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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2017/09/26 - Board of Health MASON COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH PROCEEDINGS 411 North 5`h Street,Shelton,WA September 26,2017 Attendance: Randy Neatherlin,County Commissioner;Kevin Shutty,County Commissioner;Terri Drexler, County Commissioner;Peggy VanBuskirk,Hospital District#2;Vacant,Fire Commissioner; Kathy McDowell, City of Shelton Commissioner.Absent:Eileen Branscome,Hospital District#1.Others in attendance: Dave Windom,Lydia Buchheit,Abe Gardner,and Todd Parker. 1. Chair Kathy McDowell called the meeting to order at 3:00 p.m. 2. Approval of Agenda—Peggy VanBuskirk/Cmmr. Shutty moved and seconded to approve the agenda as presented.Motion carried unanimously. 3. Approval of Minutes July 25,2017—Peggy VanBuskirk/Kathy McDowell moved and seconded to approve the July 25,2017 minutes as written. Motion carried unanimously. 4. Health Officer Report—Dr.Yu was unable to attend due to illness. Cmmr. Shutty reported that Dr. Yu has been working in the North Mason area to set up a forum regarding the opioid epidemic on November 15th at North Mason High School. Cmmr.Drexler said she appreciated the available services on the agenda for that meeting and hopes the service providers get time to present at the meeting. 5. Administration Report-Dave Windom talked about revenue and presented the 2016 and 2017 revenue reports.He also presented a document titled"Responsibilities of Local Public Health Jurisdictions in Washington according to laws,Revised Code of Washington(RCW)&rules Washington Administrative Code(WAC)"to show which laws and codes correspond to roles of Public Health. A Proposed tobacco/vaping prevention work plan from Cascade Pacific Action Alliance was addressed. Dave said that in Spokane County this program didn't work well because money was used before it was able to get out to the smaller counties. Dave voiced concern on the time being spent chasing Medicaid funding.He said that so much time is being given to small groups and he is worried about larger populations. Dave said that spending time and money on specialty populations is counteractive;the focus should be on the population as a whole. He used opioids as an example saying that if only prescription opioids are the focus,then recreational users are overlooked which is a problem. 6. Environmental Health Report—Debbie Riley said the two new employees are doing very well. She said there is still no capital budget at the state level, so no Coordinated Prevention Grant money is coming in for the Solid Waste Program.Maria Machado who works with Solid Waste is able to cover that part time, due to funds coming in from permits.Maria is also now covering some duties that Carol Spaulding did before her retirement. Debbie announced that the first meeting of the North Bay Shellfish Protection District is September 27a'at 1:00 p.m. 7. Community Health Report—Lydia Buchheit briefed her report within the packets. She said they are looking to hire a nurse as soon as possible as they will soon be down two nurses.Lydia added that the cost to train a new nurse is around$8,000 and it is difficult to hire because of the lower pay scale versus that of Thurston and Kitsap County. She noted that this is an issue in most small counties. BOARD OF HEALTH PROCEEDINGS September 26,2017-PAGE 2 Lydia introduced Abe Gardner who is working in the Prevention Drug Overdose Program(PDOP). There are three pilot programs in the state including Mason County.Each program is different based on the needs from the county. The programs run for three years,and money not used in the first year can be rolled into the 2nd year. Abe handed out a document regarding the first six months of the pilot program and the highlights of the program. He briefly addressed accomplishments of the program. Lydia said that in April,they applied for a federal grant in the amount of$300,000,which was recently awarded to Mason County. She added that this grant is one of only 10 given throughout the nation. Lydia did not have the full details of the grant available and said she would pass the information on to the BOH members once it became available. She did say that this grant would increase the Community Health Program worker from a.6 position to full time,and this would make it possible to hire another part time person as well to assist with community outreach and education. Discussion was had between Cmmr. Drexler and Lydia in regards to the goals and tasks of the Behavioral Health Organization and Public Health. 8. Homelessness—Todd Parker presented a power point presentation on homelessness in Mason County. He began with funding sources such as Crossroads Housing, Community Action Council, and Treatment Sales Tax. Point in time count results were presented from January 2017.The results include those living in vehicles, abandoned buildings,out of doors and structures not meant for habitation. For those sheltered the options are Turning Pointe,Community Lifeline, and Crossroads Housing. Todd added that there is some transitional housing where people can stay up to two years,but if they don't have anywhere to go after that time they will immediately be homeless again. In regards to substandard housing, currently there are 48 open code violations involving RV's which include 13 cases in Belfair and 22 in Shelton. l Todd asked to keep dialogue open about what is missing to help those in need. 9. Other Business and Board Discussion-Dave handed out a letter to the Attorney General's office in Seattle regarding the company Josephine and their sales of home cooked meals.There are concerns about the practices of the company which are violating the Washington Consumer Protection Act. 10. Public Comments-none. 11. Adjourn-The meeting adjourned at 4:22 p.m. BOARD OF HEALTH PROCEEDINGS September 26,2017-PAGE 3 ATTEST MASON COUNTY,WASHINGTON BOARD OF HEALTH MASON COUNTY,WASHINGTON Cl rk o e and ir Kathy McDowell,City Commissioner Kevin Shu ommissioner dy eatherlin,Commissioner 4'—� 16-'-� Terri Drexler,Commi sioner -- -0.. EU Peggy skirk,Hospital District#2 yaComk Fire Commissioner A6s,e v4' Eileen Branscome,Hospital District#1