Board of Health

Board of Health Minutes Date: Wednesday, December 6th, 2023, at 9:00 AM. Health Department Room, Ground floor of Courthouse Board Members Present : Roxy Kahan (virtual), Brittany Chariton (virtual), Scott Mildbrand, Diane Albrecht, Sally Nazar (virtual), Timothy Hansen, Lynette Rosemeyer Board Members Excused: Jennifer Polacek Health Staff Present: Michelle Cahoon and Melissa Moore Also Present: None Call to Order: Scott M called the meeting to order at 9:00AM. Approval of Minutes: Diane A moved to approve the minutes of the Wednesday, August 16 th, 2023, meeting; Seconded by Tim H. Motion Carried. Approval of Agenda: Lynette R moved to approve the agenda with ten items: Diane A seconded. Motion Carried. Public Comment: None Correspondence: Michelle shared a ‘thank you’ letter from Holy Rosary students who participated in a public health learning session that included contact tracing and disease follow up. A copy will be included in the follow up email for today’s meeting. Highlights from Health Officer Report & Other Departmental Updates: i. COVID & Flu - Michelle did an overview of the status of COVID follow up. At this point we do not need to follow up unless there is a hospitalization, in which we are seeing an increase in the community. There is also significant misinformation and lack of knowledge of the current rules of 5 isolation/5 with masks. Hospitalizations include those that are diagnosed with other illnesses, including youth and older adults. No major instances of influenza, and limited RSV impacts (as reported by Brittany. Discussion on capacity to treat those that need hospitalization, including limited beds and staff. Michelle also gave an update on COVID vaccination being offered within the department. We can purchase Moderna (which comes frozen) in smaller allotments to eliminate waste. Very little interest in youth doses, so we do not plan to carry child Pfizer moving forward through the state vaccine program unless there are specific requests. Monies do come back into the department through insurance payments and are used to offset the costs associated with vaccine purchases. ii. Programs and Grants – Michelle and Melissa reviewed the various grant initiatives and program updates: a. Discussion of increase in nail care pricing to $20, which has been met with resistance. There is also a new initiative with Beauty by Joan to help with referrals for those that need nursing care prior to pedicures. The new nail schedule will be every other month at the meal sites, with the off months being the scheduled in office. b. We have been active in bringing routine vaccines to the community, including those that are homebound, disabled, migrants, and others that have difficulty making it to clinics through the new RICE 2.0 grant. Additional clinics with schools and other partners continue throughout the rest of the year. c. The Public Health Vending Machines have been installed and filled with various items at both the Courthouse and Human Services locations . Narcan, fentanyl strips, medication disposal bags, gun locks, and first aid kits with CPR masks are included along with other resources. d. Car seats are available at a discounted rate of $30 (same as cribs for kids’ program) through the support of a DOT grant. Referrals are accepted through partners to secure a car seat. 5 in 1 car seats were ordered from birth through backless car seats. Booster seats were also ordered through funding. e. We received a grant to raise awareness on carbon monoxide poisonings to distribute 2 packs of carbon monoxide detectors at an event on Nov. 28 at NTC. The event was well attended by about 65 individuals. Funds also went to support carbon monoxide detectors for rural fire departments to be able to assess households who have alarms go off. Taylor County was one of 4 in the state to receive these funds. f. The QualData grant to support outreach to our Latino, Aging, and Plain communities helps to bring out services in conjunction with other neighboring health departments to host bi -monthly events at St. Bernards in Abbotsford. We currently provide vision screenings, immunizations, and car seat checks. g. Lead contract is in discussion with the statewide numbers and our capacity to test levels. This is due to WIC changes (virtual vs in person) and moving to the non -traditional health systems. New equipment has been ordered to allow us to do more screenings at our department and be mobile to go offsite. h. Additional grants that are housed or in progress were included in the Board packet – including Medical Reserve Corps, Public Health Infrastructure, Suicide Prevention Event (Sept 28) posted to YouTube, and Opioid Settlement. 