MINUTES - BOARD OF HEALTH

December 10, 2003 @ 4:00 P.M.

City of Oak Creek City Hall – Common Council Chambers

 

  1. Roll Call: Called to Order by J. Alles
    Present: J. Alles, D. Schier, Dr. M. D'Amico, J. DeVita, R. Zapp, Ald. Koehler, M. Zabkowicz (introduced as our newest member)
    Excused: S. Schneider
    Guest: S. Wojcinski
  2. Approval of Minutes – October 8, 2003 meeting. Motion by Ald. Koehler, seconded by R. Zapp, and approved as written.
  3. Correspondence – None.
  4. CPHA Report – As printed; also discussed flu clinics and pertussis cases.
  5. City Sanitarian Report – Discussed some concerns concerning inspections.
  6. Medical Advisor Report – Lakeshore has a “new” physician in family practice who also does obstetrics.  They have also had some confirmed rapid flu tests.
  7. Council Representative Report – The Council approved the Community Health Improvement Plan and the Mutual Aid Agreement for Public Health for the Milwaukee/Waukesha Consortium for Public Health Preparedness.
  8. Old Business
    1. Up-date on procedure for in-home quarantine for animals with a verified history of rabies vaccine when the animal has bitten a person. Discussion of potential citation/fines when quarantine orders not followed. – Motion by Ald. Koehler, seconded by Dr. D’Amico, and approved that the form be approved as corrected with the recommendations of the police department and the following statement added at the bottom of the form: “Failure to comply with this procedure may be subject to a fine.” The CPHA was directed to research fines and work with the city attorney on an ordinance for noncompliance.
    2. Up-date on bioterrorism preparedness activities. Informational item.
    3. Up-date on well maintenance issues. – Well abandonment is ordered by the DNR.  The community well at Oakview Estates will be abandoned by 1/24/04.  There are between 1250-1300 wells unaccounted for at this time in the city. There is a lack of personnel to check these wells on a case-by-case basis.
  9. New Business
    1. Election of officers for 2004 – Motion by Ald. Koehler, seconded by R. Zapp, and approved to elect J. Alles as chair. Motion by J. Alles, seconded by R. Zapp and approved to elect D. Schier as secretary.
    2. Review of bylaws with discussion about adding attendance requirements for board members – Proposed changes to #4B will be presented for approval at the next meeting.  The proposal is that each member of the Board is to attend all regularly scheduled meetings unless excused for a good reason.  If there are three (3) absences in a calendar year or two (2) absences in a row, the rest of the board may terminate the absentee’s board membership.
  10. Next Meeting: February 11, 2004 at 4:30 PM.
  11. Adjournment – Motion by R. Zapp seconded by Ald. Koehler and approved to adjourn.

Respectfully submitted,

 

D. Schier, Secretary, \121003