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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHealth Board - Minutes - 2/9/2016 BAYFIELD COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING Tuesday, February 9, 2016 – 4:00 PM Annex Building EOC Present: John Bennett, Dee Kittleson, Wayne Williams, Fred Strand, Kathy Wendling, Ellen Braddock, Deb Dryer Absent: Elaine Kopp Staff: Anne-Marie Coy, Cathy Moore, Michelle Dale Others: Mark Abeles-Allison, Bayfield County Administrator 1. Call the Meeting to Order: The meeting was called to order at 4:00 pm by Chairman Strand. 2. Approval of December 8, 2015 Meeting Minutes: A motion to approve the minutes of the December 8, 2015 meeting as presented was made by Wendling; motion seconded by Dryer. Motion carried. 3. Public Comment: No one from the public was present. 4. Adoption of Agenda: A motion to adopt the agenda as presented was made by Kittleson; motion seconded by Bennett. Motion carried. 5. Announcement of New Health Department Director / Health Officer: Erin Tenney has been hired as the new Health Department Director / Health Officer. She has just received her Doctorate. The Health Board thanked Anne-Marie Coy for filling in. 6. Review of 2015 Budget: Right now the 2015 budget looks as if we have a fairly large deficit. It will equal out when all revenues are in. 7. Discussion and Possible Action on 2015 Budget Amendment Resolutions a. Resolution Regarding Healthy Brain Initiative - $2,000 Wisconsin’s Healthy Brain Initiative Project is a partnership effort between the Department of Health Services, the Alzheimer’s Association of Southeastern Wisconsin, and AARP Wisconsin to support the implementation of the Wisconsin Dementia Care System Redesign Plan. An essential component of the project is the active engagement of local public health agencies as primary partners in addressing dementia as a chronic disease within communities. A motion was made by Bennett to approve the resolution and forward on to the Full County Board for approval; motion seconded by Dryer. Motion carried. b. Resolution Regarding Adolescent Health Mini-Grant - $17,777 plus 75% match The object of the Adolescent Health Mini-Grant is to form a coalition/partnership to promote and advocate for comprehensive adolescent health education in the community and/or school setting. To assess the level and degree of adolescent health education delivered in the school setting. For the health department to lend support to the schools for disease prevention and reproductive health education. It can be used to purchase supplies that will be used in the schools and also for staff training. For 2016 Ashland and Bayfield Counties combined were awarded $100,000 for each of five years. Ashland County will be hiring a coordinator for this program for both Ashland and Bayfield Counties. A motion was made by Williams to approve the resolution and forward on to the Full County Board for approval; motion seconded by Wendling. Motion carried. c. Resolution Regarding Chronic Disease Self-Management Program Grant - $4,404.37 Bayfield County Human Services Aging Unit and the Bayfield County Health Department are to partner on the delivery of the chronic disease self-management education program “Living Well” here in Bayfield County. The program will be aimed at seniors with chronic diseases. Volunteer facilitators will be trained with the public health nurse coordinating. This program teaches people how to manage their chronic conditions. A motion was made by Braddock to approve the resolution and forward on to the Full County Board for approval: motion seconded by Dryer. Motion carried. 8. Discussion and Possible Action Regarding Additional Recommendations to the Large Scale Livestock Committee’s (LSLC) Report The Bayfield County Board of Supervisors and the LSLC referred the report to the Bayfield County Health Department, Bayfield County Board of Health and the Land & Water Conservation Committee for consideration of additional recommendations to the LSLC report. The Board reviewed the committee recommendations. Six townships were tested last fall. We would like to test county-wide. We applied for a Coastal Management Grant that would allow us to sample any wells that are in the Lake Superior Basin. We have also requested an intern through the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA). The intern’s wages would be paid through NEHA. That would leave more grant funds to pay for additional testing, etc. We would have to find funding for the towns that are outside the Lake Superior Basin. The Administrator felt the County could provide funding to test the three townships that are not covered under the Coastal Management grant. The State keeps a database of drilled wells. It only has the depth of the wells. UW-Stevens Point has a very nice database. It can be searched by town but not by well depth. We could build our own database that would include water flow direction, water testing records and other well information. We don’t have a depth to bedrock map or database. The Health Board needs to decide which database we should use or if we create our own. The committee will study this for another month or so and bring it back for review. We did write the issue of abandoned wells into the Coastal Management grant. Land & Water Conservation has funding to help with abandoned wells. UW-Extension offered a manure spill response first responder training a few years ago. We could ask for them to do that presentation again. Several counties have manure spill response plans. The Board would like a cost estimate for employees to attend a manure spill first responder training. Also, what would be the time and cost to develop our own plans. The Board wants some sort of reporting requirement for manure spillage. If the Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) owner does not have something developed for us to approve possibly something could be included in our Human Health Hazard Ordinance. Work is being done on the Human Health Hazard Ordinance. We can make sure that something about animal diseases or animal-borne diseases is included. 9. Grant Application Status We have been recommended for funding for the Coastal Management Grant. This grant was discussed in item 8. We are also getting funding to sample Lake Superior beaches again this year. 10. Laboratory Update – New Features We are now taking in public or private samples for nitrates, arsenic and lead instead of referring to a separate lab. We are charging $55. This will cover our cost for shipping the samples to UW- Oshkosh for testing. By us taking in the samples and shipping them to UW-Oshkosh, the results will be sent to us and we will be better able to address any concerns. Also, the information will be put in our database. We are also certified to do surface water analysis for farms that wish to use surface water for agricultural uses. The USDA is now requiring farmers who use surface water for irrigation to have the water tested. The samples must be to a lab within 6 hours. We have given our information to UW-Extension to give to farmers that need to have their surface water tested. UW-Oshkosh is doing a state-wide database. They will populate all the info from last summer. If a well is tested and the results show something needs to be done, the individual would be advised on what they should do and we would check it at a later date. Ultimately it is their well so they are responsible for whatever needs to be done. 11. Next Meeting Date: The next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at 4:00 pm in the EOC. 12. Other Issues: We interviewed one qualified candidate for the WIC Dietician. Since he lives in Ohio the interview was done over Skype. He has a master’s degree in physiology. He is part way through the registered dietitian program. He will be coming at the end of the month for a face-to-face interview. The only issue is he can’t start until June. Northern Lights would be interested in sharing. 13. Adjourn: The meeting adjourned at 5:11 pm. Respectfully Submitted Cathy Moore Office Manager