MINUTES
Lawrence-Douglas County Health Board
CALL TO ORDER
The monthly meeting of the Lawrence-Douglas County Health Board was held Monday,
May 16, 2005. Chair Donna Bell called the meeting to order.
MINUTES
Tom Liebl moved that the April Health Board minutes be approved. Carl McElwee provided the second and the motion passed.
CHILD CARE LICENSING & REGISTRATION PROGRAM PRESENTATION
Tina Ferguson, Child Care Licensing Coordinator, reviewed the Child Care Licensing & Registration Program for the Board.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
2006 Budget Update
Chair Donna Bell and Kay Kent met with Craig Weinaug, County Administrator, on Tuesday, May 3rd to review the recommended 2006 Health Department budget. Kay and Donna will be presenting the recommended Health Department budget to the City Commissioners May 17th.
Ad hoc committee for Douglas County Sanitary Code revision
Acting in his capacity as Vice-Chair of the Local Environmental Protection Program Ad Hoc Technical Committee, Carl McElwee reported that the Ad Hoc committee had met four times since its inception and reviewed various materials related to the concept of cluster subdivisions. The consensus of the Committee was that their work was complete until the Douglas County Commission issued new regulations allowing cluster subdivisions development.
The Board agreed by consensus to suspend committee activities while the Douglas County Board of County Commissioners and Planning Department continue to investigate options related to the concept of cluster subdivision development. At the time that the Douglas County Commission promulgates rules and regulations allowing cluster-type development to come into play, the Health Board would consider reactivating the committee. The Board agreed that the Chair would send out a letter to committee members thanking them for their service and asking if they are interested in continuing to participate on the committee should the need arise.
ACTIVITY AND FINANCIAL/VOUCHER REPORTS
Tom Liebl moved that the Board accept the financial and activity reports for April. Carl McElwee provided the second and the motion passed.
Director’s Report
1. Dawn Stocks accepted the position of Breastfeeding Peer Counselor for the WIC program, effective May 11, 2005.
2. Cori Green accepted the position of Public Health Nurse and will begin May 23, 2005.
3. Marla Brandon, Director of Administrative Services, resigned effective May 27, 2005. Advertising for that position has begun.
4. Kay informed the Board that she and Nancy Jorn, Director of MCH Field Services, have been invited to attend a Kansas Health Foundation Leadership Institute to be held June 9th and 10th in Wichita.
5. Kay reported that the Kansas Association of Counties will be having an Isolation and Quarantine teleconference training for local officials May 31st.
6. Kay reported to the Board that the Health Department will be hosting a meeting May 26th at the Community Health Facility. The meeting will involve representatives from KDHE and all Kansas counties who held Flu-X exercises in 2004. The focus of the meeting will be to discuss the use of Incident Command Structure.
7. Kay presented a proposal to secure a credit card for the Health Department. She outlined the agency policy that will be established to manage the use of the credit card.
Other New Business
1. Kay informed the Board that effective August 1, 2005 the University of Kansas will require all students starting residence in KU Department of Student Housing residence halls, scholarship halls and Jayhawker Towers to receive the meningitis vaccination. All students starting residence in University-owned group housing must either provide written documentation of immunization or sign a waiver to indicate they have been informed about the disease and vaccine and have chosen not to be immunized.
In response to the new policy Kay stated that the Health Department will offer the meningitis vaccine for the affected students but will require mandatory payment to cover vaccine and administrative costs.
2. The Board signed a letter for Eve Weeth congratulating her for her 5 years with the Health Department.
3. The next Health Board meeting is scheduled for Monday, June 20, 2005.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned on a motion by Carl McElwee and a second by Tom Liebl.
Respectfully submitted,
Kay Kent
Secretary
Present: Donna Bell
Tom Liebl
Carl McElwee
Ex Officio: Kay Kent
Other: Marla Brandon
Tina Ferguson
Paul Geisler
Charlotte Marthaler
Sheryl Tirol
Richard Ziesenis