HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-31-1991 Board of Health MinutesBOARD MEETING
JANUARY 31, 1991
The regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the Plainview -
Hale County Health District was called to order at approximately
12:30 P.M. by Board Chairman Lanny Voss on January 31, 1991, at
the Golden Corral Steakhouse.
Those attending were; Lanny Voss, Dorothy Tilson, Mary Lou Tru-
esdale, Dr. Mary Bublis, Lewellen Hooper, James Belk, Earl Brown,
Dr. Kit Linton, Don Dickson, Dr. C.L. Busby, Dr. Gary Abercrom-
bie, Mayor Gene Ridlehuber and City Manager Jim Jeffers. Also
present were Ben Linton and Secretary Billie Standefer.
Chairman Voss asked that the Board review the minutes of the last
meeting. No corrections were needed and the minutes were approv-
ed as presented.
After a review of the November -December Expenditures, Lewellen
Hooper moved to approve payment; with a second to this motion by
Dorothy Tilson, the motion carried.
Mrs. Truesdale shared with Board members new additions to the
Staff. She stated that Patti Knowles had joined the Staff on
the 23rd of January as Clerk/Typist and Susan Cohen, R.N., had
joined the Staff on January 28th.
Calling attention to the printed Case Load Count, she explained
services in all areas of the Health Department had increased.
She told Board members that four cases of Hepatitis in one school
had Prompted an investigation, but the studies had not shown any
indication that circumstances at the school was the cause of the
illness
Dr. Bublis sated that the cases of Hepatitis and one case of Bu-
bonic Plague (in Lubbock) were, currently, the most striking oc-
curances in the Public Health field.
There was an extended discussion concerning Personnel and Person-
nel Policies. It was determined that a draft of the revised Per-
sonnel Policy for the Health District would be made available to
all Board members, for their review, as soon as possible.
After extending an excused absence to Donna Womble, the Chairman
adjourned the meeting.
Billie Standefer
Secretary