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Home My WebLink About08 August County Health & Human Services HEALTH BOARD MINUTES AUGUST 22, 1995 BOARD MEMBERS: Robert Hinton, Chairman Richard Wojt, Member Glen Huntingford, Member STAFF MEMBERS David Specter, Health Department Director Jean Baldwin, Director of Nursing Services Larry Fay, Director of Environmental Health Chester Prudhomme, Director of Substance Abuse J. Peter Geerlofs, M.D., Health Officer CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND REPRESENTATIVE: Bob Sokol The meeting was called to order by Chairman Robert Hinton after a brief meeting with Representative Norm Dicks. The following Board and staff members were present: Commissioner Glen Huntingford, Commissioner Richard Wojt, Larry Fay, David Specter, Chester Prudhomme, Jean Baldwin, Lesa Barnes, Joni Healey and Judi Morris. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Commissioner Huntingford moved to approve the minutes of July 20, 1995 as presented. Chairman Hinton seconded the motion. The motion passed. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: No public comments. DIRECTOR'S REPORT FINANCIAL REPORT: David Specter introduced Joni Healey who provides secretarial support for Judi Morris. He then reported that 58.4% of the budget has been expended and 59.5% of budgeted revenues have been collected as of July 1, 1995. Chairman Hinton asked if the contract with the Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development, funding for Community Mobilization Against Substance Abuse was in the 1995 budget? David Specter answered that the 25% match was budgeted for the year. The Contract will go back on the agenda for Monday, August 28, 1995. David Specter and Vic Dirkson are in the process of writing to the State Department of Health to receive an additional $16,000 - $20,000 in grant money to be used for community needs assessments. This money will be nonsuplantable. Commissioner Wojt asked if the APEC program was finished. David Specter reported the organizational capacity assessment is finished but the community plan is not yet implemented. lIe asked for support to finalize this agreement to get additional !II ant Ihoncy. The Comn.issiohcrs agreed H!i6t.giilJe their supp9it!YIRONMENTAL DEVELOPMENTAL ALCOHOl/DRUG DEPARTMENT HEALTH DISABILITIES ABUSE CENTER FAX 206/385.9400 206/385-9444 206/385-9400 206/385-0650 206/385-9401 HEALTH BOARD MINUTES - AUGUST 22, 1995 Page: 2 NURSING DIRECTOR'S REPORT Jean Baldwin reported on an outside audit that was done and a final report will be submitted at a later date. She also talked about the Peer in Program which is already in place in the Port Townsend elementary school and will soon be in place at the Chimacum elementary school. This program pairs an older student with a younger student and encourages them to stay away from drugs, sex, and smoking, etc.. Jean asked the Commissioners for direction on the Community Network. Should she bring all the Jefferson County agencies together that deal with youth, and find out how many kids they deal with, where they are going, and what kind of services are they providing? The Commissioners agreed to send a representative to these meetings to help put a plan together. Moneys for some community programs come from the Community Network and she would like to see this plan continue. She will let them know of meeting dates. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DIRECTOR'S REPORT Larry Fay announced that the Puget Sound Water Quality grant was awarded. The Department of Ecology will be distributing approximately $17,000 over the next 18 months. The Jefferson County Environmental Health Department will be using this money to develop a tracking system, purchase software and staff a person to research and input data. This system will be available to the County departments who use Permit Plan. Commissioner W ojt mentioned that Chimacum School received a three- year grant to utilize students, computers and the Internet to help with the IDMS program. Lesa Barnes, who recently moved to Environmental Health from the Planning Department, has been working on an implementation plan for Critical Aquifer Recharge Area (CARA) seawater intrusion policies. She talked to some other counties and came up with the following procedures: 1) Drilling Procedure; 2) Agreement with Department of Ecology; 3) Methodology and best management practices; 4) Public involvement/workshops; 5) Official review; 6) Coordination of data. Larry Fay indicated that during the month of September they will come up with an outline and report on it at a later date. Larry Fay stated that the Hazardous Waste Facility Opening will take place on August 26, 1995. Chairman Huntingford asked about septic designs. Why does the County require that an engineer design a septic system, if the Permit Center is going to review it for content? Why not have the Permit Center do everything and cut out the engineer? Larry Fay responded that the committee will discuss this at the next meeting and have a response for the Board at a later date. ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE SERVICES DIRECTOR'S REPORT PROGRAM UPDATE: Chester Prudhomme reported that due to the contmumg influence of the DWI class action suit the 1995 client intake figures again show a further drop in intakes. By mid April of this year the agency case load was down 38%, but at this point, there are more than 100 HEALTH BOARD MINUTES - AUGUST 22, 1995 Page: 3 unadjudicated DWI offenders awaiting trial in the local District Court. The 100 or more DWI offenders finally started moving through the local court system June 15, 1995, at a planned rate of seven a month through December 1995. Chester Prudhomme also asked if the student intern counselor that was recently laid off could be rehired to continue her work on projects and treatment services as well as some new projects as considered in the new 1995-97 DASA Biennium Contract. This money would have to be figured into the 1996 budget. NEW BUSINESS None. The next meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 26, 1995 at 1 :30 p.m. '-~ ojt, Member Glen Huntingford, er