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Board of Health Minutes

Calhoun County Board of Health
Meeting Minutes
January 25, 2010

ATTENDANCE

Board of Health	Health Department
Dr. Mahesh Karamchandani	Regina Crooks
Lisa Gerow, Commissioner	John Eva
Ken Ponds	Brigette Reichenbaugh
	James Rutherford
	Cindy Southwick

County Administration	Absent
Kelli Scott, Administration	Kathy Foerster
Jim Haadsma, Commissioner	Samantha Pearl
	Rick Tsoumas, Chair

Karamchandani called the meeting to order at 8:00 a.m.

Consent Agenda
Gerow motioned for approval of agenda. Ponds seconded. All in favor. Motion passed. December minutes were not approved as there was no quorum.

Financial Report
Eva presented the financial report. Overall CCPHD revenues have exceeded expenditures for the three months ending December 2009 by $32,104. Department revenues are 21% and expenditures are 20% compared to an anticipated 25%. CCPHD has used 30% of Phase One H1N1 funding. We are staying within the budget and find no need to apply for Phase Four funding.(another 200,000.00).

Refugee Presentation
Regina Crooks, Personal Health Manager, presented the Refugee Program annual report. The program has served 126 clients this year. This program is federally funded. Since Dr. Harrington’s Civil Surgeon designation, CCPHD is permitted to issue the final approval for refugees to obtain their green card. The yearly review was conducted in October and was very positive. The Burmese population is acclimated to the Battle Creek area and the health department is very hopeful to continue serving this population.

Health Officer Report
Rutherford presented the Health Officer report to the Board. This report included the Epidemiologist/Data Analyst position update: Jennifer Cook has accepted the position and will start on February 1, 2010; the Insight software will begin implementation spring 2010; H1N1 update: the Health Department has distributed 23,000 doses of vaccine throughout the county and has 8,000 doses left; and the Michigan County Health Ranking report will serve to be a useful tool for CCPHD as we continue to develop new and enhance existing programs to target unfavorable health indicators in Calhoun County. A grant report update was distributed and summarized. Calhoun County Public Health Department applied for 15 grants, for FYE 10 funding, totaling $870,711.60 dollars. Of those grants, eight were secured, ($450,291.60), three were declined, and four remain outstanding. The total funded percentage, excluding outstanding grants, is 82%.

February presentation: Disparity Initiatives.

Meeting adjourned at 8:45 am.

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