Island County Board of Health

Special Session - Monday, January 9, 2006

Minutes

Members Present: Commissioners: Mike Shelton, William J. Byrd and Mac McDowell; Barbara Saugen, WGH Commissioner; Patty Cohen, Mayor of Oak Harbor; Captain Susan B. Herrold, Commanding Officer of Naval Hospital Oak Harbor, Ex Officio Member; Roger S. Case, MD, Executive Secretary to the Board.

Call to Order: Chairman Mac McDowell called this Special Session of the Island County Board of Health to order at 1:15 p.m.

Agenda: As this was a Special Session, there were no additions or changes to the agenda.

Minutes: Commissioner Shelton moved that the minutes for the December 19, 2005 meeting be approved. Commissioner Byrd seconded and the motion passed for the Chair to sign on behalf of the Board.

New Business:

CHAB Nomination:

Barbara Saugen presented Camano community member Duane Gimbel’s application to the Board and recommended his appointment to serve on the Community Health Advisory Board (CHAB) to fill Camano Position 17. Mayor Cohen moved that Duane Gimbel be appointed to Position 17 of the CHAB. Barbara Saugen seconded the motion and it passed unanimously.

Contracts:

  1. Department of Health – Consolidated Contract

    2. Contract No. C13034, Amendment No. 6

    Contract Amount: $948,659

    Amendment Amount: $139,588

  2. Compass Health – Shared Receptionist/Camano Health Care Center

    3. Contract No. HD-05-06

    Contract Amount: $ 6,000

  3. DSHS – Alternative Response System Services (ARS) and

    4. Early Intervention Program (EIP)

    Contract No. 0663-89030

    Contract Amount: $ 17,632

  4. Roger Case, MD – Health Officer

    5. Contract No. HD-06-06

    Contract Amount: $ 92,400

  5. Dept. of Community, Trade & Economic Development –

Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)/Imminent Threat

Contract No. 05-64005-065

Contract Amount: $ 24,000

 

 

 

Board of Health – Minutes of January 9, 2006

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  1. DSHS – County Agreement on General Terms and Conditions

    2. Contract No. 0683-88552

    Contract Amount: $ -0-

  2. DSHS – Foster Care Passport

Contract No. 0663-89162

Contract Amount: $ 10,208

The contracts were presented as a group. Commissioner Shelton moved that all of the contracts be approved as presented. Commissioner Byrd seconded and the motion carried unanimously.

Health Department Report:

Tim McDonald, Health Services Director, updated the Board on tracking communicable diseases in Island County. He informed the Board that the numbers of cases reported as confirmed by the lab reflect only a percentage of the cases worked or investigated to confirm or eliminate concern for various exposures. The confirmed cases represent thousands of investigations that go on throughout the year. Commissioner Shelton discussed current Federal funding strategies and the dedication of funding for planning for emergencies such as preparing for pandemic flu versus the application of those funds for ongoing communicable disease programs. Mr. McDonald noted that as part of emergency preparation, Dr. Case, Health Officer, and Dave Jamieson, Island County Chief Civil Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, both attended a seminar on quarantines to be prepared should the need ever arise. In the main, the Island County Health Department supports ongoing disease/communicable disease surveillance. The capacity to accomplish that is same whether dealing with natural disease surveillance or the case of a terrorist event.

Public Input or Comments: As this was a Special Session, there was no public input or public comments.

Adjourn: There being no further business, Commissioner Shelton adjourned the meeting at 1:53 p.m. Due to a conflict with a federal holiday, the next Board of Health will be a Special Session held on February 13, 2006.

 

 

Submitted:_______________________________________________

Roger S. Case, MD, Executive Secretary to the Board

 

Minutes approved this 13th day of February 2006

ISLAND COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH

 

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Wm. L. McDowell, Board Chair