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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHealth Board - Minutes - 2/11/2025 Healthy people, communities and environment for a superior Bayfield County. Bayfield County Health Department 117 East Sixth Street - P.O. Box 403 - Washburn, WI 54891 Phone: 715/373-6109 Fax: 715/373-6307 Anne-Marie Coy, REHS/RS, MPHc Director of Public Health/Health Officer BAYFIELD COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING Tuesday February 11, 2025 – 5:00 PM Present: Mary Dougherty, Kathleen Carlson (via telephone), Madelaine Rekemeyer, Diane Erickson, Jan Lee, Dr. Kathryn Stolp (via Teams), Terri Kramolis, Jeff Olsen Absent: Fred Strand Staff: Anne-Marie Coy, Amy Jarecki 1. Call the Meeting to Order: The meeting was called to order at 5:02 p.m. by Rekemeyer. 2. Approval of December 10, 2024, Board of Health Meeting Minutes: A motion to approve the December 10, 2024 meeting minutes was made by Lee; motion seconded by Kramolis. Motion carried. 3. Public comment: None. 4. Update on Comprehensive Plan Objective 3 Action 1: Coy shared the objectives assigned to the Health Department, which includes developing and implementing a Health in All Policies ordinance. Much discussion around the various options that will need to be considered to implement the policies. The Health Department is also working on a countywide plan to provide guidance to municipalities regarding climate change induced impacts to local waste and water treatment plants. The Health Department did have a summer intern working on gathering background on climate change and how it will affect the area. He found that the climate will be warmer and wetterand that waste water treatment plants were not included in any of the emergency response plans. This prompted a preparedness table top exercise that included Health Department staff, Emergency Management staff and staff from the local water treatment plants. The final objective, which is to develop a best practices guidance document detailing opportunities for County support of schools, libraries and municipal and tribal human services programs is currently being worked on. 5. Discussion and Possible Action Regarding Resolution to Accept the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Grant: The Health department is working with the Bayfield school on a pilot project to provide curriculum on reproductive, sexual and relationship health, pregnancy prevention, and sexually transmitted disease prevention for their health class. If the project is successful, it will be expanded to more grades in the Bayfield school as well as other school districts. This grant ends June 30, 2025 and Coy Healthy people, communities and environment for a superior Bayfield County. Bayfield County Health Department 117 East Sixth Street - P.O. Box 403 - Washburn, WI 54891 Phone: 715/373-6109 Fax: 715/373-6307 Anne-Marie Coy, REHS/RS, MPHc Director of Public Health/Health Officerwill need to reapply for more funding to continue the project. Bayfield school was chosen as they are currently providing most of the same curriculum; this will be an updated version. Funds will be used to provide updated training and certification. Motion to accept the resolution and forward onto the full County Board for approval was made by Dougherty; motion seconded by Lee. Motion carried. 6. Discussion and Possible Action Regarding Environmental Health Fee Increase to keep up with State Fee increase: The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) has created new categories in the Environmental Health fee schedule that the Health Department will need to update. In addition, DATCP has increased their reimbursement fees from ten percent (10%) to thirteen percent (13%) and will continue to increase up to fifteen percent (15%) by the year 2027. This will lessen the amount of revenue that the county keeps and uses to operate the Environmental Health program. Coy shared two (2) options to consider when looking at increasing fees at the county level. Splitting out the amount that is sent to the state from the amount that the county keeps in order to maintain transparency was an option discussed. Motion to increase the Environmental Health fees to reflect the one percent (1%) increase to the state and a three percent (3%) increase to the County for the 2025-2026 license fees and forward onto the fully County Board for approval was made by Dougherty; motion seconded by Erickson. Motion carried. 7. Update on Health Department Funding: Coy shared that not much information has been received from the state regarding the status of future funding. The state WIC office has made us aware of a decrease in funding for the SNAP-ED grant. There will also be a cut in Medicaid reimbursements. Our WIC program does not rely on these funding sources, but they are in addition to the grant that funds the WIC program, which does not look to be changing. Since our vaccine program does not rely on grant funding, our vaccination program looks to not be affected other than possibly not having as many out clinic sites as in years past. Staff time is the only expense that we will be scaling back on for vaccine clinics. 8. Update on Health Department Programs and Services: a. Water Supply Program: The ordinance has passed and the Department is now working with the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to set it up. The DNR would like our staff to do enforcement, instead of the state staff, if there are wells that have been abandoned and not property sealed. b. Reproductive Health/Family Planning On-site State Review: End of January, a representative from the state came on-site to review the Health Department Reproductive Health program and facilities. The review went well. Healthy people, communities and environment for a superior Bayfield County. Bayfield County Health Department 117 East Sixth Street - P.O. Box 403 - Washburn, WI 54891 Phone: 715/373-6109 Fax: 715/373-6307 Anne-Marie Coy, REHS/RS, MPHc Director of Public Health/Health Officerc. TPP (Teen Pregnancy Prevention): This is the grant that was discussed earlier in the meeting. d. Opioid Settlement Programming: Coy and Holly Weber, RN met with CESA 12 staff, who are leading the Botvin training program in the local schools. 9. Update on Health Department Staffing: a. EM/Health Clerk Position: Position still needs to be filled. b. Breastfeeding Peer Counselor: This position is filled through the WIC program and has been filled by the WIC clerk for the last fifteen (15) years. Both the WIC program and the Peer Counselor program have told us that our Peer Counselor no longer fits the criteria and we will need to find a new counselor. This full time clerk will have her job duties moved around in order to keep her full time status. Sara Wartman, WIC Director, has been in contact with the Ashland Birthing Center as they have dulas in training who have breastfed and spend time in contact with breastfeeding mothers. 10. Committee Input: The Public Health vending machine is still waiting for a final place to call home. Coy has been in touch with the Town of Iron River who initially sounded like they wanted the machine placed in their area. Erickson mentioned that the vending machine that was placed in Red Cliff is working out very well. 11. Next Meeting Date: Next scheduled Health Board meeting for Tuesday, April 8, 2025, 5:00 pm, in-person in the EOC and/or remotely via Teams or phone-in option. 12. Adjourn: The meeting adjourned at 6:22 p.m. Respectfully Submitted, Amy Jarecki Amy Jarecki, Office Manager