 |
 Minutes Archive |
|
|
Board of Health
Minutes
CALHOUN COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH
MEETING MINUTES
DATE: February 24, 2003
Battle Creek, Michigan
PRESENT:
| Board of Health |
Jean Cook-Hughes, Vice Chairperson |
| |
Byron McDonald |
| |
Ben Miller, County Commissioner |
| |
Jeffrey R. Mitchell |
| |
George Perrett |
| |
Patricia West |
| Health Department |
Heidi Oberlin, Health Officer |
| |
Ted Havens, Environmental Health Director |
| |
Kathy Ferguson, Finance Officer |
| |
Dianna Morand, Administrative Assistant |
| |
Dr. Greg Harrington, Medical Officer |
| Calhoun County |
Greg Purcell, County Administrator |
| |
Nancy Mullett, Legal Counsel |
| Guest |
Art Cole |
- Jean Cook-Hughes called the meeting to order at 8:00 a.m. in the
Health Department Conference Room, George W. Toeller Building, 190 E.
Michigan Avenue, Battle Creek, Michigan.
- George Perrett moved to approve the Agenda. It was seconded by
Byron McDonald and approved unanimously.
- PUBLIC COMMENT - none.
- MEDICAL REPORT
Dr. Harrington indicated that we are on the tail-end of the influenza
epidemic.
He said that we will be starting the West Nile control program this
spring.
- CONSENT AGENDA
Moved by George Perrett and seconded by Jeffrey Mitchell. It was
approved unanimously.
- CLOSED SESSION - for the purpose of labor negotiations.
George Perrett moved to go into closed session at approximately 8:10.
Seconded by Byron McDonald. Approved unanimously.
The meeting was resumed at 8:30. George Perrett moved approval of the
proposed agreement with the MNA as presented in closed session. It was
seconded by Ben Miller and approved unanimously. The Agreement will be
presented to the Board of Commissioners for final ratification.
George Perrett moved approval of the proposed resolution of the
grievance with Carmen Sweezy and CCHD. It was seconded by Ben Miller and
approved unanimously.
- RESOLUTIONS:
Res. 06-2003 Approve the Agreement with Dr. Steven McCornack
for the period December 1, 2002 through March 31, 2003.
Moved by Ben Miller; seconded by Byron McDonald and approved
unanimously.
Res. 07-2003 Approve Amendment #1 to the CPBC Agreement for
the period 10/01/02 through 09/30/03.
Moved by George Perrett, seconded by Ben Miller, and approved
unanimously.
- OTHER BUSINESS
Presentation by Art Cole:
Introductions were made at this time. Art Cole explained the method
used during the retreat in order to come up with a plan for the Board of
Health. He explained that first the historic evolution of the Health
Department was reviewed in order to see what lessons can be learned from
that history.
From there the Board moved on to looking at where the Department is
at this time. And then they looked at where they would like to go in the
future. Erv Brinker??? from Summit Pointe was invited to share some of
his insights on governance. He offered some perspective by asking some
questions in terms of how the board functions, what is expected of the
executive, and what is the relationship to outcome? Mr. Cole indicated
that this was a particularly enlightening portion of the retreat. He
said there were a lot of “what ifs and how abouts and gee, we never
thought ofs.”
Art Cole emphasized that the ‘Mission Statement’ and ‘Vision’ of the
Health Department are truly what the members of the Board want of
themselves.
He then reviewed the Executive Summary of the Board Retreat. He said
that it was noted that Calhoun County is rated at the bottom 1/3 of the
state which is at the bottom 1/3 of the country by current health
indicators.
Byron McDonald expressed his concerns about making Heidi a Chief
Executive Officer. He feels that the title will not come across well to
the public. He also said that by the looks of the way budget cuts are
coming down, he feels that public health is coming down to doing the
basics. He indicated that he feels that time would be well-spent on
finding ways of bringing in more money.
- FINANCE REPORT
Kathy Ferguson indicated that as of the end of January, the Health
Department was in quite good shape with the only possible exception
being the situation with school nursing. She said that the schools are
not yet sure as to how much they are going to be cut so they have been
waiting for that information prior to doing contracts with the Health
Department. So we do not have that income in yet.
She said that we do not have any clear information ourselves from the
State. Heidi agreed that the information that we have gotten from the
State has not been given to us in a way that is understandable.
Byron McDonald inquired as to the status of the Nursing Clinic. Heidi
said that it is still a priority to keep the Clinic in the same
location. However, she said that there are a lot of requirements by the
federal government. Due to the latest budget cuts from the State, she
believes that there will be more staff moved to the Clinic. She
indicated that the question of the future of the Nursing Clinic with the
Health Department will still be pending, well into 2003.
OTHER BUSINESS (continued)
Heidi said that the Health Department has received its accreditation
certificate. Jean Cook-Hughes stated that it was quite an accomplishment
to achieve this, with commendation.
Byron McDonald inquired as to how many Spanish-speaking clients the
Health Department sees. He indicated that the Family Health Center has
received a grant for a Spanish-speaking interpreter and he wondered if
that might be something we might want to look into.
- The meeting was adjourned at 9:30 a.m.
|
Several photos included in this 
