Board of Health

March 10, 2020 Approved Board of Health meeting minutes (239 KB)

Board of Health Meeting Minutes

Tuesday, March 10, 2020

Board Room Gallery, West Square Building

REGULAR MEETING

Members Present:   Donna Stehling, Glen Johnson, John Miller, Ken Carlson, Scott Von Asten, Diane Reinfeldt, Kiana Beaudin

Members Absent:  None

Others Present:  Tim Lawther, Cathy Warwick, Amy Elizabeth Merwin, Pat Rego, Tom Kriegl

Public:  Bill Stehling

The meeting was called to order at 5:30 p.m. by Donna Stehling.Certification of the open meeting law was noted.

Motion by Glen Johnson, second by Diane Reinfeldt, to approve the Board of Health Agenda with the addition of adding to item 6. G. on the agenda so it reads “Motion and possible approval of the Resolution for the Community Development Block Grant for the Justice, Diversion and Support program, for March 10, 2020.Motion carried.

Motion by Diane Reinfeldt, second by John Miller to approve the minutes for the February 11, 2020 Board of Health meeting.Motion carried.

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Public Comment:  None

Business Items for Discussion and /or Action:

John Miller gave a report on the

Tim Lawther presented the 2019 Annual Report for the Health Department.Motion by Scott Von Asten, second by John Miller, to postpone voting on the approval of the 2019 Annual Report until the April 14, 2020 Board of Health meeting. Motion carried.

Cathy Warwick, Deputy Director of the Health Department continues to carry out the manager duties for the Justice, Diversion, and Support program (JDS), while the Manager is out. Warwick shared that she is very proud of the work the Justice, Diversion, and Support staff is doing.There has been a lot of progress; the new Education Navigator Sasha Ripley, has a total of 6 participants that she is working with to obtain their GED training.One (1) in Adult Treatment Court program, one (1) from Probation and parole and five (5) working with the Huber work release program and more being referred regularly.The new Pre-Booking Case Manager, Ben Miller, has met with the DA, Mike Albrecht and Chief Jerry Strunz to revise the current Hawaiian proxy form use for referrals to Adult Treatment Court (TAD) and the Pre-Booking Diversion (SUDS) programs, to make it easier to understand when and whom to refer potential participants. Chief Strunz also presented the new Hawaiian proxy form at March’s monthly Chief’s meeting.It was received well at the Chief’s meeting and with the partnering from the DA’s office, has resulted in an influx of referrals. Since March 1st, JDS has received 11 referrals and 7 of them have been from the DA’s office. The Sauk Prairie Police Department is also piloting a paperless program and they are using the new Hawaiian proxy in their paperless format. Ben Miller is also working to increase other referral sources by adding radio spots and billboards to the marketing plan.The DA and team is also wanting to encourage and increase the amount of participants in the program and is looking forward to working with JDS staff.

There are is on Adult Treatment Court (ATC) graduation this Friday, March 13, 2020. 

Additionally, Warwick reported that there is some scheduled trainings that include travel coming up in the next two months; The RISE20 conference is the national conference for treatment court professionals and is being held in Anaheim California May 27-30, 2020.  There are 10 ATC staff attending this conference that is paid for via the Adult Treatment Alternatives and Diversion Grant (TAD) and the Wisconsin Adult Treatment Court Professional’s Annual Statewide Conference will be held at the Kalahari Resort in Wisconsin Dells, April 29 through May 1, 2020.

Director’s Monthly Report:

The Health Department Monthly Report and Budget for March 10, 2020 was provided on Granicus for the Board of Health.Tim highlighted the following:

The ground water study has 802 wells identified and 438 participants signed up.The goal is to test 300 wells every year for the next five years.Samples will be conducted in March, analysis is April and confidential reports in May.

Opioid overdoses are still high. We had another overdose last week.

The Health Department is conducting the second round of TB testing.The testing for the Baraboo was completed today, 03/10/2020 and Sauk School District will be conducted tomorrow, 03/11/2020.

We have some new staff:Ben Miller is the new Pre-Booking and Diversion Case (SUDS) Manager for the Justice, Diversion, and Support program.A new Sanitarian starts in the Environmental Health Department on Monday, March 16, 2020.

We also have two staff retiring the end of April.  Both are nurses.  One may be replaced with a different position.  The Health Department needs an Epidemiologist.

