HomeMy WebLinkAbout2017/11/21 - Board of Health MASON COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH PROCEEDINGS
411 North 5th Street,Shelton,WA
November 21,2017
Attendance: Randy Neatherlin,County Commissioner;Kevin Shutty,County Commissioner;Terri Jeffreys.
County Commissioner;Peggy VanBuskirk,Hospital District#2;Vacant,Fire Commissioner;
Absent:Eileen Branscome,Hospital District#1;Kathy McDowell,City of Shelton Commissioner.
1. Peggy Van Buskirk called the meeting to order at 3:00 p.m.
2. Approval of Agenda—Cmmr.Drexler asked to move any action items to the beginning of the meeting
because the Commissioners had another meeting to attend at 4:00.
Cmmr.Drexler/Shutty made a motion and seconded to approve the agenda,after moving items 8,9,and 10
up to follow item 3. Motion carried unanimously.
3. Approval of Minutes September 26,2017- Cmmr.Drexler/Neatherlin moved and seconded to approve
the September 26,2017 minutes as written.Motion carried unanimously.
4. Health Officer Report—Dr.Yu was not present.
5. Administration Report—Dave Windom was not present.Debbie Riley said that she had a wonderful time
at the Washington State Public Health Association Presentation. She said that people seemed interested and
wanted to talk even after the presentation.
6. Environmental Health Report—Debbie discussed the Hammersley Inlet Project meeting at the civic
center held the previous week. She said the Washington State Department of Health spoke about norovirus
and also the dye test at the Shelton Sewage Treatment Plant.
Debbie also spoke about an optical brightener test,and described the process used to test the water.Cmmr.
Drexler questioned where optical brighteners come from to which Debbie explained that it is mostly from
laundry detergent.
7. Community Health Report—Lydia talked about the new nurse,Audrey,noting that she is doing well and
is currently cross training.A posting for the position of Communicable Disease Nurse will be released on
November 27th.
Discussion was had in regards to the opioid forum and what should change to move forward.Cmmr.
Neatherlin talked about the separation between the providers and community.Cmmr.Shutty mentioned that
he would like to know the rate to which Narcan is being used.Lydia said that is being tracked and would
give the board a report at a later time.
8. Mutual Aid Agreement between Tribes and LHJ—Lydia explained that the parties who sign the
agreement are under no obligation to provide aid to any other signed party to the agreement. She added that
this agreement is state wide and not only regional.Cmmr.Drexler asked what this agreement would be
used for.Lydia said it can be used for anything considered a public health emergency.
Cmmr.Drexler/Shutty motioned and seconded to have the Board of Health sign the resolution,schedule B,
Public Health Jurisdiction Resolution,authorizing execution of the Mutual Aid Agreement for Tribes and
Local Health Jurisdictions in Washington State. Motion carried unanimously.
9. 2018 Meeting Schedule-Cmmr.Drexler/Shutty motioned and seconded to approve the resolution setting
the 2018 Board of Health meeting schedule.Motion carried unanimously.
10. New Board Member-Peggy discussed the applicant and said that though the applicant was not present,
she was interested in having her be a part of the Board.Cmmr.Drexler said that Dave Windom had briefed
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the Commission on the applicant.Cmmr.Neatherlin and Shutty agreed that she would be a good addition
and were comfortable voting her onto the Board.
Cmmr.Shutty/Neatherlin motioned and seconded to appoint Keri Davidson to the Board of Health.Motion
carried unanimously.
11. Other Business and Board Discussion-Cmmr.Shutty talked about the Tobacco 21 program being
discussed in Olympia.He said he would like to discuss this fiuther,but would rather wait until the entire
board was present in January.
12. Public Comments-None.
13. Adjourn-The meeting adjourned at 3:38 p.m.
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BOARD OF HEALTH
MASON COUNTY,WASHINGTON
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Kathy McDowell,Chair
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Pegg Buskirk,Hospital District#2
Fire Commissioner-Vacant
Eileen Branscome,Hospital District#1