1. NEW - A request to Fulcrum Foundation to initiate more community-based suicide prevention work , which we were invited to move to Phase II. Notifications in spring 2024. A copy of the letter of intent will be sent in the follow up email from today’s meeting. iii. Staffing Updates: a. We are currently short -staffed for nursing -related services through the end of December and will continue to provide the best care possible and be as flexible as we are able. b. Tony will be retiring at the end of the year , with a small celebration held on 12/5 along with former colleagues. An applicant has accepted the Environmental Health Position and will be onboarding with us in January. He comes with an extensive background and is already doing a similar career where he is located. He’s from central Wisconsin and has worked in the Medford area in the past. We plan to have him do more in areas of environmental health (lead, radon, carbon monoxide) and disease follow up once he has completed orientation. iv. In the News: This meetings packet was a bit larger than usual due to not meeting since August, and includes initiatives, stories, and other public health related media from local news outlets. Program Spotlight: During this time Michelle reviewed the upcoming 140 review that is required to complete. Handouts and FAQs were included in the packet of information. Taylor County hasn’t been done since 2018 due to COVID. Part of the 140 Review is the requirement to complete a strategic planning process. Our current plan will be complete at the end of 2023. We have an upcoming day planned with a facilitator to ensure our new plans meet all expectations by DHS which will take place on 1/12/2024. This will be an all-day event for our staff to complete this , which will result in the office being closed to the public, but we are available by phone. The day will conclude with a team building activity with a local artist. Cross Agency Partnerships: - Emergency Management and Human Services - Emergency management drill with ammonia hydroxide was held in Stetsonville this fall with local fire, human services, public health, and human services. - Commission on Aging - Staff provided trainings on advance care management with Commission on Aging and gave out over 1 50 doses of flu vaccines at the Senior Health Fair on Oct. 20. An after-action report was completed to look at how to improve the process. - Medford School District - Child Development/Walk to Remember were done jointly this year. By participating we hoped to capture any child that may still be needing a vision screening or hearing screening. We were also able to promote our car seat program. Following this, we joined the Walk to remember for infant and pregnancy loss. This is the first time it’s been done since pre -covid days. We look forward to growing this event next year with our partners. Capacity Building, Trainings, & Conferences: - Michelle completed a 3 step Health Officer orientation in September and will be recognized for this during the Operations Conference in February 2024. - Staff attended a Wisconsin Public Hea lth Association (WPAH) Conference in October in Oshkosh. - There will also be a WPHA Operations Conference in February 2024. - Save the Date! June 25 for the 140 Review . This will be a daylong process. The preliminary discussion with the state will be March 26 if people are interested in attending. - View our previous trainings available at https://www.youtube.com/@TCHDWI. Reports from Other Committees: None Next Meeting: Wednesday, January 3, 2024, at 9:00 AM in the Health Department Conference Room, Ground Floor of Courthouse . Note that the regular schedule will be on the odd numbered months starting at 9:00AM. The 2024 schedule hold will be sent following the meeting. Adjournment: With no further business , Diane A moved to adjourn the meeting; Lynette R seconded. Motion Carried. The meeting was adjourned at 10:02AM. Submitted by: Melissa Moore Approved on: 01/03/2024 by BOH Board of Health Minutes Date: Wednesday, August 16, 2023 Health Department Conference Room, Ground floor of Courthouse Board Members Present : Roxy Kahan, Jennifer Polacek(zoom), Brittany Chariton (zoom), Scott Mildbrand, Diane Albrecht, Sally Nazar(zoom), Timothy Hansen Board Members Excused: Lynette Rosemeyer Health Staff Present: Michelle Cahoon, Whitney Wiltse, Melissa Moore Also Present: Call to Order: Mildbrand called the meeting to order at 9:00AM. Approval of Minutes: Kahan moved to approve the minutes of the June 7 th, 2023, meeting; Seconded by