Spec Session BOCC

ISLAND COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH MINUTES - JULY 12, 1999

The Island County Board of Health convened in Regular Session on July 12, 1999, at 11:15 a.m., in the Island County Courthouse Annex, Coupeville, Wa., with Mike Shelton, Chairman, and Wm. L. McDowell, Member, and William F. Thorn, Member, present. Also attending were: Tim McDonald, Health Services Director; Roger Case, M.D., Health Officer; Jan Dahl, Assessment Coordinator; Carrie McLachlan, Public Health Coordinator. Marshall Bronson and Dr. Herb McDonald, Community Health Advisory Board [CHAB]; Kathy McLaughlin and Darrell Ball, and Peggy Tennant, Island County/Stanwood Community Network;

Trish Rose, Whidbey General Hospital.

CHAB APPOINTMENTS

Based on a recommendation for membership appointments as a result of recent interviews conducted by a team that included Chairman Mike Shelton, the Board by unanimous motion appointed the following:

Marie Piper, Oak Harbor Position #14 Term to March 8, 2002

Catherine Clark Smith, Freeland Position #19 Term to March 8, 2000

CHAB UPDATE

Dr. McDonald provided a summary from the July 6^th CHAB meeting chaired by Russ Meyer:

Spotlight on members featured Toni Kotschwar, Executive Director, Toddler Learning Center, reviewed the program providing early intervention services for children with delays in development from birth to age 3 in Island County.

Discussed developing a program for recognition of individuals, agencies or organizations who make outstanding contributions to health improvement in the County, with some of the methods suggested and discussed. Community Recognition Task Force was appointed: Joanna Thome; Bill Wilson; Toni Kotschwar; Roger Case.

Student members Joanna Thome and Jacob Henderson were recognized as 2/3 of a

Coupeville History Day team that won first place in the Regional and State competition,

and went on to Washington D.C. and placed 3^rd in their category [project - Grand

Coulee Dam in the category of science, technology and invention].

Debra Jaacard gave the Camano Health Advisory Team [CHAT] report, the first meeting having been held in the new building, and meeting time changed to be a dinner meeting once a month. Developed an interim board; elected Jerod Rosman as interim board chair. Camano youth imperative for fireside café project is going along great and plan a second project along the line of a Saturday youth day for Camano once a month funded by community network.

Discussed structure of CHAB and CHAB meetings, and CHAB performance.

Vision Integration Task Force appointed to continue prior work on CHAB’s vision of a healthy Island County community in the years to come, up to 2020, and to develop related topics for next retreat in October.

Kathy McLaughlin announced that CHAB student member, Alasun Schrencengost, volunteered to help with South Whidbey’s Relay for Life and put together a high school team through her church, and raised the most money of any participate in the relay, raising over $1,000 as an individual. Big Brothers – Big Sisters made their first match last week.

YOUTH & FAMILY SUMMIT PROGRESS REPORT

Jan Dahl provided copies to the Board, public and press of the newly published "Youth & Family Summit Progress Report [one year later)", funded by other community partners, the partners listed on the cover. The back of the brochure explains where this all began and why this is being done beginning 1996-97 with Community Health Assessment; Oct 1997 Priority Health Issue Identified "Supporting Our Youth"; Dec 1997 Youth & Family Coalition

formed; May 1998 Youth and Family Summit held; June 1998 ongoing work with local imperative groups. The inside of the brochure lists under each of the four local imperative

groups, the imperatives developed and activities conducted under those identified imperatives. [Copies of the Report are available from the Island County Health Department]

Ms. McLaughlin advised that because Partnership With Youth did not receive the grant they last applied for, had been concentrating on programs. PWY, Big Brothers-Big Sisters, Oak Harbor School District, Human Services of Island County and the Network joined together to apply for a grant, which was awarded: a state incentive grant $148,000 per year for three years to put a student support program in the Oak Harbor School District.

Mr. McDonald did not suggest any particular summit be every 3 to 5 years; rather that would be a "community call". What he did suggest was that the cycle of looking at the data, developing priorities, should be between a 3 and 5 year cycle.

Meeting adjourned 11:50 a.m. Next Board of Health Meeting will be held

on August 9^th at 11:15 a.m.

ISLAND COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH

Mike Shelton, Member

Wm. L. McDowell, Member

William F. Thorn, Member