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| | 1. | | Call to order | | | |
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| | | | Chair Caroline Gomez-Tom called the meeting to order at 5:35 pm. | | | |
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| | 2. | | Roll call, Welcome to new members | | | |
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| | 3. | | Approval of meeting minutes from January 4, 2024 | | | |
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| | | | Ald. JoCasta Zamarripa motioned to approve, Board Member Wujie Zhang seconded, and the motion passed with all in favor and none opposed. | | | |
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| | 4. | | Communication from Health Commissioner Dr. Mike Totoraitis | | | |
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| | | | Commissioner Totoraitis presented a health department update regarding the Back to School Health Fair, respiratory season (hospitalizations, wastewater surveillance dashboard), departmental overview (essential services, successes, challenges, goals, budget, branches, and racial equity efforts), Well Woman Program update, and Substance Use Disorder updates (fatal overdose factors and demographics, staffing, and future efforts). | | | |
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| 0 | | Communication | Communication relating to those documents submitted to the Board of Health for its meetings in 2024. | | | |
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| | 5. | | Home Environmental Health (Lead Program) | | | |
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| | | | Environmental Health Deputy Commissioner Tyler Weber presented a Lead Program update including an overview of Lead Program work (scope of authority, challenges, successes) and new performance data (predicted number of referrals, number of units abated by project, and time to inspection from referral). | | | |
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| | 6. | | MHD Board Member and Branch Collaboration Updates | | | |
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| | | | Chair Gomez-Tom directed attention to the Board of Health’s letter for the annual report and opted to delay discussion of branch collaboration until the May 2 meeting.
Ald. JoCasta Zamarripa, Vice Chair Ruthie Burich-Weatherly, and Chair Caroline Gomez-Tom noted technical corrections to the letter related to their names.
Vice Chair Ruthie Burich-Weatherly moved to approve the letter, Board Member Malik seconded, and the motion passed with all in favor. | | | |
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| | 7. | | Future agenda items [Next Board Meeting, Thursday, May 2, 2024 @ 5:30pm] | | | |
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| | | | Orientation for new Board of Health members | | | |
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| | 8. | | Adjournment | | | |
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| | | | Chair Gomez-Tom motioned to adjourn, Vice member Ruthie seconded the motion, and it passed with all in favor. The meeting was adjourned at 7:18 pm. | | | |
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