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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHealth Board - Minutes - 6/16/2014 BAYFIELD COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING Monday, June 16, 2014 – 4:00 PM Present: John Bennett, Elaine Kopp, Fred strand, Wayne Williams, Beth Meyers, Deb Dryer Absent: Harold Maki Staff: Terri Kramolis, Meredith Johnson, Cathy Moore Others: None 1. Call the Meeting to Order: The meeting was called to order at 4:00 pm by Chairperson Meyers. 2. Election of Chair and Vice-chair: Beth Meyers was nominated for Chairperson by Strand; nomination seconded by Kopp. No further nominations, nominations were closed and Meyers was elected chairperson. Strand was nominated for Vice-chairperson by Williams. No further nominations, nominations were closed and Strand was elected Vice-chairperson. 3. Approval of February 24, 2014 Meeting Minutes: A motion to approve the minutes of the February 24, 2014 Board of Health meeting was made by Williams, motion seconded by Dryer. Motion carried. 4. Adoption of Agenda: There were no changes to the agenda. 5. Introduction of Meredith Johnson, WIC Nutritionist: Meredith Johnson was introduced to the Board. She has a Master’s degree in nutrition. Most of her schooling was a UW-Stout. She has been through county orientation and is being oriented to WIC. She has a background in WIC. She will take her boards next month for the Registered Dietician. 6. Resignation of Health Board Member and Request from Community Member to fill this Position: Winefred Punjak has been on the Health Board for approximately 20 years. The department has sent a letter signed by all the department employees thanking her for her years of service on the Board of Health. Kramolis has met with Ellen Braddock, RN, Public Health Nurse, who expressed interest in filling the position vacated by Ms. Punjak. She was to fill out an application on the website but has not returned it yet. A motion was made by Strand to forward to the County Board a request that Winefred Punjak is recognized for her years of service on the Bayfield County Board of Health; motion seconded by Dryer. Motion carried. 7. 2013 Annual Report: It is a statutory requirement that Health Departments deliver an annual report to the Board of Health and the regional office. The report outlines the programs we are doing and what we did during the year into a recorded format. Motion to approve the report was made by Bennett; motion seconded by Kopp. Motion carried. The annual report will be forwarded to the Full County Board. 8. 2014 First Quarter Budget Review: The Director feels comfortable with us being at 26 percent at the end of the first quarter. Our revenues are down in this first quarter report. Strand asked if the bottom line at the end of the year would be no more than we budgeted for tax levy. He was assured it would not. 9. Expectations of Changes / Additions to Budget Request for 2015: The Administrator has directed us to have a conversation with our board before we develop our budget if we are looking at any large capital improvement requests or any significant changes in the budget. We will then have rationale when we go to the Full County Board or Executive Committee as to what the changes are and how we plan to use the money. We will not need any large capital improvement requests except for family planning. We are not able to get the state grant until 2016. We may ask for a $3,000 capital improvement to purchase pharmaceuticals. We need to purchase the pharmaceuticals to distribute to clients before we can bill for services. We will also have a budgetary change because three staff will have a change in health insurance in 2015. We will need to ask for an increase in tax levy. We have come in with a zero percent increase for the past three years even when there have been wage increases. The Board was okay with asking for an additional $3,000 - $5,000 for pharmaceuticals. A cost breakdown will be put together when the pharmaceuticals are purchased. 10. Update on Human Health Hazard in Cable: Kramolis went into detail of the incident for the Board. We went with the DNR Response Team to do some soil testing and well water testing and came up with very low chemical content. There has been continuing interest by the EPA and continuing contact with the DNR. There is a CERT (Chemical Emergency Response Team) that will do a full scale exercise drill at no cost to the property owner. Once this is completed the Board will be informed regarding what was found. 11. CHIP (Community Health Improvement Plan) Update: The CHIP is centered on alcohol and other drug abuse (AODA). Diane Heapy has left the coordinator position. Dan Zei is taking over. The One Less Day website address was given to the Board http://onelessday.figureground.net/. It is sponsored by Memorial Medical Center (MMC) and is specific to AODA. Part of the campaign is “I Choose”. This is for anyone who would like to suggest alternative activities for alcohol and drugs. Part of the process is developing a resource guide with a list of entities that provide alcohol and other drug services. Health Departments need to do a CHIP every five years. MMC, because of their IRS status, needs to do one every three years. MMC has committed funding. We will reassess in three years. 12. Resolution to Update Grant Amounts in 2014 Budget: At the time the budget was developed in July 2013 we did not know the exact figures on some of the grants. Also there were grants we were awarded after the budget was developed that were not included. A motion to approve the resolution and send it on to the Full County Board for approval was made by Kopp , motion seconded by Bennett. Motion carried. 13. Next Meeting Date: Monday, August 18, 2014 at 4:00 pm in the EOC. 14. Other Issues: The WI Well Woman Program (WWWP) coordination services were no longer to be provided by health departments as of June 30, 2014. Health departments would continue to receive funding until the end of the year to provide referral services for women to be affiliated with another coordinator. This has changed and will now be June 30, 2015. We will have funding through this year and at least until June 30, 2015. The original plan was to have all women work through Marshfield Clinic. This was not a feasible option for many women. The State is now working on having regional coordinators. Kramolis has been working on two things, one in partnership with Criminal Justice and the other with Human Services. It is tied in with the CHIP, especially with AODA. We are working on counseling services. The providers will be coming on site to do group therapy with clients in the Criminal Justice system. There will also be individual counseling. The reason for partnership is that we can provide clinic space, Criminal Justice can provide funding and Human Services can provide referrals. She has also had conversations with Rebecca Coughtry, Benefit Specialist, North Lakes Community Health Center, regarding her coming during group sessions to help inmates being released with signing up for health insurance so they can continue to get their medications and services once they are released. Meyers told everyone that CORE will be having their annual Healthy Aging / Mental Health Conference at Legendary Waters on Thursday for anyone who wants to attend. Meyers will be leaving CORE. In July she will drop to 25 percent time. CORE will be recruiting for an Executive Director. 15. Adjourn: 4:47 pm. Respectfully Submitted Cathy Moore Office Manager