BOARD OF HEALTH MINUTES
President Pro Temp George Kellner
called the Board of Health to order on
Attendees: Rita Hart, Lynn Jones, George Kellner, Dr. Kevin Ketring, Pam Willis,
The minutes of
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Tobacco-Free Worksite Mini-Grant Update
Mrs. Mitrione reported that
Six Star Honor Award Program
Mrs. Mitrione said for the restaurant award program Jackie O’Connell developed a certificate that can be printed in-house. A cling on sticker can also be printed.
Public Health Sanitarian Position
Mrs. Mitrione stated a full-time sanitarian position has been created and she hopes to have it filled by the middle or end of March.
Annual Report
Mrs. Mitrione said she is currently working on the annual
report and it will be included in next month’s packet.
HEALTH COMMISSIONER’S
REPORT
Mammogram Van Update
Mrs. Mitrione reported that there were fifteen participants for mammograms in January. The van is scheduled again for July.
Miscellaneous
Mrs. Mitrione stated she heard that Benihana’s
has had renovations. Cold Stone Creamery
is closed and BJ’s Brewhouse
has opened.
NURSE’S REPORT
Mrs. Hicks reported that the Children’s Health Fair will be held April 3.
Communicable Disease Report
Mrs. Hicks said I included the communicable disease report in the packets just to give you an idea of what is going on.
Hepatitis C
Mrs. Hicks stated ODH called about a Hepatitis C program. She said Hepatitis C is a prevalent disease that health departments don’t do much about. They hope to get more information out to individuals who have Hepatitis C and educate them on how to care for themselves.
Flu Activity
Mrs. Hicks said some of the flu we are seeing is the one that the vaccine provides protection from and some of it is a different strain.
Mrs. Hicks said ODH is not ordering as much flu vaccine for
next year as they did last year. She
said they still don’t know if they can get it from the State for 50 cents a
dose or not. Mrs. Hicks said
Dr. Webb said the flu activity has been reduced the last
couple of weeks. He said before that
they had been doing ten to fifteen cultures a weeks.
Respectfully submitted,
Health Commissioner