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Meeting Name: BOARD OF HEALTH Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 7/14/2020 5:30 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Virtual Meeting
Amended 4/13/2020: Item #3 Added and Item #6 Updated
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda Published minutes: Minutes Minutes  
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   1. Call to order    Not available
   2. Roll Call    Roll call Not available
   3. Approval of minutes from previous meeting.

Minutes note: Minutes from June were approved.
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   4. Communication from the Commissioner

Minutes note: a. Staffing plans, new hires and departures b. COVID 19 pandemic response i. Efforts to increase the use of masks within our community – resolutions and proposed ordinances - and related community, outreach, education and communication strategies ii. Testing, contact tracing and case investigation performance, recent outbreaks and targeted mitigation efforts iii. Moving Milwaukee Forward update iv. Coordination with community, county and state activities c. Other departmental updates i. Public Health Foundation lead audit
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   5. Midyear report on the activities of the Division of Community Health

Minutes note: Deputy Commissioner Marlaina Jackson provided a Community Health Branch update
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   6. Creation and approval of a statement from the Board of Health regarding support for explicit plans to address police violence, racism as a leading public health crisis and the dire need to increase funding for public health.

Minutes note: Vice President Caroline Gomez-Tom identified as point person for signatures from Board of Health members; will work with chief of staff to finalize letter
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   7. Improving communication with the Board and increasing Board Member assimilation within the Health Department    Not available
   8. Meeting schedule and future agenda items

Minutes note: Next meeting scheduled for August 11, 2020
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   9. Adjournment    Not available
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