Meeting Minutes
Date: October 23, 2013 - Place: CHD - Health & Human Services Bldg. LDR
Classroom
Presiding: Carlos Wise MD
Attending Members: Mr. David Arrington for City Manager, William DeNamur DMD,
Ms. Yasmin Cathright, Ravindra Agarwal, MD
Absent Members: Mayor?s office, Rajinder Chhokar MD
Others Present: Beverley A. Townsend MD, Ed Saidla, Joanne Strickland, Sheila
Mayfield, Shawn Taylor, Pam Fair, 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 (September 25, 2013).
Dr. Wise asked for a motion to approve the minutes. A motion was made by Dr.
DeNamuar, seconded by Ms. Cathright and approved by all members present. None
III. Excused Absences Dr. Wise stated there is one Excused Absence for the meeting, Dr.
Chhokar. Dr. Wise asked for a motion to approve the Excused Absence. A motion was made
by Dr. DeNamur, seconded by Ms. Cathright and approved by all members present. None
IV. District Health Director?s Report Dr. Wise called on Dr. Townsend to give the
Director?s Report;
1. We are updating our agency website and would like to include a brief bio and
picture of our Board of Health members; please forward that information to Ms.
Popwell via e-mail.
2. The Partial Government shutdown definitely caused concern for public health,
as a large percentage of some programs are federally funded. A handout
provided ? directive from Commissioner Fitzgerald
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Dr. Wise ? we need an emergency fund; is it legal that we don?t spend our
budget and keep some of it?
Mr. Saidla replied ? Federal/State dollars have to be spent; prior year program
money earned in fees is required to be spent the next year. Funds the city
provides does not have to be spent in the year received; along with donations,
these can go into the reserve fund.
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V. 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 provided.
2. FY14 budget is $5,636,053, no revisions at this time.
3. Expenses are $1,207,253 - compared to this time last year we have saved
$75,322.
4. Fees collected are $374,609, which is an increase of $10,200 from same time
last year.
5. Write offs remain the same until June 2014; per Federal guidelines of every
15 months.
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VI. Program Reports
Dr. Wise asked if there were any Program Reports.
1) Sheila Mayfield, presented information on Nursing Program;
a) Thanked the board for all their support
b) Nursing staff participated in Breast Cancer Awareness this month. Staff
crafted handmade items as a fundraiser along with crafting educational
materials for the clients. All monies raised will be given to West GA Cancer
Coalition.
c) We have completed the 1st leg of the school based flu vaccine; November
will begin the 2nd doses
d) We have completed the Wal-Mart Flu clinic?s, and are tallying those
numbers. An executive from the corporate office came to Columbus. He wanted to
personally tell me how impressed they were with our staff and our approach
towards the community during the flu clinic at their various locations.
2) Pam Fair, presented information on EP, Safe Kids and Public Information;
a) PIO ? Grand Opening Press Conference is scheduled for November 15th at
11:30am for the Vital Records satellite office located by the Drivers Bureau.
b) District wide Family Planning media is currently under way
c) Shawn Taylor was interviewed yesterday on restaurant inspections, this is
scheduled to air sometime in November
d) EP ? Full Scale EP Exercise will take place Thursday, November 14th. This
is the 1st time we will operate the joint information center as part of the
exercise, to include a mock press conference. We are encouraging our RC
alliance to participate as mock reporters.
e) We did practice ?standing up? our portable hospital at the Civic Center
f) Safe Kids ? Kicked off the booster program
g) We have two (2) part time employees, Itzel Berdecia and Mona Morgan.
h) Attorney Gary Bruce will be sponsoring the Helmet distribution event again
this year, on December 20th at the library on Macon Road
i) We are still in negogations with St Francis Hospital about being a partner
and supporter of SafeKids
j) A Child Passenger Safety Technician course was taught in Columbus recently.
GTIPI came from Conyers and 12 new CPS Technicians graduated. These
individuals come from various public service agencies in and around Columbus.
3) Shawn Taylor, presented information on the Environmental Health Program;
a) Thanked the board for their support of the Health Department
b) Over 1000 facilities; consisting of restaurants, food service, tattoo
facilities, pools, hotels, motels, we only have eight that have not paid their
2014 FY fee.
c) Rules and Regulations for tourist, hotels/motels have been passed, handed
down to individual health departments. Board will receive copy in the near
future. We will need to adopt these locally.
d) West Nile Virus was not as bad as last year. Dr. Rosemary Kelly will
compile all the numbers and submit an end of year report.
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VII. Adjourned
With no further business to discuss, the meeting was adjourned by Dr. Wise. None None
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