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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBOARD OF HEALTH - 03/18/2009 - BOARD OF HEALTH MINUTES Board of Health & Community Services Village of Elk Grove Village March 18, 2009 Board Members Present Jim Christie, Chairman Nancy Czamik, Trustee William.Beaupre Anne Feichter Ryan Bookler Dr. John Kelly Teresa Anesims Georgia Landt Lois Colaprete Jim Morrill, Vice Chair Dick Scholten Board Members Absent Dr. Harold Labinsky Sal Pace Mary Paliganoff Staff Present Michael Cavallim, Director of Health & Community Services Linda Blair, Community Services Coordinator Vicky Maior, Department Secretary Guest Gretchen Rydin, Liaison to Illinois State Representative Mark Walker Call to Order Chairman Jim Christie called the meeting to order at 7:06 PM. Action Items: Approval of the Minutes There was a motion by Trustee Nancy Czarnik, to approve the minutes of the February 18, 2009 meeting, second by Anne Feichter. Gretchen Rydin from State Representative Mark Walker's office came to find out about public health issues facing Elk Grove Village, especially mental health issues. She has been visiting local communities in Representative Walker's district to assess needs and determine ways to help with public health issues facing municipalities. Vicky Maior, Department Secretary came to the meeting to introduce herself to the Board. Chairman Christie thanked Ms. Maior for her hard work in getting the Board packets out to the members. Community Service Coordinator Report The Community Services Coordinator (CSC) continues to see residents seeking aid. Many of the requests are seeking help with food and financial assistance. The Coordinator has also been assisting residents in obtaining the state circuit breaker program. The program provides prescription drug and license plate rebates. The Coordinator has also helped a second resident with an on-line social security disability claim. The Coordinator participated in a two-day training for the National Incident Management System (NIMS) program. The Federal program addresses emergency/disaster responses to a crisis situation by providing a uniform planning system to that response. It provides common language in the planning and carrying out the response to any emergency. This is especially important when multiple agencies are involved. NIMS can also be used for local events such as the Tour of Elk Grove, or the recent Elgin-O'Hare Rally. The Coordinator stated that communities all around the Chicago area participated. The Director stated that communities could be denied federal funding following a disaster or emergency if key staff/responders have not completed NEMS training. Jim Morrill stated there are several layers of training required to complete the entire NIMS training and the courses are available on-line. Financial Assistance-February Salvation Armv Elk Grove Housing Fund February - 9 families, $1,342.99 February- 6 families, $699.00 Food Pantry February- average 49 families assisted Anti-Smoking Campaign Smoking Education- The Positive Youth Development Program (PYD) staff members from Kenneth Young Center will be provided T.A.T.U. training for Elk Grove High School students on February 25`h at the Forest View Educational Center. The PYD staff trained 72 students. Students will visit the local elementary and junior high schools sometime in April or May. The Smoke Free Elk Grove Committee will met on March 25`h to discuss the topic of expanded smoking education program in the elementary schools. Smoking Cessation- The smoking cessation classes will be finishing up shortly. Currently no new classes have been scheduled. Department Director's Report Recall Notices- 285 and counting was the number of recalls by the FDA in the wake of the Salmonella contaminated peanut products from Peanut Corporation of America provided at last month's meeting. As of March 8`h, approximately 94 additional recall notices have been issued. The Department continues to send out fax notices to retail food and specialty stores that could potentially sell the recalled products. The Chairman asked if any new cases have been reported. The Director stated the current recalls are precautionary in nature. The Chairman asked the Coordinator if the food pantry checks for recalled products. The Chairman was concerned that someone would knowingly try to get rid of a recalled product at the pantry. The Coordinator stated recalled products are hard to monitor and that the food pantry relies on recipients to check products. The food pantry did discover cases of contaminated pasta (not related to the present recall) that were removed from distribution. Animal Traps- The Director proposed the elimination of the Department program to provide traps for residents. The use of the traps has declined over the years due to the fact that the residents have very few options to release animals once caught. The Director provided a survey of surrounding communities regarding how they deal with nuisance animals. Animal control is about evenly split between communities that provide services to their residents and those that do not. A majority of communities that provide a trapping program do so through an animal control officer. Not one stores traps in their immediate office. The Department would keep a few traps for emergencies or special situations. Bill Beaupre asked, "What would constitute an emergency." The Director stated an emergency would be in situations where the Village would