HomeMy WebLinkAbout08-15-2012 Board of Health MinutesBoard of Health Minutes
August 15th, 2012
Board Members Present: Dr. Ruth Rector -Wright, Harold King, Don
Williams, Ricky Mason, Stacie Hardage, and Sandra Dulakis.
Others Present: Dr. Sidney Ontai, Medical Authority, Benny
Cantwell and Tabitha Davies a Medical Student with Dr. Wright.
Staff Members Present: Kelli Shurbet R.N. (DON), and Sheila Carter,
Secretary.
Sandra Dulakis called the meeting of the Plainview -Hale County
Board of Health to order at the Unger Memorial Library on August
15th, 2012 at 12:30 P.M.
First Item on Agenda: Invocation. Benny Cantwell gave the
invocation.
Second Item on Agenda: Approval of minutes from the April 11th,
2012 meeting. Sandra Dulakis ask for approval of the April 11th
2012 Minutes. Don Williams entertained a motion to approve the
minutes as written, and Ricky Mason 2nd the motion. Minutes were
approved as written.
Third item on Agenda: Review of expenditures. Stacy Hardage
entertained a motion to approve the expenditures for March 2012,
April 2012, and May 2012, Don Williams 2nd the motion.
Expenditures were approved as written.
Fourth Item on Agenda: Health Department news/ Update and discuss
communicable disease reports: Kelli Shurbet said that there was
not much going on but we had some positive TB test. Dr. Ontai said
he had one. Ricky Mason ask if there was any correlations with the
TB people are getting and the Cow TB. STUS were on the
decrease.
Kelli talked about the Health Department going to a 4 Day work
week beginning on October 1s' 2012. Jefferey said that this way we
could get kids before School and after School and that kid's would
not have to miss school to get there shots.
Ricky Mason asks if the cuts that the State are making with the
immunizations would affect us going out and doing Flu Clinics. Kelli
Shurbet said as far as the Adult Clinics it would not affect that as
we purchase our Flu vaccine out of our Department 52 budget.
Fifth Item on Agenda: Topics of concern the Board would like to
discuss from previous meeting. Sandra Dulakis opened up the
discussion that the members wanted to talk about from previous
meeting which was Nutrition, Awareness on Childhood Obesity, and
South Plains College Nursing students helping with PODS. Dr. Ruth
Wright said Nutrition and Childhood obesity is a very big concern
and she said that WIC has been very good about counseling the
older children on ways to eat healthy. Dr. Ontai had asked if South
Plains College Nursing Students might be interested in helping with
PODS. Kelli said she had talked with Susanne Griffin and she said
she would have to go to Levelland to get that approved so she
would get back to us on that.
Sixth Item on Agenda: Topics of concern the Board would like to
discuss at next meeting.
Seventh Item on Agenda: Next Meeting Date. The next meeting will
be October 10th' 2012.
Eighth Item on Agenda: Adjourn. Ricky Mason entertained a motion
to adjourn and Don Williams 2na
Sheila Carter
Secretary, Plainview -Hale County Health Department