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We may be writing a grant for Environmental Health for the FDA Food requirements that would move us closer to the top tier.

Re: The Drug Free Communities Grant – we don’t have the ability to write for this, this year but will be able to next year.

COVID 19 – There were 114,000 cases worldwide as of 1:00 P.M. today. This will hit Sauk County. It will be more significant than H1N1.Currently we have one person on self-quarantine in Sauk County.

The Communicable Disease numbers do not include COVID19 numbers.

Immunizations are low, we are working on normalizing these services to be completed by primary Doctors/providers.

Seal-A-Smile is starting 2nd Flourides – next year we plan on adding 7th and 8th grades.We did receive Ho-Chunk funding to purchase a new van and will be sending out Bid requests in the next few months.

Lead numbers are low – We continue to keep up on this as there are Safe Housing dollars available at the State level.We would like to have at least 20 houses remediated in the next 18 months.

NFP has a current caseload of 90 and continues to do their great work.

All referrals are up with-in the Justice, Diversion and Support program, thanks to the hard work from staff who have worked on building positive relationships with our current referral sources.

The Round Barn Inn is almost ready to re-open after its legionella scare, as current testing results are good. They chose to close and remediate and have worked closely with Public Health.

Environmental Health - Rabies – has had 8 cases. 5 dogs, 2 cats and 1 bat

HOPE (Heroin, Opioid, Prevention and Education) Agenda

AB645 signed: Allow jailors to administer Narcan (or the like), just like 1st Responders

AB646 signed: State employees undergoing MAT won’t be penalized; and start an inventory of recovery residences

AB651/SB590 signed: Repeals the automatic sunset of “aider” (good Samaritan) law granting immunity from prosecution (in some instances including some drug offenses) for someone who calls for emergency help for someone having an overdose

Lake Delton has suspended adding fluoride to their water.A current lawsuit is forthcoming. Ongoing education with Lake Delton officials will be occurring.

Strategic Planning - we will be starting the planning looking at our strengths and set goals for the 2020-2023 plan.

Shared Coalition dates for the:

Healthy Sauk 2030; will be held on March 18 from 12:30-2:00pm.

Healthy Sauk Data Council- March 19, 2020

Discussed the need to appropriate dollars to fund the Administrative Support position for the Health Department.The Position and title are yet to be determined.Motion by Glen Johnson, second by Diane Reinfeldt, to approve the appropriation of dollars to fund the Administrative Support position for the Health Department.The Position and title are yet to be determined.Motion carried.

Discussion of the support of the Overdose Data to Action Community Prevention Grant application.Motion by Diane Reinfeldt, second by Scott Von Asten, to support the application of the Overdose Data to Action Community Prevention Grant. Motion carried.

Discussion of the possible approval of the Resolution for the Community Development Block Grant for the Justice, Diversion and Support program.Motion by Scott Von Asten, to approve the Resolution for the Community Development Block Grant for the Justice, Diversion and Support program, second by Ken Carlson. Motion carried.

Discussion of the possible approval of the Resolution for the Pre-Booking and Diversion Grant.Motion by Glen Johnson, to approve the Resolution for the Pre-Booking and Diversion Grant for the Justice, Diversion and Support program, second by Scott Von Asten. Motion carried.

Discussion of the possible approval of the Resolution for the Tom Weber Amended Contract.Motion by Scott Von Asten, to approve the Resolution for the Tom Weber Amended Contract, second by Glen Johnson. Motion carried.

Department Updates

Amy Merwin gave the monthly financial reports for February 2020

Amy Merwin presented the 2019 Carry over report.Motion by John Miller, second by Scott Von Asten to approve the 2019 Carryover Report in the amount of $517,124.00.Motion carried.

Amy Merwin reported on the December 2019 invoices paid with February invoices, Warrant 121319JJ and February 2020 invoices Warrant 031320. Motion by Glen Johnson, second by Ken Carlson, to approve the January 2020 invoices in the amount of $47,926.28. Motion carried

Agenda Items for next meeting:

2019 Annual Report

COVID19 Update

Next Meeting Date:  April 14, 2020

Call for adjournment: Motion to adjourn the meeting by Glen Johnson, second by Scott Von Asten. Motion carried.

The time was 7:25 p.m.

Respectfully submitted by:

John Miller

Secretary