Special Galion Board of Health Meeting

See attached Health Commissioner Report.

See attached Environmental Health Report.

See attached Nursing Team Report.

See attached Reproductive Health & Wellness Team Report.

Nursing outreach for January.

Reminder to BOH members that two (2) hours of continuing education are required to be completed each calendar year, per ORC 3701.342.
Verification sheets (attached), and copies of certificates (if applicable) need to be submitted to Health Commissioner.  There is an applicable training on Sunshine Laws (very good for new members) available virtually at the following link: 
https://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/Legal/Sunshine-Laws/Sunshine-Law-Training
Kent State College of Public Health has created additional learning modules to assist local boards of health meet their two-hour annual continuing education requirements. Access all of the learning modules here: https://www.kent.edu/publichealth/local-boards-health-continuing-education-lectures

Motion to rescind the minutes from the January 4, 2023 BOH special meeting, which was approved on January 10th, 2023, and approve the attached corrected minutes, as presented by:___________________________  Seconded by: ________________________________________
Roll Call Vote Needed
Burgin_____ Flick_____ Moran_____ Yocum_____         
Passed          Failed

We were granted a two-month extension, so the new due date for GCHD to submit all accreditation documents is May 15th, 2023. Jason and Andy agreed that we would first ask for a one-month extension, and then ask for another month if we felt it was necessary. However, after Jason spoke with our PHAB liaison, her recommendation was to ask for more time than we feel we need, to avoid asking for an excessive number of extensions. All staff agree that the sooner we can complete this, the better. There is no interest in procrastinating.

PHAB Specialist Sara has largely been focusing her efforts on the Community Health Assessment addendum. Andy has been working to update emergency preparedness plans. Jason has completed two domains regarding ethics and reviewing Board of Health actions. Sara provided valuable insights and let GCHD copy her department's ethics policy, and also provided guidance for a way to assess past Board of Health meetings.

As discussed at the June 2022 BOH meeting, this item will remain on the agenda and revisited monthly to discuss updates and what can be done so GCHD can be in a place where we are ready for the Galion City School District contract again.
Since the last BOH meeting, Director of Nursing Lynn Corwin asked the Galion City Schools Superintendent to see if she would be willing to meet to discuss what we can do to prepare for the school nurse contract for next year. The Superintendent replied and said they are happy with what they currently have, she doesn't have interest in working with the GCHD Health Commissioner, though she said if things fell through with their school nursing services for next year, we would be the first people they would contact.

Back in November, Jason spoke of a nurse practitioner from The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center who expressed interest coming to Galion to establish a free health clinic and/or put together a free health fair day in Galion in April 2023. As discussed in that meeting, plans were made to have those volunteers join the health department at the annual Health and Wellness Fair that the Chamber is hosting in March.

They said that they have a few volunteers who plan on coming, including a Medical Assistant, an RN, a dietician, a personal trainer, and her (a nurse practitioner). After reviewing the Crawford County Community Health Assessment, they want to focus on some priorities where they feel their group would have the most impact: #2 Nutrition/Access to healthy foods, #6 Physical Activity, #12 Tobacco/Nicotine Use. Jason attended a virtual planning meeting with the other volunteers.

While searching for materials to help new Board of Health (BOH) member Mike Flick become more acclimated to serving on the BOH, Jason discovered some BOH orientation materials which may be of interest for BOH members to review and decide if we still want to use any of these. Here are the materials:

-GCHD BOH Orientation from 03/05/19 (see attachment)

-Spiral-bound book - Orientation Guide for New BOH Members, from Ohio Association of Boards of Health, Aug 2018

-Booklet - BOH Member Guide to Roles and Responsibilities, from Ohio Association of Boards of Health, Jan 2007

-Pamphlet - Guide to Appointing Local Board of Health Members, from National Association of Local Boards of Health (NALBOH)

Motion to approve Sarah Miley and Tina Nichols to attend STD Engage Conference in New Orleans, LA, on May 15-19 (per attachment), as presented by: ___________________________  Seconded by: ________________________________________
Roll Call Vote Needed
Burgin_____ Flick_____ Moran_____ Yocum_____       
Passed          Failed

Motion to approve Sarah Miley, Tina Nichols, and Jenny Jordan to attend STI & HIV 2023 World Congress in Chicago, IL, from July 24-27 (per attachment), as presented by: ___________________________  Seconded by: ________________________________________
Roll Call Vote Needed
Burgin_____ Flick_____ Moran_____ Yocum_____       
Passed          Failed

Motion to approve the hiring of Carrie Bednarz as Medical Assistant to work in the front office, effective 2/20/23, as per attachment, as presented by: ______________________ Seconded by: ____________________
Roll Call Vote Needed
Burgin_____ Flick_____ Moran_____ Yocum_____      
Passed          Failed

Motion to approve two lump sum payments of $12,000 and $7,967.50, as per attached contract for the Public Health Accreditation Board Specialist, as presented by: ______________________ Seconded by: ____________________
Roll Call Vote Needed
Burgin_____ Flick_____ Moran_____ Yocum_____      
Passed          Failed

Motion to rescind the two-year contract for Medical Director, beginning January 1, 2023, which was approved on November 15th, 2022, and replace with attached one-year contract, beginning January 1, 2023, as presented by:___________________________  Seconded by: ________________________________________
Roll Call Vote Needed
Burgin_____ Flick_____ Moran_____ Yocum_____         
Passed          Failed

Motion to authorize the Health Commissioner to apply for and accept future WF23 funding provided through the Ohio Department of Health, and when received/awarded request the city to appropriate/advance funds and/or amend the budget as necessary for WF23 related funding, as presented by: ___________________________  Seconded by: ________________________________________
Roll Call Vote Needed
Burgin_____ Flick_____ Moran_____ Yocum_____       
Passed          Failed

Motion to approve new ethics policy to replace former policy , as presented by: ___________________________  Seconded by: ________________________________________
Roll Call Vote Needed
Burgin_____ Flick_____ Moran_____ Yocum_____       
Passed          Failed

Discussion of Strategic Plan and goals, as presented by: ___________________________ Seconded by: ________________________________________
Roll Call Vote Needed
Burgin_____ Flick_____ Moran_____ Yocum_____       
Passed          Failed