Meeting Minutes
Date: September 24, 2014 - Place: CHD - Health & Human Services Bldg.,
District Administration Conference Room
Presiding: Carlos Wise MD
Attending Members: David Arrington for City Manager, Rajinder Chhokar MD, Ms.
Yasmin Cathright, , James Lopez, DDS
Absent Members: Mayor?s office, Ravindra Agarwal, MD
Others Present: Beverley A. Townsend, MD, Mr. Steve Gunby, Ed Saidla, Joanne
Strickland, Brenda Forman, Kristy Ludy, Carol Popwell, Secretary
Agenda Topic Discussion Decision Responsibility
I. Call to order
Dr. Wise called the Columbus Board of Health to order at 1:00pm.
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II. Approval of Minutes
Dr. Wise asked if there were any questions or comments on the previous minutes
received (August 27, 2014).
Dr. Wise asked for a motion to approve the minutes. A motion was made by Dr.
Chhokar, seconded by Ms. Cathright and approved by all members present.
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III. District Health Director?s Report
Dr. Wise called on Dr. Townsend to give the Director?s Report;
1. We continue to work with the State pertaining to restructure the Family
Planning program.
2. As for revenue, we have begun asking clients to pay a fee for services.
3. We continue to have weekly cadence calls with the State.
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IV. Financial Report
Dr. Wise called on Joanne Strickland to present the financial report to the
Board. Ms. Strickland presented the following;
1. Written copy of the financial report and overview for FY15 budget is
$5,281,396 with zero revisions.
2. Expenses were $759,971 with a savings of $90,335 from same time last year
3. Fees collected are $225,509 which is down from same time last year of
$72,601. Majority of the variance is Environmental Health and Vital Records.
4. All other program grants are on target for 2 month of operation.
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V. Excused Absence
Dr. Wise stated there is one Excused Absence for the meeting, Dr. Agarwal.
Dr. Wise asked for a motion to approve the minutes. A motion was made by Ms.
Cathright, seconded by Dr. Chhokar and approved by all members present.
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VI. New Business
Dr. Wise opened the floor for New Business. Dr. Townsend presented to the
Board;
1. The employees of Public Health have not had a raise since 2008. We would
like the Board to approve to give a one-time incentive of $750.00 to our full
time employees. Handout provided.
A motion was made by Dr. Chhokar, seconded by Ms. Wise and approved by all
members present.
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VII. Program Reports
Dr. Wise asked if there were any Program reports. Brenda Forman, WIC Nutrition
Director reported;
1. WIC State office asked that each region meet at least 97% of the set
caseload. Columbus is at 98% and Ft. Benning is at 95%.
2. WIC on Wheels (WOW) is almost ready to hit the road with the target sites of
the Housing Authority apartments.
3. We have some Program Assistants participating in the Nutrition Assistant
Training program.
Kristy Ludy, County Environmental Health Manager reported;
1. We continue to offer our ServSafe training course for mangers of food
service also owners that are interested.
2. Environmental Health staff will be participating in the Drive Thru Flu.
3. During the August inspections, one of the top 5 violations we are seeing is
- Food contact surfaces not being cleaned. We will concentrate on this during
our ServSafe classes.
4. We have received complaints from the community on Bed Bugs in our tourist
accommodations. With each complaint we visit the facility in question and
inspect.
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VIII. Adjourned
With no further business to discuss, the meeting was adjourned by Dr. Wise
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