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Home My WebLink AboutBOARD OF HEALTH - 01/06/1987 - BOARD OF HEALTH MINUTES Village of Elk Grove `may 2 Board of Health January 6, 1987 o� The regular meeting of the 'Elk Grove Village Board of Health called to ordjr by Pat McHale, Chairman, at 7.:30 p.m. in the Staff Conference 'Room of the Village Hall. Board Members Present Board Members Absent Pat McHale, Chairman Dr. Labinsky Pat Bourke Ken Deal Staff Present Ray Dean Nancy Yiannias Ray DePalma Mike Cavallini Dave Dopp Dr. Kelly Jim Rubly I The Board welcomed Dave Dopp as a new member. The Village Board increased the number of Board of Health positions from 8 members to 9 members. II Old Business A. Low Cost Health Care Update The Grant Proposal for low cost primary health care for the medically indigent was submitted to the Chicago Community Trust. Four agencies were included in the proposal: The Northwest Suburban Health Care Task Force, Cook County Department of Public Health, the Village of Park Forest Health Department and CEDA of Cook County Inc. A decision by the Chicago Community Trust will .be made by March 1,.1987, if the group will be awarded the grant. B. Congregate Senior Housing Update The *Village Attorney completed a draft of the proposed ordinance. The .ordinance was reviewed by the Board of Health. Pat Bourke moved that the Board of Health approve the Attorney's draft of the Proposed Congregate Housing Ordinance. The motion was seconded and unanimously approved. The Board of Health will be advised of the next meeting with JPZ to discuss the ordinance draft. C. Task Force - Senior Impact Study The Health Department is requesting that the monies allocated in the current budget be placed in the 1987-88 Budget. The study will not be done this fiscal year but will be deferred to mid 1987. D. Tanning Booth Ordinance Update The Board of Health is waiting for a response from Mr. Zettek Minutes - Board of .4ealth January 6, 1987 - page 2 on Pat McHale's correspondence. No action will be taken until that time. E. Radon Recommendation Update The Board of Health read Mr. Willis' memo regarding Radon. They agreed with Mr. Willis' opinion that the Health Department should refer radon calls to the appropriate agency. In this case calls are being referred to the bSEPA. The Cook County Department of Environmental Control has placed nine radon detectors in residences in the Village. Results of those readings will be available to Cook County in a few months. F. In Home Day Care Ordinance Update The Department of Children and Family Services has made some changes in their regulations. These changes will be automatically adopted by our Village Code since our ordinance adopted the DCFS .Code by reference. G. Adult Day Care Ordinance Update Three different types of documents regulating adult day care centers were distributed to the Board of' Health. The document favored by the members was the Illinois Association of Adult Day Care Providers' Guidelines. A copy of the final draft copy will be obtained from Nancy Hartshorn of Harmony Care, North- west Community Hospital. This document will be reviewed at the next Board of Health Meeting. III Routine Reports A. Coordinator's Report Most items were covered under old business except for the Immunization Clinic. The December Clinic had 52 children. They were given 87 shots. The majority of the children were from Elk Grove. The schedule for 1987 is: March 12,. May 14, August 6, October -8 and December 10. (4 - 6 p.m. at Alexian Brothers Medical Center). The Blood Drive schedule is January 24, April 25, July 25 and October 24. TB Clinics are scheduled for March 17 - 20,_ June 9 - 12, September 15 - 18 -and December 15 - 18. Housing/Health Inspector's Report November --December, 1986 Routine Inspections Commercial - Food Catering Truck Inspection 1 Restaurant Inspection 1 Vending Machine Inspection 15 Retail Inspections & Reinspections 4 21 Minutes - Board of Health January 6, 1987 - page 3 Residential - Housing Maintenance - Multi Family Inspections & Reinspections 94 Single Family Inspections & Reinspections 53 147 Microwave Inspections 7 Total Routine Inspections & Reinspections 175 Complaint Inspections Garbage Commercial Inspections 2 Residential Inspections & Reinspections 21 Industrial Inspections & Reinspections 15 38 Drainage - Commercial Inspections & Reinspections 2 Residential Inspections & Reinspections 2 Industrial Inspections & Resinspections 3 7 Insects/Rodents/Animals - Residential Inspections & Reinspections 6 Housing Inspections . 1 Grass & Weed Reinspections 3 Miscellaneous 37 Citations 8 Total Complaint Inspections & Reinspections 92 Grand Total Inspections & Reinspections 267 (less citations) A complaint was filed by the Health Department against an owner of a Carroll Square apartment building. Numerous problems were cited. The owner was fined $4,800.00. $100.00 per day for 48 days. This -is the first large fine on a Housing Maintenance violation.' This should make it easier to enforce Housing Maintenance violations in the future. B. Sanitarian's Report Several new restaurants, carryouts and convenient stores have opened in the last month. Strawberry Hill has a McDonalds, Taco Bell (not opened yet) , Little Caesar's Pizza and Polar Bear Ice Cream. The previous Ponderosa on Higgins will soon be opened (extensively remodeled) as Woody's. Minutes - Boare of Health January 6, 1987 - page 4 A beaver is constructing a dam near the footbridge off Clearmont. Public Works and the .Township will be destroying the dam because it- could cause flooding problems in the spring. Sanitarian's Inspections November- - December, 1986 Food Service Inspections 14 Vending Machine Inspections 49 New Construction Inspdctions 30 Animal Inspections 5 Housing Inspections 5 Retail Inspections 5 Garbage Inspections 4 Rodent Inspections 4 Pollution Inspections 3 Day Care Inspections 2 Microwave Inspections 1 Water Inspections 1 Miscellaneous Inspections 9 132 IV New Business Several northwest suburban communities have passed an ordinance requiring Lounge employees to take a 12 hour course on Alcohol Awareness. This course teaches how to recognize when someone has become inebriated - and when to stop them from drinking. Harper College is teaching this course in several northwest suburban high schools. The Board of Health was interested in knowing if the Elk Grove Police Department is encouraging Lounge employees to take these classes. The Health Department will check with the Police Department regarding this matter and report at the next Board of Health meeting. The meeting was adjourned at 8:50 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Nancy Yiannias Health Coordinator NY/jc Distribution: Board of Health Members Village President Board of Trustees Village Manager Assistant Village Manager Administrative Assistant Village Clerk Village Attorney Village Sanitarian