[1:51] All right, I've got 5:30, so if we can
start, please make sure your microphones
[1:55] are turned on.
[1:59] Well, we'll wait early, so
[2:55] You don't think it's going to work?
What do we do then?
[3:03] Okay, so
All right, so they're recording if we do
[3:09] Okay.
All right, if we can start we'll
[3:13] start with the Pledge of Allegiance.
[3:19] » Pledge of Allegiance
>> to the flag of the United States of
[3:23] America and to the republic for which it
stands one nation under God indivisible
[3:30] with liberty and justice for all.
[3:38] » All right. Perfect.
Are you with these chairs and
[3:52] All right, we'll go with a roll call.
I'll just go down the list. Beverly
[3:56] Metz.
>> Here. Present.
[3:57] » Dr. Engel. Here.
Victoria Powell.
[4:04] Tim Rippberger.
>> Here.
[4:07] » Tom Wonke.
>> I'm here.
[4:08] » Dr. Porter.
And Gail LeVan Heim.
[4:12] » Here.
>> And
[4:15] you guys want to go around the table and
get your names in on the YouTube.
[4:21] Uh Dave Welsh, health officer.
>> Britney Schwab, administrator.
[4:27] Joni Johnson, public health nurse and
school liaison.
[4:31] Natalie Shaley, public health nurse.
>> Tim Van Meter, with septic and
[4:36] environmental.
[4:39] » Dave Feilinger, this is environmental
and health and food inspector.
[4:45] » Lisa Meyer, registrar.
[4:49] » All right, thank you. Um
[4:55] All right, first thing we need to do is
look at our meeting minutes from the
[4:59] quarterly meeting of April 21st.
And review that and look for
[5:06] corrections or approvals.
[7:00] » Everybody had a chance to review the
minutes?
[7:03] Any corrections or discussions?
>> I have one correction.
[7:07] Uh my name
is spelled
[7:11] Yeah, and and the text throughout.
[7:16] » There's one place where there's no E on
any and that's no big deal or whatever.
[7:19] » Girl, I thought I got it all right.
You know how picky we are.
[7:23] » That's okay.
>> Trying to make it pretty for the minute.
[7:29] » Like it really matters.
We got bigger fish to fry, I'm pretty
[7:33] sure.
>> Your name is fine.
[7:38] » It was fine the one time.
>> It was tripping.
[7:41] » It was tripping wild.
[7:47] » Mine's L E but that's all.
>> It's L E?
[7:51] » Yeah.
>> Okay.
[7:52] » It's okay.
>> Well, I'll make the correction.
[7:56] » Yeah, I wasn't going to say anything but
>> I wouldn't even thought of
[8:00] » [laughter]
[8:02] » My
[8:05] Oh, Lisa.
[8:12] » Well, everything else is spelled
correctly.
[8:15] » We're going to have to go through it.
[8:19] All right.
Uh any other corrections or comments? If
[8:24] not, we'll
entertain a motion to accept or
[8:28] » Motion to accept.
>> Motion to accept made. Do I have a
[8:31] second?
>> I'll second.
[8:33] » Motion made and seconded to accept the
uh
[8:37] April 21 meeting minutes with
corrections as noted. Uh all in favor,
[8:42] say I.
>> I.
[8:44] » I. Any opposed? Same sign. Motion
passes.
[8:52] Dr. Engel.
>> Thank you.
[8:53] » And then Dr.
>> And I second.
[8:57] » All right, old business. Uh anybody have
anything they want to bring up?
[9:05] I got a
couple items as we saw in the minutes.
[9:08] Uh
How did the blood drive
[9:11] on May 12?
>> Um I don't remember how many people
[9:15] ended up signing up but they had a
pretty decent turnout again this time.
[9:19] Um I think our next one will be in
November. We haven't planned it yet
[9:22] though but I'll be sure to send that out
when we
[9:24] » That's good work doing that.
>> Oh, definitely.
[9:26] » I think it's great.
>> Yeah.
[9:28] » And then right under that we tabled the
logo issue or meeting or
[9:34] items. So,
I don't know if anybody brought their
[9:38] stuff from last
[9:41] month or not. We had
three logos we were looking at and we
[9:45] tabled it so that we would
have a chance to digest and get
[9:48] everybody's opinion this month. So,
[9:56] here they are.
[10:00] Is that medical symbol is that
a caduceus?
[10:05] Is that symbol of
>> That's like a public health symbol.
[10:09] » Okay, public health symbol.
[10:24] Um
[10:27] So, should we deal with that now? I
mean, we had I can pass these around
[10:31] again if the board hasn't doesn't
remember. You want to pass them down
[10:34] there?
Then pass them back.
[10:37] And we'll send them down this way.
There were three logos. One's the
[10:41] original logo that you see on your your
meeting and then two other logos
[10:48] that had the
Well, you just have to
[10:53] hard to describe.
[11:02] Okay.
[11:29] What?
Okay.
[11:31] » I think they're going to sign on this
side. They are going to ask you.
[11:35] That's tough.
[11:44] » Um, sign in.
Oh, wait a minute.
[11:50] » Those are meeting minutes.
>> Everybody went all right, so sign on the
[11:54] left.
>> Were you present at the last meeting
[11:56] minute? You have to be present at a
meeting in order to sign the meeting
[11:59] » I was there.
>> Okay.
[12:34] » Thank you.
[12:39] Where are you going? The S F D is
[12:55] So, these were the logos that were
proposed.
[12:58] Does the office
staff in general have have a general
[13:02] opinion or or a preference? Has anybody
come up to a
[13:06] consensus as to what
direction you would like
[13:10] the board to head?
Where to
[13:13] » Um, I think we were favoring the one
that had the state of Indiana with the
[13:17] gold star.
On I don't remember which number it is
[13:20] on there.
>> I think it's number three.
[13:21] » I think it's number three.
>> Three?
[13:24] » The one that I remember is this one
down.
[13:27] Down
>> here.
[13:30] I think you favored that one, Dr. Allen,
didn't you?
[13:33] Um
So, I'll leave it up to the board then.
[13:49] Any discussion from the board? Any
suggestions?
[13:53] The staff was thinking that uh the third
one is the one they would
[14:06] Okay.
Do you want to make a motion for that?
[14:11] » Motion to accept number three.
>> Motion made to accept the uh
[14:16] the third logo
as presented.
[14:21] And Dr. Porter seconded.
Any discussion?
[14:28] All in favor, say aye.
>> Aye.
[14:30] » Aye.
>> Any opposed?
[14:32] Motion carried.
Number three it is then. Um
[14:40] Under
the new business minutes from last
[14:44] month, Margaret Mary Hospital has sent
out flyers
[14:48] for August 2nd, which is a Sunday, from
11:00 to 3:00, I believe.
[14:53] Or 2:00 or 3:00.
Um about having an open house. Anybody
[14:57] can show up and I don't know if the
cafeteria's going to be cooking or not,
[15:01] but
we'll find out. But you can tour the
[15:03] facility.
Maybe get a blood draw, I don't know.
[15:08] But it's it's open. So, I just wanted to
We got one in the mail at home, so I
[15:12] didn't know how far they reached with
those flyers, but
[15:17] are we ready for the uh
birth and death certificates?
[15:21] » I think so.
>> I think it'll I don't
[15:24] » I think it's going to be one of those
things where you just going to have to
[15:27] learn as you go.
You'll just
[15:31] It's I can't imagine affirming a birth
record is going to be a whole lot
[15:35] different than affirming a death record.
>> Right. And I don't know if there's going
[15:39] to be that much of an uptick in
in business, but
[15:44] Okay.
>> I think the biggest thing is going to be
[15:46] like paternity tests.
That's going to be a new avenue, but
[15:50] They've been discussing it quite a bit
at some of the conferences I've been at
[15:53] recently and some of the virtual
trainings that I've been attending. They
[15:56] discuss it quite a bit. So, I feel
pretty confident.
[16:00] » Your system is
running well.
[16:03] » Mhm. Yeah, it's when records is amazing.
>> It's good. Good to hear.
[16:11] All right. Uh
updates for old business. Any other old
[16:14] business?
All right.
[16:18] Then let's move on to quarterly staff
reports and updates beginning with Dr.
[16:22] Wells, please.
>> Thank you. So, I'll start off with the
[16:26] public comments. You know, I I feel the
board should hear what the public is
[16:30] saying about our health department. Um
the nice part is uh it's been all
[16:35] positive. Uh
very uh good feedback on the health
[16:39] department's uh booth at the fair last
week. Um also lots of good comments
[16:48] about the swimming program that the
health department helped sponsor. A lot
[16:51] of people in the community sought me out
to thank the department and and the
[16:56] health board for sponsoring that. Um
and then I got a I got a call from
[17:01] somebody in the community that uh
just within the last 2 weeks had to get
[17:07] some business done in the department and
uh
[17:11] a tough time for her and her family at
this time,
[17:15] uh but was very happy with
um, not not only getting what she needed
[17:20] from the department, but also
how the department made her feel when
[17:25] she came at it at a troubling time. You
know, it's never easy when you when you
[17:30] lose a family member. And uh,
just wanted to
[17:35] to let the board know that um, getting
good feedback uh, from the community.
[17:41] Um,
and uh, also wanted to let folks know
[17:44] where
uh, I think many of you've heard us talk
[17:47] before about the rural health
transformation program. Um,
[17:52] and we've had folks in the department
and myself involved with that. So, we're
[17:57] in region six. Um,
the state's divided up in regions of uh,
[18:03] federally designated rural counties. And
then there was five work groups of
[18:08] different areas. I I worked on the
trauma injury reduction part. Um, and
[18:13] the work groups came up with ideas for
initiatives. And then that went to
[18:19] there's several layers within the
region's
[18:21] committee. And you had to get folks who
would um, sign on for some of the
[18:27] initiatives. For instance, one of the
things we were working on is to get one
[18:32] of the hospitals in region six to step
up as a a consider being a a trauma
[18:37] center. It'd be a level three and
Decatur County is thinking about it. So,
[18:42] we're
try to get we're trying to get some
[18:45] funding through rural health
transformation to go out and give them
[18:48] some seed money to do a
look at the plan to see if if they would
[18:53] be a good candidate or not. And now that
those ideas go to a separate committee
[19:00] level at the state. Uh, and folks at the
state have been involved in the in the
[19:04] process. There was facilitators for each
uh, region. Um,
[19:09] there was uh, Jonathan Barclay and
Hannah
[19:13] Putman uh, were some of the
facilitators. So they had companies that
[19:16] were helped with the facilitation. Um,
these these are government technically
[19:21] government grants. And they have their
own way of doing things.
