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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHealth Board - Minutes - 4/8/2025 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 April 8, 2025 – 5:00 PM Present: Mary Dougherty, Kathleen Carlson, Madelaine Rekemeyer, Diane Erickson, Jan Lee, Dr. Kathryn Stolp, Terri Kramolis, Jeff Olsen, Fred Strand Absent: none Staff: Anne-Marie Coy, Desi Niewinski, Michelle Crowell 1. Call the Meeting to Order: The meeting was called to order at 5:00 p.m. by Rekemeyer. 2. Approval of February 11, 2025 Board of Health Meeting Minutes: A motion to approve the February 11, 2025 meeting minutes was made by Lee; motion seconded by Carlson. Motion carried. 3. Public comment: None. 4. Discussion and Possible Action Regarding Resolution to Accept Northwoods Coalition Harm Reduction Funding: a. Northwoods Harm Reduction funding provides for four large, permanently installed community sharps collection boxes and Nalox boxes. Locations include Iron River Police Department, Bayfield Police Department, Sheriffs Department, Red Cliff, churches, community centers, and possibly the southern side of the county. Additional purchases of smaller sharps collection boxes for locations like the fairgrounds. Funding will include the disposal contract because other places are requiring people to pay to turn in sharps. b. Attend the Opioid Academy. Provides training for a logics model that will show how we are using the Opioid Settlement funding to the State. Will also help find funding gaps. Programs that the Department already work in, like sharps collection and AODA work, are more fully funded with this grant. Motion to accept the resolution and forward onto the Full County Board for approval was made by Lee; motion seconded by Kramolis. Motion carried. 5. Discussion and Possible Action Regarding Resolution to Accept and Botvin LifeSkills Project Funding: Botvin LifeSkills Training funding to be used by schools to purchase supplies for continued opioid prevention, CESA staff person to provide 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 Officerservices, training supplies, staff time, and training. Includes training on other risky behaviors like alcohol with three levels (elementary, middle, and high school). Motion to accept the resolution and forward onto the full County Board for approval was made by Strand; motion seconded by Dougherty. Motion carried. 6. Discussion and Possible Action Regarding Resolution to Accept the Retail Program Standards Implementation Project Funding: Environmental Health Program has received funding through the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA). The Department has never participated in the Retail Program Self-Assessment. The Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) wants the Department to do the assessment, but it has never been funded before and it’s not mandated. Awarded twelve thousand dollars ($12,000), with five thousand dollars ($5,000) for training and seven thousand dollars ($7,000) to fund a mentor to the Department. Motion to accept the resolution and forward onto the fully County Board for approval was made by Carlson; motion seconded by Kramolis. Motion carried. 7. Discussion on proposed purchase of a new incubator for water lab: Executive committee has already approved the purchase. Current incubator is small, over ten years old, and needs updating. The Department will be taking on Ashland County beach monitoring (including collecting), processing Bad River’s water samples, and Apostle Islands National Lakeshore’s drinking water samples, and will need more space to incubate samples. The Beach Grant will cover the cost of interns for the summer so the cost of the samples will be straight revenue. Coy questioned if the funding will come out of County Capital Improvement funds or be part of the Department budget. 8. Update on Health Department Funding: Three grants have been cut: a. Covid funding to purchase Covid-19 test kits in the amount of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000); no funds expensed from grant. b. Immunization Covid Supplement Grant. This funding was being used for Measles education and vaccines. Department will still do that work, but will no longer have a funding source. Bayfield County is currently at sixty-seven percent (67%) vaccine rate for elementary-aged children. Adult vaccination rate is about eighty percent 80%). c. Aging and Disability (ADRC) Grant. Funding was mainly for vaccine clinics at county senior meal sites, focusing on Covid booster vaccinations. Not cancelling upcoming clinics even with funding gone. d. Beach monitoring grant will be used once the season starts after Memorial Day. 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 Officere. Taking Action Grant may be available through the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) this summer. f. Emergency Preparedness Grant activities have been focusing on Measles. g. Teen Pregnancy Prevention. This grant is done as of June 30, 2025. The Department has spent about half of the funding. Laura Lear, RN has been working with the Bayfield School. 9. Update on Health Department Programs and Services: a. Communicable Disease: High influenza A and some influenza B. Covid-19 cases have settled down. b. Stop the Bleed Kits: Department has received three (3) kits, with staff training to be held the first week in June. Kits will be located in the Annex Building, the Courthouse, and in DHS. 10. Next Meeting Date: Next scheduled Health Board meeting for Tuesday, June 10, 2025, 5:00 pm, in-person in the EOC and/or remotely via Teams or phone-in option. 11. Adjourn: The meeting adjourned at 6:02 p.m. by Rekemeyer. Respectfully Submitted, Amy Jarecki Amy Jarecki, Office Manager