Somerville in particular. "There's probably not a town we haven't been in." His company is booked until mid-December, and has more workers dealing with bedbugs than all other pests (from rats to termites to ants) combined. Farther northwest, Michael Beaulieu of Lowell-based Bain Pest Control Service also described an increase of about 30 percent in calls over the last six months. Particular problem areas include Lowell, Manchester, N.H., and Greater Boston, including Chelsea and Revere, he said. The state Department of Public Health doesn't track infestations, according to media relations director Julia Hurley,because bedbugs aren't known to spread infectious diseases. If you can get past the blood-sucking,they're relatively benign, more "annoying" than anything, said Lowell health director Frank Singleton. Still, he acknowledged, "People don't get a happy feeling when they're told they're a food source." Most often, according to experts,bedbugs are discovered in multifamily dwellings or apartment buildings, elderly housing, nursing homes, hospitals, or public buildings • such as firehouses and police stations. "The more congested an area is, the more calls we get," said Weisberg of A-1. "There's no place that's really immune." Nesting areas are a little easier to pinpoint. Bedbugs typically settle anywhere within a 20-foot radius of a sleeping spot, according to Singleton; in addition to mattresses and headboards,they've been found tucked away in picture frames, closets, piles of clothing,walls, even clock radios. "They're called bedbugs,but they'll infest chairs, couches —anywhere there's a crack and crevice,"said Weisberg. And often, people don't discover them until they've got a prospering colony leaving evidence such as skin rashes, bloodstained linens, or dark spots from droppings. They travel from place to place just as covertly, hitchhiking from bedrooms to cinemas to dressing rooms to hotel rooms, on luggage, handbags, clothes, and even the spines of books. • To minimize proliferation, officials and exterminators urge, don't pick up free roadside furniture, and, when traveling, keep clothes in your luggage and store your luggage in the bathtub (since the tiny insects have a hard time climbing slippery surfaces). One can also check infestation-tracking websites such as ,n-A,w.bedbugregistry.com. "I don't know how you prevent them,"said Singleton, noting that complaints to his department in Lowell have rocketed from about a half-dozen a year to two or three a week. "They're now back in the United States, fully introduced, and expanding into their old habitat." But just how they returned is unclear. Many point to the DDT ban in the 1970s; others to increased international travel. Some also note a lack of knowledge on the part of pest services. Because the boom is relatively recent, Beaulieu said, "the industry doesn't know enough about it." Singleton agreed, and has been pushing for a revision of the state housing code that spells out an organized approach to eradication. Because today's breed is often resistant to pesticides, the bugs are battled with steam, vacuums, cryogenics, or heat. The latter involves blasting the entire home or unit with temperatures up to 135 degrees for several hours, according to Murphy of Yankee, which also relies on the trained nose of a rescue dog to sniff out live bugs and viable eggs. In the end, he and others don't expect a letup anytime soon in the war against bedbugs. "Unless they come out with some new technology," said Weisberg, "we're going to be dealing with this for a long time."■ ©Copyright 2010 Globe Newspaper Company. Administration Monthly Report November-10 Burial Permits @$25.00 $1,225.00 Permits $6,244.00 Certificate of Fitness@$50.00 $2,200.00 Copies $0.00 Fines Total Monies Collected = $9,669.00 Animal Bites Reported= 0 Annual Budget Expended Available Balance Salary/Longevity $337,609.00 $117,093.93 $225,086.73 Annual Budget Non-Personnel $21,200.00 $5,484.99 $9,911.16 0 0 0 r CITY OF SALEM BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING MINUTES • October 12, 2010 DRAFT MEMBERS PRESENT:Dr. Barbara Poremba, Chairperson, Kemith LeBlanc, Martin Fair, &Gayle Sullivan OTHERS PRESENT: David Greenbaum, Acting Health Agent, Councillor Liaison Thomas Furey& Jennifer Keough, Code Enforcement Officer MEMBERS EXCUSED: Marc Salinas, Dr. Larissa Lucas TOPIC DISCUSSION/ACTION 1. Call to Order Meeting called to order by Dr. Poremba, Chair, at 7:00pm. 2. Minutes of Last Meeting Unanimously approved with corrections (Sept 14, 2010) 3. Chairperson Announcements None presented 4.Monthly Reports-Updates A. Administrative Report Presented and approved. Copy available in office B. Public Health Nurse Presented and approved. Copy available in office • Report C. Acting Health Agent Presented and approved. Copy available in office Report D. City Council Liaison None presented. Updates 5.New Business A. Variance Request for Jin Lee of Food Service Solutions and Sandy Lee of Lim & Acidification of Rice—East Associates presented on behalf of the owner and presented a HACCP Sakura plan for the acidification of rice(copies available in office). Mr. Lee stated that test strips will be used to test the ph of rice used for sushi. A log sheet and color chart would be on site. M. Fair suggests that a ph meter be also used to more accurately confirm test strip results. Motion by M. Fair: to grant the variance for acidification of rice with the requirement that a ph meter be on site to insure confirm accuracy of test strip results. 