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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-12-2011 Board of Health Minutes Board of Health Minutes October 12th, 2011 Board Members Present: Dr. Ruth Rector-Wright, Cinde Ebeling, Harold King, Nancy Cox, Judy Shannon, Belinda Pena, Stacie Hardage, and Sandra Dulakis. Others Present: Benny Cantwell, Jeffery Snyder, Assistant City Manager, and Dr. Sidney Ontai, Medical Authority. Staff Members Present: Kelli Shurbet, RN (DON) and Sheila Carter, Secretary. Cinde Ebeling called the meeting of the Plainview-Hale County Board of Health to order at the Unger Memorial Library on th October12, 2011 at 12:30 P.M. First Item on Agenda: Invocation. Benny Cantwell gave the invocation. Second Item on Agenda: Administer Oath of Office. Cinde Ebeling administered oath of office to Stacie Hardage. Third Item on Agenda: Approval of minutes from the July 13, 2011 meeting. Cinde Ebeling said there was a correction to the minutes th from the July 13 2011 meeting. The minutes should have read next th meeting would be October 12th, 2011 and not January 11, 2012 corrections were made. Judy Shannon entertained a motion to nd approve the minutes as written and Belinda Pena 2the motion. Minutes were approved as written. Fourth item on Agenda: Review of expenditures. Dr. Ruth Wright made a motion to approve the expenditures for June 2011, July nd 2011, and August 2011, Stacie Hardage 2 the motion. Expenditures were approved as written. Fifth Item on Agenda: Health Department news/Update and discuss communicable disease reports: Kelli reported that there were no communicable diseases. Kelli Shurbet said we got audited in May and had a good report. The auditors were very impressed with the City website. We went to Coronado Junior High School on registrations day to give students required shots for them to enter th 7 grade. We have received our flu vaccine and we have been to Plainview Senior Citizen, and several other outside clinics to administer the flu vaccine. Belinda Pena ask how much the flu shots were. Kelli Shurbet said they were $20.00 for Adults and $10.00 for Children if they don’t have Medicaid or Medicare. We went to the Hale Center School to give immunizations that are required by the State. Kelli Shurbet said her staff had done a table top exercise at the Health Department. Dr. Ruth Wright asked if we could keep rabies vaccines on hand so if they were needed they could get them. Kelli said that we do not keep on hand but we could get a name and phone number for Dr. Ruth Wright on who, to call at the State for the vaccine. Dr. Ontai asked if we were still getting Zoster Vaccine in again and Kelli Shurbet said that the State was not furnishing it anymore. Cinde Ebeling asked if we were getting any of the people from Lubbock Health Department for any kind of services here, as of yet we are not. Sixth Item on Agenda: Discuss other health concerns the Board would like to address: Cinde Ebeling asked Nancy Cox and Judy Shannon what there pregnancy rate is at the School. Nancy Cox said she has seen more pregnancy this year than in the past. Judy Shannon said they have 2 girls pregnant now. Dr. Ruth Wright said she wish we could do more parenting classes in the school system here. Cinde Ebeling asked if there was anything the Health Department could do within our means to help. Nancy Cox asked if we could maybe do something thru the school and have a one day work shop to maybe learn some of the skills to raising a baby. Cinde Ebeling asked if we thought schools would let us do this. Dr. Ontai said maybe we could get the parents to come with their child. Cinde Ebeling asked each one to come up with 3 ideas to bring to the next meeting what the Health Board can do to help with the pregnancy rate. Seventh Item on Agenda: Next Meeting Date. The next meeting will be January 11,2012. Eight Item on Agenda: Adjourn. Dr. Ruth Wright entertained a motion nd to adjourn and Harold King 2. Sheila Carter Secretary, Plainview-Hale County Health Department