HomeMy WebLinkAbout2018/11/27 - Board of Health MASON COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH PROCEEDINGS
411 North 5`h Street,Shelton,WA
November 27,2018
Attendance: Randy Neatherlin,County Commissioner;Kevin Shutty,County Commissioner;Terri Drexler.
County Commissioner; Scott Hilburn Hospital District#1;Peggy VanBuskirk,Hospital District#2; Gary Plews,
Fire Commissioner; Kathy McDowell,City of Shelton Council Member;Keri Davidson, Shelton School District.
1. Welcome and Introductions-Chair Scott Hilburn called the meeting to order at 3:00 p.m.
2. Approval of Agenda—Two resolutions were added to the agenda for discussion.The first,0 1-18 was in
regards to the Federal Public Health System while the second,02-18 sets the 2019 meeting dates.
Cmmr.Drexler/Shutty moved and seconded to add resolutions 01-18 and 02-18 to the agenda for
consideration.All in favor. Motion carried unanimously..
A short discussion was had about both resolutions.
Cmmr.Shutty/Gary moved and seconded to approve resolution 01-18.All in favor. Motion carried
unanimously.
Peggy/Gary moved and seconded to approve resolution 02-18 as presented. All in favor. Motion
carried unanimously.
3. Approval of Minutes September 25,2018-Peggy/Cmmr.Drexler moved and seconded to approve the
minutes as written.All in favor. Motion carried unanimously.
4. Health Officer Report-Dr.Yu announced she will be retiring at the end of May,2019. She discussed
options for her replacement noting the need for a public health background.
Scott questioned what the hiring process is to which Dave said they could hire a new officer,or perhaps
share with another county.Dr.Yu spoke to the positives and negatives in sharing a health officer with a
neighboring county.
Opioid use-Dave announced that there are no reported opioid deaths in 2018.Dr.Yu spoke about the
naloxone kits being disbursed and the new opioid response mobile outreach. She noted that she felt positive
about the dent they are making,and will continue to make in this crisis.
5. Administration Report-Dave talked in depth about a recent presentation at the Washington State Public
Health Association Conference.Scott asked if his presentation was recorded;Dave said it was and would
send a link to the group.He said in January he would like to sit down and outline a work plan with BOH,
planning and public health to determine how to build a healthy community.
Dave then spoke about the steering committee for the$295 million ask for public health funding.He said
that due to his position as President of WSALPHO(Washington State Association of Local Public Health
Officials)he may call upon BOH to come testify since he cannot advocate.
It was announced that March 6,2019 is Legislative day on the hill for WSALPHO.
Dave talked about the road construction in Shelton and the difficulties faced by handicapped individuals
with no access to Building 8 at this time.The front entrance of the building is estimated to be complete by
the third week of December.
6. Environmental Health Report-Cody Lund stepped in for Alex Paysee and spoke about the booth hosted by
Public Health at Oysterfest,noting that they were so successful that they ran out of materials.
Cody announced that Sean McGuire is leaving the county so a search is currently in place to fill his
position.
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Cody then spoke in detail about his position as a food inspector.He said that he is currently trying to get
Mason County enrolled in the FDA Retail Food Standards Program.This program has nine different
standards to help produce an efficient science based food program which is uniform throughout the
country.For training and outreach,Mason County has received$3,000 and another$1,600 is pending for
training in January.
Cmmr.Drexler discussed the septic updates mentioned in the EH report.She said there are some significant
updates they're considering and quickly briefed some of these updates.
7. Community Health Report-Lydia announced that she and Abe Gardner spoke at the Washington State
Public Health Association Conference about the opioid program. She noted that they have received several
invitations to speak around the State.
The mobile outreach is now running twice a week in four locations around the County:Community Food
Pantry of Belfair,Skokomish Health Clinic,Skookum Creek Tobacco,and at the Park&ride in Shelton.
Lydia said they have cards being handed out at all needle exchange locations surrounding Mason County
for those interested.
Alison Smallwood,a Community Health Education Specialist for Public Health, showed a video regarding
how outreach has helped those struggling with addiction.
She then showed a website currently being worked on by Public Health that communicates data to the
community and also has outreach.The site has a Google calendar showing all of the AA and NA meetings
along with the mobile outreach dates.Lydia explained how data is updated on the page and asked that the
board look at the website and then fill out a survey about the site.Dave added that this website can be done
by staff and is customizable for less cost.
8. Other Business and Board Discussion-Peggy and Scott thanked Cmmr.Drexler for all of her involvement
with mental health and health in general during her time with Mason County. Cmmr.Drexler thanked the
entire board and discussed how mental health really called to her and announced that the goal is to have the
treatment and evaluation center open by April,2019.
Gary asked Dave to have a wildfire and public health discussion on the January agenda.
9. Public Comments-None.
10. Adjourn-The meeting adjourned at 4:15 p.m.
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