Albrecht. Motion carried. Approval of Agenda: Albrecht moved to approve the agenda with Fifteen items. Hansen seconded. motion carried. Public Comment: N/A Correspondence: There were three thank you cards passed around to view. These were from the school nurses, Amateur Radio, and Royal Gates Goodrich Meal Site. Meeting into Closed Session the Board of Health went into Closed Session by taking a roll call vote at 9:05a.m. pursuant to Sections 19.85(1) (g), Wisconsin State Statutes. The Closed Session lasted for thirty [30] minutes. The purpose of this closed session is to review personnel. (Topic: personnel annual review) . The Meeting reconvened to open session at 9:25am. Motion by Hansen and seconded Kahan. Motion Carried. Budget: The budget was reviewed and discussed. This gave us time to go over any up or down adjustments to various areas within the budget. Motion by Hansen and seconded by Nazar . Motion Carried. Departmental Updates: What was once our “slow season summer” has turned into a bustling office with ongoing training, webinars, clients, and participation in local events. We recently joined in National Night Out which was a huge hit with families and kids. We are hoping to help expand this even more next year. We also did a booth at the fair for the first time and offered education on Food Prep Safety and distributed Fridge thermometers. Hispanic Outreach was done again in Abbotsford as part of our tri-county outreach collaboration. We are preparing for the upcoming school year screenings and starting our plans for the senior health fair. Program Updates i. COVID-19 – There has been a slight increase in covid cases, but not tending to be as sick as we have previously seen. Free Covid Tests are still available in our office. We are also watching closely as legislation looks at a new bill: Proposal: SJR54 (- 3242) View Bill History relating to: the freedom to gather in places of worship during a state of emergency (first consideration). ii. Vaccine Program – We are now accepting private insurance to expand our vaccine program to reach all ages for all needs. We are closely working with Taylored Health to do vaccine clinics on days they do their wellness visits. We are doing this in hopes to close the gap of accessibility. We are working on getting the RSV vaccine available to the public as well. iii. Nail Care – Numbers aren’t slowing down. We are looking to slightly increase this fee will increase to help coverage milage for services done at client homes and help offset staffing time and supplies. The new fees would be up to $20 for ages 60+ that are Taylor County Residents. For non-county residents, or people under 60 it will be $25. For services provided at a person’s home there will be a roundtrip mileage fee of $3 for 1-10 miles, and $5 for 11 miles or more. The senior sites fee will increase to $115 no matter the number of clients completed. iv. Fees will increase in correspondence to the city, upping their fees slightly. Fees for nail care and water testing motion made by Kahan ; seconded by Hansen. Motion Carried. Updates on programing - Harm Reduction - Harm reduction /medication disposal has been a continued effort tackled by Rhianna and Melissa. We are hoping to bring a Public Health Vending Machine to our community soon with approval. This will offer products that we are already offering to the public with a more discrete way to pick up and make more people comfortable pick-up products. Items available will be gun locks, covid tests, Deterra bags, and Narcan to name a few. During the meeting Melissa Moore Public Health Program Specialis t. The committee has agreed to move forward in this process to bring this service to the courthouse as 24-hour access, and a machine available during business hours at Human Resources. Motion to approve by Hansen; seconded by Albrecht. Motion Carried. Grapevine – Staff attended a Grapevine conference to learn about more programming that is offered through this free service. We hosted two classes on different topics in some rural communities like Gilman and Rib Lake. Car Seat Safe Kids Program – Sara and Whitney attended a four-day training in Eau Claire last month to officially become Car Seat Technicians through the Wisconsin Child Passenger Safety Program. We will be able to offer car seat education and assist in installation for anyone who is interested. We are hoping to be able to do these when we do baby visits, offer them at Child Development Days in October, and within the office. We are also looking into getting a DOT grant to help us purchase car seats to offer families for a free/redu ced cost. Our goal is not