Galion Board of Health Meeting

See attached HC report

See attached Nursing Division Report and School-based Health Services Report.

See attached Environmental Division Report.

See attached report.

Contracts that were entered into by the Health Commissioner.

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 applicabletraining on Sunshine Laws (very good for new members) available virtually at the following link:
https://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/Legal/Sunshine-Laws/Sunshine-Law-Training
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Beth Jarvis from the Chamber asked for an Environmental Health presentation at the April 18th Safety Council meeting so I prepared a power point presentation, and Jennifer Frazier and I tag-teamed the presentation.  We also gave out mosquito dunks and mosquito repellent wipes to the particpants.

The Environmental Health Director and I are currently following the protocol recommended by the Ohio Department of Health.  The longer form was posted to our FaceBook page; however, the GCHD has not received any additional reports.

This was a very informative conference with good speakers and presentations. A good point that was made during a presentation was to use our local middle and high school students more to do small research projects to help align our programmatic practices are  evidence-based.  They had several college student poster presentations that were very impressive.  It seems that there is a definite focus on reaching out to students to promote public health.

Motion to accept the termination of Tina Nichols effective April 22, 2024 as presented by______________________ Second by____________________
Roll Call Vote Needed
Burgin_____ Moran_____ Flick_____ Matney_____
Passed Failed
Discussion

Motion to accept the probationary evaluation of Brandi Riddlebaugh, Director of Nursing with a $.50 per hour raise effective pay period beginning May 19, 2024 as presented by______________________ Second by____________________
Roll Call Vote Needed
Burgin_____ Moran_____ Flick_____ Matney_____
Passed Failed
Discussion

Motion to approve the updated 2024 GCHD Organizational Chart as presented by:__________ Seconded by__________
Roll Call Vote Needed
Burgin_____ Moran_____ Flick_____ Matney_____
Passed Failed

Motion to allow the Health Commissioner to apply for the HP24 HIV Prevention Grant as presented by:__________ Seconded by__________
Roll Call Vote Needed
Burgin_____ Moran_____ Flick_____ Matney_____
Passed Failed

Motion to allow the Health Commissioner to spend the 2024 Mosquito Control Grant fund ($13,028) to complete the submitted workplan as presented by:__________ Seconded by__________
Roll Call Vote Needed
Burgin_____ Moran_____ Flick_____ Matney_____
Passed Failed