[19:26] It's it's not like you like if you go
everybody knows how to go buy a car or
[19:30] get a bank loan. This is government and
it's
[19:34] another level.
And so that was that was an interesting
[19:37] but all the initiatives and things
are now at the state level.
[19:42] Uh, and if they approve the initiatives
then then they will initiate contracts
[19:47] with the different groups. Uh, one of
the initiatives that we had looked at
[19:50] was trying to get more ambulance
vehicles
[19:53] within region six. And um,
the first step will be uh, to to do a
[20:01] survey of all of the
EMS agencies within region six to find
[20:06] out what the capacity is, how often are
they not at capacity. Uh, you know, they
[20:11] might have a vehicle out because of
maintenance, they might have a vehicle
[20:14] out because it was in an an accident.
Uh, or maybe they don't have the
[20:18] personnel to man it. Um, and then the
idea is we were hoping over the five
[20:22] years of the uh, rural health
transformation to try to get three
[20:26] vehicles within
the counties of region six. Um,
[20:30] those are just some of the some of the
things and also trying to get more stop
[20:34] the bleed kits, um, helmets and um,
more education for folks in in the area
[20:41] uh, when it comes to injury reduction.
Um, so that that's that's moving along.
[20:47] Um,
kind of along that same lines there's
[20:50] several different ways that you can get
education um, when it comes to emergency
[20:55] management or EMS. Uh, today I actually
spent much of the day on a virtual
[21:01] meeting of what's called uh, basic
disaster life support. And um,
[21:07] it I it was very beneficial. I was
talking to the the staff before we met.
[21:12] I think it may be something beneficial
for interested folks in the staff to
[21:16] take. Um the one I took today was
actually funded through the trauma
[21:21] commissions uh what's called the
southern track. And that or that group
[21:26] of the trauma commission is helping to
pay for education whether it's ATLS,
[21:30] whether it's um they help pay for some
specialty trauma care and maternity
[21:36] cases for folks in Decatur County ED. Um
and if that uh if we have more
[21:44] opportunities, I'll let the staff know
so they can uh participate because if we
[21:49] if we have um
that
[21:53] course handles everything from
if you have a tornado or a flood or
[21:59] um there's a you know uh a spill of
everything from ammonia to radioactive
[22:06] uh materials and we know in in uh
particularly in our county when there is
[22:12] a disaster, that's when
the staff steps up. So I I thought it
[22:17] might be nice if if next opportunities
coming forth where it's uh the education
[22:23] fee is is covered
um
[22:26] that we see who in the department um
is interested. On a On a funny note, I I
[22:32] got my ebook and I'm just looking
through it.
[22:35] Boy, this book looks familiar. And then
I realized um I actually helped put the
[22:39] thing together a few years ago. So that
was that was kind of a nice uh nice
[22:44] refresher. Um we're always learning new
stuff um
[22:49] in the health department. Our latest
interesting question came when
[22:53] apparently there's a part of the county
with quite a few feral cats.
[22:57] And um
that might be on our list of things to
[23:02] think about and possibilities um if when
we get the HFI funds restored
[23:09] um and I would invite the board to be
thinking uh
[23:13] in the spring um the when they had the
public health day at the state house, I
[23:17] had a chance to uh talk with the
governor and Dr. Weaver.
[23:22] And uh he assured me that there would be
definitely more resources in '27 coming
[23:29] through the state house uh through the
for the HFI funding.
[23:33] And to top that off, he then got on the
podium and spoke to the group and he
[23:37] said the same thing. So, I'm very
hopeful that we will get some of those
[23:41] funds restored if not all and I would be
asking the the not only the staff but
[23:47] the board members to be thinking about
projects
[23:50] um expand some projects and maybe start
some new projects
[23:54] uh that we hadn't had done
um
[23:57] and
when we're doing stuff like this, I have
[24:00] to tell you I I I do take it
to my colleagues at the national level
[24:05] and I was talking about some of the
things we have done in this county in
[24:08] this health department uh when I was at
my uh AMA Board of Trustees meeting over
[24:13] the weekend.
Um
[24:15] they
they think they they know public health
[24:18] is is a
a good thing and they but they don't
[24:22] understand all the
all the things that it that covers.
[24:25] Uh and I it's nice to
get in front of some of these folks who
[24:30] are at these uh big institutions across
the country and
[24:33] and brag about Franklin County.
Uh
[24:37] and one of one of the things that
Franklin County has had done before was
[24:40] to help with the pre-hospital
transfusion and that idea is spreading
[24:44] across southern Indiana.
Uh so, health department is helping
[24:49] fund, southern track is helping fund
um
[24:53] So, lots of good stuff, lots of good
comments. I'm really proud of of the
[24:57] staff and I'm appreciative of the board
that
[25:01] helps us get get good work done.
I
[25:04] If anyone has any questions, I'm happy
to
[25:07] to answer. That was great. Excellent. Um
any questions from the board?
[25:12] Comments?
[25:15] Thank you, Dr. Wilson. We'll move on to
Natalie, the nurse.
[25:23] » All right. Um so, just a few things I'll
highlight. I won't read everything since
[25:28] you guys have it all on here. Um I
attended the community um
[25:34] it's QPR training, but it's
what those
[25:39] initials stand for is question,
persuade, and refer.
[25:43] Um it's a gatekeeper training, so and to
help kind of identify in some mental
[25:48] health cases. Um
Another big thing I um completed my um
[25:54] lead investigation, so I can do the
cases for in the county that come
[25:58] through
along with Joni's help.
[26:00] Um and then I also attended a 4-day
training.
[26:06] Um I am now a certified car seat in tech
um for the county, so if
[26:12] um mother or family member or somebody
comes in
[26:17] needing um a car seat, if they have an
unsafe one or whatever, if I do the
[26:22] inspection, um help them install it
correctly.
[26:26] Um and then
I also attended the um 2-day public
[26:32] health nurse conference in Indianapolis.
Learned a lot there.
[26:36] And was participating in different um
learning sessions.
[26:41] And then the next week we attended a
2-day um IHS conference in Indy. Um
[26:47] that's more of like the school-based
one.
[26:50] Um learned a lot of um, examples for
awareness and management. Especially,
[26:56] they had a very interesting thing
for type 1 diabetic children.
[27:01] And also handle with care, which we're
hoping to bring to the county. Would
[27:05] really beneficial to the school system.
Um, and then also we [sighs] have been
[27:13] doing our normal vaccines. Um, Joni and
I were talking earlier. We feel like
[27:19] there's been actually a lot of TB
testing increase in the last at least
[27:22] month, um, which is a good thing.
Um, and still continuing to do our B12
[27:27] injections.
And then I'm still working on I've had a
[27:31] lot on my plate since I started.
Um,
[27:35] feel like I'm doing satisfactory.
Um,
[27:39] I wanted to get my CPR training
um, certification so I can help
[27:44] um, do CPR classes for the community.
Um, and then we are
[27:50] um, still trying to get our maternal
child health program, especially with us
[27:53] taking on the hospital now.
Want to have that to be able to provide.
[27:58] Um,
and then we also
[28:00] this weekend we are getting ready to
have our first community baby shower to
[28:05] help um, the community and first time
moms and guardians and stuff that are
[28:10] out there so we can help with different
things and um,
[28:14] providing car seat inspections there and
um,
[28:18] hoping to have our safe sleep class
there.
[28:23] And then just helping
starting to help prepare to transition
[28:28] to the new hospital.
[28:35] » Sounds good. Any questions?
I've got one. Could you explain this
[28:39] community baby shower? What the
function's going to be?
[28:43] And what our participation is really
going to
[28:46] » Yep.
We're co-sponsoring it with the
[28:49] Southeastern Indiana Fetal Infant
Mortality Review Coordinator. Her name
[28:53] is Kirsten. She works out of the Ripley
County Health Department.
[28:56] Um
and it's a baby shower for people who
[29:00] are expecting or have little ones maybe
under a year or two old. So, we have
[29:05] different vendors. I call them vendors.
Nothing is for sale. Um who will be
[29:10] there, who have different resources for
people with young children or people who
[29:14] are expecting such as health care, um
like Natalie said they'll have a car
[29:18] seat safety check.
Um and if they do the car seat check,
[29:23] they can get a car seat for free that
um
[29:26] FIMR has paid for.
Um they'll also have a safe sleep class.
[29:31] Uh we'll be giving out
uh water and some of our resources like
[29:36] summer safety, water safety, things like
that. Um and then I know like the
[29:40] pregnancy center will be there.
Um
[29:44] I forget some of the other ones that
will be there, too. She just sent me the
[29:48] email this morning and I forgot.
Um but basically anything related to
[29:53] pregnancy, infants, um they'll all be
there. And it's open for the community,
[29:58] so anyone can come, stop by, and see
what we have.
[30:03] » Is this new?
>> Yeah, we've never done one before.
[30:07] » Cool.
Who set this up?
[30:09] » Um it was mostly Kirsten out of Ripley
County, but I helped her with the FIMR
[30:15] team. So, we kind of like did a joint
collaboration. And she has also helped
[30:20] host one. I think she did one in Ripley
County and Decatur County, also. And
[30:23] they had pretty good luck there, so
we want to try one here, too.
[30:27] » Well, I hope it goes well. Sounds great.
>> Yeah.
[30:30] » Good.
>> It'll be at the library.
[30:33] Yep.
>> That's Saturday, right?
[30:35] » Yep.
>> Thanks for working overtime.
[30:38] » Yeah, of course.
>> Good.
[30:42] All right.
[30:44] Thanks, Natalie.
>> Yes.
[30:46] » Um Johnny?
>> I kind of feel like I'm
[30:50] piggybacking on a lot of what Natalie
said. Um
[30:54] we are a good team, yes.
Um I also attended the public health
[30:58] nurse conference in Indianapolis um for
2 days, and one of the sessions that I
[31:03] participated in was um learning how to
perform auditory and visual screening to
[31:08] help the schools when it comes time for
them
[31:11] the school nurses to do their auditory
screenings and visual screenings. Um if
[31:15] they need assistance, I can now do that.
