Board of Health

City of Nashua Division of Public Health & Community Services 18 Mulberry Street, Nashua, NH 03060 BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING April 13, 2011 12:30 PM 18 Mulberry Street Nashua, NH 03062 MEETING MINUTES BOH Members Present: Dr. Anthony Storace Dr. Ajay Sharma Dr. Peter Klementowicz Aldermen Present: Lori Wilshire Staff Present: Kerran Vigroux, Heidi Peek, Bob Mack, Bobbie Bagley, Chris Lister, Corinn Dembkoski, Barbara Scacco The Board was given the meeting Agenda, monthly departmental reports, current Board of Health budget and March 2011 BOH Meeting Minutes. Meeting called to order at 12:40 p.m. by Dr. Storace - Quorum was met (Formal Meeting) 1. Request to vote on the March 2011 BOH Minutes. a. Dr. Sharma approved b. Dr. Storace seconded 2. Request to vote on the annual dues for NALBOH a. Dr. Sharma approved b. Dr. Klementowicz seconded 1 Department Reports Community Health – Presented by Bobbie Bagley  Communicable Diseases o TB  One active case in Nashua and one in Amherst o STD  Nine to ten people coming into the clinic o Vaccinations  Hep A & B o Not much happening with Lead.  GI cluster at a long term care facility – 19 cases investigated  Two Suspicious powder incidents occurred at the courthouse o Packages delivered to courthouse came in from prison o Turned out to be nothing dangerous and was not a hazard o After action planning on these incidents went well  Lyme Disease Reports – Bobbie will continue to give these reports to the BOH members with last year‟s and this year‟s numbers  Busy with training, meetings, activities, community education events, health fair  Dr. Sharma asked for information on cases of strep at schools o Bobbie shared her information. Grants/Child Care – Chris Lister presented  Week of the Young child – April 10th – 16th  Grants o Board of Aldermen passed Immunization Program funding, which over a three year period equals $198,000 o TB – STD/HIV Grants were read last night for the first time  This will be taken it up at the April 25th BOA Meeting.  Final approval will be in May Emergency Preparedness – Kerran Vigroux presented for Patty Crooker  Focus Groups from CHA o Great turn out from both the Provider Group and Key Leader Group o Both groups chose the priority of Obesity as the focus of the Community Health Improvement Plan. o Ashley, Heidi and Bobbie worked with UNH students and they will be helping to write a policy about Environmental Health referencing Asthma for the Community Health Assessment o EP was also involved in the „white powder‟ incident at the courthouse in Nashua. o Patty and Ashley were involved in training around the National Outbreak Reporting System 2  o Carol Totzkay from DHHS met with Emergency Management directors that fall under our region and discussed processes for functional needs  Feedback from the directors was that we work well together as a region  State is pleased with what we are doing. o We posted a part-time position with the City for a Warehouse Coordinator  Eleven resumes were received specifically for this position, and we may look at others from part-time summer positions that were on file if needed.  We will fill this position as soon as possible, as the position is good only through June 2011  This person will work on the trailers and medical supplies in our warehouse Health Education – Presented by Corinn Dembkoski  Health Education o National Public Health Week  Twelve events were planned, and kick off took place in the City Hall Rotunda on Monday, April 4th  The week of events ended with a 5K Race on Sunday, April 10th  The week was well advertised  Table tents, posters, WSMN, etc.  Great relationship with the community partners o Produced a hand washing video with Patty and Ashley, which will be available this week  Tobacco o “Kick Butts Day” at Nashua High North was held on March 23rd  Did a presentation and students developed a story board.  Dr. Storace suggested that the story board be available on Channel 16 using the Nashua Cable Studio. o Worked with Cynthia Day Family Center and partnered with a nurse.  Spoke to the women at the center regarding tobacco/smoking  Purchased Wal-Mart gift cards for the women in the program o Spent last week at U Mass Worcester and was trained in the Tobacco Treatment Certification Program.  After putting in volunteer hours, Corinn will be able to counsel people in this area Environmental Health – Heidi Peek presented  Inspections continue  Had two complaints about milk at a local food store, but only one complaint met criteria for further investigation. o Initial possibility of tampering, but it was ruled out  Mobil vendor issues continue o Developing a check list of requirements and a specific application as well  This month‟s report includes two months of food sampling, and all were within acceptable limits  Bed Bud complaints are still being received  Quite a few foster home inspections in March  Attended follow-up meetings for the Norovirus outbreak 3   Rabies o A woman reported a bat was found in her laundry. The bat tested positive for rabies. She was okay; however, her dog was boostered, examined and quarantined.  Listing sub-division plans under the septic section and sub-division approval o Staff is being trained on septic approval o Partnering in the field o Listed demolitions as well o Single solid waste hauler license  We are sharing information with the land-fill  Hookset waste water plastic disks found in the Merrimack River o We posted some of the DES information in areas along the river used by people o Hookset said they will continue surveying the river as well  Kerosene incident in mobile home  DES is taking care of this. Mediation – Bob Mack presented for Sandy Mulcahy  Sandy had a number of committee meetings and events this month, and participated in EP and DBHRT activities  Several Family and marital mediations  Waiting to see if incentive grant will be available. Welfare - Bob Mack presented  The number of people requesting assistance is about the same as last year at this time.  We are seeing a good number of homeless people, and we are working closely with shelters and homeless outreach on this.  We have been referring people to the fuel assistance program, which will conclude at the end of April  Only have used about half of the General Assistance dollars.  Closely monitoring the budget situation at the State and how it will affect Health and Human Services, and Welfare. o Discussions were held on how reductions and eliminations of funding will affect such things as mental health, STDs, etc. o We need to look into contingency plans, including helping people with their meds in order to avoid serious situations. Dr. Storace: Questions: None Close this part of the session Public Comments None Public session closed 4 Motion to adjourn meeting: Dr. Sharma Seconded by: Dr. Klementowicz Meeting Ended: 1:25 p.m. The May meeting scheduled for Wednesday, May 11th has been cancelled and we will double up at our June meeting, which will be held on Wednesday, June 8th at 18 Mulberry Street, Nashua, NH, 2nd floor, Conference Room B Respectfully submitted: Barbara A. Scacco Administrative Assistant II Public Health & Community Services 5