BOARD OF HEALTH MINUTES
President
Attendees: Rita Hart, Lynn Jones, George Kellner, Dr.
Kevin Ketring (late),
The minutes of
OLD BUSINESS
Food Sampling Program
Mrs. Mitrione said I put this back on the agenda because we had talked about it last month.
Mayor Webster stated they had talked about this last time and he didn’t want to re-institute the program with just three voting members present. He said to carry this over until the September meeting.
2004 Budget
Mrs. Mitrione reported that Mr. Osborn had put out a memo asking the department directors what things they would like to have put back into their budgets. Mrs. Mitrione said she didn’t have any big items but she asked for several things to be put back in, such as more money for supplies, auto repairs, the food sampling program and capital improvements.
Infrastructure Grant
Mrs. Mitrione said they have changed the guidelines for the grant for next year. She said we can only spend 10% on equipment. She thinks they are trying to get the departments to spend more on training and personnel.
Hunters Glen
Mrs. Mitrione stated that some of the programs had not been
doing too well at Hunters Glen. Pam had
suggested looking into the demographics.
Mrs. Mitrione said she got some information from Hunters Glen and there
are 25 elderly single people, 200 school age children, 50% African-American, 26
Hispanic families, 155 out of 254 are in Section 8 housing. She said perhaps the mammogram van did not go
over well because the residents are not in the age range for that. She said the
Dr. Ketring said it would be interesting to know what the turnover rate is at Hunters Glen. If it is high, it may be too difficult to accomplish anything there.
Thermometer Exchange
Mrs. Mitrione said over sixty thermometers had been exchanged so far.
NEW BUSINESS
OPHCS
Mrs. Mitrione reported this is the
HEALTH COMMISSIONER’S
REPORT
Listeria Report
Mrs. Mitrione said listeria was found in the Meals on Wheels in several counties. The meals are distributed by Miami Valley Catering, who does an internal quality control check. One of the samples came back presumptive positive for listeria. The Council on Aging alerted all the providers. The City of Cincinnati Health Department is handling this so we have not had any calls. If the people cook their meals properly, there shouldn’t be any problem.
Mrs. Mitrione said the season for West Nile Virus is upon
us. She said so far there haven’t been
any birds tested. No cases of
Best Western
Mrs. Mitrione stated that she gets a lot of complaints from an employee who wants to remain anonymous. The complainant is the wife of the previous manager who left to take a better job. Mrs. Mitrione said she had done a 15-room inspection and found five that needed mold remediation. Mrs. Mitrione said she received another complaint that the ninth floor had a lot of mold and there was water running in the walls. She said she did an inspection on the ninth floor but did not see any evidence of anything. There was some water damage in the dining area. There was an area above the waitress station that had a pan in the ceiling catching water that is running down from a main supply pipe. They say they will have to turn the water off to the whole hotel to fix that and they have gotten an estimate on a cost. Mrs. Mitrione reported that she issued a letter to Best Western to repair that in the next few weeks. She said she got another call from the complainant stating that employees had respiratory problems and wanted to know if it is mold related. Mrs. Mitrione said she called OSHA, who said there were no regulations to regulate mold. They suggested she call NIOSH. Ken Martinez, from NIOSH, said they also don’t have any regulations that control mold but he could do some moisture checks and do a visual examination. Mr. Martinez stated that if they saw mold they could do some air testing. He said it was better for the employees or union to request the testing so Mrs. Mitrione passed that message on. She said if they were reluctant to contact NIOSH, she would ask the management if NIOSH could come in and do some testing. She said it would still be our responsibility to see that that got resolved.
Food Services
Mrs. Mitrione reported that The Cooker has closed. She said McDonald’s inside WalMart is leaving.
She said WalMart will have their
own snack bar. Ci Ci’s Pizza is coming. Carabas and
Cheeseburger in
Summer Schedule
Mrs. Mitrione said the mammogram van is coming in June. The Spirit of Springdale festival will be
July 3rd and 4th. Mrs.
Mitrione said ServSafe classes are scheduled for July and there will be a
regional tabletop exercise at the
Mrs. Mitrione said the tabletop exercise is to see how they
would work under a biological crisis. She
said smallpox is the agent they are working with. She said part of the
Mrs. Mitrione reported that there are no mercury thermometers for sale in the local pharmacies.
NURSE’S REPORT
Children’s Health Fair
Ms. Messer said there were pictures from the Health Fair in the Enquirer. She said the fair was a success.
Flu Vaccine
Ms. Messer stated it is time to order the flu vaccine. She said she needs to know if we are going to charge for the vaccine and are we giving it to children.
Mayor Webster said he did not want to charge the residents for the vaccine. The board agreed that they would not charge for the vaccine and that she would give the vaccine to children.
Respectfully submitted,
Health Commissioner