Um I too also became a QPR gatekeeper
[31:23] um a little later than Natalie did, but
um got that done. Um I'm also now part
[31:29] of the suicide and fatality or suicide
and overdose fatality um team.
[31:35] And um
we just had our first meeting last week.
[31:41] And
I I as my first meeting, I think it went
[31:46] good.
But
[31:49] I guess
my boss will tell me if it didn't.
[31:54] » [laughter]
>> Um and like I said, echoing off of
[31:57] Natalie's things, I really do feel like
we did a whole lot of um TB testing
[32:01] um blood draw and skin testing, so um
yeah, I think bringing awareness and
[32:08] that kind of thing helps. Um our normal
vaccinations, our normal B12s, um
[32:14] some of the goals that I look forward to
doing um
[32:18] is continuing to work with Natalie to
develop our maternal child health
[32:21] programs. Um
that's never really happened for us, at
[32:26] least since I've been at the health
department. And um I'm really excited
[32:30] about that. Once again, preparing for
the community baby shower.
[32:34] And um
the biggest thing for me probably is
[32:37] preparing for our upcoming school
vaccination clinics um and just helping
[32:41] the school nurses. It's kind of a
passion.
[32:45] And they keep pointing I
[32:51] » She thinks it's not an honor, but I
think it's a great honor out of how many
[32:55] health departments there is in the state
of Indiana, she got an award. For 94
[32:59] health departments.
>> 94.
[33:05] I just kind of feel like I like my job
and I like what I do and
[33:10] that goes along with it. I don't feel
like I went above and beyond.
[33:13] But
>> That's excellent. Good.
[33:15] » But thank you very much.
>> Any questions for Joey? Discussion?
[33:20] » I got
>> No, good.
[33:26] » We do not.
>> We can't hear you on Zoom.
[33:32] » You did Did you hear me?
>> I did.
[33:33] » Okay.
>> And we do not
[33:35] » have any We have one that we are waiting
on additional testing for, but I don't
[33:40] believe it's going to turn out to be
anything.
[33:42] » Good. Good. Good.
[33:45] » What does the uh your work with the
schools on vaccination clinics? Could
[33:50] you kind of explain what's
how that's all coordinated?
[33:54] » Um I get with um all the school nurses.
They give me kind of reports on um which
[34:00] children are behind, what's needed,
which children need, what's required. Um
[34:06] I developed and I did it last year, I
developed a permission slip consent form
[34:12] that they can send home with the kids um
explaining what shots are needed for
[34:18] grade levels and that kind of thing. Um
and then parents sign and giving me
[34:23] permission. I will call each child's
parents to sign up for this service um
[34:30] to explain to them what's needed.
All that, you know, things like that.
[34:35] Um, then I will go to the schools and
provide them at the schools. So that
[34:40] that way if you know, a parent can't get
to the health department, you know, they
[34:44] live in Laurel or Andersonville,
sometimes it's a hardship to drive a
[34:48] half an hour or have the money to put
gas. So if you're, you know,
[34:53] if it's a question of having gas money
to get to Brookfield to get those
[34:55] vaccinations or to the grocery store,
you don't have to question it. We'll do
[34:59] it at school.
>> I think that's an excellent program. Is
[35:03] this common throughout Indiana or is
this kind of unique or
[35:06] » Um, I think it's somewhat common. Um, I
don't think it's common for us. Last
[35:10] year was the first year that it had been
done in several years, I believe.
[35:15] Um,
but we there's always going to be kinks
[35:18] to work out, but I think it went really
well.
[35:20] » What's a great way to connect. Make
things happen. Good.
[35:26] That's the nursing reports. Move on to
Dave.
[35:30] The environmental.
[35:39] » Uh, the the numbers are right in front
of you on the inspections. If you have
[35:44] any questions about those, um,
couple notes uh, that act that aren't in
[35:49] here.
They might be in next quarter, but uh,
[35:54] I did go over and uh,
recently look at the cafe in the
[35:59] hospital. Uh, they were having some
drain issues that they resolved
[36:06] uh, on August 5th. We're going to do the
final inspection
[36:12] for the cafe and not and not anything
else.
[36:15] Uh,
and then I did have a meeting with Dr.
[36:19] Macy. I don't know if anybody knows her.
She's with BOA, Board of Animal Health.
[36:24] Uh,
Dr. Caitlin Macy. And talked about uh
[36:31] cat uh there's been a lot of bats, dead
bats found, and she was going to look
[36:35] into it. That's not really her forte,
but she was going to
[36:39] get with the uh DNR to see what's going
on.
[36:43] And then we also talked about
the uh
[36:47] the cat problem, which I think is a cat
problem.
[36:51] But I'm not a cat person, so
there we have lots of cats in town uh
[36:57] in all the communities, driving most
people crazy.
[37:01] Um
she said that another uh I think it was
[37:05] Decatur County's has the neuter
uh spay
[37:10] program that works great.
Uh
[37:14] she didn't have any other
uh
[37:17] suggestions.
Anyway, down the road, we're going to
[37:23] we're going to uh
She said she's going to come. We'll try
[37:26] to work with the Humane Society.
We'll see if they'll
[37:32] help, you know.
At a minimum, you know, get them fixed
[37:35] so there's not a million more in 2
years, you know, so.
[37:40] Uh and then uh
[37:43] we got some uh resolution on the
hoarding behind my house,
[37:48] which is nice. It's not totally done,
but uh
[37:52] the gal that had the problem, she is
seeing a psychiatrist uh
[37:58] regularly to
hopefully
[38:03] get her mind and
you know, quit collecting pizza boxes
[38:07] and everything else that uh goes along
with that, but uh
[38:11] so that's work working out. Uh
Send some tick information to
[38:17] county medical facilities. That was just
some updates that were sent from
[38:21] the state
uh
[38:27] sent a letter to the a family in New
Trenton about
[38:30] they didn't want to pay for their
garbage to be picked up, so they were
[38:33] storing it in their garage, and their
neighbor was complaining, and
[38:38] I sent the letter, she called me, and
and uh said, "We'll get taken care of."
[38:42] And they did. And that's not always how
it goes, but uh
[38:47] And then we had a sewage issue with the
uh
[38:51] which Tim took a look at, too, but I was
involved because it was behind
[38:57] uh
Lakeside Shell, uh Subway,
[39:02] the pizza place over there, uh Gilman's.
I think they're all
[39:08] I don't know the whole layout, but
they're all hooked in together, and they
[39:11] run to a pump system behind Goff's
Automotive.
[39:17] Uh
Anyway,
[39:21] I think the pumps that the pumps that
were in there were from when the lake
[39:25] was put in, so it's pretty old,
and they fixed them.
[39:29] They didn't want to because it was about
$40,000 for the pumps, but uh
[39:34] So, supposedly, that's
from that point, it's pumping into the
[39:38] town sewer going down, you know, down
the other end of town, so
[39:43] uh for I haven't been over there lately,
but supposedly, there's
[39:47] that's a res-
That's fixed. Supposedly.
[39:54] » You know, that one that Lakeside Shell
made uh
[39:58] Excuse me.
Franklin County Observer, so
[40:02] if I remember right, they had a picture
in
[40:05] on the news article on the
So,
[40:09] glad it's fixed.
>> See, just wanted to go uh follow up on
[40:13] the um
feral cat situation. It
[40:16] It that's a a problem in
adjacent counties, too, like Ripley.
[40:22] » I was going to
>> When when we
[40:25] get the increase in HFI funds, that may
be something that we can look at it
[40:29] project-wise. Maybe working with
neighboring counties like Decatur and
[40:34] and Ripley. I was We were talking before
about program they have on the east side
[40:39] of Indianapolis. They have Believe it or
not, they have a similar problem in
[40:42] Indianapolis. But they have a a group
that goes and gathers the cats, gets
[40:47] them fixed, and then they make sure that
they're fed and watered.
[40:52] » Yeah, and then in small counties, that
is harder to do cuz you can't get people
[40:55] to do it.
>> And there's There's one other thing I
[40:59] want to make sure the board knew about
that um
[41:03] he started um
We always get calls about people who are
[41:07] having trouble
whether it's maintaining the house or
[41:11] they they just get overwhelmed by some
of the
[41:14] roofs leaking and whatnot, and there was
somebody that um
[41:21] We had gotten a lot of calls and and
somebody in
[41:24] in town
and Dave had reached out to try to
[41:30] help get this person some assistance and
they
[41:33] um
person turned it down, but then they had
[41:37] a medical condition came up
and
[41:42] finally help was gotten for this
individual.
[41:45] And I
I don't think it would have worked had
[41:48] it not been for the foundation
that Dave set with interacting with this
[41:53] person. I just
wanted to publicly thank Dave for
[41:57] taking the time to go reach out to this
person and
[42:00] uh you know, they say if you don't
succeed first, try, try again. And I
[42:03] think you're reaching out
>> And sometimes I need to try more and
[42:07] more and
>> Well, but because because you reached
[42:09] out when this person had some medical
trouble and others tried to help. I
[42:15] think she that person was more receptive
because of of your efforts. I just
[42:19] wanted to thank you.
>> Oh, you're welcome.
[42:26] Yeah.
>> One more comment about the cats.
[42:30] Uh
since I I love them so much,
[42:35] uh
I wish they were edible.
[42:37] They're not edible.
Oh, they are.
[42:40] All right.
>> Remember this is a public
[42:44] » We had uh
We had at one point uh it's been several
[42:50] years and I forget who the county
uh
[42:55] dog catcher I That's the title, but they
do cats and dogs or whatever, but
[43:00] and they were
they had purchased a bunch of box traps
[43:04] for the
to to help the citizens that were
[43:08] complaining about
too many cats.
[43:12] You know, and nobody claimed them, you
know, they're just roaming around eating
[43:15] whatever they feel like eating.
So, they went and caught them all, but
[43:20] the people
I don't know who did it,
[43:24] but people would go and see where those
traps were and they would crush them.
[43:30] So, it was costing county quite a bit at
that time
[43:33] because they always crushed all our box
traps. So,
[43:36] uh
so, that's probably
[43:41] uh where a meeting with the BOA Humane
Society
[43:46] such and such
had that good plan where they're all on
[43:50] the same page instead of
one
[43:54] ruining the efforts of the other, you
know.
