MINUTES
Lawrence-Douglas
County Health Board
February 18, 2008
CALL TO
ORDER
The monthly meeting of
the Lawrence-Douglas County Health Board was held Monday,
February 18, 2008. Chair Donna Bell called the meeting to order.
CONSENT
AGENDA
The Health Board Minutes
of January 28, 2008 and the January 2008 Monthly Financials were pulled from
the Consent Agenda by Donna Bell, Chair.
As part of the Consent
Agenda the January 28, 2008, Monthly Activity Reports were approved on a motion
by Gerald Pees. Alan Cowles provided a
second and the motion passed.
MINUTES
Alan Cowles moved that
the Health Board approve revising the January 28, 2008 Minutes on the first
page under “Unfinished Business” and under
“At-Will Employment Language” to read, “Karen Shumate provided the
second and the motion passed with Alan Cowles dissenting.”
FINANCIAL REPORTS
The January 2008
Financial Reports were presented in the new format that was previously
approved. After discussion, Gerald Pees made a motion
to approve the 2008 Monthly
Financial Reports. Alan Cowles provided the second and the
motion passed.
200 OFFICE:
785/843-3060 FAX:
785/843-3161 CLINIC:
785/843-0721 FAX:
785/843-2930
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
There was no unfinished
business.
NEW BUSINESS
Revisions to
Richard Ziesenis,
Director of Environmental Health, presented the Health Board with an Executive
Summary for 2008 Sanitary Code Revisions.
Richard reported the primary purpose of revising the Douglas County
Sanitary Code is in response to the enactment of the new Lawrence-Douglas
County Subdivision Regulations. The
proposed revisions enable the Douglas County Sanitary Code to be in
compliance and be consistent with the new subdivision regulations.
Richard stated that
revisions have been divided into three separate categories:
1)
Revisions
related to being in compliance with the new Lawrence-Douglas County Subdivision
Regulations;
2)
Revisions
related to being in compliance with the Kansas Department of Health and
Environment (KDHE) (Bulletin 4-2) regulations which have been in effect since
2002; and,
3)
Revisions
related to technical, editorial, and clarification revisions being requested by
the Environment Health staff to enable our code to be more comprehensive and
more explicit.
After discussion, it was
decided the Board would further review the details of the Douglas County
Sanitary Code revisions and this
item would go on the Agenda for March 2008.
Employee Manual Revisions
Health Board Member Replacement
Health
Board members are limited to serving two three-year terms. Carl McElwee’s second term expires on March
31, 2008. Board recommendations of
possible appointees will be forwarded to the
National Association of County and City Health
Officials Grant Letter of Support
DIRECTOR’S REPORT
1.
As part of
the Strategic Plan,
2.
Dan
Partridge provided the Board with an update on the Kay Kent Excellence in
Public Health Service Award. The final
recommendations will be presented to the Health Board at the March 2008 Health
Board meeting.
3.
Lisa Horn,
Communications Coordinator, presented commercials from the “Talk to the Fifth
Guy” ad campaign that will be airing on Sunflower Broadband from now until the
end of March.
4.
Jennie
Henault, Director of Administrative Services, presented new bank account
signature cards for Operating, Board Designated Reserve, Kay Kent Excellence in
Public Health Service Award and Funded Depreciation.
5.
Dan
Partridge reported Ginger Salmans has been promoted from Clinic/Office
Assistant to Child Care Licensing Surveyor effective February 25, 2008. Jaclyn Gifford has been promoted from
Secretary I to Information Technology Specialist effective March 1, 2008. Nicole Reynolds, Accountant, has submitted
her resignation effective February 20, 2008.
We will bring in a temporary person to help until the Accountant
position is filled. We are currently
interviewing for Clinic/Office Assistant, Secretary I and Accountant positions.
6.
Review of 2008
Performance Goals was deferred until the March 2008 meeting.
OTHER NEW BUSINESS
1.
The Board
signed a Letter of Recognition for Kim Ens congratulating her on 15 years of
service.
2.
The next regularly
scheduled Health Board meeting will be Monday, March 17, 2008.
ADJOURNMENT
The
meeting was adjourned on a motion by Gerald Pees and a second by Karen Shumate.
Respectfully submitted,
Dan Partridge,
Secretary
Present: Donna Bell
Alan Cowles
Carl McElwee
Gerald Pees
Karen Shumate
Ex Officio: Dan Partridge
Other: Jennie Henault
Colleen Hill
Lisa Horn
Charlotte Marthaler
Richard Ziesenis