Wisconsin
Association of Local Health Departments and Boards
Minutes of
Board of Directors
Friday,
September 9, 2005
Board
Members Present: Kathy Munsey, Cindy Tomasello, Julie Willems Van Dijk,
Dale Hippensteel, Vicki Evenson, Diane Cappozzo, Dennis Wedde, Jim Stecker,
Joanne Weidmann, Judy Crouch-Smolarek, Barb Theis, Mary Cay Freiberg, Lowell
Haugen, Dennis Wedde, James Stecker, Patty Krug, Hilde Perala, Barb Theis,
Pat Frazak, Karen Witt, Melody Bockenfeld.
Board Members Excused: Nancy Eggelston.
Meeting called to order at 12:45 p.m. by Co-President
D. Hippensteel. Agenda approved by consensus.
Secretary’s Report: Motion by B. Theis second by C.
Tomasello to approve minutes of Oct 14, 2005 as printed. Motion carried.
Treasurer’s Report: B. Theis distributed proposed
2005-06 budget. Please note that expenses are only for 8 months and revenue
will be for 12 months for the budget that runs through June 30, 2006. Dues
will continue to be collected in Jan. Motion by K. Munsey second by L.
Haugen to approve Treasurer’s report. Action Item: Regional Treasurer’s
please send out 2006 dues statement in Dec 2005. Each LPHA should
give an updated list of their BOH members and Health Officer with current
addresses and emails (if they have one) and send this with their dues to
their regional treasurer.
Committee Reports:
Joint PA Committee: Overview given during Annual
meeting. Program Committee will have a breakout session with the lobbyist.
Is asking for input about what the lobbyist should present on. Suggestions
can be emailed to K. Munsey or H. Perala.
Public Health Council: J. Willems Van Dijk reported
that main agenda item was around the School of Public Health. Council
passed a resolution supporting a separate School of Public Health located in
Milwaukee. WALHDAB may want to consider making a recommendation to the
Governor about appointments to the Council. Julie was reappointed to
another three years, J. Weidmann term expires end of 2006.
Joint Annual Conference/Program Committee: H. Perala
provided an update on Conference planning. Keynotes still need to be
confirmed. Will be highlighting BOH member track. Still looking for
additional members. Please contact Hilde if interested.
Action Item: Hilde will send out a list of
subcommittees so members can sign on to help in specific areas.
Nutritional Specialty Group: No report
Environmental Health Specialty group: No report.
Regional Reports:
Northern: Met with S. Johnson. Provided comments on
Hurricane Katrina relief. Did discuss flu vaccine shortages.
Northeast: Presentation on IPS. S. Johnson present as
well. Hurricane Katrina response was discussed with regions input
outlined. Did discuss the LPHA survey. Region passed a motion that the
WALHDAB Board not support this survey.
Southern: S. Johnson was present. Region will be
seeing merging on Dane and City of Madison as well as Beloit City and Rock
County.
Southeast: Speaker on IPS. Also budget reconciliation
request was a hot topic.
Western: Linda Hale presented on injury prevention.
Held Board of Health training in Oct.
Performance Based Workgoup: P. Krug provided update on
last committee meeting and the discussion that occurred about expenditure
report.
New Business:
Joe Salzmann raised issue about state funding for
RTAC’s. Recommended we keep an eye on this.
Evaluation Advisory Committee: Pat Frazak sits on this
committee. Will be sending out a survey regarding involvement with the
State Health Plan. Please complete survey, it takes about 20 minutes.
James Stecker thanked Board for supporting his
attendance at the Annual NALBOH conference in Nashville. Learned a lot.
Board to take Northeast Regions motion under
advisement, no action taken.
No other Business:
Next meeting Friday December 9, 2005 teleconference.
Meeting adjourned at 2:25 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Diane Cappozzo