2nd 3 in favor, 0 opposed(Chair abstains as per usual custom) Motion Passes D. Greenbaum provided introductory remarks for hearing and photos Hearing— 19 Linden Street trash violations of property showing trash violations (copies of all available in office). On March 19, 2010 a complaint was received in the Board of Health office regarding trash violations in the rear of 19 Linden Street. An initial inspection was conducted on March 16, 2010 with re-inspections on April 7, 8, and 14, 2010. After discussions with the owner it was agreed that the property would be cleaned in 30 days. . On July 30, 2010 a re-inspection was conducted and the aka was partially cleaned. On August 19, 2010 additional complaints regarding the conditions in the rear of 19 Linden Street were received in the Board of Health office. Based upon those complaints an additional inspection was conducted and a subsequent order was • issued. Mr. Dragon requested a hearing in front of the Board to appeal the most recent order. Due to the amount of debris including cinder blocks, bricks, asphalt, fencing and yard waste and the complaint of rodents, skunks and raccoons it was determined that these conditions created a public health nuisance and the area would need to be cleaned to abate this nuisance. D. Greenbaum—Half the fence blew down in a wind storm in February 2010.That part of the fence was removed and has not been replaced. D Greenbaum believes that there was a retaining wall on the property at one point because of the railroad ties that are still on the property. There are more materials at 19 Linden St. than just concrete and cinderblocks. According to complaints it has created a harborage for rodents and is a public health nuisance. In the opinion of the office and the board of health staff the remaining debris needs to be removed. The staff has worked with Mr. Dragon and his neighbors over the last six months to try and rectify the trash issue. Richard Dragon,father of property owner, stated that the trash was not disposed of by the property owner; however, he has removed 4 dumpsters of material at a considerable expense. Mr.Dragon did not state the cost. He believes that the condition is now satisfactory and is appealing the order from the health department requiring further • cleanup. He argued that, according to the state building code article 33-11.1, a retaining wall would have to be built in order to further clean out the area that D. Greenbaum wants clean. There was a fence previously but only part remains and is in disrepair and he has no plan to replace it. Mr. Bill Coombs, 17 Linden St is a neighbor and property owner for 34 years. He stated that he is a certified sanitarian and worked in NY. He states that the property has been cleaned and is acceptable. The dirt and cinderblocks that remain are not, in his opinion,a public health issue. Erin Higgins 270 Lafayette St stated that condition of 19 Linden - Street is affecting the property value of the abutters &is creating a harborage for rodents and skunks. John Ronan, 274 Lafayette Street, Ward S Councilor and property owner since 1991states he has a view of 19 Linden Street from his house. He state the fence has been in the same location and collapsed because of debris and materials froml9 Linden Street. He stated he has witnessed a family of skunks living in the debris. He supports the health departments request for further cleanup. Councillor Ronan would be willing to help put the fence back up along with his neighbors at 270 Lafayette Street when the property is . adequately cleaned up. Joe Hannon 270 Lafayette Street Unit 2 stated that the debris was originally 3 feet high. He confirms that Mr.Dragon has taken a lot of debris out but there is still more that needs to be removed. There is a mesh type fence underneath all the leaves that have been dumped in the back of this property and it is not solid ground. Lauren Purtell, 270 Lafayette Street, Unit 1, stated that this has been a public health issue for some time. She stated she has • seen raccoons, rodents & skunks on his property. Dr. Poremba asked D. Greenbaum when these photos were taken, if there any earlier or other photos and if the fence was replaced would this resolve any public health concerns. She also asked if there was any physical evidence of any raccoons, skunks or rodents such as nesting