HomeMy WebLinkAbout08-11-1994 Board of Health MinutesBOARD OF HEALTH MEETING
AUGUST 11, 1994
The requ.lar meeting of the Plain\ya Hale County — 12:30 Health
District called to order atapproximateP.M., August
11,
1994, at the Golden Corral - �� ' Board C'ChairmanSteak lo! s
Dr. Stephen Turner.
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Discussion and approval of
the minutes and expenditures were
conducted as a Committee of
shortly thereafter,
t h `� Whole. T i1 r? r tr W c^z ::a a quorum
thereafter , and the meeting continued.
Those attending were: Stephen Turner, M.:D., Dorothy Tilson,
Donna Womble, R.N., Earl Brown, Don Dickson, Mary Bublis, M.D. ,
John Castro, Nina Morris, Mayor Lloyd Woods, City. Manager Jim
Jeffers, John Quinby, Barbara Dorman, Registered Sanitarian
Cheryn Russ and the secretary, Isabel
Also priesent were guests, Bob T1lson, George Gonzales, and
Dr. Mary Eublis •rep'o'rted that, currently, the most reported
communicable diseases currently,
di eases were: Strap, Upper (.?eSpiT"at.oT`,
Infections,
nfections> Castro Enteritis _
ronchitis , Pha r ngi t i s sPneumonia,
Conjunctivitis, Vir.aC Syndrome, 5t
Scabies.areas`
Salmonellosis, and
Mr. -Castro reported to the board that Texas .s D . r tment of *Health
had visited theHealth Der,
the Department 'o in quality t
i�i <� exceptionCif a few Ini - changes,
.:<.�1 assurance. With
nor change ;, we were very pleased with
the results. Some me of the ma liar changes that need to be wor ked
on are: establishing a sliding
pays, f ee
scale pOticyto where ap3TSon basedon their income. (Thi isa requirement
of Title 5
dollars that we get
in Maternal
aternalChild +ild ~�alt
! )
'Federal statutes dictate that we have a sliding fee SCato
We the income
guidelines that the state
uses. le also
need a statement in our policy
that states that Gwill not
clarge anybody at 100% of
On our standing orders
littl.,.. y, protocols, t/�d :'-; need i". i�° -j
little bit more ,_,re°^i�>el;°. We - _ u�i�1i1�= them :i
e in place prc need to get our quality assurance
policy
yo add St for monitoring purposes. On job evaluations, we
ostandards +to job tasks. On Case Management_.
documentation, G'•,ie rii^, e°;�i
o add some type of monitoring
immunization system. s
tfo.they also recommended implementing an _oficyfor-Wa,th Department staff to include all Cit,
employees,
They also talked about t h e building!
Mr. Castro informed the board that
he had presented the new
contract• to the City Council. The new CCiiitraCt included an
additional' $30,000.00.for the immunization program,
proramwith =1tcrestrictions, and $6,000.0in Maternal and Child.Health
t o
provide services are associated
with Case -Management-
•. Case - Marna emwnt K • One that was included is a�laus�inthe• contact that statethat we have to a�ta>ely!11rSuJ.le•w -wp=In wherever
In our Iiaternal c C~h3 d i"e&i.th t la it C.w' a
iJt %CJ 7 w t {ave to See a minimum
new children ne> t > ear , The ,-
inurn�".....:e that we T-eaa} will
deter -mane what kind•of•funaino we receive in 1996'.
1Je have been. informed that we will probably receivee
fundi. ng , how big our cuts will be, , some cuts i n
marry of thosewill be determined by, how
750 unduplicated count we sae.
We will have to increase our immunization count to eight
thousand in 1995.
City
Council approved the new contract, and allowedl^t Ie Mayor to
sign the contract. rt. The contract will be presented to County
Commissioners th..,jr next t meeting .
The board held a Special Session July 19, 1994, to consider the
proposal for bids for the building. At that same meeting the
board approved to have Mr. i,
feasi.��;il i.t _antro get an estimate on a
y study done on the buildings in question.
The feasibility study on the Hayes buildin; is $600.00 and
$300.00 for the building we are in now,
Mr. Castro told the board that Dr. Turner had
and •��ao�,-;,th,y Tilson to serve on t"l�appointed himself
passible ._ e committee to. look into
rrlergJI with South Plains Health Provider Organization.
He stated that t t I'I Com. department
that actcost _ ;depal tmeni.. was in need of a new camera and
next womould
report.
r tpabout. ' 100 .00 and that purchase would appear ii on
He reported �.' to board
closed yesterday,td1a China Town Restaurant had been
(August 10 1994)
for various
reopened
pari pus violations.
iolatine,
lrestaurant was reinspected today after the reinspection fee had
_ren'p dy and they were reopin _ i tr having corrected hr
violations.
guidance Casa r "~tro told the board that he needed some direction or
property. ge i1 = church related event:- on private or public
'ro 4r t `�,' stated
that in the past,. we have had ;-+
not to charge religious c h r"'. O1l ;'
r-oani ,etiin'n for a booth p;3T`mil.. o1n
private or public property.
After a lengthy d 1 S +� 4"1 �,,' +�
Gonzales, representing
�n and a presentation from %fir. George
[ s , representing` Sacred He'
rt Catholic Church, [ir
agenda
i.gym concerning discussion of permits for church relatedspecial a;fat wastabled. Itis t1 be considered ?rwhen t{guide Ines and legalities studied.
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e
There las a s no s ,,
how by Mary Tobar for 1-h,.thi
refund on a permit. this item will not be resclheduled.e requesting
Discussion followed regarding the bid
inform
rl a motion
by Dorothy
n _onr, Ti ,on, and a second +is motion by After
aI Brown, boar;members ,eto to tia bidders1"Cdisposition .F_heir bids.
T Hier
wa
no other business.
.Meeting was adjourned.:
O
Isabel Rodri
Secretary