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Board of Health
Minutes
Calhoun County Board of Health
Meeting Minutes
April 17, 2006
8:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
ATTENDANCE
| Board of Health |
Health Department |
| Larry Anderson |
Dottie-Kay Bowersox |
| Kathy Foerster |
John Eva |
| Byron McDonald |
Amy Latham |
| Ben Miller |
Brigette Reichenbaugh |
| Dr. Jeffrey Mitchell |
Mike Waite |
| Ken Ponds |
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| Rick Tsoumas |
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| Calhoun County |
Other |
| Jim Latham |
Bill Schroer |
| Nancy Mullett |
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| Greg Purcell |
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Anderson called the meeting to order at 8:00 a.m.
beginning with introductions. Anderson moved approval of the agenda.
Ponds moved. Mitchell supported. All in favor.
Motioned for approval of the consent agenda. McDonald
moved. Tsoumas supported. Mitchell asked for a detailed summary of
services including program start date, funding source and percentage of
budget, total dollars involved in project, detailed description of the
work, goal, timeline for goal, and funding compliance status. McDonald
requested that mandated programs be marked with an asterisk on the
financial statements. Purcell indicated that the tobacco resolution will
be on the May BOC agenda. All in favor.
Health Officer’s Report
Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Program (BCCCP):
Bowersox prefers Ingham County for the administration of the program
due to their acceptance to complete the case management and program
transfer marketing and communications. At the same time, she is not
willing to relinquish the $12,000 from the Komen Foundation for the
First Look piece of the program. Therefore, Bowersox recommends we
choose Kalamazoo for administration, the Family Health Center (FHC)
for primary screening, and CCPHD will perform the case management.
Tsoumas asked what the cost is if we do case management. Waite stated
that there is a maximum of 20 people per year that require case
management. He also indicated that we will request full case
management reimbursement ($95) rather than one-half of the
reimbursement that Kalamazoo offered. Mitchell asked for an
explanation of case management. Waite described. Mitchell asked in
doing this, will the same number of individuals will be served.
Bowersox answered yes and that all the services will be performed here
in Calhoun County by the same providers. Tsoumas asked how long our
contract with Kalamazoo will be and suggested that we have a term
contract (i.e., one year, three years, etc.) in order to review the
program and Kalamazoo’s services. McDonald asked if we losing both
account numbers 2622 (administration) and the 2634 (facilitation). All
funds will go directly to Kalamazoo. If CCPHD performs the case
management, Kalamazoo will reimburse us for that service (as indicated
above). Purcell asked what other counties arrange their services like
this: Ingham (includes seven counties [Washtenaw, Oakland, Genessee,
etc.]) and Kalamazoo Counties (includes six counties [Branch, St.
Joseph, etc.]). Purcell stated that due to State reduction in funds,
we are forced to look for other opportunities to continue to provide
the service. Mullett indicated that she will have the contract
completed in May if all the information is completed and available.
Miller stated that his concerns are the quality of service received at
the FHC. Mitchell cautioned that we not generalize. Tsoumas suggested
that FHC present to the BOH on their quality indicators.
Adolescent Health Center: Bowersox stated
that she is considering a full-time Nurse Practitioner (NP), a
full-time Program Tech, and a part-time RN Coordinator. Billing will
increase due to full-time NP.
Finance Officer’s Report
Latham recommended review of the Environmental Health budget vs.
funds.
Ponds suggested that CCPHD provide the Board with a summary of
funding pressures coming from State.
Anderson motioned for recess.
Governance Meeting began at 9:10 a.m.
McDonald is not present for the governance portion of this
meeting.
Schroer and A. Latham summarized the questionnaire.
Schroer stated that 400 questionnaires will be completed and it is
expected to take two weeks to complete. Surveys will not be done on
Sunday. The times will be 3 p.m. – 9 p.m. daily, Sat 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Tsoumas suggested presenting findings to the Regional Health Alliance
(RHA) once completed.
All in favor. Move forward.
There is a multitude of discussion regarding if the
Board of Health is a Board or an Advisory council. Foerster and
Tsoumas would like the Board of Health’s role defined and clarified.
Schroer recommended Jim Collins’ “Good to Great:
Social Sectors”.
Motion for adjournment. Miller Moved. Ponds supported. Meeting
adjourned 11:15 a.m.
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