need to a resident with a serious problem or an animal problem needed to be addressed on a Village owned property. Georgia Landt asked, "If an outside company could provide this service?" She further asked, `'Does Park Ridge pays directly for services or provides the service at a discounted price to residents?" The Director stated he was attempting to work out a deal with a wildlife control company to provide nuisance animal removal at a discounted price. Wildlife companies charge +$100.00 to remove nuisance animals. Dr. Kelly recommended discontinuing the program. He stated that if residents have a fire, flood, or if the washing machine breaks, residents- call a private service. Dr. Kelly mentioned that diseases can be transferred from the trap, and there are health issues with residents handling traps. In addition the Department cannot guarantee if residents are following proper protocol. Dr Kelly made a motion to eliminate the program and to refer residents to a private company. The motion was seconded by Jim Morrill. The motion passed unanimously. Rain Barrels- The Recycling and Solid Waste Committee met on February 24`h to determine the possibility of the Village purchasing rain barrels for residents at a reduced price. Village residents have placed over 385 requests. The Committee made the following recommendations: • Contact residents to determine their interest after final priced is determined. • The cost for a rain barrel would be approximately $50.00. The Village would pay an estimated $10.00 subsidy from the Recycling Fund. • Place an initial order of 200 with the rest delivered at a later date. • Set up a distribution program with the vendor. • Rain barrels would be limited to three colors. • Orders would be fulfilled to the residents that responded to the survey first. Recycling Newsletter- The Director included a copy of a proposed newsletter that will be mailed to all residents. It is hoped a recycling newsletter will help boost recycling. The last two years recycling figures have declined. This can be due to the economic downturn, an artificial bump due to the new toter program, decreased packaging of consumer goods, or declining interest in recycling. The newsletter will be paid for from a $5,000.00 monetary award given to the Village in the "Cans For Cash" Recycling Challenge. Ryan Bookler asked, "If recycling information is on line?" The Director stated that the information in on the Village website. Uninhabitable Dwelling Units- The Department is working on new protocol for the response to uninhabitable homes, "trash homes". An exorbitant amount of time and energy can be spent on the remediation of a "trash home" situation, involving multiple department and services. The Director provided a survey of surrounding communities on how they dealt with "trash homes". Linda Blair and Kristen Gonsur are currently working on holding a meeting of all the stakeholders that could be involved when uninhabitable homes are identified. Idlinp,_Reptilations- The JPZ Committee met on March 17`h to discuss the "No Idling" initiative. The Director will redo the "No Idling" brochure to include student artwork from the logo/slogan contest. The Village Board members will pick the top log/slogan submittals. Covote Sightings- The Department has not received any reports of resident coyote sightings in about a month. Coyotes begin to change their habits in the spring, becoming J less aggressive after mating season. Document Destruction Event- A document destruction event will be held on August 291h. Blood Drive- The next blood drive will be held on April 2.5 Department Events & Activities- The Director provided the Board members- with an updated schedule of up coming events and regularly scheduled programs. Environmental Health Inspector's Report-March February 2009 Activities Report Routine Inspections 99 Misc. Activities 287 Complaints 34 Citations 6 TOTAL 426 Restaurant update: The Environmental Health Inspectors provide the Board members with the food establishment awarded the "Exemplary Establishment of the Year for 2008". Community Health Nurse Report- March February Activities Report Blood Pressure Screening 31 Blood Sugar Screenings 0 Home/Site Visits 39 Office Visit 0 Consultations (Office/Employee) 3 Blood Drive 0 Day Care Inspections 3 TB Screening 0 Misc. 7 Flu Shots 0 Site Visit 0 Unhygienic Home 0 Immunization Children (including flu shots) 11 Shots (20 total) TOTAL 94 Trustee Liaison Report- Trustee Czarnik spoke about the recent rally regarding the IDOT plan for a connecting highway on the Westside of O'Hare airport. +30,000 comment cards were provided to the IDOT staff at the March 11`h rally to use the Elmhurst Road plan not use the Route 83 right away. A decision will not be made until later this year or early next year. Jim Morrill spoke about the use of the newly trained CERT team at the rally. CERT stands for Civilian Emergency Response Team. CERT is a Fire Department support group that is trained in emergency and disaster response. Currently about 15-20 residents have been trained with more to start class in April. The CERT team will also be used at the Tour of Elk Grove this summer. The Farmer's Market will start again in June. Old Business- None New Business- None Nancy Czarnik made a motion to adjourn the meeting. It was seconded by Lois Colaprete. The meeting was adjourned at 8:1IPM. C: Mayor and Board of Trustees Village Manager Deputy Village Manager Assistant Village Manager Village Attorney Village Clerk