or tunneling. D. Greenbaum stated that the photos given to the board were taken on August 26,2010. He had earlier photos taken sometime in May before the partial clean up of 19 Linden St. and presented them to the board for review. He did not have any photos of those areas that had been satisfactorily cleaned. He stated that a fence would not eliminate the nuisance. He was unable to identify any evidence of rodents, etc because of the conditions of the soil and debris. Jennifer Keough, Code Enforcement Officer stated that she concurred with D. Greenbaum's presentation of the issues. The board discussed the pertinence of the issues to public health. They concurred that issues regarding fencing and retaining walls were not appropriate for the BOH. They were • impressed with the extent of clean up Mr. Dragon had done. They were unsure about what materials, if any, that remained would be considered a public health nuisance. They consulted the Mass State Law 105 CMR 410.602: Maintenance of Areas Free From Garbage and Rubbish(A) Land: The owner of any parcel of land, vacant or otherwise, shall be responsible for maintaining such parcel of land in a clean and sanitary condition and free from garbage, rubbish, or other refuse. The owner of such parcel of land shall correct any condition caused by or on such parcel or its appurtenance which affects the health or safety and well-being of the occupants of any dwelling or of the general public. The board considered that if further cleanup was required there must be specific criteria to evaluate what is a"satisfactory cleanup". Since D. Greenbaum stated he had already approved other areas as satisfactory, that the criteria should be the same as for that area. Dr. Poremba asked D. Greenbaum to take photos in the next week to document the current condition of both areas as the standard. In specific, the board wanted the mesh fencing, asphalt, bricks, yard waste and-any other debris • removed so that the area in question will match the area already approved. Motion by G.Sullivan: to require Mr.Dragon to do some additional cleanup include removal of mesh type fencing, asphalt, bricks, yard waste and all other debris be removed to4omply with the order sent by D. Greenbaum in accordance with the State Sanitary Code. The portion that needs to been cleaned within 30 days and should match the portion that was previously cleaned and approved as evidenced by new before and after • photos. 2"d 2 in favor, 1 opposed (Chair abstains per usual custom) Motion passes. Austin Turner, Project Engineer and Atty. Correnti presented the proposed project for 460, 462, 440& 488 Highland Avenue. C. Lowe's-Wal-Mart Project—460,462 440& Storm water drainage was discussed and a design is under peer 488 Highland Avenue review. Mr.Turner had been working with Lynn Water and Sewer Commission, neighbors and state representative on this issue. The board reviewed the Possible Conditions (copy available at BOH office). Removed#6 & 7 and additional language was added to#14. Motion by M. Fair: to approve project with conditions. 2"d 3 in favor,0 opposed (Chair Abstains per usual custom) Motion passes Donald Seaberg of Benchmark Engineering and Lawrence Shore, President, US Biological presenting plans for US Biological. D. US Biological—Traders Way Company is relocating from Marblehead to Salem. This business is distributor, packager and small manufacture of laboratory reagents including proteins, antibodies, stem cell culture and ELISA kits. The products manufactured are not hazardous. The building is 43,000 sq ft and will be 2 stories. At• this time the company will only use half of the building with a possibility of expansion or rental in the future. Motion by G.Sullivan: to approve the project subject to the standard conditions Remove#6, #7 and#18. 2"d 3 in favor, 0 opposed (Chair abstains as per usual custom) Motion passes. 8. Executive Session-Personnel Matter MEETING ADJOURNED: 10:10 P.M. Respectfully submitted, Heather Lyons Clerk of the Board Next regularly scheduled meeting is November 9, 2010 at 7pm At City Hall Annex 120 Washington Stree4 Room 311 Salem. 1111512010 1Dr. Bar6ara�Torem6a; Chair Ferson of the Salem Board of.7lealth, I am writing this letter to request for a variance in regards to Body Art fgulation # 27;Sec: 2.4. I understand that it calls forAnatomy andFhysiology classes.-to be completed within 7 years prior to initial appCacation. My classes were taken at North Shore Community College and completed in the spring of 2002 semester. I realize that it means 8 years ago I completed the required courses. I have since that date in 2002 been consecutively employed as a Body Mercer in Salem (2002)and surrounding cities with only a year off for minor surgery. I do hope you will take into consideration my continuous workas a Body Fiercer when making your decision on my request for this variance. Thankyou forgiving me your time in this matter. • Cindy Supplee