2019-06-20-minutes-board-of-health

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Board of Health Minutes June 20, 2019 2 of 3 Staffing Updates • Liz Whitaker will be retiring on July 121n • The BOCC received a letter from Roger Weaver, a retiring owner of the local ReMax office, thanking Erin Moore in Water Resources for all her hard work and expertise. Department Updates: + Last week, three staff members when to the Public Health Improvement Training (PHIT) in New Orleans. Funding from Local Strategies for Physical Activity and Nutrition (LSPAN) and Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery (DBHR) made this travel possible, and the training was very helpful to both the Health Promotion staff who attended and Ms. Lamb. • There is currently on Health Order still outstanding for Casey Drive. The majority of corrective action items have been satisfied, with the exception of plumbing facilities and fixture requirements. • Members of KCPHD management team attended the 2019 Washington State Association of Local Public Health Officials (WSALPHO) annual meeting. • Liz Whitaker and a Central Washington University Intern attended the first "Community Health, Wellness and Resource Fair". • The Environmental Health team tied for first place in the county's Spring into Motion challenge. • The Local Solid waste Financial Assistance (LSWFA) grant application has been submitted for solid waste enforcement funding, including a request for funds beyond our allocation based on population. o Ms. Lamb gave a brief presentation about Solid Waste funding sources and options for continued funding once LSWFA funding is reduced in 2021. o The recommendation from the board was to continue research on ways to obtain funding, and discussion about working together with the solid waste department and/or public works. Ms. Lamb will return at the end of the year with a more solidified plan. Health Officer Update Dr. Larson stated he will incorporate his Health Officer update in with his Wildfire Smoke Impacts Workgroup updates. Financial Update Tina Rowan stepped to the microphone and gave the financial update. Ms. Rowan has been busy with the budget, and noted some contracts are coming to an end. Ms. Rowan has been working on finalizing the renewal for those contracts. + Federal funding was received from LSPAN and National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO). • Investment funds will be reviewed for the 2020 budget. There were questions from the board regarding several line items on the budget handout and noted corrections that needed to be made. Business Wildfire Smoke Impacts Workgroup Updates Dr. Mark Larson stepped to the microphone to discuss the latest meeting for the Wildfire Smoke Impacts Workgroup. Dr. Larson is a member of the closures sub-workgroup, which worked towards deciding the particulate number levels when closures would be considered, and when closures would be recommended. Closure of events would be considered at 80.5 and closure would be recommended at 150.5. The group is still working on finalization of several items, and Dr. Larson will return with the final information at a later date. There were questions from the board regarding various scenarios, and enforcement of closure health orders.