Iron County Health Department Board Meeting Minutes

Iron County Board of Health Meeting Minutes

Monday, March 29, 2010

Iron County courthouse boardroom

Hurley WI 54534

1.      The meeting was called to order at 5:37 pm by Jim Lambert, Chairman.  Roll call taken.  Present:  Jim Lambert, Joe Salzmann, Steve Smith, Nils Olson, Paul Hagemann and Mitch Koski.  Absent:  Judy Kunath   Also present:  Terri Timmers, Northern Regional Office (NRO) Director and Jim Lawrence NRO contract administrator for Iron County.

2.      Health Officer, Zona Wick, acknowledged that the meeting was properly called and posted.

3.      Motion by Smith to approve the agenda as presented.  Second by Olson.  All ayes.  Motion carried.

4.      Motion by Koski to approve the minutes of the December 14, 2009 meeting as written.  Second by Smith.  All ayes.  Motion carried.

5.       Public comment.  None.

6.      Joe Salzmann presented the WALHDAB report.  See attached.

7.      Wick provided the board with the 2009 annual report.  No changes, additions or deletions.  Motion by Smith to approve the annual report as presented and send it to the full county board.  Second by Koski.  All ayes.  Motion carried.

8.      Review of budget as of February 28, 2010.  ARRA funds for Birth to 3 and immunizations were discussed.  The health department is on track for the year with both public health levy and grant money.  Zona and Melissa are meeting with the auditors on Wednesday, since Melissa is new to the position, to review what is required for the semi-annual reports.

9.      Jim Lawrence provided the board members with a 2 page handout on health department requirements, the 3 levels of health departments, performance based contracts and many of DPHs programs.  He talked about how contracts are negotiated and how the mid-year and end of the year reports are done.  Terri discussed voluntary accreditation of health departments.  Benefits were discussed.  Zona reported that we have most of the same grant programs as last year.  New additions include radon, Child Death Review (CDR) Team and community garden.  This year the 5 year community health improvement plan will need to be done.  We will be scheduling meetings this summer with community members.  We will also be scheduling another community meeting on special populations.  We identified the special populations in Iron County last year and now we are working with Stacy Ofstad, Emergency Manager, to develop a plan to address the needs of special populations.  This is an emergency preparedness grant requirement.

10.  Zona reported that there were 2 communicable diseases reported this quarter which included a Chlamydia and HIV/AIDS and 5 human health hazard complaints filed and investigated also.  One was a mold related complaint in an apartment, spit tobacco in the Hurley School, cat issue in Mercer, a dog bite and a hoarder in Montreal.  In February there was a norovirus outbreak at the Bessemer Plywood Plant from a restaurant in Hurley.  12 people were ill with vomiting and diarrhea.

11.  Sue Herlevi was hired part-time to fill the reproductive health position.  She has been doing a great job and the current health department staff work well together.

12.  Chairman's Report.  None.

13.  No new business.

14.  The next meeting will be June 14, 2010 at 5:30 pm.

15.  Motion by Salzmann to adjourn the meeting at 6:25 pm.  Second by Smith.  All ayes.  Motion carried.

Respectfully submitted,

Zona Wick, MS, BSN, RN

Health Officer