2017-06-20 Update with HealthUpdate with Public Health & Social Services
June 20, 2017
3:31 p.m.
Present: Commissioner Fund, Commissioner Jackson, Danette York, Bill Teitzel
Recorder: Rieva Lester
BUDGET
• SNAP-Ed grant: Reduced by 34 percent, a $21,692 cut; staff hours for Ellen Kim Cho are being
reduced
ISSUES FROM PREVIOUS MEETINGS
• Coal Creek update –Community Meeting (contractor meet-and-greet) is planned for
6 p.m. Thursday, June, 22
• Update on remodel – Drywall was delivered the previous week, and some electrical
work is being done
• Update on reorganization – Deputy Director position has gone out again, communicable
disease, health educator also being sought
• Nurse Family Partnership update – Danette is meeting to discuss a proposed joint effort
NEW ISSUES
• Updated list of code enforcement cases
Reliable may be interested in Bonagofski property; Bill said the county will need
to address the solid waste that will be left over; Bill said the county may need to
lease the land rather than sell it
Meth lab on Joppish is very contaminated;
Cousins Road has been barricaded;
Roppert Road apparently logged illegally, vehicles parked in county right-of-way,
dead animals
• Collected 227,000 tons of tires
Bill Teitzel left at 4:01 p.m.
• Association of County Human Services (ACHS) special dues assessment – ACHS is
requesting a dues assessment. Danette said WSAC wants the ACHS money that was
stolen, but she said there are questions about whether it would be legal to ask members
to pay “an assessment” after they’ve already paid. She said Lewis County’s share has
been identified as roughly $600.
• Summer lunch program for kids at schools and churches – Schools typically host summer
lunch programs. A school has requested having an additional site at a church.
• One-tenth of 1% sales tax MOU with Health Care Authority to use as match for Medicaid
transformation – The state has received the Medicaid waiver, which means the state
will get a large amount of money. The state is required to provide a nonfederal match.
The state must provide a list of Designated State Health Programs (DSHP). Lewis County
Public Health has three programs the state could use toward its match. Rieva asked the
Prosecutor’s Office to add it to their agenda for their next meeting.
BOARD OF HEALTH (BOH)
The next BOH will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday, July 10
Meeting adjourned at 4:55 p.m.