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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Citizens Advisory Health Board - 01/19/2005 Minutes CITIZENS ADVISORY HEALTH BOARD January 19,2005 Corpus Christi-Nueces County Public Health District 1702 Horne Road,Administration Conference Room Members Present: Karen Beard,Chair,Amanda Stukenberg, Vice-Chair,Michelle Thomas,Dr. Melissa Wilson, Rose Caballero,and Melinda Gonzales Members Absent: Leo Barrera, Tony C. Diaz, Ed.D,and Dr. Stephen Ponder Health District: Annette Rodriguez,M.P.H.,Dr. William Burin,Margie Rose, and Health District Staff Timeline/ Meeting Outline Minutes Action Taken Responsible Party Call to Order Karen Beard,Chair,called the meeting to order at 3:02pm,noting a quorum was present. Minutes of January 19,21005: Rose Caballero asked that the first sentence of the Melinda Gonzales made a third paragraph on page four be corrected to read as motion to approve the follows:Ms.Caballero suggested again for the board minutes as corrected;the to submit a letter to the hiring entities of attributes motion was seconded. The they would like to see in a Health Director. minutes were approved as corrected. Installation of Judge Henry Santana administered the formal Officers installation of Officers for Karen Beard as Chair and Amanda Stukenberg as Vice-Chair. Staff Lala Yerger,Manager of the WIC Program presented Presentations an overview of the WIC program. Note:There were technical difficulties with the tape recorder that occurred during the WIC presentation. Dr.Ardys Boostrom,Program Manager, followed Questions from board with an overview of the Public Health Preparedness members were entertained (PHP)Programa by both program managers. Attributes Of a Annette Rodriguez informed all managers at a Health Director manager meeting that there would be a box centrally located if they or their staff were interested in sharing attributes he/she would like a health director to possess. Karen Beard noted for the record that the tape Ms.Beard added if there recorder had been unplugged;therefore,a portion of were any particular points the WIC presentation would not be recorded. of the presentation that members would like noted in the minutes,they should be emailed to Angelica. Rose Caballero asked if Dr.Marcelo Rodriguez had been invited to attend the CAHB meetings. Dr.Burgin noted that the County was reconsidering SCANNED their appointment Align Rodriguez as the County Local Health Authority(LHA). Dr.Burgin then Margie Rose interjected to clarified that at the present moment he was the only add that until the County LHA. made an official decision or announcement,Dr.Burgin was the LHA for the City only. The first letter of health director attributes was read which highly recommended that Annette Rodriguez should be named as the health director. Other attributes mentioned that staff would like in a Dr.Burgin commented that health director include the following: he and Annette work very • Determination well together. • Focus on Services Provided • Stability • Sensitive to Staff Needs • Bilingual • Administrative Skills,Not Necessarily a M.D. • Family Oriented • One Who will Work Well with all Entities of the Health District Karen Beard asked who initiated the process for the search of a health director as well as who made the final decision of the health director. Ms.Rodriguez clarified that it was the Judge and the City Manager who made those decisions. Amanda Stukenberg wanted to hear what attributes the board was searching for in a health director. Some of the attributes that board members mentioned included the following: • Long Term Goals for the Department • Someone with a Vision for the Department • Someone with a Talent of working with Community Leaders aside from the Judge and City Manager(i.e. Spohn,Driscoll, Schools) • Someone who can raise Awareness and Education within the Community Ms.Rodriguez noted that she had been directed not to make any changes. No changes would be allowed until an interim director was named. Ms.Rodriguez added that she and Dr.Burgin had met in regards to the future of the Health District. Melinda Gonzales commended Annette Rodriguez for her leadership in the absence of a director. Ms. Gonzales agreed with Dr.Burgin that the CAHB was to be utilized as the eyes and ears of the community. Attributes Ms.Gonzales would like to see in a health 2 director include: lir • The Director Should Be able to identify Health Needs • Know Resources • Bring Community Resource Together • Assess Voids of the Community • Be a Voice to the City and County for the Community Needs Karen Beard would like the City Manager to be Dr.Burgin agreed that Skip invited to an upcoming CABG meeting to entertain Noe,City Manager,should questions from the board regarding a health district. be invited to a meeting. Ms.Beard inquired as to what the formal time length It was determined that the was on the CAHB meetings. meetings should be one hour as stated in the bylaws. The Chair then polled board members for a suitable Members decided to change meeting time. the meeting time to 1:00pm,each may bring their lunch if he/she prefers. February It was discussed and decided that the next agenda Presentation will be February 16,2005 Agenda would consist of a presentation of the overview of delivered by Annette the health district. Rodriguez and Dr.Burgin. Ms. Stukenberg and other members thanked Dr. Burgin for his contribution as well. Next Meeting Wednesday,February 16,2005,at 1:00pm. Adjournment Meeting adjourned at 3:55 PM. 3