Columbus, Georgia

Georgia's First Consolidated Government

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Columbus, Georgia, 31902-1340
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Council Members

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:



________________________________

Pam Middleton, Secretary

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