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Home My WebLink About2016-07-13-minutes-board-of-health-0 Kittitas County Public Health Department To Protect and Promote the Health and the Environment of the People of Kittitas County KITTITAS COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH (BOH) Meeting Minutes July 13, 2016 Commissioners' Auditorium 3:00 p.m. Present Board of Health (BOH): Obie O'Brien, Laura Osiadacz, Rich Elliott Absent: Paul Jewell, John Asriel, MD Board of Health Advisory Committee (BOHAC): None Public Health: Candi Blackford, Holly Myers, Kasey Knutson, Kimberly Sarver, Robin Read, Kaitlyn Reddick, Liz Whitaker Meeting called to order at 3:03 p. m. Introductions Holly Myers introduced Kimberly Sarver, Public Health Air Quality Specialist (Ecology Grant) and Solid Waste program (CPG funding). Introductions were done around the room. Minutes Obie O'Brien requested a motion to approve the June 16, 2016 meeting minutes as presented. Motion 07-01: Motion to approve the June 16, 2016 meeting minutes as presented. Rich Elliott moved to approve the June 16, 2016 meeting minutes as presented. Laura Osiadacz second. All approved. Motion 07-01 carried to approve the June 16, 2016 meeting minutes as presented. blic Comment: None BOHAC Report Nancy Jewett was sick and not able to attend today's meeting. Ms. Jewett sent a BOHAC update via Robin Read for BOH. Ms. Read reviewed the last meeting discussions: • Lupe Huitron's application for BOHAC membership • Excellent information provided by Paul Jewell regarding the Shady Acres mobile home park Board of Health Minutes July 13, 2016 2 of 4 • BOHAC's intent to discuss the possibility of offering the "safety" features of public health to the Homeless and Affordable Housing Authority per previous BOH discussion The group discussed what BOHAC should be researching and the correlation between public health and affordable housing to establish public health's role. There was also discussion about Hope Source and what home improvements they can help community members with. It was suggested to have BOHAC do benchmarking to see what other community partners are doing in an effort to avoid duplicate work efforts. Ms. Read will take this information back to BOHAC next month. Department Updates/Issues Admin Updates Robin Read discussed the 2016 West Nile Virus update: • Six mosquito samples from Benton, Grant, and Yakima Counties have tested positive this season • Kittitas County will begin conducting mosquito surveillance and information distribution, with the assistance of interns • Discussed 2015 West Nile Virus season (human cases by county of likely exposure and residence, and infected horses/other mammals, birds, and mosquitoes Health Officer Update No Health Officer update at this meeting. Financial update No Financial update at today's meeting. Business Water Resource Program update Holly Myers gave a presentation on the Kittitas County Water Mitigation and Metering Program and reviewed the following information with BOH members on the water mitigation and metering program: • Permanent regulations • Mitigation options (Package A and Package B) • Metering program review of information • Customer process • Eligibility • Water bank zones • Different paths for green and yellow zones (length of time for permits) • Updated status on mitigation certificates applied for and the future of county purchasing more water • Ongoing development of meter program • Future goals of department Ms. Myers handed out information on the current applications for water mitigation received in the health department. Ms. Myers also discussed the possible future of cisterns. It was clear from the discussion that more conversations will need to be had as to where the water for cisterns will come from, but Ms. Myers is hopeful that a cistern program will be established in the future. Board of Health Minutes July 13, 2016 3 of 4 Emergency Operation s Plan approval Kasey Knutson reviewed recent updates to the Kittitas County Public Health Department Emergency Operation Plan that defines the roles and responsibilities of Kittitas County Public Health Employees in an emergency. Commissioner O'Brien asked for a motion to approve the resolution approving the Kittitas County Public Health Emergency Operations Plan. Motion 07-02: Motion to approve Resolution 2016-01 adopting the Kittitas County Public Health Department's Emergency Operations Plan. Rich Elliott moved to approve Resolution 2016-01 adopting the Kittitas County Public Health Department's Emergency Operations Plan. Laura Osiadacz second. All approved. Motion 07-02 carried to approve Resolution 2016-01 adopting the Kittitas County Public Health Department's Emergency Operations Plan. Public Health Accreditation update Robin Read updated BOH members on the public health accreditation processes. The following is updated information presented at today's meeting: • Public health is applying for accreditation to ensure public health department's quality of service • Accreditation aims to continuously improve quality of practice and performance • Public Health Accreditation Board is based on 10 public health services • There are 12 domains, 32 standards, 99 measures, and 214 documentation types • There are 123 tasks generated Ms. Read reviewed the seven steps to accreditation: • Pre -application • Application submitted by June 30, 2017 • Documentation Selection and submission • Site visit (Fall 2018) • Accreditation decision (2019) • Annual reporting and fees (2019-2023) • Reaccreditations (2022-2024) Ms. Read also informed the next steps for the health department are the following: • Reassess status of documentation types (done by mid-September) • Continue working on meeting standards and measures (work on through December 2017) • Prepare six month updates to BOH • Budget for fees ($14,000 for the first year and $5,600.00 for years 2-5) Other: Rich Elliott noted that in a period of ten days there have been five motor vehicle deaths. Four out of six people were not using seatbelts. Mr. Elliott will work with the newspaper to get information out about construction on I-90 and for people to drive with caution this summer. Meeting adjourned at 4: 26 p.m. Next Board of Health Meeting will be held on July 13 2016 at 10:00 a.m. Board of Health Minutes July 13, 2016 4 of w' ) � -VL Candi Blackford, Clerk of the Board of Health Obie 'Brien, Ch�'r i%f the Board of Health V � Robin Read, Administrator, Kittitas County Public Health