Ord 11 Establish Board of HealthVILLAGE OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
Dakota County, Minnesota
An ORDINANCE establishing a Board of Health, providing for the
appointment of a Health Officer and defining the powers and
duties thereof.
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The Village Council of Mendota Heights ordains as follows:
Section 1. Board of Health; Health Officer. -- A Board of
Health Is hereby 5stablished in and for Village of Mendota
Heights consisting of a health officer, w 5-4 L
., who s a 1 e the chief
executive officer of the board, and four other members to be
appointed by the council. When first appointed one member of .4
the board shall be appointed for one year, one for two years,
and one for three years, Thereafter all appointments shall
be for a period of three years. Appointments shall be made
at the first meeting.of the council year.
Section 2, Duties. -- The Board of Health shall make such in-
vestigations and reports and d shall obey such directions con-
cerning communicable diseases as the State Board of Health may
require or give, and shall enforce all statutes, ordinances,
and all lawful rules and regulations concerning public health.
In suppressing communicable diseases all medical and other-as-
sistance may be employed as is deemed necessary in the estab"
lishing, enforcing, quarantine, and the releasing thereof. All
expenses thus properly incurred shall be paid and thereafter
certified to the county auditor for allowance and payment of'
one-half of the amount by the county as provided by law.
Section 3. Duties of Health Officer. -- The health officer
sha11 execute the lawful orders-of the state and local board
of health and perform such other duties as are or may be pre.,
scribed by statute, by ordinance or resolution of the village
council, or by regulations of the State Board of Health. He
shall enforce the nuisance ordinances of.the municipality in
so far as they relate to matters in any way affecting the pub-
lic health; and he is hereby given power, and it is made his
duty, to enter and inspect any and all premises where food pro-
ducts are stored that are to be or are offered for sale or are
sold or offered to the public, and to see that no unwholesome
thing is offered for sale to the public. It is hereby made a
condition of all licenses granted in the village that the said
health officer is given power to inspect any and-.all products
sold and any licensed premises. He shall take all necessary
steps to abate any nuisances or unwholesome conditions, and in
his discretion shall recommend the revocation or refusal of any
license for any premises operated or maintained in an unhealth-
ful or unsanitary condition,
Section,41, Compensation. -- The village health officer and the
members or'the board 76—fhealth shall receive as compensation
for their services such salary as is determined by the council
at its first regular meeting of the calendar year,
Section 5, Effective Date, -- This ordinance shall be in full
force and effect from and after.its publication according to
law,
Enacted and ordained into an Ordinance this 15 day of
April, 1957.
THE VILLAGE OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
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