Island County Board of Health
Monday April 21, 2003
Members Present: Commissioners: Mike Shelton, Mac McDowell, William J. Byrd;
Barbara Saugen, WGH Commissioner; Mayor Patty Cohen, Oak Harbor, Captain Donald
Jensen, MC, USN (Ex-Officio Member)
Roger
S. Case, MD, Executive Secretary to the Board.
Call to Order: Commissioner Mac McDowell
called this regular scheduled meeting of the Island County Board of Health to
order at 1:19 p.m.
Additions
to the agenda: DSHS-Alternative
Response System Services, Contract No. 0363-19396
Minutes: Commissioner Mike Shelton
moved that the minutes for the March 17, 2003 meeting be approved as written.
Commissioner William Byrd seconded. The
motion passed for the Chair to sign on behalf of the Board.
Commissioner Mac McDowell asked that the minutes for the February 10, 2003 BOH meeting be corrected on the Web page. There was some confusion as to whom called the meeting to order. Commissioner William J. Byrd made the motion that the correction could be made to the Web site. Mayor Patty Cohen seconded, and the motion passes unanimously.
There
was no Public Input or Comments.
Executive Session: Pursuant to RCW
42.30.110(I), the Board first met in Executive Session at 1:24 p.m. to confer
with legal counsel regarding agency enforcement action, and was called back
into regular session at 1:39 p.m.
Commissioner
Mike Shelton then moved that Resolution No. C-43-03, HD-04-03R – In the Matter of Enforcement of the
Sanitary Code Against Doctor Elijah Bonesteel, Tamyra Jean Bonesteel, and Myrna
Molkentine be approved. Mayor Patty Cohen seconded, and the motion passed
unanimously.
Issue: Dave Macys presented the Community Health Advisory Board (CHAB)
Activity Report. He explained that the
CHAB members had reviewed their membership roster over the past several years,
noting that Whidbey General Hospital and Naval Hospital Oak Harbor had both
regularly nominated members for CHAB. The membership committee proposed a
change in the bylaws to reflect CHAB’s wish to always have representatives from
these institutions as members. The membership then voted to amend the bylaws,
incorporating a change in Article III, Section 3 of the bylaws with the last
sentence to read as follows: “Naval Hospital Oak Harbor and Whidbey General
Hospital are each invited to nominate a representative for CHAB membership”.
(see attachment)
The
issue for the Board of Health to determine was whether these two nominees might
be appointed directly by the Board of Health, foregoing the Membership
Interview process, since the nominees will have already been selected by their
respective institutions. Following a
brief discussion led by the BoH’s Interview Team member, Commissioner Saugen,
the Board determined no interview would be necessary. In response to this
decision, Commissioner William Byrd moved that the Board directly appoint the
NHOH nominee, Lcdr Jamie Kersten, NC USN to position #5, and WGH nominee Judy
Moore to position #13. Mayor Cohen seconded the motion, and the Board
unanimously approved.
Contracts:
·
Consolidated
Contract-DOH
Contract No. C08679 Amendment 1($19,181)
·
Oral
Health Services-Mary Jane Lungren, DDS
Contract No. HD-11-02 (1) ($2,000)
Contract Amount $18,637
·
Title
XIX MSS Funds-Pacific Association For Labor Support
Contract No. HD-02-03
Contract Amount $3,000
·
Consultation
Program-Skagit/Islands Head Start
Contract No. HD-07-02 (1) ($3,450)
Contract Amount $5,000
·
Christopher
Spitters, MD-Medical Service Consultant
Contract No. HD-13-02 Business Associate Agreement
Contract Amount $1,500
·
Community
Mental Health-MSS/MCM Psychosocial Agreement
Contract No. HD-14-02 Business Associate Agreement
Contract Amount $12,000
·
Pacific
Association For Labor Support-title XIX MSS Funds
Contract No. HD-02-03 Business Associate Agreement
Contract Amount $3,000
·
Snohomish
County-HIV-AIDS-Region 3
Contract No. HD-03-03
Contract Amount $72,953
·
Department
of Ecology-Liquid Waste-Revolving Fund Loan
Contract No. L0100007 Amendment 1<$185,528.09>
Contract Amount $114,471.91
·
DSHS-Alternative
Response System Services
Contract No. 0464-29496
Contract Amount $6916
Commissioner
William Byrd moved that the above Contracts be approved. Commissioner Mike
Shelton seconded. The motion passed for the Chair to sign on behalf of the
Board.
Health Department Report: Health Services Director Tim McDonald presented the report from the Health Department. He first presented the 2002 Annual Report for Washington WIC, noting that the Washington WIC Program states, “Our mission is to improve the lifelong health and nutrition of women, infants and young children in Washington State". WIC food dollars in Island County approached a million dollars in 2002. Some of the other statistics disclosed were the following: (see attachment)
· 31.6% of the county’s WIC families are living in poverty.
· 50.3% are Military Families
· 81.5% of the families have at least one working family member
Mr. McDonald next distributed the West Nile Virus pamphlet (a Washington State Department of Heath publication) titled “Do you know-what’s biting you?” He then presented the health department’s four-point strategy to address the mosquito issue in Island County:
1. Strict enforcement of the solid waste clean-up policy to eliminate waste presenting trapped-water potential, such as white goods and old tires, in order to reduce mosquito breeding habitat.
2. He noted that the solid waste department was researching the possibility of holding a free waste turn-in day and/or a reduced fee for turning in water trapping junk/ old tires (The cost is presently $6 per tire).
3.
The
Department’s intent to hire a Public Health Coordinator to enhance the
education efforts necessary to address preeminent public health issues.
“Communication is public health’s
number one job”. Funding for this position would be taken from fund-forwarding
not used at the end of year 2001. The position would be reassessed each year
based on available funds.
4. Provision for a temporary Environmental Health Specialist II position to conduct mosquito surveillance and mapping for the County, with the tasking to run from May through October, 2003. The position will be funded from the EHAT grant, vector surveillance being one of the topics being researched by the project.
Adjourn: There being no further business, Commissioner Mac McDowell adjourned the meeting at 2:05 p.m. A scheduled Special Board of Health will reconvene at Whidbey General Hospital on Tuesday May 6, 2003 at 5:30 p.m. The next regularly scheduled Board of Health will be 19 May 2003 at the usual time and location.
Submitted:
_____________________________________________
Roger S. Case, MD, Executive
Secretary to the Board
Minutes
approved this 6th day of May 2003.
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Mac
McDowell, Chairman