to install the seats for the parents, but rather educate and assist them to learn how to use the seat on their own. We are currently the only area in Taylor County offering this service. Environmental Health Updates: Determination on a new position will happen in October when current staff has time to decide what the future with the department looks like. The county board has decided it will not be renewing the contract for the Environmental Health Specialist position. This position will be moved to a county employee and be under the administration of the health Officer. Motion made by Albrecht; seconded by Kahan . Motion carried. The E.H. job classification was agreed to be a Grade J. Motion by Hansen; seconded by Nazar. Motion Carried. The committee agreed to make this a 35 full-time with benefits position under the Health Department. Motion made by Hansen; seconded by Nazar. Motion Carried. The current person for the position is still eligible to apply for the position and has a contract valid until January 2024. With the position moving to a county employee there will be tasks included that must be completed. These include items such as using Health Space program, following up on communicable diseases, Lead case follow up, and other involvement in programs in the office. The committee would like to start the hiring process soon. Next steps are to discuss with personnel on Friday August 18th, 2023. Cross- Agency Partnerships: - Hispanic Outreach: Hispanic Outreach was done again in Abbotsford at St. Bernards Church as part of our tri -county outreach collaboration. We were able to do about twenty eye screenings for all ages in addition to education about the services we offer. We are doing a lso doing a planned event at NTC to learn about the Hispanic culture. This is open to the public. - Supporting Health Aging: The Getting to Know your Community series has been very utilized. Our recent topic of how to avoid scams was very well taken. - CARES Conference: This conference gave staff both the opportunity to talk about our services and listen to many speakers on the topics of parents and mental health. The closing was a speaker whose talk on “no such things as a bad kid” was very powerful, and eye opening. - Emergency Management: We continue to work with Dan – EM on getting preparedness plans updated. We are also working with Suzanne from TC Human Services to ensure plans are fluid and integrated between all areas. - National Night Out: Medford schools hosted this event with a highlight on being thank an officer, EMS, police officer and emergency preparedness. We offered education packets for families, backpack safety plans, and information on how to call for help. Upcoming Events, Trainings, & Conferences: -Park fest – Our department will be running a booth to promote heat safety tips and vector borne illnesses on August 17 th in the City Park. We will be distributing fans with heat safety tips and fridge thermometers. - Getting to Know Your Community sessions: Supporting our Hispanic Communities August 29, at NTC 11am-12:30pm -Suicide Prevention Learning Day Say It. Suicide. September 27th at NTC. -Health Officer Orientation – Michelle has attended two sessions and will complete one more to learn from the state of WI on Health Officer duties. -Public Health in Practice Conference – Oshkosh Oct 4-5, 2023. Three staff will attend. -Child Development Days October 14th 8-12 followed by Walk to Remember 12-3 to bring light to the topic of Infant Loss and Infant mortality. -Senior Health Fair – Medford High School October 20th. A flu shot clinic will be held. Reports from Other Committees: Next Meeting : Wednesday, December 6, 2023 , at 9:00 AM in the Health Department Conference Room, Ground Floor of Courthouse. Adjournment: With no further business : Motion by Albrecht to adjourn the meeting; Seconded Kahan. Motion Carried. The meeting was adjourned at 10:52 AM. Submitted by: Whitney Wiltse Public Health Assistant -Taylor County Health Department Approved: December 6, 2023 BOH Board of Health Minutes Date: Wednesday June 7, 2023 Health Department Conference Room, Ground floor of the Courthouse Board Members Present: Lynette Rosemeyer, Roxy Kahan (zoom), Jennifer Polacek, Brittany Chariton(zoom), Scott Mildbrand, Diane Albrecht, Sally Nazar Board Members Excused: Gregory Night (moved) Health Staff Present: Michelle Cahoon and Whitney Wiltse (Zoom) Also Present: Dan Gallert with Emergency Management and Arrielle Eckhardt with the Star News Call to Order: Scott Mildbrand called the meeting to order at 9:00. Approval of Minutes: Lynn Rosemeyer moved to approve the minutes of the April 5 th, 2023 meeting; Seconded by Diane Albrecht. Approval of Agenda: 1. Diane Albrecht moved to approve the agenda with thirteen items. 