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Klickitat County Board of Health January 11, 2018 The meeting was called to order at 3:35pm Board members present were Jim Sizemore, Dave Sauter, Erinn Quinn and Sue Pennington. Health Department Employees present were Lori Koch, Carla Dionne and Kelly Sizemore. The first order of business was adoption of the December 9, 2017 meeting minutes. Dave Sauter moved to adopt the minutes. Erinn Quinn Seconded the motion. Vote was unanimous. Motion carried. The second order of business was an update on the Health Officer hiring process. A committee has been formed, that includes Dave Sauter and Sue Pennington and Erinn Quinn. It is recommended that the County continue to contract this position. Erinn Quinn has revised the current contract for review. Lori Koch also has copies of contracts that other counties have with their Health Officers to review as well. Dr. Christopher Spitters will continue as the County’s Health Officer through March 2018. The board’s goal is to hire a Health Officer by March 1st with a month of overlap with Dr. Spitters. The Board asked if Lori Koch and Carla Dionne could draft up an RFP for the position. There was Discussion on the Health Officer’s compensation and the pros and cons of hiring a local physician. The Board stated that they would look at both local and distant applicants before deciding. The third order of business was a discussion on future Board of Health meetings. It was proposed that future meeting be held on the last Thursday of every month at 4:30pm, alternating between Goldendale and White Salmon. There are possible conflicts with BOCC workshops that Lee Snell is going to look into. The board decided that the first 6 months of meetings could be advertised in the paper and then the Board would reassess the meeting schedule. Carla Dionne suggested that one meeting should be for a Board of Health training. The Board was supportive of that idea. Erinn Quinn moved to approve the meeting schedule. Dave Sauter seconded the motion. Vote was unanimous. Motion carried. Dave Sauter moved to adjourn the meeting at 4:10pm. Sue Pennington seconded the motion. Vote was unanimous. Motion carried.