[Adopted as Rev. Ords. 1964, §§ 8-1 and 8-2 (Ch. 9, Art. II, of the 2010 Code)]
The Board of Health shall consist of three physicians. They shall be chosen for the term of three years by the Municipal Council in January of each year on a staggered basis. The term of office of the members of the Board of Health shall begin on the first Monday of February next succeeding their election. Any member of the Board of Health may be removed by the Municipal Council for cause after due notice and hearing. Any vacancy on the Board shall be filled by the Municipal Council in like manner for the unexpired term.
The Board of Health may appoint suitable persons to act as its agents. In default of any appointment of an agent and in any case whenever requested by the Board of Health, the Chief of Police and subordinate officers shall carry into execution all rules and regulations made by the Board of Health, and all provisions of these Revised Ordinances and other ordinances of the City, respecting nuisances, sources of filth and causes of sickness within the City, and respecting articles containing or conveying infection or contagion or creating sickness brought into the City, and shall immediately report thereon to the Board of Health, and shall under the direction of that Board cause all such nuisances, sources of filth and causes of sickness to be forthwith abated.
[Added 12-13-2016]
Pursuant to § 53E1/2 of Chapter 44 of the Massachusetts General Laws, and every other pertinent authority, there is hereby established a revolving fund to be called the "Board of Health Outreach Fund" (Fund). The programs and activities for which the Fund may be expended are any outreach program that the Board of Health deems appropriate in its sole discretion. The departmental receipts that shall be credited to the Fund shall be any and all payments received in accordance with Paragraph 5 of the Eight Amendment to Landfill Operations Agreement between the City of Taunton and Waste Management of Massachusetts, Inc., dated October 26, 2015. The board authorized to expend from such Fund is the Board of Health. The Fund shall in all respects be governed by § 53E1/2 of Chapter 44 of the Massachusetts General Laws, as same may be amended from time to time.