2. Lynn R osemeyer seconded. Public Comment: N/A Correspondence: N/A Highlights from Health Officer Report & Other Departmental Updates v. COVID-19 Response – The pandemic expired 5/11/23. Still offering out free Covid Home Tests. Boosters are to be offered again this fall 2023 as part of the flu clinic. Covid is still a category one level so it still must be followed up on, however, we are only seeing a couple of cases a week. vi. Annual Report: Worked on by Michelle and Rhianna to compile all the data over the last year. Just needs board approval. Diane Albrecht motioned to approve; Lynn Rosemeyer seconded the motion. All county board members will be provided with a copy in their mailbox. vii. STI Rates: With Covid being downgraded we are now seeing people getting teste d for other infections/diseases. We are seeing a slight uptick and have a targeted area we are trying to get more teachings outs to. We are hoping to work with the high school to help bring more education on the front end. viii. Staff Updates – We are back to f ull staff. Our office has been busy and bustling. We have been involved in several events within the community such as National Night of Hope, WI Agriculture Days, Career Fair (over 900 stu dents), Tri-County Outreach Efforts with Marathon and Clark County, and Taylor County Moving for a Cure (TCM4C) walk. We collaborated with TCM4C and created a county team and offered shirts for purchase to bring together other offices. Rhianna was able to teach two Narcan classes with Delux e Plastics. Back in the office s taff have been working on a variety of topics for webinar trainings. Staff continue to get trained in adult and youth mental health first aid training. The Health Department has officially gotten the two vehicles that will support our department and our fu ture Sanitarian once Tony retires. ix. Program Updates: Michelle and Dan with EM have their first CPR class they will be teaching on Thursday this week. Our nail care continues to be the most popular service and is thoroughly appreciated by the clients we see . We have been able to add travel chairs to better a ssist nurses continue these services at the senior sites without sitting on the floors. Updated fees schedule as of June 1, 2023. We are partnering with Taylored Family to help with how we can boost vacci ne rates and services with private insurance or out -of-pocket paying clients by adding new vaccines in our office. Nicole with HR is involved, and there will be another meeting about him in the near future. Also, we will be starting to offer Shingrix by th e end of June, and TD. Harm reduction efforts contin ue as we are gearing up to start a Safe Sharps Disposal Program. Participants can purchase a sharps container from us for $7, or if they use their own approved bin, they will pay the same $7 fee to dispose of them. Our new sharps removal company is Stericycle. x. AED updates: AED units have been added to the Rib Lake and Gilman squads in a continued effort to help support emergency service needs in our most rural areas. xi. Preparedness: Dan with EM has been wit h the county for almost a year. We are in the works on how we can better collaborate resources. With the use of the preparedness grant, the Health Department will fund Dan to have an additional 5 hours a week putting him at 40 hours weekly. This will not c hange any county expense towards anything that has already been agreed upon. The purpose of this is to avoid the overlap in work being done by the health department and emergency management. Both offices are in charge of coming up with the emergency plan that should actually be written as the same plan. Dan wi ll take on doing this completely, and in exchange, the health department staff will assist in the grant and back -end work for EM. With this being strictly grant -funded it is understood by both parties that if funding ever was unavailable the plans would re sume the way they currently run. There was a motion by Sally Nazar and seconded by Diane Albrecht that the official decision will be brought to personnel and finance. The remainder of the preparednes s funds are allocated to have remaining staff complete ICS 400 required by state statue and job description. Program Spotlight: A partnership was done with the ADRC/COA to host an Aging Population open house to help provid e resources to our elder communi ty and/or their families. Our next event will be June 26 th with the topic of fraud and scams targeted at the elder