HomeMy WebLinkAboutHealth Board - Agenda - 10/11/2016BAYFIELD COUNTY
BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING
Fred Strand, Chairman Wayne Williams Jeremy Oswald
Rachel Coughtry, Vice-Chair Brian Goodwin Elaine Kopp
Deb Dryer Ellen Braddock
Dear Health Board Members,
There is a Health Board meeting scheduled for Tuesday, October 11, 2016 at 4:30 pm. in the EOC
located in the Bayfield County Annex Building, Washburn, WI. If you are unable to attend this
meeting, please call the Health Department and let me know.
Any person wishing to attend who, because of a disability, requires special accommodations, should
contact the Bayfield County Health Department office at 715-373-6109, at least 24 hours before the
scheduled meeting time, so appropriate arrangements can be made.
*** AGENDA ***
1. Call the Meeting to Order
2. Approval of August 9, 2016 Meeting Minutes
3. Public Comment
4. Review of Third Quarter Budget Report
5. Review and Possible Action Regarding the Human Health Hazard Ordinance: The
Health Department Director is proposing a more defined Human Health Hazard
Ordinance. The State Statute is very broad in its definitions. Corporate Council has been
reviewing the ordinance making corrections / revisions as necessary.
6. Well Water Testing Program Update: The Health Department is conducting a program
testing Bayfield County residents’ well water. The Department received the grant from
the State of WI. The purpose of the grant is to test for substances in the water.
7. Strategic Planning Update: Update the Health Board members that did not attend the
Strategic Planning Sessions on what was discussed. Also to inform that there is another
session scheduled.
8. Grant Updates: Inform the Health Board on the status of the Department’s various
grants as well as inform them of any new grants.
9. Immunization Clinic Update: Inform the Board of flu shot clinics that are scheduled in
various parts of Bayfield County and in the schools. Also to inform the Board of other
immunizations we will be doing in the schools.
10. Review and Possible Action on the Following Policies and Procedures: These policies
needed major revision or are new policies.
WIC Office Severe Weather Plan
WIC Office Evacuation Plan
Accessing SPHERE Birth Records
11. Review and Possible Action Regarding Inactivation of the Following Policies and
Procedures: These programs no longer exist and policies need to be inactivated.
Wisconsin Well Women Program (WWWP)
Seal-A-Smile Policy Statement
Paternity Testing – Buccal Swab Specimen
12. Discussion and Possible Action Regarding Updating Department Policies: Discuss
what policy changes would require health board approval and what could be done
internally in the department.
13. Discussion and Possible Action Regarding Committee Meeting Times: Discuss what
day and time would work best for the Board members.
14. Next Meeting Date
15. Other Issues
16. Adjourn
Sincerely,
Sara Wartman
Sara Wartman
Director/Health Officer
cc: Bayfield County Board, via email
Mark Abeles-Allison, Bayfield County Administrator, via email
Heartland Communications
The Daily Press, via email
Health Department Employees, via email
Red Cliff Tribal Chairperson