Grundy County Board of Health met April 17.
Here is the minutes provided by the board:
I. Call to Order
| Attendee Name | Title | Status |
| Dick Joyce | Board of Health member | Present |
| Ann Marie Struck | Board of Health member | Present |
| Joan Harrop | Board of Health President | Present |
| Leticia Setrini-Best | Board of Health Secretary | Present |
| Larry Johnson | Board of Health member | Absent |
| Dana Howd | Board of Health member | Present |
| Lana Phillips | Board Member | Absent |
| Dean Marketti | Board of Health Vice President | Present |
II. Public Portion
none
III. Approval of Agenda**
1. Motion to approve the April 17, 2019 Board of Health agenda as presented.
RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Dean Marketti, Board of Health Vice President
SECONDER: Ann Marie Struck, Board of Health member
AYES: Joyce, Struck, Harrop, Setrini-Best, Howd, Marketti
ABSENT: Johnson, Phillips
IV. Approval of BOH minutes**
1. Board of Health - Special Meeting - Mar 1, 2019 7:00 AM
The Board of Health minutes from March 1, 2019 were approved as presented.
RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Dick Joyce, Board of Health member
SECONDER: Dana Howd, Board of Health member
AYES: Joyce, Struck, Harrop, Setrini-Best, Howd, Marketti
ABSENT: Johnson, Phillips
2. Board of Health - Regular Meeting - Mar 20, 2019 6:30 PM
The Board of Health minutes from March 20, 2019 were approved as presented.
RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Dick Joyce, Board of Health member
SECONDER: Dana Howd, Board of Health member
AYES: Joyce, Struck, Harrop, Setrini-Best, Howd, Marketti
ABSENT: Johnson, Phillips
V. Health Department Operations Report
1. Health Department Operations Report
Administration: Working on submitting State FY2020 grant proposals (most are due in April or May); Preparing for County FY2020 budget submission; evaluating current processes related to employee and client communication; evaluating health department committees structure and purpose of initiatives.
Outreach and Education: Youth Mental Health First Aid training was provided for 15 staff at Minooka School District; presentation at Coal City Junior H.S. on vaping, e-cigarettes, and juuling; garden box clean up scheduled for May 10th; 2nd Annual ANYBody 5K registration is open.
Finance: Budgeted Subsidy- $355,256. YTD Actual: $331,954. Behavioral health billing not submitted due to learning new Electronic Health Records system billing processes and IDOA behind in issuing payments. At 33% the way through the year Revenue is at 10.52% and Expenses are at 31.33%. Seniors: Currently staffed with 2 fulltime and 1 part-time employee. Contractual staff is being used to cover staffing shortage; Older Americans Month will be celebrated May 15th from 12pm - 3pm at the Administration Building.
Nursing: Discussion was held on the emerging multidrug-resistant fungus called Candida auris that is causing healthcare associated infections around the world, including the U.S. and Illinois. There are zero cases in Illinois. Reviewed were the number of reported cases for: Campylobacterial (1), Chlamydia (4), Gonorrhea (3), Hep C (1), Influenza (8), Salmonella (2).
Behavioral Health: Adding additional psychiatric services, tentatively starting on April 26th and seeing clients age 13 and up; working with J. Thomas and Morris Hospital on a community behavioral health initiatives; staff member has taken the DUI Evaluation class so we will be able to start completing DUI Evaluations/Services; Saratoga School is interested in providing "in school therapy" for students beginning this fall; researching what it means to be a "Trauma-Informed Health Department", learning more on adverse childhood experiences.
Environmental Health: staff attended an On-Site Wastewater Workshop which is required by the Local Health Protection Grant for the Private Sewage Disposal program; hosted the second Certified Food Protection Managers Course in 2019; presented information about temporary food requirements (for non-profit groups) at an Outdoor Events Workshop; reviewed were program statistic comparing to 2018.
Public Health Emergency Preparedness: the Multi-Year Training and Exercise Plan was completed on March 8th and submitted to the Illinois Department of Public Health; to meet out grant deliverables, a through-put drill on dispensing and screening was conducted within the health department. In 40 minutes 953 forms were processed providing medication to 2017 people.
RESULT: ACCEPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Ann Marie Struck, Board of Health member
SECONDER: Dean Marketti, Board of Health Vice President
AYES: Joyce, Struck, Harrop, Setrini-Best, Howd, Marketti
ABSENT: Johnson, Phillips
VI. Financial Report
1. Financial Report FY19 March
The Board of Health reviewed the financial report. M. Pruim stated we are slow in getting revenue in due to learning the billing and submitting billing through the new Electronic Records system. We are also waiting for payments from IDOA. As of the end of March, we have used 93% of our budgeted subsidy of 331,954.05. As we start receiving payments this amount will decrease.
RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Dean Marketti, Board of Health Vice President
SECONDER: Dana Howd, Board of Health member
AYES: Joyce, Struck, Harrop, Setrini-Best, Howd, Marketti
ABSENT: Johnson, Phillips
VII.
1. Motion to approve the April Claims as submitted.
RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Dick Joyce, Board of Health member
SECONDER: Ann Marie Struck, Board of Health member
AYES: Joyce, Struck, Harrop, Setrini-Best, Howd, Marketti
ABSENT: Johnson, Phillips
VIII. OldBusiness
none
IX. New Business
none
X. Other
none
A. Executive Session
XI. Action as Result of Executive Session
XII. Adjournment
1. Motion to adjourn the April 17, 2017 Board of Health meeting.
The April 17, 2017 Board of Health meeting was adjourned at 7:07pm. The recording was stopped.
RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Dick Joyce, Board of Health member
SECONDER: Ann Marie Struck, Board of Health member
AYES: Joyce, Struck, Harrop, Setrini-Best, Howd, Marketti
ABSENT: Johnson, Phillips
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