population. Another partnership was with the Health Department assisting the wellness committee to give a facelift to the staff fitness cente r with new paint, equipment, cleaning, and a more user -friendly setup. Health Department staff also assisted in painting and updating the new Health Department conference Room that will also serve as the new Mother’s Room. T he room will always remain locked with a key available for check out in the Health Department. Dispatch will also have a key so third-shift staff within the jail still have access to the room if needed. Michelle and Tony will be meeting in the near future to discuss his future retirement plan and timeframe. Capacity Building, Trainings, & Conferences: Staff attended the annual Wisconsin Public Health Association Conference in Madison, WI at the end of May. Most were done virtually, but Rhianna was able to attend in person. She is also a member of their board. There were many great topics and speakers. We are hoping to utilize the knowledge we gained and new contacts to bring back and use within our own community. Board members are welcomed and encouraged to attend so we hope next year th at some of our board members are interested in joining us. Staff participated in an informative crisis training held at Human Services in April. Upcoming training for staff includes ICS 300/400 (required by state statue) and Car seat certification in July. We are planning on setting up a booth for Park Fest in August to promote healthy habits and our programs. Reports from Other Committees: Next Meeting: Wednesday, August 2nd, 2023 at 9:00 AM in the Health Department Conference Room, Ground Floor o f Courthouse. This will be a budget only meeting but may include going over details of the future Sanitarian position posting. Adjournment: With no further business, Diana Albrecht moved to adjourn the meeting; Lynn Rosemeyer seconded. The meeting was adjourned at 10:19AM. Submitted by: Whitney Wiltse – Public Health Assistant with the TCHD. Approved by : Board of Health 8/16/2023 Board of Health Minutes 04/05/2023 Sheriff’s Department Training Room, Ground floor of Courthouse Board Members Present: Gregory Knight, Lynette Rosemeyer, Roxy Kahan, Jennifer Polacek (VIA PHONE), Brittany Chariton, Scott Mildbrand, Diane Albrecht Board Members Excused: Sally Nazer Health Staff Present: Michelle Cahoon, Whitney Wiltse, Gina Thorson, Sara Emmerich, Rhiann a Schmidt, Melissa Moore, Karen Kropp-Mueller Also Present: Call to Order: Scott Mildbrand called the meeting to order at 9:02AM. Approval of Minutes: Diane Albrecht moved to approve the minutes of the February 1, 2023, meeting; Seconded by Gregory Knight. Approval of Agenda: 1.Gregory Knight moved to approve the agenda with ten items; 2. Brittany Chariton seconded. Public Comment: N/A Correspondence: N/A Highlights from Health Officer Report & Other Departmental Updates xii. COVID-19 Response – Currently not carrying any vaccine within our department. New information regarding a second bivalent booster is in the works. Citizens would have to have at least four months to post their last injection. Covid Emerge ncy is set to expire 5/11/2023. Some healthcare facilities are beginning to adjust their mast mandate. xiii. Staff Update- Our new PH Specialist Rhianna Schmidt joined our team and has b een a great addition, bringing her knowledge and previous experience to the table. She is also trained in Narcan and start ed engaging the Medford school staff in this beneficial training. Gilman and Rib Lake will be trained at a future date, but school staff feedback has been very receptive and positive. Staff are highly involved in community events such as the Health and Safety fair, Reality Fair, Government Days, Literacy Night, Drug free week in the schools, and will join the National Night of Hope. Staff also continue to educate themselves on topics through we binars and training. xiv. Updates on programing: Our office just wrapped up our final fluoride application within the schools. We continue to focus on Stop the Bleed training and have done two classes for school staff and another for the 5 th and 6th grade kids. We will soon be able to incorporate First Aid Instruction as Michelle and Dan with Emergency Management have recently completed their instructor certification. We are hoping with this new certification that we can get the community involved to provide basic knowledge that could help save a life, especially in the G ilman/Sheldon/Rib Lake areas for example. AED machines are in the works to be included in the Gilman and Rib Lake squad cars. The beginning of April kicks off National