MINUTES OF THE EGYPTIAN HEALTH DEPARTMENT
BOARD MEETING HELD JULY 28, 2005
AT THE RIDGWAY FARM BUREAU BUILDING

The Board of Directors held their regularly scheduled meeting on July 28, 2005 at the Ridgway Farm Bureau Building. Vice President Lisa Smith brought the meeting to order at 7:10 p.m.

Roll Call: Treva Aud, Martin Duffy, Terry Golden, Lavon Henshaw, Kerry Jones, Becky Mitchell, Art Saunders, Ray Smith, John Ziegler and Lisa Smith

Absent: Kathy Bramlet, Carey Harbison, Gretchen Sutton, Jan Thaxton

Election of Officers:

President- Gallatin Co.:
Motion by Treva Aud; seconded by Terry Golden to nominate Lisa Smith as President.
Motion by John Ziegler; seconded by Kerry Jones to close nominations. All aye.
Lisa accepted nomination. Lisa Smith elected President.

Vice-President- White Co:
Motion by Ray Smith; seconded by Art Saunders to nominate John Ziegler as Vice President. Motion by Treva Aud; seconded by Terry Golden to close nominations. All aye. John accepted nomination. John Ziegler elected Vice President.

Secretary- Saline Co:
Motion by Lavon Henshaw to nominate Kerry Jones as Secretary. Kerry rejected nomination. Motion by Lavon Henshaw; seconded by Kerry Jones to nominate Jan Thaxton as Secretary. Motion by Kerry Jones; seconded by Terry Golden to close nominations. All aye. Jan Thaxton elected Secretary.

Treasurer: Motion by Martin Duffy; seconded by Terry Golden to appoint David Aldridge as Treasurer. All aye.

Approval of June 23, 2005 Board Meeting Minutes: Motion by John Ziegler; seconded by Kerry Jones to approve the June 23, 2005 Board Mintues. All aye.

Approval of July 2005 Continuous Quality Improvement Minutes: Motion by Lavon Henshaw;seconded by Treva Aud to approve the July 2005 CQI minutes. All aye.

Treasurer's Report: Motion by John Ziegler; seconded by Treva Aud to approve the June 2005 treasurer's report. Roll call vote taken with Treva Aud, Martin Duffy, Terry Golden, Lavon Henshaw, Kerry Jones, Becky Mitchell, Art Saunders, Ray Smith and John Ziegler voting yes. Vote was 9 yes and 0 no. Motion carried.

Approve FY 06 Budget: Motion by Art Saunders; seconded by Martin Duffy to approve the FY 06 budget. Roll call vote taken with Treva Aud, Martin Duffy, Terry Golden, Lavon Henshaw, Kerry Jones, Becky Mitchell, Art Saunders, Ray Smith and John Ziegler voting yes. Vote was 9 yes and 0 no. Motion carried.

Finance Committee Report:
Motion by Martin Duffy; seconded by Terry Golden to approve purchase order number 17602 to Clearwave Communications in the amount of $1500.00 for installations fees for T1 lines at all offices. We will be switching internet and phone services to Clearwave
Roll call vote taken with Treva Aud, Martin Duffy, Terry Golden, Lavon Henshaw, Kerry Jones, Becky Mitchell, Art Saunders, Ray Smith, John Ziegler voting yes.
Vote was 9 yes and 0 no. Motion carried.

Motion by Lavon Henshaw; seconded by Terry Golden to approve carpet installation at the Eldorado office in Section 1 of the building. Slay's Carpet in Carmi will install the carpet. Roll call vote taken with Treva Aud, Martin Duffy, Terry Golden, Lavon Henshaw, Kerry Jones, Becky Mitchell, Art Saunders, Ray Smith, John Ziegler voting yes. Vote was 9 yes and 0 no. Motion carried.

Angie presented two bids for ACT cars. One bid from Allen Miller and the other from Jim Hayes. Motion by Treva Aud; seconded by Lavon Henshaw to purchase a Dodge Stratus and a Ford Focus from Jim Hayes. Roll call vote taken with Treva Aud, Martin Duffy, Terry Golden, Lavon Henshaw, Kerry Jones, Becky Mitchell, Art Saunders, Ray Smith voting yes. John Ziegler voting no. Vote was 8 yes, 1 no. Motion carried.

Policy Committee Report:
The policy committee met and reviewed the following policies:
Client Charts- 3-039.1
Revised Medicaid Rule 132- 3-038.1
Selection and Hiring- 4-002.1
Blood Specimen Collection- 3-037.1

Motion by Kerry Jones; seconded by Lavon Henshaw to approve Client Charts and Revised Medicaid Rule 132, table Selection and Hiring and Blood Specimen Collection policy. All aye and 1 oppose.

Executive Session Review Committee:
Motion by Kerry Jones; seconded by Treva Aud that the Executive Session minutes from January 27, 2005 to June 6, 2005 remain closed. All aye.

CEO Report: Angie reported that the Teen REACH funding was reinstated for FY06.
Angie met with Marlynn Frailey with probation. She informed us that the First Judicial Circuit will start doing all of the DUI evaluations and Risk Education classes for all the counties in the circuit which includes Saline County.

Program Report- Ladonna Oxford:
Ladonna spoke to the board about the Family Planning program. She said that the state has sent us 200 doses of the PLAN B emergency contraception. She would like to approach the hospitals and give them each a dozen doses to have in the emergency rooms. The board approved Ladonna to offer the PLAN B pill to the hospitals.

Motion at 8:50 p.m to go into executive session under 2 (C) 1 of the open meeting act to discuss personnel. Roll call vote taken with Treva Aud, Martin Duffy, Terry Golden, Lavon Henshaw, Kerry Jones, Becky Mitchell, Art Saunders, Ray Smith, and John Ziegler voting yes. Vote was 9 yes and 0 no. Motion carried.

Motion at 9:40 p.m by John Ziegler; seconded by Kerry Jones to come out of executive session. Roll call vote taken Treva Aud, Martin Duffy, Terry Golden, Lavon Henshaw, Kerry Jones, Becky Mitchell, Art Saunders, Ray Smith and John Ziegler voting yes. Vote was 9 yes and 0 no. Motion carried.

Action taken: Selection and Hiring Policy will be reviewed.

Motion at 9:47 p.m by Lavon Henshaw; seconded by Terry Golden to adjourn. All aye.

The next meeting will be August 25, 2005 at the Eldorado office.

Minutes by Tammy Karnes

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Lisa Smith, President

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John Zielger, Vice President

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Jan Thaxton, Secretary

 

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