Plympton Board of Health shifts to monthly meetings, delegates routine plan approvals to health agent

PLYMPTON — June 9, 2026 — Plympton Board of Health votes to meet monthly and hand routine septic approvals to its health agent. The board, chaired by Brad Crona, voted unanimously at its June 9 meeting to reduce regular sessions from twice monthly to the second Tuesday of each month, reasoning that delegating approval of variance-free septic plans to Health Agent Kevin would eliminate the bulk of routine agenda items. The board reorganized officer positions, retaining Crona as Chair and Jared Anderson as Vice Chair while appointing new member Arthur Bloomquist as Clerk. Members voted to send a second letter to the Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act office opposing reduced open-space mitigation at the Ricketts development project, noting the project's industrial component had grown roughly 65 percent in a recent Notice of Project Change and that a court had upheld a cease-and-desist order requiring site restoration. The board also discussed issuing a habitability order for 163 Center Street, an apartment above a horse stable owned by ACUS 2022 LLC, where documented conditions include no functioning heat beyond a portable space heater, mold, water damage, and no carbon monoxide detectors — conditions the board said recur across a cluster of Center Street rentals tied to the same managing officer.