[43:56] So, we'll see how it goes, but hopefully
we can get that going.
[44:00] » Can I ask a question?
Can you
[44:04] clarify what the problem is with the
cats? I don't have I'm not advocating
[44:09] either way. I'm just saying are they
just a nuisance? We don't like them. Are
[44:12] they keeping people
causing
[44:15] » They just have so many that they
complain constantly about the cats
[44:20] pooping and peeing all, you know, around
their flower beds, their house, their
[44:23] porch, on their chairs. And they're not
there, so they're just roaming.
[44:28] And they're just And cats do whatever
they want normally, you know.
[44:32] » No, I just wanted to be very specific
what the problem is other than there's
[44:36] just people that are seeing cats.
>> Oh, no, it's not what they do with their
[44:43] you know, their where they go to
bathroom.
[44:46] Uh what they may
what they may
[44:50] eat or leave behind or what they kill.
Most cats hunt and kill certain things.
[44:55] Uh
But
[44:59] the main complaints I've had are more
uh
[45:06] urine and feces on porches.
>> Okay.
[45:10] » And in flower beds and
But there's other things, but
[45:15] » Yeah, I just wanted to be specific about
what the problem is.
[45:17] » that I've had lately. That's what
And they, you know, they uh
[45:23] Basically, they don't want to have to go
out and buy traps and do it themselves,
[45:26] you know, so
>> I just feel like if we're specific about
[45:29] the problem, it makes the solution a
little bit easier to target so that, you
[45:33] know, we we're not basing it on number
of cats or I don't know how you would
[45:37] quantify the uh progress in this, but
you
[45:41] » I mean, I guess it would be
you would have to almost go with areas
[45:45] that have the problems.
>> Yeah. Uh well, and then also to Dr.
[45:50] Walsh's point, do we need to wait for
HFI funds? I mean, if it's an issue
[45:53] There are There are groups in town in
the county, I think that they might have
[45:59] funding for this or
is there another I just don't want to
[46:03] wait till 2027 if there's a problem now
and trying to understand
[46:07] » Oh, that's well, I I haven't talked to I
was out of town, but I haven't talked to
[46:11] Dr. Macy, but she said she wanted to go
down to the dog pound and
[46:15] and then maybe set something up with the
Humane Society to see
[46:19] uh
if we can
[46:21] » We can circle back to this when we get
to new business because we're going to
[46:25] need ideas on spending the previous
years HFI funds.
[46:28] » You got it.
>> That's coming down the pipeline that um
[46:31] we cannot use that as like a savings. We
have to spend it.
[46:35] » Okay.
>> So, we can circle back to that topic
[46:38] when we get there.
[46:42] » Okay.
[46:50] Any Any other questions for Dave?
[46:55] I guess.
Move it over to Tim.
[47:02] » This last quarter
uh
[47:07] we issued 16
septic permits.
[47:11] Although there were many that came in
that uh
[47:18] Um they're going to go in this summary
yet. Got kind of a late start because it
[47:22] was so wet this spring. The ground has
to be so dry
[47:27] uh to install.
Uh
[47:31] I also brought in this
these photos so maybe you'd have a
[47:35] little more understanding about
uh and one of those is somebody's in
[47:40] this room.
Uh one of those sand systems.
[47:45] Uh
the top row is our sand ATLs and the
[47:50] bottom are chamber systems.
Uh
[47:55] » See the picture there up there so you
can see what I'm talking about.
[47:58] » Well, I'm not going to do much talking.
But I also brought in a completed soil
[48:05] report
that are issued to people when they want
[48:09] to do a septic. It's got uh
what we require. It's there's a septic
[48:16] application here.
Uh minimum specification sheet that we
[48:22] figure and give to the homeowner
who gives it to their installers
[48:28] and photographs here
and drawing. So, it's kind of a
[48:34] a lengthy process to get a septic.
Uh
[48:40] and it's kind of interesting um
once you learn, you know, what all this
[48:47] and and to to install.
But uh and Lisa's been a big help.
[48:54] Uh
with the computer
[48:57] and downloading everything.
Uh a big help. So,
[49:03] uh
anyway, there's going to be a lot more
[49:06] this summer
as it weather heats up.
[49:11] But if anybody has any questions
about anything. Does anybody want to
[49:16] know who's
on that board back there?
[49:20] » So, your your pictures are showing
typical
[49:24] septic installations for what we see in
this county.
[49:27] » Yeah, this is
>> So, you've got elevated mound with
[49:49] » It looks great.
>> [laughter]
[49:54] » You got to fill that one up. you got to
permit for that.
[50:43] » Define chamber for us, would you?
What's a chamber?
[50:52] Are they septic tanks?
The actual septic tank?
[51:47] No.
[51:52] » In your septic tank we got laid.
Every 6 months you want to pull that
[51:56] filter out.
>> Yeah.
[51:58] » About this long.
>> Uh-oh.
[52:00] » Straight out in the water.
And what I heard them say was a good
[52:03] idea
is take a large big heavy garbage bag,
[52:08] set that down in that garbage bag, and
then spray it.
[52:11] » Mhm.
>> And put it back there. I'll keep all
[52:14] that debris.
>> Mhm.
[52:17] I don't know.
[52:20] » I don't know. They get so wet there.
Floating objects that that filter for
[52:25] the cabin.
>> Really?
[52:27] » Your your system your lines are going to
be
[52:30] last much longer.
>> Look, nothing falling.
[52:33] » Now, when these good towns say we can
run them
[52:36] uh uh uh uh
new trend
[52:40] they don't have a lot of power. Most of
them don't have opportunity.
[52:44] That
bottom of my old back.
[52:47] We'll keep sand out of them.
This this is for a two-bedroom here.
[52:52] This is 13 by 52.
Typically, most of y'all
[53:01] with a small sand filter.
And you can you can make them longer and
[53:06] narrower,
wider, shorter.
[53:09] So, they'll you know
they'll be good somebody.
[53:13] See what they get.
Uh all of you don't have any idea.
[53:19] That's right.
And
[53:22] also, they Everybody thinks their
grandfather went because he did.
[53:26] And they're all going to go back.
>> Mhm.
[53:29] » I don't have
any of my grandfather in it.
[53:34] Very few grandfathers would do what he
did in the past.
[53:37] » Mhm. Right.
>> Also, a lot of times we don't do
[53:40] anything. They can They can call and
make them fine.
[53:44] They also need to fill out a thing.
Fill this out.
[53:50] Anybody can say they have to come by,
but it's your responsibility.
[53:54] Why is that?
See what I mean?
[54:00] I didn't know.
Oh,
[54:03] any questions?
>> You know that
[54:06] green on the lower left,
is that a septic tank inlet or a
[54:11] chamber?
Okay, so the filter goes on the septic
[54:16] tank, which is everything from the house
goes into that first.
[54:24] And then it goes to the distribution
field. Okay.
[54:27] » All right.
Three risers.
[54:32] » Yeah.
>> Yeah, right there. Three.
[54:42] And then the distribution box.
That's another thing.
[54:45] Uh sand systems
typically don't require a distribution
[54:50] box
unless it's pumped.
[54:54] Uh
Well,
[54:57] but anyway,
any questions?
[55:02] » No, that was very helpful.
Appreciate the intro
[55:06] information.
>> Yes.
[55:10] Septic soil reports and photographs
and marked out everybody.
[55:15] » Now, soil reports, you don't do the soil
report. You every That's
[55:22] soil scientist has to.
>> They should do it cuz people call in.
[55:27] Got to fix stuff before she can
email them
[55:31] uh five pages of stuff.
>> It's a packet that It of walks it.
[55:36] We have a septic packet available that
kind of walks them through like the
[55:40] process. So, there's a list of qual-
that are certified installers for the
[55:44] county and a list of soil scientists
that typically work in the county. And
[55:49] it's up to them to call them and make
the appointment with them. We don't
[55:52] recommend anybody. We just provide a
list.
[55:54] » And we do that with with the soil.
Uh
[55:59] there's uh pamphlets on all of it that
we go by.
[56:03] And uh
from these from these companies.
[56:06] » Mhm.
>> Uh
[56:08] they tell how big it has to be. Well,
but it all goes by how many bedrooms
[56:12] there are.
It does it
[56:15] I tell you got four or five bathrooms,
doesn't matter. It's the bedroom.
[56:21] » Mhm.
>> And this application that's in here
[56:26] is uh
you know, there and I'm not going to
[56:30] point any fingers, but there are people
that want to save money by telling that
[56:35] there's less bedrooms
than there really are.
[56:39] So,
that's a lot of
[56:42] for the application. Write it down on
the application how many bedrooms so
[56:46] that in a few years when it starts
backing up with believe me on the
[56:50] ground,
you got 12 people living in that house
[56:53] and you said you got three bedrooms.
That's exaggeration.
[56:56] » A little bit.
>> But that's a lot.
[57:00] » It happens.
>> Yeah.
[57:03] » Thank you.
>> Thank you. Very good.
[57:05] » Thank you.
[57:08] » Uh
who's going to cover for Sierra Bergen?
[57:12] » I can. Um she wasn't able to make it
tonight, but you can see on her
[57:16] quarterly report that um she attended
the South Regional Health Integrated
[57:22] Preparedness Plan Workshop in April. Um
she went along with
[57:28] the three of us to the Firefly
Celebration in the Park um that was
[57:32] hosted by
Firefly, which is a organization
[57:36] um, who specializes in like, uh,
children's health and welfare. So, we
[57:41] went as a health department and set up
and shared some resources. We had little
[57:46] snacks and stuff for the kids there.
Um,
[57:50] and then she had a few discussion-based
exercises that she either attended or
[57:54] hosted.
Um, she
[57:57] was on one of the local health
department calls. She attended a few
[58:01] meetings and June 30th was the last day
of her grant year, so she got all of the
[58:05] deliverables done. We've already
invoiced the state for it. And we're
[58:10] just waiting to get our reimbursement
from there, but uh, we had a meeting
[58:14] with Alan, which is our regional
coordinator for FEP. Uh, we met with him
[58:18] on Friday and he said everything looks
good on his end for us and that she's
[58:22] doing a great job.
