HomeMy WebLinkAboutBoard of Health August 2 20161 Whatcom County Council
2 Board of Health
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4 August 2, 2016
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6 CALL TO ORDER
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8 Council Chair Barry Buchanan called the meeting to order at 10:30 a.m. in the
9 County Council Chambers, 311 Grand Avenue, Bellingham, Washington.
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12 ROLL CALL
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14 Present: Barbara Brenner, Carl Weimer, Barry Buchanan, Satpal Sidhu, and
15 Todd Donovan
16 Absent: Ken Mann and Rud Browne
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19 1. PUBLIC SESSION
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21 No one spoke.
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23 2. DIRECTOR /HEALTH OFFICER REPORT
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25 Regina Delahunt, Health Department Director, updated the Board on the budget
26 process. There will not be many major changes. Highlights include reduced funding for the
27 Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Program due to fewer clients and redirected general
28 fund dollars to support other child and family health areas; two service requests for new
29 staff, and; increases in environmental health fees. Also, the Health Department met with
30 Senator Patty Murray regarding the Comprehensive Addiction Recovery Act (CARA).
31 Funding may be considered at the next session. Last, the needle exchange program
32 continues to grow.
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34 She answered questions on the reasons for the reduced number of WIC clients, the
35 percentage of people who are seeking addiction recovery services, odor issues at the State
36 Street building, what is a water availability form, and the drug that works to reverse a drug
37 overdose.
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39 Greg Stern, Public Health Officer, answered questions about the drug used to reverse
40 a drug overdose. He updated the Board and answered questions on the Zika virus.
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42 3. PUBLIC HEALTH ADVISORY BOARD (PHAB) UPDATE
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44 Ben Schultz, Public Health Advisory Board Chair, updated the Board about the
45 upcoming vapor cigarette ordinance and the Public Health Advisory Board direction on
46 maternal and children services in the next few months.
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48 4. FOUNDATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES (FPHS)
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50 Regina Delahunt, Health Department Director, submitted and read from a
51 presentation (on file). They need staff to look at the data gathered from programs to make
52 sure the programs are making an impact to the community. She answered questions about
53 how behavioral health and mental health fit within foundational public health services;
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benchmarks for performance management; advocating for State funding; types and amount
of local environmental health fees; and screening immigrants for tuberculosis (TB).
S. PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
Erika Neurenberg, Health Department, referenced and read from her presentation in
the Board packet (on file) and answered questions about grocery store inspections; how
much a food inspection generally costs, and; the difficulty of determining benchmarks and
performance measures.
Regina Delahunt, Health Department Director, also answered questions on the cost
of restaurant inspection fees and the difficulty of determining benchmarks and performance
measures.
Councilmembers discussed incentive and reward programs for the food safety
program.
ADJOURN
The meeting adjourned at 11:59
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WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON
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