Health Equity Committee

Agenda Health Equity Committee March 13, 2:30pm Minutes 1. Call to order 2. Update on Recording Secretary- Chair, Duso is acting recording secretary a. We do not have funding for a recording secretary. b. The committee will work around the Recommendation is to find out if the City Manger will be writing funding for the health equity committee into the budget. 3. Ethics Requirements a. Chair requested revised list- request from Jackie. b. Chair will email those still needing to complete and look into the due date for completion or set a date. c. If someone is non-compliant, what is the consequence? 4. Review/Updates regarding the Demographic Perspectives survey a. Idea was to outsource the work. b. Now that we have more players at the table we will take on the work. c. Healthy Equity Solutions may be a better option d. Kate M.’s department paid for the Demo survey e. Define our scope and identify next-level data. 5. Dividing the work into subcommittees: a. Send out all 13 areas of the resolution and have members sign up for the sub-committee work they would like to complete. 6. The committee determined that 6 areas should be divided into areas of focus/interest a. Health Equity Plan (3 & 4) b. Data (aggregation and analysis) (5 & 6) c. Direct Services (7 & 8) d. Internal city processes (internal operations 9 & 10) e. Umbrella/scope Mission and Vision (2 & 11) f. Legislative advocacy (13 & 14) g. Goals and objectives (12) 7. Other Items a. https://www.hesct.org/what-we-do/ Has a whole path that we can follow. Connecticut’s path to equity a guide to state policy for equity. 8. Health Equity Committee semi-annual report summary due by 3/26 9. Set Agenda for next meeting a. Review members of each area of focus/expertise (not another meeting) b. Original appointments to the equity committee and who is no longer able to attend or does not want to attend. The City Council will need a list of members. If you miss more than three meetings consecutively you may be asked to resign. c. Chair to reach out to members who have not attended. If they will not be attending, who will be their designee. d. Report out who will no longer be on committee or who will replace the original member. Prepare a report for the city council on who is no longer attending and what representation is needed. 10. Adjournment