07-27-2020 Meeting Minutes BOHMINUTES
PERSON COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING
FEMA ROOM
July 27, 2020
A regular meeting of the Person County Board of Health was held in the FEMA room of the
Person County Government complex. The following members constituting a quorum were
present: Dr. Jeffrey Noblett, Phillip Edelblute, Dr. Kimberly Yarborough, Dr. Stephen Saunders,
Ted Michie, Dr. Christopher Atkins, Patsy Clayton, Dr. Barbara Harris, and Ben Tillett were
present. Ray Jeffers was absent. Also present were Harold Kelly, Environmental Health
Supervisor, LeighAnn Creson, Quality Assurance Specialist, 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 7:00
p.m.
Steven Bailey was recognized for his dedication to Person County and for his 15 years
of service on the Board of Health. Janet thanked Mr. Bailey for his leadership that he has
provided through the years.
B. Public Comment Period
No members of the public were present for comment.
C. Consent Agenda
A motion to approve the consent agenda was made by Dr. Kimberly Yarborough,
seconded by Dr. Stephen Saunders, and the motion carried.
D. Financial Report: June 2020
Janet Clayton presented the financial reports for May and June 2020. Medicaid cost
settlement was received in June. Ms. Clayton noted that the cost settlement was from
the previous year’s services. Next year, very little cost settlement will be received
due to not having Family Planning and Maternal Health clinics for fiscal year 2020. A
motion to approve the financial reports was made by Dr. Stephen Saunders, seconded
by Dr. Kimberly Yarborough, and the motion carried.
E. SOTCH Report
Board of Health members received a copy of the 2019 State of the County Health Report
in their packets for review prior to the meeting. During the meeting, data about leading
causes of death, infant mortality, teen pregnancy, communicable diseases, as well as
data relative to our priority areas was reviewed. The SOTCH Report review also
included information about how priority areas had been addressed in calendar year
2019; emerging issues in public health; new initiatives/opportunities in public health; and
how anyone interested could get involved in helping to address our priorities. Board
members were informed about accessing the SOTCH Report. There was brief
discussion about kidney disease (as it had moved from the 12th to 9th leading cause of
death) as well as how we could obtain more overweight/obesity data for children for
future reports.
F. Bad Debt Write-Off- $487.32
Janet presented the bad debt write-off for Personal Health services. A motion to approve
the bad debt write-off of $487.32 was made by Dr. Kimberly Yarborough, seconded by
Dr. Christopher Atkins, and the motion carried.
G. Fee Schedule Amendments
Janet reviewed the proposed fee schedule amendments which includes adding
Telehealth codes, and a code for billing COVID-19 sample collection to Medicaid. Fees
will be increased for adult Hepatitis A vaccine and Menactra vaccine. A motion to
approve the proposed fee amendments was made by Patsy Clayton, seconded by Ted
Michie, and the motion carried.
(G) 1. Budget Amendment
Additional grant funds were received for WIC and Communicable Disease
totaling $46,772. These funds will be spent on contracted services, departmental
supplies, educational/medical supplies, and capital outlay. A motion to approve
the budget amendment was made by Dr. Stephen Saunders, seconded by Dr.
Kimberly Yarborough, and the motion carried.
H. COVID-19 Update
Janet Clayton presented the Person County COVID-19 update to the Board. This
presentation outlined the response timeline and statistics, as well as providing answers
to recurrent social media questions.
I. Department Services Update
Family Planning and STD clinics will resume on August 10, 2020. Clinic will be held
one day per week and extending to two days per week within 1-2 months; Maternal
Health clinic will be added at that time.
J. Staff Liaison Updates
Personal Health
o CC4C Social Worker and Medical Lab Tech will be starting on August 3rd.
PHN II will be starting on August 7th. The PHN III/ FP STD Coordinator
position has been reposted.
Environmental Health
o Applications for services remains high.
o EnerGov implementation will resume again next week.
o Bonnie has resumed inspections.
o Jake will be working with GPS project once IT issues are resolved.
K. BOH Handbooks
Janet distributed flash drives that include updated BOH handbook, 2020-2021
meeting schedule, members list, BOH operating procedures, and approved budget.
L. Health Director’s Report
WIC will continue to process clients remotely through September 30, 2020.
The State WIC office has completed the 2020 WIC Program Review and the
report of their findings will be mailed.
Majority of staff is operating again following the cyber incident. All county emails
are functioning.
Juvenile Justice has moved into the vacant MSA area. The health department
will maintain access to the storage room; EMS will also use this room for storage.
EMS will continue to use the classroom as needed for meetings etc. We are
looking into using COVID funds to renovate the social work area into an
additional training room/meeting space.
Dr. Jeffrey Noblett asked if the State consulted the health department when they were making a
decision regarding the re-opening of schools. Janet Clayton stated that health directors were
given a “State re-opening tool kit”, but were not given an opportunity to discuss it with the State
until last week.
M. Adjournment
Having no further business to discuss, a motion to adjourn was made by Dr. Stephen
Saunders, seconded by Dr. Kimberly Yarborough, and the motion carried.
Respectfully submitted,
Janet Clayton
Health Director/Secretary