>> So, she's
[58:26] been here what, since,
since November?
[58:31] » She started in November.
>> November, okay.
[58:33] So, and everything's going well and
and she's going to remain, uh, or the
[58:39] position still a part-time?
>> Correct.
[58:41] » And it's going to stay that way?
>> Yep.
[58:43] » Okay. Any any other questions
for the emergency coordinator
[58:48] report?
[58:52] All right, Brittany, you want to keep
going?
[58:55] » Lisa, do you want to go or do you want
me to go?
[58:57] » It doesn't matter. I'll buzz through
mine pretty quick.
[59:00] » Okay.
>> Uh, a lot of mine is just kind of like
[59:03] the continuing responsibilities and
duties that I have. Um,
[59:07] I want to take a quick note that I have
been working pretty diligently with Win
[59:11] Win records to get a lot of data entry
to keep us digital. Um, I would like to
[59:16] see the department be more relying on
the digital portion of things, so
[59:21] everybody has access to it. Anybody can
look up something. Uh, septic permits
[59:26] were a big one. Uh, that's going to take
a while. That's probably going to take
[59:32] probably several years if we're going to
go back as far as the '70s and upload
[59:36] permits.
But so far, I have all permits from 2021
[59:41] to current uploaded digitally. Tim can
go into a drive that we have
[59:46] specifically for WIN records. He can
just go to the year and he can go to not
[59:51] non-permitted or permitted. Type in a
last name and boom, it pulls up the
[59:55] permit just like that. And he can have
it readily available for someone.
[1:00:00] Um, what a lot of people don't realize
is they'll come in um looking to
[1:00:05] renovate or upgrade or do some
remodeling to a home. They want to make
[1:00:09] it bigger
and uh, they don't know where their
[1:00:12] septic's located at. So anything older
than 50 55 years, we're probably not
[1:00:19] going to have record of it. The health
department did not start keeping records
[1:00:22] until the '70s when the health
department was established.
[1:00:26] Um, I've had multiple virtual meetings
with the new um system that we're using
[1:00:32] for um
doing our
[1:00:36] registering for patients and stuff. It's
called My Visit through the state.
[1:00:40] And what we learned recently is if we
can get credentialed
[1:00:45] uh, through billing, the state will take
care of all the billing for us and flip
[1:00:50] our revenue from right now we go through
VaxCare and they're keeping 90% of the
[1:00:56] revenue and we're only getting 10%. That
would flip
[1:01:00] and we would get 90% and the state would
only get 10%. So we're going to need
[1:01:05] some assistance from you, Dr. Welsh.
There's a lot of information that we
[1:01:08] have to have with you being the health
officer in order to get that
[1:01:12] credentialing done, but that would
definitely make a huge impact on our
[1:01:15] revenue and hopefully get us some extra
funding.
[1:01:18] Um
I did receive another large donation of
[1:01:22] hygiene products. If you come into my
office, I have it hidden so you can't
[1:01:26] see it, but the minute you open up the
door, you're like, "Whoa, what's all
[1:01:29] this?"
Um
[1:01:31] but there's a lot of shampoo that we're
putting out to the public. Um
[1:01:36] there was a lot of other different types
of hygiene, a lot of dental stuff that
[1:01:40] we're making available to the public. I
was also able to put together six
[1:01:44] hygiene kits uh for the veterans office
and I took it downstairs to our local
[1:01:48] veteran service
lady and she's going to pass them out to
[1:01:51] local veterans.
I attended the national child passenger
[1:01:55] safety training course, passed with a
100% score. I'm now a certified
[1:01:59] technician so I can perform the car seat
checks. It was a four-day course and it
[1:02:03] was held at the Batesville Fire
Department. I assisted Tim and Dave with
[1:02:07] letters and contacting the attorney Jean
Stewart with the violation at Lakeside
[1:02:11] Shell.
I also assisted, this was a new one for
[1:02:14] me. Um I actually reached out to Ripley
County to have her give me some guidance
[1:02:20] and
between her and reaching out to the
[1:02:23] state, I assisted with an overseas death
record.
[1:02:27] And what I learned with that is when you
have a death that happens on the seas,
[1:02:32] uh you have to go to whatever the
closest embassy is.
[1:02:35] So, they they don't even deal with the
state at all on that level. You have to
[1:02:40] refer them to the embassy. So, I was
able to look up a number for the embassy
[1:02:45] that um this person needed and try to
help her out as much as I could. So, we
[1:02:50] had the funeral director involved. We
had Ripley County helping in the state
[1:02:54] and we were able to kind of get her in
the right direction. I haven't heard
[1:02:58] back from her so I'm hoping that's a
good sign that that all helped.
[1:03:01] Um you can see the different meetings
that I attended virtually.
[1:03:05] And on the back side of my report, you
can kind of see the numbers for the
[1:03:09] death records,
birth records,
[1:03:13] um
CPR cards that were issued, workbooks
[1:03:16] that were issued, VaxCare reimbursements
for this quarter, you'll see that
[1:03:20] they're down. Um our VaxCare
reimbursement usually spikes during flu
[1:03:24] season, so right now we're kind of like
not in flu season, so there's not going
[1:03:28] to be a whole lot of reimbursement.
And VaxCare is who we use for our
[1:03:34] private insurance. So if somebody comes
to us and they have their own insurance
[1:03:38] through an employer,
we run everything through VaxCare.
[1:03:42] Um that can sometimes pose as a
challenge because sometimes the
[1:03:46] insurance companies don't want to pay,
and it falls back on us. And
[1:03:51] technically, we are supposed to be the
ones to reach out and get that
[1:03:54] reimbursement.
So if we can get hooked up with MyVisit,
[1:03:57] that would take that off of our plate as
well, too.
[1:04:01] We wouldn't have to reach out to
um either the insurance company or the
[1:04:07] resident and say, "Hey, there's a
balance due."
[1:04:10] The state would take care of all of that
for us.
[1:04:15] That's all I got.
[1:04:18] » Questions for Lisa?
I've I've got one on the death records.
[1:04:23] Uh
I know people usually ask for multiple
[1:04:26] death records, like 10 or 15. So I'm
just trying to
[1:04:31] correlate the four births compared to
how many deaths in the last quarter.
[1:04:37] » It varies with death records. Um
just in like just we'll say this week, I
[1:04:42] had a request for five for one person,
five for another, and just one for one
[1:04:47] person. I've actually had an order as
large as 20.
[1:04:52] But it was a larger family, and every
family member wanted a copy.
[1:04:56] » So it's clear that uh
death records are
[1:04:59] way above the number of birth records
that are issued.
[1:05:03] » So death records are typically used for
like insurance purposes.
[1:05:08] Um if they have to clean up anything
statewide, they're used for that. And a
[1:05:12] lot of times when you're cashing in on
an insurance policy, they want a
[1:05:16] physical copy. They don't want They want
a certified copy. They don't want a
[1:05:21] photocopy.
So, that's usually why there are more
[1:05:24] death records issued over birth records.
Most people only get one birth record
[1:05:28] unless they lose it or it gets
destroyed,
[1:05:31] they won't necessarily get another one.
>> Is there a charge for the death records?
[1:05:36] » Yes. It's $20 per record.
>> Okay.
[1:05:41] » And a lot of times the death records are
usually purchased through the funeral
[1:05:46] home. They take care of all of that, so
that's kind of all.
[1:05:50] » So, you don't get any requests online
for birth or death records?
[1:05:55] » If we do, they're usually via email, and
then we typically have them pull the
[1:06:00] application off of our website, and they
mail in the application along with the
[1:06:05] photo ID,
and um the $20 payment, and a
[1:06:09] self-addressed envelope. And then we
just send it back out.
[1:06:12] » So, is there a statewide or national
database where you can
[1:06:16] » There is, but anything prior to 2008 is
not a guarantee to be in that database.
[1:06:22] » Okay.
>> So, a lot of times when you're working
[1:06:26] with some of these birth records, and
and the increase of birth records, I
[1:06:28] will tell you, the first time I was at
the health department 4 years ago, we
[1:06:32] didn't issue a lot of birth records.
But, since that star is so prevalent on
[1:06:36] your driver's license, the BMV is
extremely picky about birth records.
[1:06:41] Like, they've got
They want them done a certain way. All
[1:06:44] blanks have to be filled in.
Um so, a lot of people are coming back
[1:06:49] to me saying they don't they won't
accept my birth record. I have to get a
[1:06:51] new one.
And then if it's an older one from the
[1:06:54] '40s, '50s, some of them I've even had
to go back as far as the '30s and the
[1:06:59] '20s.
Um I have to pull the legacy records,
[1:07:02] put them into WIN records, and then I
can issue them.
[1:07:08] » There are a lot of a lot of people think
that the
[1:07:11] they used to I mean, I'm old enough that
the hospital issued Here's your birth
[1:07:17] certificate. Well, that's not
>> Yeah, that's not acceptable.
[1:07:20] » [laughter]
>> That's You got to go to the county
[1:07:21] health department.
So, any other questions
[1:07:25] issues for me?
>> Maybe random question, but just in my
[1:07:28] brain, do we Is there data on number of
births versus number of deaths in the
[1:07:33] county?
Um and this is the certificates that are
[1:07:36] issued, but this isn't how many people
died in and how many people are
[1:07:40] » I can probably look into WIN records and
look and see how I can pull a report.
[1:07:45] » Dr. Walsh, does it Who Who tracks that
data? What Where does that go?
[1:07:50] » Typically, the state.
>> The state does?
[1:07:51] » Okay.
[1:08:01] » [clears throat]
[1:08:27] » Well, and also
even in the recent years, it wasn't
[1:08:31] until HFI funding that they finally
allowed local health departments to
[1:08:34] issue birth records. I had all five of
mine at Margaret Mary and I had to go
[1:08:38] all the way over to Ripley County and
pick up those records.
[1:08:41] » I just think I don't know if at the our
level that's interesting or data we
[1:08:46] could use, but I just find it
fascinating to be able to look at, okay,
[1:08:49] why are people in Franklin County like
what what are How are they dying? What's
[1:08:53] the leading cause of death? What is you
know, how many people are being born?
[1:08:57] Um just interesting data, but I don't
know who deals with that or who tracks
[1:09:01] that.
