Peoria County Board of Health met Nov. 13.
Here is the minutes provided by the Board:
MEMBERS PRESENT: Ms. Groves-Allison Ms. Simpson
Ms. Harant Ms. Williams
Dr. Hippler Dr. Anderson
Dr. Trachtenbarg Rev. Duren
MEMBERS ABSENT: Dr. Na’Allah Dr. Armmer
Mr. Baker
STAFF PRESENT: Monica Hendrickson, Public Health Administrator
Brian Gulley, Director of Finance
Emily Connors, Director of Human Resources
Wil Hayes, Director of Environmental Health
Nicole Ingold, Director of Strategic Performance
Melissa Hall Adamson, Director of Community Health Policy &
Planning/Assistant Administrator
Carey Panier, Assistant Director of Environmental Health
Jean Bellisario, Director of Infectious Disease
Meredith Littell, Assistant Director of Infectious Disease
Brian Johnson, Building Superintendent
Regina Haynes, Program Assistant
OTHERS PRESENT: Dr. Stephen Doughty, Medical Director
Joe Laszlo, Central Illinois Health Community Association
Waseem Taraji, DMD
Lyudmylo Alder
Fahad Dar
Holly Bill, Hult Center for Healthy Living
Item 1 – Call to Order
Meeting was called to order at 6:00 pm by Ms. Groves-Allison.
Item 2 – Pledge of Allegiance
Item 3 – Comments from the Public
There were no public comments.
Item 4 – Governance Training Module 1
The Board viewed Module 2 of the Governance in Action for Public Health.
Rev. Duren entered the meeting at 6:07 pm.
Item 5 – President’s Comments
Dr. Stephen Doughty, Medical Director, introduced himself and provided information on Metro Infectious Disease Consultants to the Board. Dr. Doughty requested a letter of support from the Board regarding hiring a J-1 visa physician; a draft letter was included in the agenda packet. A motion was made by Dr. Trachtenbarg to approve the letter of support. Motion was seconded by Ms. Harant. Motion carried (8, 0).
Ms. Groves-Allison stated that she would consolidate the Building & Grounds Committee with the Finance & Personnel Committee. She stated that this should help the committees since the number of members on the committees would increase. This change would start in January; Board members agreed with this suggestion.
Item 6 – Consent Agenda Items
A motion was made by Ms. Harant to approve the consent agenda items. Motion was seconded by Rev. Duren. Motion carried (8, 0).
Item 7 – Financial Report Summary
In the next item of business, Mr. Gulley reviewed the financial report summary. He stated that revenues are at 75% for the year and expenses are at 72% for the year.
Item 8 – Committee Reports
Ms. Harant provided a report from the Strategic Planning Committee. She stated that the Performance Management report for the third quarter was included in the agenda packet; this report is a summary and the more detailed report is available if Board members are interested in seeing that. Ms. Hendrickson discussed the status of the Infectious Disease program area goals. Ms. Ingold discussed the main areas of the 2018/2019 Performance Management Plan and stated that the Plan establishes areas of shared services or goals. Efficiency projects in each area are an example.
Item 9 – Administrator Comments
Ms. Hendrickson reviewed the State Opioid Plan and informed the Board of an opioid panel discussion on November 29th at the Morton Community Bank Clock Tower.
Ms. Hendrickson informed the Board that she obtained a great deal of information at the APHA Annual Conference; she was also a panel speaker on budget impasses. She stated that the Administrator of the DuPage County Health Department is willing to be a resource as PCCHD moves forward with budget and restructuring issues.
Ms. Hendrickson stated that Board of Health approval of the FY2018 budget will not occur until January unless a special meeting is held in December.
Item 10 – Old Business
Ms. Hendrickson reviewed the tracking log. There was discussion regarding testing water in schools for lead. Testing is being done through PDC. Mr. Hayes stated that Illinois is not going to issue requirements for schools. There was discussion regarding PCCHD obtaining lead level test results from the schools and putting those results on the Health Department website. Ms. Hendrickson stated that she and Mr. Hayes will look into how other health departments are handling this and bring this issue to the Strategic Planning Committee.
Item 11 – New Business
Ms. Hendrickson stated that IDPH may postpone implementation of the revised Illinois Food Code to January 1, 2019; however, Environmental Health would like to start the new scoring method on January 1, 2018. A motion was made by Ms. Harant to approve 2018 food inspection scoring. Motion was seconded by Dr. Hippler. Motion carried (8, 0).
A motion was made by Dr. Anderson to approve the 2018 Board of Health meeting schedule. Motion was seconded by Dr. Hippler. Motion carried (8, 0). Ms. Hendrickson requested that the Board have position statements in place. She shared with the Board the Position Statement Policy adopted Johnson County, Iowa’s Board of Health. Ms. Hendrickson stated that having position statements would allow the Board to be proactive regarding issues rather than reactive. There was discussion regarding if this would be the Board’s opinion statements or informational white papers as well as having clear documentation about why the Board takes a certain position. Ms. Hendrickson reviewed an example of a policy statement, which included the Board’s position as well as examples. There was discussion regarding if both the President and Administrator would be able to utilize position statements. The Board referred the issue of policy on position statements to the Strategic Planning Committee for further discussion.
Ms. Hendrickson reviewed a position statement on Health in All Policies, stating that this would be one of the first position statements to develop.
Item 12 – Adjournment
Being no further business, a motion was made by Rev. Duren to adjourn the meeting. Motion was seconded by Dr. Anderson. Motion carried (8, 0).
Meeting adjourned at 7:20 pm.
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