Galion Board of Health Meeting

See attached Health Commissioner Report.

See attached Environmental Health Team Report.

See attached Nursing Team Report.

See attached STI/HIV Prevention Program Report.

See attached Outreach Report.

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 approve the July 11, 2023, GCHD Board of Health meeting minutes.
Roll Call Vote Needed
Burgin_____  Flick_____ Matney_____Moran_____ Yocum_____         
Passed          Failed

Motion to approve the July 25, 2023, GCHD Board of Health special meeting minutes.
Roll Call Vote Needed
Burgin_____  Flick_____ Matney_____Moran_____ Yocum_____         
Passed          Failed

Motion to approve the June 2023 Fiscal Reports.

Roll Call Vote Needed
Burgin_____ Flick_____ Moran_____ Yocum_____               
Passed          Failed
*If the Auditors Office has not closed out the month in time for finance reports to be completed, they will be provided at the next BOH meeting.

The July 2023 Fiscal Report is not ready for this meeting. Before we can compile this, the Auditor's Office will continue working on closing out the month of July in our financial software system (called VIP). Afterwards, we will compile the July Fiscal Reports and send it out as soon as it is available. It will be ready to be reviewed at the next BOH meeting.

The Ohio Department of Health (ODH) completed the review of our audit report for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021. The attached Closing Letter explains that there is no further action needed at this time.

The Ohio Auditor of State recently completed a 2022 BOH Compilation of financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2022. As they explained, they "performed the compilation engagement in accordance with the Statements on Standards for Accounting and Review Services promulgated by the Accounting and Review Services Committee of the AICPA. [They] did not audit or review the accompanying financial statements nor were [they] required to perform any procedures to verify the accuracy or completeness of the information provided by management. Accordingly, [they did] not express an opinion, a conclusion, nor provide any form of assurance on these financial statements."

There was a certain check which the Auditor's office paid on our behalf which someone intercepted and altered, which resulted in a fraudulent check that was attempted to be cashed. The bank caught it and reported it to the police. The Auditor's office is working on resolving this situation, which includes issuing a new check. 

We have not heard any updates from Galion City Schools about if they plan to contract with us or not. However, we have been asked to provide a contract to provide the needed hearing and vision screenings. That contract will be ready by the September Board of Health meeting. Depending on the timeline of the schools, we may need to call a Special Board of Health meeting to get this contract approved, because there may be a time limit on when certain grades need to complete their hearing and vision screenings. 

We should know later this month whether we are an accredited health department or not. PHAB will review our accreditation paperwork, and then we are expected to receive the results of that about a week after that meeting.