>> That is something we can do with wind
[1:09:03] records. I would just have to be kind of
specific and I can talk to Mark about
[1:09:08] how to write that, but he even talked
about it and brought that to my
[1:09:10] attention that like if we got to the
point where we were pretty comfortable
[1:09:13] with the system, we can categorize the
deaths and pull a report on it so that
[1:09:19] you can kind of see what your leading
cause is.
[1:09:35] » Cuz that's that's a good way to look at
what initiatives we are interested in. I
[1:09:40] mean
>> Absolutely. So
[1:09:42] » I didn't know I didn't know what we were
doing.
[1:09:45] » Lorraine, would you let me know what the
process is a hospital
[1:09:50] delivers a newborn.
Then they're going to want a
[1:09:54] birth certificate pretty quick. So how
do you get that information?
[1:09:58] » At the hospital, they have a folder. So
just from experience and now it's been
[1:10:03] almost 5 years since I've had a child
there, but you usually get like a
[1:10:07] welcome packet through the hospital and
it usually has that information in there
[1:10:11] along with like a birth application, how
you go about obtaining it. I'm sure it
[1:10:15] changed in the last 5 years because you
can now get a birth record at any health
[1:10:20] department. Um but prior to that you did
you had to I had to drive all the way
[1:10:24] out to Ripley County and get it.
>> So do they say here's my application for
[1:10:29] a birth certificate
>> Mhm.
[1:10:30] » for my newborn, does somebody have to
send that in?
[1:10:32] » Ripley County was always amazing to work
with. All I had to do was call and say,
[1:10:36] "Hey, I'm planning on coming down here
to get my birth record. This is what
[1:10:40] child I need it for and I needed to get
another one for this another child at
[1:10:44] the same time cuz I had all of mine
about 2 years apart.
[1:10:48] So I'd never made it down there. I'm
like, "So I'm going to go ahead and get
[1:10:50] both of them." And let me tell you she
had them ready.
[1:10:53] I walked in, I handed her the
application, paid the money and she
[1:10:56] handed them to me. She had them done,
completed, ready to go.
[1:11:00] » I'm I'm just wondering how the how the
county gets that information from the
[1:11:04] hospital
to begin with.
[1:11:07] » It goes into the database. It goes into
drive.
[1:11:10] Into the state department's database,
and then it's there that I can pull it.
[1:11:14] » WIN record?
>> It's through the It's through drive,
[1:11:17] which is the state's database. And then
I have the capability of pulling all of
[1:11:23] those records into WIN record.
>> By downloading a report.
[1:11:26] » So, somebody at the hospital puts
>> Yes, somebody at the hospital inputs it,
[1:11:30] and then it will bounce to me, and I
will have to affirm it and make sure
[1:11:34] everything's correct.
And then it can be issued.
[1:11:38] » Thank you.
>> You're welcome.
[1:11:41] » There he goes.
Thank you. I needed to know or wanted to
[1:11:46] know. Whitney.
>> All right. I'll just highlight a couple
[1:11:50] of things I did last quarter. Um in
April,
[1:11:54] uh a few of us went to the Stay Alive
Drug Take Back event, where we had a
[1:11:58] table with some resources and stuff as
people came. It was like a drive-thru
[1:12:02] take back event. Um so, we were there
for that. Um and like I mentioned
[1:12:06] before, uh we went to the Firefly event
at the Brookville Park.
[1:12:11] Um in May, we went to the Indiana
Immunization Coalition Awards Ceremony
[1:12:14] for Joni.
Um about halfway through May, I attended
[1:12:18] the IDOH Leadership Symposium up in
Indianapolis.
[1:12:22] Uh let's see. In June, I attended the
Public Health Nurse Conference and the
[1:12:26] Indiana School Health Network Conference
with Joni and Natalie.
[1:12:30] And we set up a table at the Batesville
Pride event, where we gave out resources
[1:12:35] and information to the community.
Um and then I just wanted to mention a
[1:12:40] couple of new things
um that we've recently started. We found
[1:12:44] out today actually that we are an
official Cribs for Kids Partner. And
[1:12:48] Cribs for Kids is a safe sleep
initiative. It's national. So, now that
[1:12:53] we're a partner, we're able to use some
of their branding and some of their
[1:12:56] educational information
uh
[1:12:59] » [clears throat]
>> to talk about safe sleep in the
[1:13:01] community. And we're also able to
purchase some of their branded items
[1:13:04] that remind people what safe sleep is.
The baby needs to be alone, on their
[1:13:08] back, in a crib, without anything in it.
Um
[1:13:13] this year we were able to fund 100 swim
lessons for kids in the county. That
[1:13:17] just started this week, so it'll be this
week and next week. And we also gave
[1:13:20] them safe water safety bags.
Um and we stuffed them. We had um
[1:13:28] water bottles, we had sunscreen,
sunglasses, and then
[1:13:31] some little like brochures and
information about water safety, more so
[1:13:35] for their parents to read.
Um
[1:13:38] and then we also started a drug
take-back program through the
[1:13:42] Southeastern Indiana Recycling District,
who also does our um
[1:13:47] yeah, our sharps containers. They come
and get those for us.
[1:13:51] Um and then last week we were at the 4-H
Fair, where we gave out emergency
[1:13:55] radios, first aid kits, water bottles,
um a bunch of different resources. We
[1:13:59] had tick removal kits, and we gave out a
bunch of bottled water to the community
[1:14:03] for free.
[1:14:07] » So, for take-back, does that mean that
you guys are open for taking back any
[1:14:11] medication, including controlled
substances? Cuz my I've been told that
[1:14:16] only the jail does that. Um
is that true?
[1:14:21] » Um as far as I know, we're able to I
know we can't do anything that is under
[1:14:24] like we can't do inhalers
or um if it's
[1:14:29] needles, it has to go in our sharps
container. We can't take that back
[1:14:33] into there.
>> If it helps, the Ripley County Health
[1:14:36] Department also
If it helps, Ripley County Health
[1:14:40] Department has a take-back
of all things except what she mentioned.
[1:14:45] Um and that unit actually used to be at
the Sheriff's
[1:14:49] uh department previous but now it's in
the annex and for sales and it's
[1:14:54] connected with the health department. So
>> We just have to keep it in hand. It's
[1:14:58] not anytime a patient can't just walk in
here and drop off.
[1:15:01] » They can come in and we just have to
keep it locked up. Like we don't have it
[1:15:04] out in the lobby. We have we keep it
it's within our office which that
[1:15:09] section of the office is locked anyway
and then it's behind a storage door that
[1:15:13] is also locked. So it just has to be
behind two locked doors at all times.
[1:15:17] » And then where does where does that go
eventually?
[1:15:20] » When it's filled or whenever we need it
exchanged we call the company and they
[1:15:23] come and for us.
>> I'll start letting patients know they
[1:15:27] can come here as well.
>> Yes. Yes, please do.
[1:15:29] » They try to bring it to me all time or
they can I go to the pharmacy and give
[1:15:32] this back?
>> No.
[1:15:33] » [laughter]
>> Yep, you can send them to us.
[1:15:39] » Anybody in the county ever have any
issues with sharps?
[1:15:42] Trying to get rid of them.
You know needles, etc.
[1:15:46] » Um they can bring them to us. We can
accept them but
[1:15:50] » uh needles and I thought
I wonder if there's an issue in the
[1:15:54] county at all.
>> I have patients ask me about that too
[1:15:57] and what I looked up online you can as
long as it's in a container you can put
[1:16:00] them in like an old uh
yeah or bottle [clears throat] like this
[1:16:04] and then you just put it in the trash
and you can also dispose of controlled
[1:16:08] substances in the trash as well. They
recommend you crush it up and put it in
[1:16:12] kitty litter or coffee grounds, yeah. So
that's what I usually tell patients but
[1:16:16] I think they would feel very comfortable
bringing it to the health department.
[1:16:19] That gives them some reassurance. So
>> And we also have empty sharps
[1:16:23] containers. So if you bring us one that
is full we'll give you an empty one to
[1:16:27] replace it. And then some people get
them through their pharmacy but if you
[1:16:30] don't for whatever reason or you just
need an extra one we have those too.
[1:16:34] » Very good.
>> Margaret Mary also offers that too. You
[1:16:37] can go there and get
sharp containers and take your full
[1:16:40] ones.
>> Okay,
[1:16:42] good to know.
[1:16:44] I had one other question.
Um you said last day of grant year was
[1:16:49] uh June 30.
>> Yeah,
[1:16:51] the grant year for what?
>> anything, we gain anything?
[1:16:54] » Actually,
from the 25-26
[1:16:58] to the 26-27 grant year, I think we're
getting an extra like $5,000 with FEP,
[1:17:04] so
we're excited about that, but that's
[1:17:07] really the only difference between the
two grant years.
[1:17:11] » Okay. Anything else for ready?
All right.
[1:17:16] That's the end of the staff reports.
Uh
[1:17:19] I'll accept or entertain a motion if we
can get one to accept the reports
[1:17:25] as discussed.
[1:17:29] Motion made to accept the reports as
presented and discussed. Second?
[1:17:35] » Second.
>> Dr. Engel, second.
[1:17:37] All in favor say I.
>> I.
[1:17:40] » Any oppose? Same sign.
Motion carried.
[1:17:45] Now, we go on to new business, right?
[1:17:52] All right.
You Lisa brought up ideas for spending
[1:17:57] previous years HFI fund.
>> Do you want to present that, Britney?
[1:18:04] » Yeah, uh basically the state let us know
that we can't hold on to those funds as
[1:18:08] like a rainy day funds or
to use just however we want, but those
[1:18:13] funds need to be spent.
Um
[1:18:16] and their suggestion was to talk it over
with the board and the health officer,
[1:18:21] talk it all over together and kind of
figure out a plan for how we want to
[1:18:23] spend those funds.
Uh we have I think it's just over
[1:18:27] $300,000
with previous years HFI funds that we
[1:18:31] can spend.
Um
[1:18:34] and we don't have to pick anything
definitive today, obviously, but we just
[1:18:37] wanted to get that conversation started.
So, when the state asks what our plans
[1:18:40] are, we don't just say I have no idea.
So, if anyone has any ideas, that would
[1:18:45] be great.
>> So, to begin with, there's 300,000 and
[1:18:48] how long
do you have to
[1:18:51] » I don't think they gave us a timeline,
did they, Lisa?