Public Health Week. Staff are participating in webinars regarding public health in the community topics. Program Spotlight: The Health Department and Emergency Management have been working together strongly in e fforts to best serve the community. Our two departments work hand in hand daily. We have been able to use part of the Emergency Pre paredness Grant/and parishioner contribution to install AED machines in the fire departments, within two local churches, and the VFW i n Medford. Staff are also planning on completing these required ICS classes as part of the Public Health State Statue. A s alamander machine has been purchased in preparation efforts for staff that’ll help assure the safety of responding staff. Th e machine may also be able to provide the county with some cost-saving measures within our buildings. Starting April 1, 2023, the fees schedule will be updated with a few changes. We continue to be involved in WPHRC Program. Capacity Building, Trainings, & Con ferences: In May, many of the Health Department Staff will be attending the annual WPHA/WAHLDAB Public Health Conference. Board members are invited to attend as well. Reports from Other Committees : Michelle is part of the EOC Su b Committee. They are in t he works of designating an EOC location for Taylor County in an emergency event. Another update comes from the ADHOC commi ttee for Opiate Funds. Board members will make the final decision on how these funds are spent. People will be able to apply to suggest what they feel is important to spend this money on. Next Meeting: Wednesday, June 7 h, 2023, at 9:00 AM in the Sheriff’ s Training Room, Ground Floor of Courthouse. Adjournment: With no further business, Diane Albrecht moved to adjourn the meeting; Gregory Knight seconded. The meeting was adjourned at 10:42AM. Submitted by: Whitney Wiltse – Public Health Aide with the Taylor County Health Department Approved by: BOH on June 7, 2023 Board of Health Minutes February 1, 2023 Sheriff’s Department Training Room, Ground Floor of Courthouse Board Members Present: Scott Mildbrand, Roxy Kahan, Diane Albrecht, Sally Nazer, Brittany Chariton (zoom), Jennifer Polacek (zoom). Board Members Excused: Lynette Rosemeyer and Gregory Knight Health Staff Present: Michelle Cahoon, Whitney Wiltse, Karen Kropp-Mueller, Melissa Moore Also Present: None Call to Order: Scott Mildbrand called the meeting to order at 9:00AM with a quorum present. Approval of Minutes: Diane Albrecht moved to approve the minutes of the December 7, 2022, meeting; Seconded by Roxy Kahan. Motion Carried. Approval of Agenda: Sally Nazer moved to approve the agenda for February 1, 2023, with eleven items; Jennifer Polacek seconded. Motion Carried. Public Comment - None Correspondence – None Highlights from Health Officer Report & Other Departmental Updates xv. COVID-19 Response – Cases, Funding, Testing, & Vaccines – free tests are still available at the office as well as local libraries. Discussion on follow-up of covid positive cases by staff. Pfizer 12+ is the only vaccine available at this time at the health dept. xvi. Staff Updates – New PH Specialist starting Feb 20. This will result in the dept being fully staffed. She comes with experience from another county and certification to perform the duties assigned. xvii. Updates on Programing- Michelle provided a quick overview of items included in the health officer report. Topics included fluoride varnish, stopping the bleed and emergency preparedness exercises. xviii. Future BOH Meetings will continue to be held on the 1st Wednesday of even numbered months at 9am; with the exception of September 6th taking the place of the October scheduled meeting due to vacation being taken. No October meeting will be held. Program Spotlight: Community Health Nurse Karen Kropp-Mueller provided a brief overview presentation of the Taylor County Moving for a Cure coalition, explained the process for funding support available to community members, and TCHD’s role in the coalition’s efforts. Capacity Building, Trainings, & Conferences - Taylor County YouTube Channel - https://bit.ly/3W4Ulsn - WPHA/WAHLDAB Annual Public Health Conference held May 23-25, in Madison Reports from Other Committees - None Next Meeting: Wednesday, April 5, 2023, at 9:00 AM in the Sheriff’s Training Room, Ground Floor of Courthouse Adjournment: With no further business, Diane Albrecht moved to adjourn the meeting; Roxy Kahan seconded. The meeting was adjourned at 9:42 AM. Submitted by: Whitney Wiltse, Public Health Aide at the Taylor County Health Department February meeting minutes were approved at 4/5/2023 Board of Health Meeting.