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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHealth Board - Minutes - 6/15/2015BAYFIELD COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING Monday, June 15, 2015 – 4:00 pm Bayfield County Annex Building Present: Elaine Kopp, Wayne Williams, Fred Strand, Ellen Braddock, Deb Dryer Absent: John Bennett, Kathy Wendling, Harold Maki Staff: Terri Kramolis, Cathy Moore, Michelle Dale Others: Dee Kittleson; Gayle Gustavson, intern Time is 4:05 pm. No quorum at this point. Informational only at this time. 1. Call the Meeting to Order: Dr. Dryer arrived at 4:25, quorum met, the meeting was officially called to order by Chair Strand Introductions were made. Gayle Gustavson, AHEC intern, will be working on the department’s CHIP plan (Community Health Improvement Plan). This is a statutory requirement for the health department. 2. Approval of April 20, 2015 Meeting Minutes: A motion to approve the minutes of the April 20, 2015 meeting was made by Kopp; motion seconded by Dryer. Motion carried. 3. Public Comment: Mr. Williams asked what could be done in a home where there are blankets in the windows and mold is visible on them. We would need an inspection warrant from law enforcement or a request from social services. Outside of that the person residing there would have to agree to let us into the home. 4. Adoption of Agenda: A motion to adopt the agenda as presented was made by Kopp; motion seconded by Williams. Motion carried. 5. E-Cigarette Ordinance Requested by Strand for a Future Meeting Information from the last meeting was reviewed. E-cigs were thought to be safer than tobacco cigarettes when they first came out. Since then it has been found that there is still nicotine and there are still particulates in the vapor. Also they are marketed toward young people. There is a pre-emption bill at the State; if it passes no county would be able to put any ordinances regarding e-cigarettes in place. Some communities have already put an ordinance in place. Most have the same restrictions as for cigarettes. The Board felt the ordinance should be county-wide for all businesses. Kramolis will have examples from other counties / cities for the Board to review at the next meeting. We can have a special meeting if need be to get this ordinance adopted by the Full County Board before the pre-emption bill is enacted. 6. Ordinance on CAFO’s Requested by Strand for Discussion The County Board passed a livestock citing moratorium for a year with the option of an additional six months if needed. Information is being gathered at this point. The Large-scale Livestock Committee has looked at ground water and surface water, next they will be looking at microbiology. The County Board allotted funds for contracting with the WI Geological & Natural History Survey for a groundwater study and also for the well monitoring program. **Dr. Dryer joined the meeting at 4:25 pm. At this point the meeting was called to order and numbers two, three and four were addressed. Kramolis has been asked by county board members and the public if there is something more restrictive that the health department can do. The large-scale livestock committee will be looking to see if they can do anything more restrictive. The County needs to be very cognizant of the health risks. According to State regulations the County could only add regulations to protect public health. Braddock suggested looking more into the ordinance from Missouri, such as bonds. She suggested having them bond for spills. Dale did not think that was something that could be bonded. She felt it was more for abandonment or failure. Any of this will need to go through corporate council. Braddock felt we should be looking at regulations and ordinances from other counties with CAFO’s. The livestock committee is gathering all the data they can to forward to the health board and county board. 7. Discussion and Possible Action Regarding Fees Increase for Environmental Health Inspection Program We have a contract with the State to do inspections and charge license fees. We need to give the state 10 percent of the fees collected. We have always added that 10 percent on to the license fee. License fees were not increased for many years. When the state raised the fees we did not add the 10 percent at that time because the fees had increased so dramatically. The State is contemplating not raising the fees for two years. Dale is suggesting we add the 10 percent now. This would take effect for the 2016-2017 license year. Williams made a motion that in response to the 2008 - 2009 state increase of license fees the Health Board recommends the health department charge our normal license fee with a 10 percent surcharge added to cover the 10 percent state fee reimbursement; motion seconded by Dryer. Motion carried. 8. Work Plan for County Wide Well Sampling Program Land Conservation will have a map with the number of wells in the towns of Eileen, Kelly, Pilsen, Keystone and Mason. The Health Department will choose 10 percent or 10 wells in each township. We would pick who we would offer fee exempt testing. We don’t want all the wells tested in one area. We plan to start testing in September. Braddock thought we should add metals. She was informed that would raise the cost above what we have dollar-wise. We want to test as many wells as we can. Anyone else who wants their well tested we will test for a fee. The Department of Agriculture tests all grade A dairy farms. We can use that data along with ours to get a better picture. Dryer suggests we provide justification as to why some wells will be tested for free and some will not. Kevin Marsolek from UW-Stevens Point has offered to present the results of the testing to the community and our County Board. 9. Human Health Hazard Ordinance Discussion The Health Department operates under a State Ordinance for human health hazards. This ordinance is relatively open to interpretation. Most counties have a local ordinance. Kramolis would like something more defined. She will bring a draft ordinance to a future meeting for approval. Any legal ordinance needs to go through the County Board. When the ordinance is drafted, Dryer would like the difference highlighted and also describe the differences. Corporate counsel will need to review it before it is brought to the health board. 10. Discussion and Possible Action Regarding 2015 Budget Amendment (done as item 9) The budget adjustments are necessary because we have been able to secure additional funding since budget was done last year. A motion was made by Dryer; seconded by Kopp to accept the changes and forward on to the Full County Board for approval. Motion carried. 11. Next Meeting Date: The current schedule of the third Monday does not work well for Dr. Dryer. Other dates were discussed. It was decided that future meetings will be the second Tuesday. The next meeting will be August 11, 2015 at 4:00 in the EOC. 12. Other Issues: None. 13. Adjourn: Meeting adjourned at 5:30 pm. Respectfully Submitted Cathy Moore, Office Manager