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HomeMy WebLinkAboutM031512MAY 0 4 2012 JEFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH MINUTES Thursday, March 15, 2012 2:30 PM -� 4:30 PM Jefferson County Public Health, 615 Sheridan Street, Port Townsend, WA 98368' Board Members Staff Members Phil Johnson, Chair, County Commissioner District #1 Thomas Locke, MD, MPH Health Officer David Sullivan, County Commissioner, District #2 Jean Baldwin, Public Health Services Director John Austin, County Commissioner, District #3 Julia Danskin, Nursing Services Director Roberta Frissell, citizen at large (County) Jared Keefer, Environmental Health Services Director Catharine Robinson, Port Townsend City Council Sheila Westerman, Citizen at large (City) Jill Buhler, Vice Chair, Hospital Commissioner, District #2 Chair Johnson called the meeting of the Jefferson County Board of Health to order at 2:30 PM. A quorum was present. Members Present: Phil Johnson, David Sullivan, John Austin, Roberta Frissell, Sheila Westerman, Jill Buhler Staff Present: Jean Baldwin, Julia Danskin, Jared Keefer, Veronica Shaw Members Excused: Catharine Robinson APPROVAL OF AGENDA Member Austin requested that report of the State Board of Health be added under item 4 of Old Business and Informational Items. Member Austin moved to approve the agenda as amended. Member Buhler seconded. The motion passed unanimously. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Member Austin requested the February BOH minutes be changed regarding the motion on page 4 concerning a letter being written to the mill and ORCA. The motion was made by Member Westerman not by Member Austin. Member Buhler moved to approve the minutes as amended. Member Austin seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously PUBLIC COMMENTS A citizen expressed his concern over the landfill at the mill and non-compliant materials being burned in the landfill. He requested that a public hearing be held prior to the next permit being issued. r A citizen gave an update on the number of moratorium petitions that have been signed. She encouraged The Board to support a moratorium. Finally she read from the American Lung Association Policy. A citizen thanked the Board for their support to add an additional air quality monitor at Grant Street School. She also thanked Dr. Locke for his work with the Clallam County BOH. OLD BUSINESS and INFORMATIONAL ITEMS EPA Homeowner Process Report Linda Atkins, Environmental Health Specialist, gave an update on the progress of the EPA Homeowners Process. She provided a list of the people serving on the work group. There is a link on www.jeffersoncountypublichealth.org to a page which provides materials, agendas, and meeting summaries. The planned initial work group meetings are complete. She stated that the comments and recommendations have been incorporated into revisions of the code and there will be a meeting on March 19, 2012 to review the code revisions with the work group. Ms. Atkins announced that the March 22, 2012 forum has been changed to an evening meeting. The other two meetings will be afternoon meetings. A press release has been provided to the Leader and PDN for the public forums, and they corrected inaccurate information that was published in the newspaper regarding the forums and the sewage management plan. Ms. Atkins listed several issues that were addressed by the work group. She anticipates bringing a draft of the revision to the code to the Board in April, for adoption in May, and starting the program in August. Correspondence from Citizens Ms. Baldwin stated that letters from Citizens regarding the February 2012 BOH meeting are included in the packet. Correspondence from Board Member Westerman is in support of the letter regarding Port Townsend Paper Company Proposed Biomass/Cogeneration Plant being signed by all Board Members and will be sent to DOE and other agencies that may be interested in the Boards position on this issue. Ms. Baldwin stated that she contacted Grant Street School to see if the school would support a monitoring station being placed at the school and the school would support a monitoring station. Member Buhler requested that the third paragraph of the letter be changed from "air pollution is necessary" to "air pollution are necessary". Mr. Keefer suggested that the last paragraph of the letter be changed to: If the reason a second monitor cannot be added is lack of available funding, we request that ORCA and the mill work to find funding solutions. Member Austin moved to adopt the letter with the 2 afore mentioned changes. Member Sullivan seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. State Board of Health Member Austin gave an update on the State BOH consideration of additional infant screening. He also stated that they voted to implement a new plan for the TDAP vaccine to have State guidelines coincide with National guidelines. New Business Water Quality Project Overview and Meetings with Environmental Health Michael Dawson, Water Quality Lead, gave a presentation on the Clean Water District and the background of the water quality program. The Clean Water Act of 1972 protects surface water by putting the EPA as the Federal Agency in charge of protecting water, it sets standards for water quality, and it gives a permit system for handling point source pollution from industrial sources. In Washington State Water Quality Standards are in the WAC and are organized around the beneficial uses of water for wildlife and humans, which is handled by the Department of Ecology. Mr. Dawson listed the fresh water standards and marine standards for fecal coli form for each type water. He also talked about the guidelines for shellfish and water protection and the monitoring of the state designated commercial growing areas. In 2007 the Commissioners formed the Clean Water District and in 2009 an ordinance was passed to allow a $5.00 per parcel fee to fund activities. In 2011 there was a resolution directing Water Quality staff to form an advisory council for the district. Mr. Dawson outlined the Clean Water Projects that have been funded by Centennial Grants. He pointed out that the main grant tasks support the idea of protecting clean water by monitoring water quality, monitoring the trends, identifying pollution sources, controlling and correcting problems and educating and informing. Water Quality staff work closely with the Environmental Health onsite team with septic issues and with the Conservation District. He outlined the goals of the Clean Water District Advisory Council. Member Westerman suggested that this presentation be given to the City Council, and she and Chair Johnson would like to attend that meeting. Public Health Hero Nominations Member Buhler read the six nominations for Public Health Heroes. Member Westerman moved to make all nominees Public Health Heroes. Member Frissell seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. 2011 Performance Measures End of Year Report Copies of the 2011 Performance Measures were included in the agenda packet. Ms. Baldwin pointed that some decreases in services are due to funding and programs being dropped. She also stated that Family Health Services there has been a 40% reduction in funds so the amount of people being seen is decreased, but the highest risk people are continuing to be seen. Jefferson County Pertussis Outbreak Update Lisa McKenzie, Communicable Disease Program Coordinator, gave an update on the Jefferson County Pertussis outbreak. She announced there have been 22 cases of Pertussis in Jefferson County. 17 of the cases are in children ranging in age from six months to 14 years old and 5 cases are adults. Ms. McKenzie stated eight of the people had no immunization, nine were partially immunized, and 5 were fully immunized. Ms. Mckenzie also explained what JCPH Public Health Nurses have been doing in response to the outbreak. Washington State Legislative Update Ms. Baldwin stated that in the unpredictable State budgets possibly some of the 5930 Funding, which pays for communicable diseases, that were previously eliminated has been restored; 17% of the State Family Planning money has been eliminated and some solid waste programs have been cut. The Quit Line has been funded for another year. ACTIVITY UPDATE Member Sullivan pointed out that the November meeting may need to be rescheduled. Ms. Baldwin stated that the April meeting will have the O & M committee report, which will be a well attended meeting, so the meeting will be moved to the Masonic Hall. Member Frissell announced that she has been asked and has agreed to serve on an advisory committee for ECHO, because they wanted a connection with the BOH and wanted suggestions for enhancing their services. AGENDA PLANNING CALENDAR The next scheduled BOH meeting will be held April 19, 2012 from 2:30 to 4:30 PM at the Masonic Hall, 1338 Jefferson St., Port Townsend, WA. ADJOURNMENT Chair Johnson adjourned the BOH meeting at 4:30 PM JEFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH 4 Phil Johnson, hair VJ*ul Vice Chair 644,44"4tZ- Roberta Frissell, Member Da4Sulliv/an,Member V� Excused �.,_,. Catharine Robinson, Member Joh Austin, Member �V Sheila Westerman, Member Respectfully Submitted: Stacie Reid