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| | 1. | | Call to Order | | | |
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| | 2. | | Roll Call | | | |
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| | | | Present: Dr. Marylyn Ranta, Caroline Gomez-Tom, Julia Means, Ruthie Burich-Weatherly,
LaNelle Ramey
Late Arrival: Ericka Sinclair, Bria Grant
Not Present: Alderperson Chantia Lewis | | | |
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| | 3. | | Approval of Minutes from 02/11/2020 | | | |
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| | | | Minutes approved without changes | | | |
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| | 4. | | Communication regarding department updates | | | |
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| | | | Julie Katrichis, Director of Clinical Services at City of Milwaukee Health Department
provided update
• Re: Level 3 Travel Advisory- Airport/Providers will tell travelers to selfquarantine
• COVID tracing - The Health department is responsible for contact tracing of
all individuals who test positive. The department is notified through the
Wisconsin Electronic Data Surveillance System (WEDSS) and case contact
information is also recorded in that system. The department does not release
specific personal health information.
• Media Updates: 02/28/2020, 03/05/2020, 03/08/2020, 03/09/2020
• Dr. Sanjib Bhattacharyya, Laboratory Director for City of Milwaukee Health
Department provided MHDL updates
• Wisconsin Diagnostic Lab & CHW Lab – working to obtain approval to
begin COVID -19 testing
• In-house testing updates – capacity, turnaround time
• Nicole Mutzenbauer provided HR Updates
• Priorities
• Budget Office lifted hold on hiring temporary employees
• Commissioner Kowalik provided - COVID-19 related updates
City of Milwaukee Page 2 Printed on 3/9/2020
• Lessons learne | | | |
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| | 5. | | Communication from the City Attorney's Office regarding the Board's statutory authority. | | | |
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| | 6. | | Communication from the Immunization Program regarding immunization reminder recalls | | | |
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| | | | Lindsey Page, Infectious Disease Program Manager, City of Milwaukee Health
Department, and Cadin Truesdale from Pfizer provided an introduction to the Pfizer
Immunization Reminder Project - Vaccine Adherence in Kids (VAKs)
• Available at no cost and can be used to supplement an existing reminder call;
postcards, phone calls, text message and telephone
• Review of the program by the City Attorney is pending | | | |
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| | 7. | | Update on the development of a Lead-Safe Advisory Committee | | | |
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| | | | The Common Council still needs to approve the Health in All Policies (Childhood Lead
Poisoning Prevention) mini-grant – the contract approval process was explained by Mark
Yatchak and Michael Stevenson
• Legal opinion regarding the permissibility for the Board to form a community task force is
pending
• The plan is to recruit around 30 community participants and the applications that have been
received to date were accepted pending approval of the grant and approval for the Board to
form the task force.
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| | 8. | | Discussion related to letters of support from the Board of Health | | | |
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| | | | This agenda item was tabled and will be included at a future meeting | | | |
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| | 9. | | Public Comment | | | |
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| | 10. | | Adjournment | | | |
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| | | | 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. Whether a simultaneous meeting is occurring depends on whether the presence of one or more of the Common Council member results in a quorum of the Common Council or any of the above committees, and, if there is a quorum of another committee, whether any agenda items listed above involve matters within that committee’s realm of authority. In the event that a simultaneous meeting is occurring, no action other than information gathering will be taken at the simultaneous meeting.
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| | | | Upon reasonable notice, efforts will be made to accommodate the needs of persons with disabilities through sign language interpreters or auxiliary aids. For additional information or to request this service, contact the City Clerk's Office ADA Coordinator at 286-2998, (FAX)286-3456, (TDD)286-2025 or by writing to the Coordinator at Room 205, City Hall, 200 E. Wells Street, Milwaukee, WI 53202. | | | |
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| | | | The Zeidler Municipal Building is accessible by several bus routes; visit https://www.ridemcts.com/ for more information. Bike racks are available on Water Street and Market Street and a Bublr Bike Share station is located on the northeast corner of Kilbourn Avenue and Water Street.
Limited parking for persons attending meetings in City Hall is available at reduced rates (5 hour limit) at the Milwaukee Center on the southwest corner of East Kilbourn and North Water Street. Parking tickets must be validated in the first floor Information Booth in City Hall. | | | |
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| | | | Persons engaged in lobbying as defined in s. 305-43-4 of the Milwaukee Code of Ordinances are required to register with the City Clerk's Office License Division. Registered lobbyists appearing before a Common Council committee are required to identify themselves as such. More information is available at http://city.milwaukee.gov/Lobbying. | | | |
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