Regular Session - Monday,
October 16, 2006
Members
Present: Commissioners: Wm. L. McDowell, Mike Shelton, William J.
Byrd; Barbara Saugen, WGH Commissioner; Patty Cohen, Mayor of Oak Harbor;
Captain Colin Chinn, Medical Corps, U.S. Navy, Ex-Officio Member; Roger S.
Case, MD, Executive Secretary to the Board.
Members
Absent: No members were absent
Call
to Order: Commissioner Mac McDowell called this Regular
Session of the Island County Board of Health to order at 1:18 p.m.
Additions
or Changes to the Agenda: There were
no changes or additions to the agenda.
Minutes: Commissioner Bill Byrd moved that the minutes
for the September 18, 2006 meeting be approved as written. Barbara Saugen seconded and the motion passed
for the Chair to sign on behalf of the Board.
Old
Business:
Steven
Ivascenko Appeal (Continued from March 20, 2006): Tim McDonald, Health Services Director,
advised the Board that the Health Department had accepted a redesign on the
Ivascenko property. Since Mr. Ivascenko
was originally appealing a denial and the Health Department has now approved a
redesign, the Health Department recommends that the Board take action and deny
the original appeal. Commissioner Mike
Shelton moved that the Board deny the appeal.
Mayor Cohen seconded and the motion passed unanimously.
New Business:
Contracts:
Contract No. HD-24-06
Contract Amount:
$ 37,500
Commissioner Shelton moved that Contract HD-24-06 be
approved as presented. Commissioner Byrd
seconded and the motion passed unanimously.
Contract No. C13034,
Amendment No. 13
Contract Amount: $1,133,899
Amendment Amount: $ 39,417
Barbara Saugen moved that Contract No. C13034,
Amendment No. 13 be approved as presented.
Mayor Cohen seconded and the motion passed unanimously.
3.
DSHS – Family Planning
Contract No. 0663-97795
Contract Amount: $
202,925
Commissioner Shelton moved that Contract No.
0663-97795 be approved as presented.
Commissioner Byrd seconded and the motion passed unanimously.
Board
of Health – Minutes of October 16, 2006
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2
Health
Department Report:
Tim McDonald, Health Services Director, advised that the
Department of Health was issuing a press release informing the public that a
crow collected in
Mr. McDonald reminded the Board of Commissioner
McDowell’s invitation to attend the Walkability Forum sponsored by the
Environmental Health Assessment Team on October 27, 2006 from 8:00 a.m. through
10:00 a.m. at the Coupeville Recreation Hall.
EHAT’s two areas of concentration are illegal dumping and walkability in
Mr. McDonald noted that Dave Thomason was in the
audience. Mr. Thomason advised the Board
that CHAB’s request for funding for the Children’s Commission had been
presented to the Board of County Commissioners. Mr. Thomason further advised that he has had
favorable discussions with local cities regarding participation in funding the
Children’s Commission. Both Coupeville
and Langley are currently considering the issue. Mayor Cohen commented that
Mr. McDonald distributed a Whidbey News Times
article titled “Food & Schmooze” to the Board which highlights a senior
support group organized by the Health Department’s Human Services section. He noted that it was an excellent program to
socialize or re-socialize seniors.
The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey
(BRFSS) telephone survey is sponsored by the Health Department to measure the
health status information of
Public
Input or Comments: There was no public input or
public comment.
Adjourn: There being no further business, Commissioner McDowell
adjourned the meeting at 1:46 p.m. The
next Board of Health will be a Regular Meeting held on November 20, 2006.
Submitted:_______________________________________________
Roger S. Case, MD, Executive
Secretary to the Board
Minutes
approved this 20th day of November 2006
_______________________________________________
Wm. L. McDowell, Board Chair