[1:18:54] » Oh, really?
>> I don't think there's a time limit. I
[1:18:56] think they just want a plan in place so
that they can report back to the state
[1:18:59] why we need these funds. I think if the
idea was if the funds are just sitting
[1:19:03] there, then we really don't need them.
But, if we're using them and we're
[1:19:06] spending them, then it shows the state
that it's showing them at the state
[1:19:10] level that these funds are crucial.
We've got to have these funds in place.
[1:19:14] So, if we get some projects started and
some things rolled out, and we they see
[1:19:19] a benefit to it, then there's a bigger
chance of us
[1:19:22] retaining those funds back.
>> So, are we brainstorming now for ideas
[1:19:28] on
>> I think that is the general idea, yes.
[1:19:31] I know we've been getting a lot of
requests for AEDs, like how we did in
[1:19:36] the past when we had the funding.
So, I think that would be a good place
[1:19:39] to start is
um continuing our AED program.
[1:19:44] We already have a list of probably what,
five or six different organizations that
[1:19:48] are looking for AEDs.
>> Well, that was very popular when you got
[1:19:53] it going.
>> Yes, it was.
[1:19:55] » Um Dave, you know, you can start looking
at a cat collection program with some of
[1:20:01] this money.
>> There you go.
[1:20:03] » It
In the past, we also had talked about
[1:20:06] and I I'm always blanking on if it's
Metamorph or or Laurel
[1:20:10] uh that the county got a building and
there was talk about upgrading it to
[1:20:15] where it could be used for a shelter in
disasters or um
[1:20:20] you know, a health outreach clinic type
of situation.
[1:20:24] Um and I previously we had had
discussions with Mr. Palmer um at the
[1:20:30] county and
that may be
[1:20:34] an an option if the county's wanting us
to help.
[1:20:37] I think it needed to be brought up to to
code as far as ADA access and
[1:20:42] Menominee. Yeah, okay, you're right.
Um
[1:20:46] and then uh the other
thing we had talked about before was the
[1:20:50] electrical hookups for different
buildings so the EMA can
[1:20:55] when there's a disaster can back their
generator up and hook into that building
[1:20:59] firehouses and the building Menominee.
They're called the pigtails. It's a
[1:21:04] special electrical hookup uh
and I I know there was um discussions
[1:21:08] and before the HF1 funds got cut um to
line that up to get it
[1:21:13] to get uh structures uh
around the county
[1:21:17] um
able to hook up and looking at the fire
[1:21:21] departments first cuz those are
>> [clears throat]
[1:21:23] » usually in a disaster we really need the
fire department folks.
[1:21:27] Um
you can use it for cooling centers. You
[1:21:29] can use it for
um heating centers. Um if if shelters um
[1:21:37] and um
we may may be able to talk to some of
[1:21:42] the schools to do the same thing.
Um because the schools, you know, is
[1:21:46] another
common place people used to go into for
[1:21:49] assistance.
Um but just I'm just talking off off my
[1:21:52] head now.
Um
[1:21:55] but we can
we can see where things are at and talk
[1:21:58] to our EMA
person cuz that was uh somebody we had
[1:22:02] talked to before.
Um
[1:22:05] » [clears throat]
>> One of the other things we had talked
[1:22:07] previously was trying to get um some
sort of telehealth set up at the county
[1:22:12] jail.
Um and then again the funds got cut. Um
[1:22:17] interesting enough there was some
telehealth related funding
[1:22:21] that we might be able to apply for
uh but it's kind of a short turnaround
[1:22:25] time. Um
and originally when we thought we were
[1:22:30] going to have more consistent funds
telehealth for some of the schools
[1:22:33] um so they can
connect to doctor's offices.
[1:22:38] Um
they had a really good program at South
[1:22:40] Ripley
uh but that kind of went away when uh
[1:22:43] when one of the nurses moved on to other
things.
[1:22:47] Uh she was the one who kind of have
spearheaded that.
[1:22:51] Um but she's now a nurse practitioner in
a different location.
[1:22:55] Uh but any any sort of telehealth
services and um I know the
[1:23:01] previously the the sheriffs had some
interest
[1:23:04] um in that. Um
was there anything else on our wish list
[1:23:09] that we
had to sideline
[1:23:12] when they cut the funds?
I mean certainly we can reach out to the
[1:23:16] schools to find out if there's any unmet
needs
[1:23:21] um when it comes to public health stuff.
>> I was wondering if there if there could
[1:23:26] be a needs assessment um performed. I
don't know who would do that, how we
[1:23:31] would do that, but have some sort of way
to assess what are the needs. Um and
[1:23:38] then we can look at those and kind of
decide, okay, what's the I don't and I
[1:23:43] don't know exactly how that would be
conducted or who would do that or how
[1:23:47] you would decide any of that. I just
think it would be nice. I want to have a
[1:23:51] needs assessment. But the other thing I
I'll just throw out there from my own
[1:23:54] personal point of view is that uh
transportation medical transportation is
[1:23:58] a huge need.
Um that's what most of what I hear a lot
[1:24:01] is people can't get to the doctor.
They'll Yeah.
[1:24:05] » That That actually is one of the items
on the rural health transformation and
[1:24:10] that um we were going to be eligible for
so many
[1:24:13] vouchers for transportation.
Um
[1:24:17] and I don't know what the final number
is, but that again that that's gone to
[1:24:20] the state to approve. And then so so
that is that was part of the
[1:24:25] RHT uh program. Um
we also may want to reach out to the
[1:24:31] LET'S. We we help with that with the
pre-hospital transfusion. There's there
[1:24:36] may be additional needs that they have
with that. We can reach out to um fire
[1:24:41] departments
and see if if there is
[1:24:45] any particular needs they might have.
[1:24:51] » Well, I know patients can use their
insurance and then there's Franklin
[1:24:54] County transportation, but other than
that it it's fairly limited. Um I think
[1:24:59] that I also see people struggle with um
just in-home health services, wound
[1:25:05] care,
um being able to uh
[1:25:08] basic nursing needs, but also organize
their medications. I know there was the
[1:25:12] paramedic program where they were going
out and trying to do assessments, but um
[1:25:16] there's a lot of older people who are
just really isolated without
[1:25:20] transportation or medical knowledge and
don't have an understanding of how to
[1:25:26] take care of themselves, you know, and
follow complicated medical instructions.
[1:25:30] So, that's my other personal experience
with that.
[1:25:33] » I wonder if we would be better off
getting like a task force together to
[1:25:38] decide what the most important things
are to address on this list and put
[1:25:44] something into motion to where the
funding is still going to be we can
[1:25:48] stretch the funding out um
and then hopefully see enough impact
[1:25:53] with the projects that we pick so that
at the state level they can see, oh wow,
[1:25:57] this is making a big difference
and maybe supply some data to them and
[1:26:03] you know, try to move forward there. But
I just it might be easier to do
[1:26:08] something like that
um if you call it a workshop, I think
[1:26:11] that you can have meetings
pretty regularly
[1:26:16] um that can be kind of closed doors.
There couldn't be more than four
[1:26:20] board members. So, only three of you
could be in attendance at a time for the
[1:26:25] workshop.
But, you may even want to consider
[1:26:28] pulling in a county commissioner, too.
On that task force.
[1:26:32] » Good idea.
>> Good idea.
[1:26:40] » I agree that public transportation is
the worst thing for me. I don't know.
[1:26:45] There's always like people tied up.
There's not enough vehicles. I don't
[1:26:48] know.
This is a lot more than even supply a
[1:26:53] new vehicle for Franklin County or
whatever.
[1:26:56] Um
Does the jail you mentioned
[1:26:59] telemedicine? Do they not have
a staff
[1:27:03] nurse or physician that regularly visits
or
[1:27:08] » It was
That had to do with somebody's leaving
[1:27:11] and they might need
consultation on something that to line
[1:27:15] them up. Do they need to go get started
on some something now and then have an
[1:27:21] office visit or do they need to
have more of acute care response
[1:27:29] particularly with mental health-related
things.
[1:27:32] » I got you.
They have someone that signs off all
[1:27:34] their medicines and stuff when they get
>> Right. I just This was the discussion
[1:27:39] with previously with the sheriff that
>> Okay.
[1:27:41] » that there was a
unmet need.
[1:27:44] » I got you.
I had to deal doctor for a while, so.
[1:27:48] » Oh, cool.
>> Does every cop car have AED in it?
[1:27:54] » Yeah, there there was
a program through the
[1:27:58] um
Franklin County Foundation Ripley County
[1:28:02] Foundation where
in Christ Hospital Margaret Mary and
[1:28:06] contributions from our health department
and the Ripley County Health Department
[1:28:09] to supply law enforcement in both
counties.
[1:28:13] With AEDs.
[1:28:16] It's good.
>> Question for you.
[1:28:20] That building, the community building we
have in Metamora.
[1:28:23] » Yes.
>> I mean, we were talking about adding
[1:28:25] pigtails and emergency supplies. Is all
all that where is that at?
[1:28:31] » Well, that's where I
things kind of got slowed down when the
[1:28:33] HFI funding
fell back, but I'll have to reach back
[1:28:37] out to
I know we were we were working with John
[1:28:41] Palmer and our EMA specialist
and and that's certainly something as as
[1:28:47] that definitely needed especially
when we need shelters for folks when
[1:28:52] times of
bad weather and disaster.
[1:28:55] And and see where see where we're at
with that.
[1:28:59] » That'll still be on the list and
>> And and previously had talked about you
[1:29:03] could carry over a certain percent of
capital for the HFI funding and we were
[1:29:08] uh
up until now we were we had been working
[1:29:12] with banking that. So,
it would if one year's capital funds you
[1:29:16] couldn't really do a lot, but if you put
several years together, you could
[1:29:20] actually get the project completed.
So, I'll have to circle back with with
[1:29:25] uh
with the county to find out if we can
[1:29:28] proceed as with the plans.
That will help considerably.
[1:29:32] » I I feel like when we were talking about
the snowstorms and we're talking about
[1:29:36] disaster preparedness that there was
sort of a there's a different entity
[1:29:41] within the county that also helps with
that. Or what is our scope of support as
[1:29:47] the health board in disaster management?
>> Oh, that's actually that's actually one
[1:29:52] of our KPIs when HFI was was started is
to be involved with
[1:29:58] um disaster response.
