Island
County Board of Health
Monday,
December 20, 2004
Members Present: Commissioners: Mike
Shelton, Mac McDowell, William J. Byrd; Members: Barbara Saugen, WGH Commissioner; Roger S. Case, MD, Executive Secretary
to the Board.
Absent: Member: Mayor Patty Cohen,
Oak Harbor; Ex-Officio Member: Captain
Susan B. Herrold, Commanding Officer of Naval Hospital Oak Harbor.
Call to Order: Commissioner Bill Byrd called this regularly scheduled session of
the Island County Board of Health to order at 1:18 p.m.
Agenda: Reschedule of the January 17, 2005 and February 21, 2005 meetings
due to holiday conflict. Mike Shelton
moved that the Board schedule Special Board of Health meetings on January 10,
2005 and February 7, 2005 in lieu of the Regular meeting dates. Mac McDowell seconded and the Board
unanimously passed the motion.
Minutes: Commissioner Mac McDowell moved that the minutes for the November
15, 2004 meeting be approved as written.
Commissioner Mike Shelton seconded.
Commissioner Saugen noted that she had been absent at that meeting and
could not have seconded a motion attributed to her. Commissioner McDowell
acknowledged that indeed he had seconded the motion in question, and moved to
make that correction to the minutes. The amended motion then passed for the
Chair to sign on behalf of the Board.
New Business: The Board unanimously appointed Mike Shelton as the
Chair for 2005.
Contracts:
Christopher
Spitters, MD Medical Consultation
Contract
No. HD-13-02, Amendment No. 3
Contract
Amount: $15,000
Amendment
Amount: $10,500
Commissioner Mike Shelton moved that Christopher
Spitters, MD/Medical Consultation Contract No. HD-13-02, Amendment No. 3 be
approved. Barbara Saugen seconded. The motion passed for the Chair to sign on
behalf of the Board.
Snohomish
Health District Region 3 AIDS
Contract
No. HD-03-04, Amendment No. 1
Contract
Amount: $69,905
Amendment
Amount: $ -0-
Commissioner Mike Shelton moved that Snohomish
Health District Contract HD-03-04, Amendment No. 1 be approved. Mac McDowell seconded. The motion passed for the Chair to sign on
behalf of the Board.
DOH
Consolidated Contract (2003-2004)
Contract
No. C08679, Amendment No. 14
Contract
Amount: $1,064,751
Amendment
Amount: $ 6,170
Commissioner Mike Shelton moved that
Consolidated Contract No. C08679, Amendment
No. 14 be approved. Barbara Saugen seconded. The motion passed for the Chair to sign on
behalf of the Board.
Minutes 12/20/04 Board of
Health
Page 2
DOH
Consolidated Contract (2005-2006)
Contract
No. C13034
Contract
Amount: $453,771
Commissioner Mike Shelton moved that
the Consolidated Contract No. C13034 be
approved. Mac McDowell seconded.
The motion passed for the Chair to sign on behalf of
the Board.
DSHS
Medicaid Administrative Match
Contract
No. 0063-42385, Amendment No. 5
Contract
Amount: $414,508.57
Amendment
Amount: $250,000.00
Commissioner Mike Shelton moved that
the DSHS Contract No. 0063-42385, Amendment
No. 5 be approved. Barbara Saugen seconded. The motion passed for the Chair to sign on
behalf of the Board.
DSHS
Medicaid Administrative Match
Contract
No. 0063-42385, Amendment No. 6
Contract
Amount: $594,508.57
Amendment
Amount: $180,000.00
Commissioner Mike Shelton moved that
the DSHS Contract No. 0063-42385, Amendment
No. 6 be approved. Barbara Saugen seconded. The motion passed for the Chair to sign on
behalf of the Board.
Margaret
Griswold Registered Dietician/Camano
Contract
No. HD-09-04, Amendment No. 1
Contract
Amount: $3,000 (not to exceed)
Amendment
Amount: $2,400
Commissioner Mike Shelton moved that
the Margaret Griswold Contract No. HD-09-04,
Amendment No. 1 be approved. Barbara Saugen seconded. The motion passed for the Chair
to sign on behalf of the Board.
Report from the Health
Department:
Health
Services Director Tim McDonald recounted that the flu vaccine shortage was due
to Chiron having not supplied the market with the anticipated doses ordered
through them. He then advised the Board regarding the doses that the Health
Department had received and distributed to date, and that with the vaccine now
being more available, age eligibility was reduced in Island County on December
13th to individuals 50 years and older. The Health Department has
held 4 special flu vaccination clinics and is now resuming its normal
immunization clinic schedule. Flu vaccine will be available at these clinics
for as long as vaccine supplies last.
Mr.
McDonald noted the very good attendance at the Department of Health On-Site
Workshops held on December 14 and December 17, 2004.
Minutes 12/20/04 Board of
Health
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Mr.
McDonald informed the Board that corrosive water is the cause of elevated lead
levels in the water of the South Whidbey School District schools. He lauded the
School District officials for their having promptly taken interim measures to
reduce all threat of lead exposure at their facilities, and for their
having forthrightly addressed the issue
with the local citizenry. He noted that the South Whidbey School District has
put all 5 of their schools on the same sampling schedule, and is seeking an
appropriate long-term solution to reduce lead-levels to below action levels,
but that this will probably take several months. Meanwhile, bottled water is
being provided for all drinking and cooking at these facilities.
Public Input or Comments:
David
Macys, Oak Harbor, asked for the Board of Healths recommendations on what they
would find useful in future Community Health Advisory Board (CHAB) reports.
Adjourn:
There
being no further business, Commissioner Byrd adjourned the meeting at 1:55
p.m. The next meeting of the Board will
be a Special Board of Health on January 10, 2005.
Submitted:_[signed
by ] Roger S. Case, MD, Executive Secretary to the Board
Minutes
approved this 10th day of January 2005.
[signed
by] Mike Shelton, Chairman