BOARD OF HEALTH

200 E. Wells Street City of Milwaukee Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202 Meeting Minutes BOARD OF HEALTH Ruthie Burich-Weatherly, Caroline Gomez-Tom, Bria Grant, Ald. Chantia Lewis, Julia Means, LaNelle Ramey, Dr. Marylyn Ranta, Ericka Sinclair, and Wujie Zhang Thursday, May 14, 2020 5:30 PM Virtual Meeting This is a virtual meeting. Please join from your computer, tablet or smartphone using the link provided below or by calling the number provided. https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/124374029 (646) 749-3122 1 Roll Call Board Members: Ericka Sinclair, Marylyn Ranta, LaNelle Ramey, Ruthie Burich-Weatherly, Wujie Zhang, Caroline Gomez-Tom, , Ald. Chantia Lewis , Bria Grant, Julia Means Other: Claire Evers, Lilliann Paine, Griselle Torres, Greg Kruse, Mark Yatchak, Marlaina Jackson, Rocio Serna, Sanjib Bhattacharyya, Marlaina Jackson, Aaron Szopinski 2 Approval of minutes – 3/10/20, 4/14/20 March and April minutes were approved 3 Communication from Deputy Commissioners regarding a.Departmental updates and introductions • Recent hires Rocio Serna and Shawn Benjamin joined the Board Meeting b.COVID 19 pandemic response • MHD presented and discussed slides that were also provided at Public Health and Safety Committee Meeting on 05/14/2020 link to presentation: https://milwaukee.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx? ID=4452238&GUID=B1183A8B-3678-454F-A6BD-CCCEBBAE2D05&Options=&Search = City of Milwaukee Page 1 BOARD OF HEALTH Meeting Minutes May 14, 2020 i. Lab testing MHDL continues to do COVID 19 testing but is not conducting antibody testing yet. ii. Community testing strategy • Assist MHD to develop mitigation strategies in the context of community outreach and engagement for specific/minority groups • Develop culturally appropriate community mitigation strategies for plant employees and their families • Identify actions regional meat packing plants can take to mitigate COVID-19 (safely operate and reopen), including providing evidence-based guidance on ongoing testing strategy/timing and protocols for employees • Provision of support for MHD leaders with regard to communication of key messages with government officials/politicians iii. Contact tracing and follow up • Deputy Paradis shared current daily testing goal of 2,000 for WI; 1,000 for Milwaukee. Milwaukee based National Guard testing sites recent daily testing volumes : Midtown (933); Umos (1,085) • Deputy Paradis confirmed that MHD is able to initiate contact tracing attempts within 24-48 hours of notification of a positive test result in most cases. There continue to be challenges in reaching and follow-up with some individuals. She also shared that 150-200 tracer will be required to adequately meet ongoing surge capacity; mitigation includes utilization of MHD staff/furloughed Milwaukee Public School Nurses/ Medical Residents; furloughed Milwaukee Public Library staff; cohort of nursing students iv. Other • Latino Outreach - MHD collaborating with 16th Street Health Center; CDC Field Team is assisted with refining health risk messaging for Southside • Board Members raised the following questions: – What should messaging/marketing look like for 14-23 year old Milwaukee residents? What should messaging/marketing look like for LGTBQ+ demographic • Once developed, the board will be asked to help disseminate the messaging and communication tools produced from the Advancing Healthier Wisconsin grant. 4 Update on Health in All Policies (HiAP) Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Grant and lead safe advisory committee formation I. Grant is on pause II. Formation of the Lead Safe Advisory Committee is on pause III. MHD is working on getting extension for grant due to COVID-19 outbreak 5 Summer meeting schedule 6 Adjournment City of Milwaukee Page 2 BOARD OF HEALTH Meeting Minutes May 14, 2020 In the event that Common Council members who are not members of this committee attend this meeting, this meeting may also simultaneously constitute a meeting of the Common Council or any of the following committees: Community and Economic Development, Finance and Personnel, Judiciary and Legislation, Licenses, Public Safety and Health, Public Works, Zoning, Neighborhoods & Development, and/or Steering and Rules. 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