04-25-2022 Meeting Minutes BOHMINUTES
PERSON COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING
PCHD TRAINING ROOM
April 25, 2022
A regular meeting of the Person County Board of Health was held in the Training Room of the
Person County Health Department. The following members constituting a quorum were present:
Phillip Edelblute, Dr. Christopher Atkins, Gordon Powell, Patsy Clayton, Dr. Jeffrey Noblett, and
Dr. Stephen Saunders were present. Dr. Ben Tillett, Ted Michie, Dr. Barbara Harris, and Dr.
Kimberly Yarborough were absent. Also present were Bonnie Holt, Environmental Health
Supervisor, Tabatha Philpott, Nursing Supervisor, Dawn Coleman, Finance Officer, Jennifer
Melton, Administrative Assistant, and Janet Clayton, Health Director.
A. Call to Order
Dr. Jeffrey Noblett, Chairman of the Board of Health called the meeting to order at 5:30
p.m.
B. Public Comment Period
No members of the public were present for comment.
C. Consent Agenda
An updated meeting agenda was distributed to members prior to the meeting. A motion
to approve the consent agenda was made by Dr. Stephen Saunders, seconded by
Phillip Edelblute, and the motion carried.
D. Financial Reports: March 2022
A motion to approve the financial reports was made by Phillip Edelblute, seconded by
Dr. Stephen Saunders, and the motion carried.
E. Fee Schedule Amendment-Moderna 2nd booster
CMS has released an additional CPT code for the administration of a 2nd Moderna
booster vaccine. The CPT code for the 2nd Moderna booster vaccine will be added to the
current fee schedule. The fee will be $70.00, which is consistent with the current
administration fee for COVID vaccines. A motion to accept the fee schedule amendment
was made by Dr. Christopher Atkins, seconded by Dr. Stephen Saunders, and the
motion carried.
F. Budget Amendment
AA 546 Communicable Disease Pandemic Recovery
o Funds will be allocated to contracted services. A motion to approve this
budget amendment was made by Dr. Stephen Saunders, seconded by
Phillip Edelblute, and the motion carried.
AA 874 Food & Lodging Distribution
o Funds will be allocated to education/office supplies for Environmental
Health. A motion to approve this budget amendment was made by Dr.
Christopher Atkins, seconded by Phillip Edelblute, and the motion carried.
G. 2021 Child Fatality Prevention Team Report
Janet Clayton explained the process of the Child Fatality Prevention Team and presented
the 2021 Annual Report.
H. COVID-19 Update
Janet Clayton presented the Person County COVID-19 update to the Board. This
presentation outlined the current statistics of positive cases, COVID-19 response, testing
site information, and COVID vaccination data. Tabatha Philpott, Nursing Supervisor,
explained the eligibility criteria for booster vaccines.
I. Recommended Fee Schedule FY23
Janet Clayton presented the proposed fee schedule. Changes to current fees are
highlighted in green. A motion to approve the fee schedule as presented was made by
Dr. Christopher Atkins, seconded by Patsy Clayton, and the motion carried.
J. Budget: FY 2022-2023
Dr. Jeffrey Noblett reported that the budget subcommittee, which included Dr.
Christopher Atkins, Dr. Noblett, and Dr. Ben Tillett, met with health department staff and
reviewed the proposed budget on March 30. Janet Clayton presented a summary of
the FY 2023 requested budget and notable budget items. Gordon Powell asked what
category accounts for the major increase in expenditures. Janet Clayton explained that
an Environmental Health Specialist position as well as a part-time WIC Breastfeeding
Peer Counselor position are being requested. Dr. Christopher Atkins asked why the
Medicaid revenue is increasing so much in 2023 compared to 2022. Dawn Coleman,
Finance Officer, explained that the cost settlement for FY 2022 is being budgeted for
FY 2023. A motion to approve the proposed FY Budget 2022-2023 that was presented
to the budget subcommittee was made by Dr. Stephen Saunders, seconded by Phillip
Edelblute, and the motion carried.
K. BOH Delegation to Health Director for Boards and Committees
Janet Clayton suggested to provide clearer evidence in the future for Accreditation and
other purposes that the board take formal action to delegate her as their representative
on the Person County Animal Services Advisory Board, Healthy Personians Advisory
Board, Person County Child Fatality Prevention Team, Person County Partnership for
Children Board, and the Person Council on Aging-Home and Community Care Block
Grant Advisory Committee. Phillip Edelblute made a motion to appoint Mrs. Clayton to
continue to serve on these committees as a representative of the Board of Health, and
Gordon Powell seconded. The motion carried unanimously.
L. Staff Liaison Updates
Personal Health
o Danielle Gentry, Medical Lab Tech, continues to complete required
trainings.
o Casey Carver and Hillary Gilbert have completed and passed the
bookwork and exam the Enhanced Role Registered Nurse course.
Practicum to begin in May.
Environmental Health
o QA review has been completed for the Food and Lodging program.
M. Health Director’s Report
Budget-
o The BOH Budget Subcommittee met on Wednesday, March 30 at 5:30 pm.
o FY23 Agreement Addenda were submitted to NCDPH prior to the April
deadline.
Various Updates-
o The Public Health Month Breakfast was held on April 13. Casey Carver was
presented the GEM (Going the Extra Mile Award), and Hillary Gilbert was
presented the Employee of the Year Award.
o Public Health Month Planning Committee has planned several events
throughout the month. The committee members are Carol Carr, Tracy
Gentry, Joshua Holland, Bonnie Holt, Jeri Lynn Kendrick, and Paola Stone.
o On April 4th, Bonnie, Jennifer, LeighAnn, and I participated in training for the
new county website. This will allow us to update content once the site is
launched.
o I continue to serve on the VAYA Regional Board with Commissioner Powell.
We participated in the 3/29 meeting. I also participate in the monthly Person
Co. Mental Health Advisory Committee meetings. This month the meeting
was held on 4/11.
o Healthy Personians’s SUDS coordinated the “When Love is Not Enough”
evening on 4/12.
o Our Internal Equity Workgroup met on 4/13 to review the results of the
internal focus group assessment.
o PCHD had a HIPAA Security Risk Assessment on April 18 conducted by
Tego. The written assessment will be received within a month.
o The WIC program had its audit by NCDPH April 19-21. Report will be
forthcoming.
o The Region V Workforce group continues to meet to discuss the needs of our
region and the best approach. LeighAnn Creson, Jennifer Melton and I are
participating in this group. We attended the monthly meeting on 4/19.
o Management Team has started the strategic planning process.
Personnel-
o The following positions are vacant:
Environmental Health Program Specialist position- Job Description is
being reviewed.
Community Health Technician I- Part-time
WIC Breastfeeding Peer Counselor- Part-time position- assessing the
appropriate structure for this position.
Next meeting is Monday, May 23rd.
N. Board Member Remarks
There were no board member remarks for this meeting.
O. Adjournment
Having no further business to discuss, a motion to adjourn was made by Dr. Stephen
Saunders, seconded by Phillip Edelblute, and the motion carried.
Respectfully submitted,
Janet Clayton
Health Director/Secretary
Dr. Jeffrey Noblett, Board Chair