The regular meeting of the Columbus Board of Health was held in the
Administration Conference Room of the Health and Human Services Center on
Wednesday, April 25, 2007, at 1:00 P.M.
MEMBERS PRESENT:
James H. Sullivan, M.D.
Mrs. Brenda Dozier
Banks H. Carroll, M. D.
MEMBERS ABSENT:
Jim Wetherington, Mayor
Isaiah Hugley, City Manager
Howard Willis, M.D.
James A. Lawrence, D.D.S.
OTHERS PRESENT:
Judy Thomas, Assistant to the Mayor
Zsolt Koppanyi, M.D.
Margaret Gosden
Pam Middleton
LaQuita Rogers
Karon Bush
Pam Fair
Jackie Miller
Dr. Sullivan called the meeting to order and asked for a motion to approve the
minutes of the last meeting. A motion was made by Ms. Dozier, seconded by Dr.
Carroll and approved by those members present.
Dr. Sullivan state there was two Excused Absences for this meeting. Dr. Willis
is out of town and Dr. Lawrence is out of town. Dr. Sullivan asked for a motion
to accept these Excused Absences. A motion was made by Dr. Carroll, seconded by
Ms. Dozier and approved by those members present.
Dr. Sullivan stated there is no Old Business/Action List to be discussed.
Dr. Sullivan asked for any New Business. It was stated that Jackie Miller is to
receive a Service Award for 30 years.
Dr. Sullivan stated there was one equipment purchase requiring approval. Ms.
Gosden stated that the health department owns a XRF Machine used to test for
lead. The current unit is ten years old. The State has offered to purchase a
new unit and has sent an allocation in amount of the purchase for the machine.
The cost is $20,500.00. The current machine will be passed to a District that
does perform the volume of evaluations recorded annually in our health
department. There is a contract in place with the City of Columbus/Housing
Authority to perform their lead evaluation work. The current machine needs to
be replaced due to age, wear and reliability issues. Ms. Gosden asked for a
positive vote from the Board members that were present stating that the machine
will not be funded by any local sources. Dr. Sullivan asked for a motion to
purchase a new XRF Machine. Ms. Dozier made a motion to purchase a new machine,
Dr. Carroll seconded the motion and it was approved by those members present.
(There is no quorum of Board Members and Ms. Middleton will send a letter
asking for approval from those members not present.)
Dr. Sullivan asked Dr. Koppanyi for the Director?s Comments. Dr. Koppanyi
stated that the meeting in Atlanta with the Health Directors was very
interesting. In the meeting, the Commissioner stated that she would like to
change the Grant-in-Aid allocation within two years. She basically would ask
for $5M dollars from the Legislature to help to equalize some of the counties
experiencing recent shifts in population. The only variables to be considered
would be poverty and population. Under this plan, our health departments would
be losing serious monies. A lengthy discussion ensued. The District Health
Directors are very concerned and very upset about this proposal.
Dr. Sullivan called on Pam Middleton to present the financial report to the
Board.
Dr. Sullivan called on Pam Fair, Safe Kids for the presentation to the Board.
Dr. Sullivan asked if there was any other business to discuss. There being one,
the meeting was adjourned.
Respectfully submitted:
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Pam Middleton, Secretary
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