Galion Board of Health Meeting

Board members will be asked to certify completion of 2 hours of continuing education for 2014, and to provide guidance as to desired resources for continuing education in 2015.

This will be the third reading of proposed fees in the food service operation/retail food establishment program for the license year 2015, and the Board will be asked to approve the fees.

The Association of Ohio Health Commissioners (AOHC) has negotiated a 3-year contract with Skillsoft to offer to interested local health departments 30 training courses per year on a variety of topics, including IT and management. Each user is required to have a license in order to participate, the cost of which will not exceed $30.00, and he/she may take any or all of the courses offered. The course list for 2015 is attached. The Board will be asked to approve contracting with AOHC for 6 Skillsoft licenses.    

The AFSCME contract specifies a 3% increase in salary and an in increase in the employee's share of the health insurance premium to 12.5%. The Board will be asked to consider employee salary and benefits. 

Crawford County General Health District has submitted a contract for Galion City Board of Health consideration for services provided under the PHEP grant. 

This is a renewal of the contract with BlueSky Meeting Solutions for the software used to manage Board documents and reporting. 

Mr. O'Leary participated in a meeting on December 22, 2014, with the chief executive officer and legal counsel of Galion and Bucyrus as well as the Crawford County District Advisory Council. He will be asked to summarize the meeting and lead a discussion about the direction of public health in this jurisdiction.