Um there was things that we did with the
[1:30:02] EMA.
Um I know they got some
[1:30:06] crates and things because when there's
disaster
[1:30:10] you have to think of the pets, too. And
then what do you do with the pets? You
[1:30:13] can't let them run free or add to the
cat problem. Um
[1:30:17] but uh yeah, we we've worked with
with the EMA director on a number of on
[1:30:23] a number of uh projects.
When they when they had the flooding, we
[1:30:28] were we were working hand in hand with
EMA and the other rescue folks from
[1:30:32] around that came in to help.
[1:30:36] » Are we the primary
[1:30:40] support for that? Or I just feel like if
if I don't understand our scope in the I
[1:30:46] understand I totally understand how
disaster
[1:30:48] im- or impacts health. So, are we 100%
responsible for that? Cuz I don't think
[1:30:54] we have
>> We're a partner.
[1:30:55] » We're a partner with
>> We're a partner with the Yeah, there's
[1:30:58] funds come from a lot of different
sources. Uh
[1:31:01] EMA, from us, from FEMA, uh there's a
whole litany of of groups. Um
[1:31:08] that Homeland Security Security is
another one that funding comes for
[1:31:12] disaster response.
Um
[1:31:15] I I can tell you there was um
special funding grants in Ripley County
[1:31:21] when they had that drowning
a few years ago um at Versailles State
[1:31:27] Park Lake.
And there was some special equipment
[1:31:30] that was obtained.
And that's shared with by a number of
[1:31:34] different counties. And that that came
from
[1:31:36] combining resources from several
sources.
[1:31:40] » And maybe I was looking about when we
had the snow storms, there was
[1:31:43] discussion about the sort of an action
plan, like um
[1:31:49] who determines those plans, like for
this for the county? Do you guys
[1:31:53] remember talking about that? Cuz it was
the previous uh
[1:31:57] disaster
>> The EMA director is takes the lead on
[1:32:01] that.
>> Okay.
[1:32:01] » And we would we would
>> EMA being the American Medical
[1:32:04] Association, Amy who?
>> No, EMA.
[1:32:07] » Oh, okay. Okay. EMA. I was like, why has
the American Medical Association
[1:32:11] involved in this situation?
>> actually they actually do something with
[1:32:14] disaster, especially the EMA Foundation.
>> Oh, okay.
[1:32:17] » They do have a response um capability.
>> So, when we have a disaster,
[1:32:23] we being Franklin County, who do we
call?
[1:32:26] » Well, um
we would everything kind of starts
[1:32:30] becoming together, so the EMA director,
uh health department, um county
[1:32:35] commissioners are involved, EMS is
involved,
[1:32:39] um there's a whole there's a group that
that works together and
[1:32:44] um they they're when you watch them in
in action, they're pretty impressive.
[1:32:59] » I had a question for Lisa. What about uh
using
[1:33:02] or trying to secure some of these funds
to help you with your wind record
[1:33:06] program?
Put in data. Like you'd get temporary
[1:33:10] personnel
add data to the system.
[1:33:16] » I think that there's more important
things to use that funding towards.
[1:33:20] Um this is something that I can use to
fill in some downtime.
[1:33:24] » Perfect.
>> Um
[1:33:26] if it gets to the point where it I feel
like I'm not getting anything done, then
[1:33:30] we can revisit that, but I really think
these funds need to be used towards
[1:33:34] » Quick note.
>> more important things in the county.
[1:33:37] » I heard there was a gap there, so I
thought may as well ask.
[1:33:42] What uh
next steps then? We we're going to look
[1:33:45] at generating a task force.
Would that be the smart thing to do?
[1:33:50] And
who's going to volunteer to reach out to
[1:33:54] the commissioners and board members and
open it up and try to get Brittany.
[1:34:00] » Thank you.
Dr. Walsh, yes.
[1:34:04] Um
anybody on the board specially
[1:34:08] interested in joining up the task force?
[1:34:14] I think
you you'll get some responses so from
[1:34:17] us.
[1:34:20] Okay.
So really we're not going to make any
[1:34:23] decisions on
what we just discussed, right? We're
[1:34:27] going to wait and do a task force and
proceed.
[1:34:30] Is that
[1:34:33] Sounds good to me.
Are we done with the
[1:34:36] HFI funding?
[1:34:40] If so
[1:34:44] move on to the community baby shower on
July 25th.
[1:34:48] The flyer is attached. I think you've
already discussed.
[1:34:50] » Yep.
>> Any other
[1:34:53] ideas on that? I think it's great ideas
so.
[1:34:57] Okay. Dr. Weaver from the Indiana
Department of Health is visiting
[1:35:02] Franklin and Ripley County on August
21st
[1:35:06] in Batesville.
>> It'll be at the library.
[1:35:11] » You think it'll be at the Batesville
library?
[1:35:13] » No, it'll be at the library. I I
actually arranged for meeting to be at
[1:35:16] the hospital the new hospital but folks
the state had already reached out to
[1:35:20] somebody and at and the library's got a
nice
[1:35:24] it's got a nice facility to
to meet at.
[1:35:28] » Well, um
will you be able to send out a notice to
[1:35:33] what time and and exactly is it going to
be in the
[1:35:36] » I can send out a separate email
that just has that with the time, date,
[1:35:41] location and everything so everyone gets
it.
[1:35:49] » So then last time we were she was here
it very helpful for some board members
[1:35:54] to be there and
I mean, she really spews out a lot of
[1:35:58] information. They they take
everything's
[1:36:04] data-driven and they collect a lot of
data from all these programs that we do
[1:36:09] and they
churn it and throw it right back at you
[1:36:12] and compare you to all the other
counties in
[1:36:15] in the state, so
you're either number one or 92. I think
[1:36:19] we had some good scores and some
that could be improved last time, but uh
[1:36:26] I look forward to that. Any
questions or issues? So, anybody that
[1:36:30] can attend, that would be
>> What was the date again?
[1:36:33] » April August 21st.
>> Oh, August 21st.
[1:36:36] » Great uh
Okay.
[1:36:38] » All right.
[1:36:42] » Okay.
Health Department sponsored swimming
[1:36:46] lessons
for 2026 and provided water safety bags
[1:36:52] to each participant, 100 this year.
So, that's Is it done? That was the
[1:36:57] number?
>> Yeah, I kind of mentioned that with my
[1:36:59] report, but those lessons are going on
this week and next week.
[1:37:03] » That was a excellent.
>> Yeah.
[1:37:05] » And then the 4-H Fair handwashing sinks?
>> Yeah, we used our H5N1 grant funds that
[1:37:11] we got at the beginning of 2025 to
purchase
[1:37:14] uh
handwashing sinks, stations, whatever
[1:37:18] you would like to call them, um and
decontamination mats to put outside of
[1:37:21] the poultry
um
[1:37:24] barn at the fair for this year. So, we
we talked to Purdue Extension and asked
[1:37:29] them we told them we have this funding
and it's to help prevent any potential
[1:37:33] spread of disease from birds,
essentially. Um and they thought that
[1:37:38] was the best way to use some of those
funds, so we purchased those and they
[1:37:41] helped set them all up at the fair and
they got to use this year.
[1:37:45] » Very well done. Good.
Um
[1:37:50] I've got one to add. Um you sent out an
email, Brittany, you sent out an email
[1:37:54] about these
septic rules being updated, right?
[1:37:58] Who was that?
That was you. I'm sorry, Lisa.
[1:38:01] Uh
so the
[1:38:04] septic and I know earlier we've we've
got a food rule update from the state
[1:38:09] that's in progress. So both those rules
are coming through.
[1:38:12] I don't know
>> Well, I think the food is in place.
[1:38:14] Didn't that go into effect in April,
Dave?
[1:38:17] The new food rule?
[1:38:20] » Food rule?
>> The new food code. It went into
[1:38:23] effective in April.
Okay.
[1:38:28] I think it was this past April. Um and
then the septic is up at the state right
[1:38:33] now. They're it's going through
legislation right now.
[1:38:35] » through another
public hearing and then probably
[1:38:39] adoption. So I I don't know if Tim, are
you up on those and any
[1:38:44] issues with the state or do you think
[1:38:48] » information
Uh actually for a new
[1:38:52] um
[1:38:55] um
ordinance, aren't we?
[1:38:59] And that's
>> Yeah, that's that's what he was asking
[1:39:00] about. So when I got the information
from Alice Quinn that where they were at
[1:39:05] on it, I just forwarded that information
to the board members so that they would
[1:39:08] understand where they were at with that
new rule.
[1:39:12] So
>> Nothing new.
[1:39:14] » I don't have anything new other than
outside of that. Alice is really good
[1:39:17] about keeping us updated on that.
And letting us know where we're at.
[1:39:21] » And Dan Mossburger, you know, who I deal
with with state a lot.
[1:39:26] He helps us a lot.
Um
[1:39:31] » So they're going to be passed in the
next
[1:39:33] two quarters anyway, right?
>> I think so.
[1:39:36] » Probably. So do we I'm I'm just throwing
this out. Do we need to get our
[1:39:40] attorney, Jean Stewart, uh
involved in updating our
[1:39:45] food and septic regulations to adopt
these.
[1:39:49] » I think that's all we need to do is just
make a motion to adopt.
[1:39:53] I mean, it's a state rule, so
we just probably need to rescind our old
[1:39:58] ordinances and and just going forward
using the state rule.
[1:40:02] So, yeah, I think reaching out to him
and finding out what
[1:40:06] ducks need to be in a row for that.
>> Okay.
[1:40:09] That'll be the way to go this way to go
cuz
[1:40:12] we've already been through all the
public hearings and
[1:40:15] adoptions. Okay.
Any other new business?
[1:40:23] All right.
Next quarterly meeting scheduled for
[1:40:26] October 20th at 5:30 p.m. right here.
So, if that's it, then I'll
[1:40:37] » [clears throat]
>> look for a motion to adjourn.
[1:40:41] » I make a motion to adjourn.
>> A motion's been made to adjourn. Is
[1:40:45] there a second?
>> Second.
[1:40:47] » Motion's made and seconded to adjourn.
All in favor, say I.
[1:40:52] » I.
>> I.
[1:40:53] Thank you, everybody. Great meeting.