McHenry County Board of Health Commission met September 24.

By Angelica Saylo Pilo

Nov 8, 2018

McHenry County Board of Health Commission met Sept. 24.

Here is the minutes provided by the commission:

1. CALL TO ORDER

Meeting called to order at: 7:07 PM by William Stinson.

PRESENT: McCann, Lorenc, Stinson, Faccone, Hatch, Axman, Nomm, Karras, Howell

ABSENT: Gaffney, Clarke, Morawski, Lin, Trevino, Gugle, Goodlow

2. PUBLIC COMMENT

3. MINUTES APPROVAL

A. Board of Health - Regular Meeting - Aug 27, 2018 7:00 PM

RESULT: ACCEPTED BY VOICE

4. ADMINISTRATOR'S ORAL REPORT

5. CONSENT AGENDA

RESULT: ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS]

MOVER: David Faccone

SECONDER: Linnea Axman

AYES: McCann, Lorenc, Stinson, Faccone, Hatch, Axman

ABSENT: Gaffney, Clarke, Morawski, Lin, Trevino

A. Disbursements

B. Income & Expenses

C. ADM Division Report

D. ENV Division Report

E. PHN Division Report

F. VPH Division Report

G. Prairieland Disposal Inc. -REVISED CONTRACT

Ms. Nomm reminded the board that Prairieland Disposal was approved at the Board of Health's August 2018 meeting. There was a change of location of the permanent site for Prairieland Disposal and Ms. Nomm wanted the Board to be aware of this revision. The new location is 4405 S. Roberts Road in Island Lake.

6. CENTEGRRA DISBURSEMENTS

1. Centegra Disbursements

RESULT: APPROVED [4 TO 0]

MOVER: Mary McCann

SECONDER: David Faccone

AYES: McCann, Faccone, Hatch, Axman

ABSTAIN: Lorenc, Stinson

ABSENT: Gaffney, Clarke, Morawski, Lin, Trevino

7. FAMILY HEALTH PARTNERSHIP DISBURSEMENTS

1. Family Health Partnership Disbursements

RESULT: APPROVED [5 TO 0]

MOVER: Ted Lorenc

SECONDER: David Faccone

AYES: McCann, Lorenc, Stinson, Faccone, Hatch

ABSTAIN: Axman

ABSENT: Gaffney, Clarke, Morawski, Lin, Trevino

8. CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS - NEW

A. Elgin Recycling Inc.

Elgin Recycling will be accepting a variety of electronics at a one day electronics recycling event for McHenry County residents. This will be held on Saturday, October 20, 2018 at the County Administration building. In the past, there has been collections of over 100,000 lbs. of recyclable electronics in a single event. County tipping fees from Virginia Road transfer station are designated for vendor payment.

RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]

MOVER: Ted Lorenc

SECONDER: David Faccone

AYES: McCann, Lorenc, Stinson, Faccone, Hatch, Axman

ABSENT: Gaffney, Clarke, Morawski, Lin, Trevino

9. PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

10. OLD BUSINESS

11. NEW BUSINESS

A. Solid Waste Advisory Committee Appointment

Ms. Nomm informed the board that Vaughn Kuerschner has volunteered for an appointment on the Solid Waste Advisory Committee. Mr. Kuerschner is in charge of municipal accounts for Waste Management of Illinois Inc. and comes with many years of experience. Ms. Nomm said that Mr. Kuerschner would be replacing the current Waste Management representative on the committee.

Ms. Nomm stated the Solid Waste Advisory Committee consists of volunteer solid waste professionals from all areas of solid waste management. It is a two year appointment and half the committee is up for renewal this year.

Ms. McCann suggested to Ms. Nomm to consider changing the term appointment from 2 years to a 3 year appointment.

RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]

MOVER: Mary McCann

SECONDER: Linnea Axman

AYES: McCann, Lorenc, Stinson, Faccone, Hatch, Axman

ABSENT: Gaffney, Clarke, Morawski, Lin, Trevino

B. FY19 Proposed Budget

Dr. Lorenc, the Board of Health Finance Committee chairman, told the board the Finance Committee met prior to the Board of Health meeting to discuss the FY2019 Proposed Budget. Dr. Lorenc stated the Finance Committee voted unanimously to recommend the Board of Health accept the current proposed budget for 2019.

RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]

MOVER: David Faccone

SECONDER: Ted Lorenc

AYES: McCann, Lorenc, Stinson, Faccone, Hatch, Axman

ABSENT: Gaffney, Clarke, Morawski, Lin, Trevino

12. BOARD ISSUES

Dr. Stinson informed the board that Dr. George Goodlow, Medical Advisor to the Board of Health is resigning when his contract expires on January 31, 2019. Dr. Stinson asked if anyone had any candidates in mind that might be interested in filling this position. Ms.Karras stated she had some people she may reach out to. Dr. Stinson and Dr. Lorenc said they also had some candidates in mind.

Dr.Stinson asked Ms. Karras if it would be in the Health Department's best interests to look at someone with pediatric experience since many of our programs are geared towards children. Ms. Karras replied it would but is not essential. Someone with experience in family practice or an internist would be acceptable since the Department has programs available to residents of all ages.

Dr. Stinson asked what the procedure was when Dr. Goodlow was hired. Ms. Karras said that at the time, Dr. Goodlow was working in our well child clinic and was offered the position. Ms. McCann suggested that the Board send a press release to the McHenry County Medical Association to notify them of the position. Dr.Stinson offered to forward the press release to them via e-mail. Dr. Stinson recommended that other health departments be contacted to inquire if they have had a similar open position and what process was used to obtain a new advisor. Ms. Karras stated that the Board should not wait too long to get started because it may be a hard position to fill.

It was agreed that if anyone knew someone who might be interested in the position, they should contact Susan Karras or Joseph Gugle so they can reach out to that individual.

Ms. McCann said that she is continuing to work to get an ordinance passed thru Planning & Development regarding noise complaints. Ms McCann is trying to have noise complaints considered an ordinance violation and not a criminal misdemeanor charge.

Ms. McCann asked Ms. Howell about the reckless dog owner amendment that was recently passed by the state. Ms. Howell stated the reckless dog owner amendment has been added to the State Act which will help the Department's Animal Control division with certain situations now and in the future. Ms. Howell said that Animal Control might be adding the reckless dog owner amendment to their ordinance.

Ms. McCann asked board members if they would like to have oral division reports in addition to the written reports. Dr. Lorenc stated that would have to depend on the length of the agenda. Dr. Stinson noted it would be more time efficient to continue with the written report and allow time for questions if needed.

Dr. Lorenc asked Ms. McCann about the resolution of support for banning tobacco products at the county level. Ms. McCann stated it was vetoed at the state level and doesn't know if it will come up again before the County Board. Ms. Hatch said that the state veto essentially puts the ban back on a local level. Ms.McCann stated the main reasons for low support from the county board is the economic impact on local businesses and the difficulty in enforcing the ban.

Ms. Karras told board members that Peter Austin contacted her about the initiative being used to ban smoking on government properties. Ms. Karras said communication has been initiated and is currently working on discussion points and putting together fact sheets.

13. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS

14. OTHER BUSINESS

15. EXECUTIVE SESSION (AS NECESSARY)

16. APPENDIX

A. Media Detail

RESULT: PRESENTED

B. Webstats

RESULT: PRESENTED

C. ENV Activity Report

RESULT: PRESENTED

D. ENV Well/Septic Report

RESULT: PRESENTED