HMM. YOU READY? OKAY WELCOME TO THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING FOR NOVEMBER.
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8TH. THE MEETINGS START. TIME IS 742 NOT OUR FAULT. I'M JUST GONNA PUT THAT ON THE RECORD MEETING LOCATION IS IN THE MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP MEETING ROOM, AND IT IS THE INTENTION OF THE BOARD TO CONCLUDE THIS MEETING BY 9:30 P.M. ANY AGENDA ITEM WILL NOT CONSIDERED BY 9:30 P.M. WILL BE TABLED UNTIL THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OPENING STATEMENT IS ADEQUATE NOTICE OF THE MEETING, AS REQUIRED BY SECTIONS THREE D AND FOUR A OF THE OPEN PUBLIC MEETING ACT HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO THE PUBLIC AND FILED WITH THE TOWNSHIP CLERK. NO WE'RE GONNA DO ROLL CALL BOARD MEMBERS, DR SORAYA. YEAH HERE. LAWSON GRAYSON. HERE. DR. MCGARY HERE, DR FAISEL. YEP DR SHARMA HERE. NEWMAN HERE, DR AMARA. HERE DR MOHAN HERE. UM HEALTH OFFICER GANDHI PATEL HERE, STAFF SECRETARY JENNIFER FOSTER HERE. TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE LIAISON NINA SINGH HERE. THE MAN WITHOUT A FIRST NAME, DR MANDELBAUM. I DIDN'T REALIZE I DIDN'T HAVE THE FIRST NAME PRESENT. NOT ON THE AGENDA, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS TRUE. LAST MINUTE UM ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS PLUS OH, MY GOD. SO MUCH PUBLIC PUBLIC PUBLIC COMMENTS. NOBODY EMAILED. OKAY[IV. Consent Agenda]
THANK YOU. OKAY BECAUSE CONSENT AGENDA ALL MATTERS LISTED HERE UNDER ARE CONSIDERED ROUTINE IN NATURE AND WILL BE APPROVED IN ONE MOTION. ANY MEMBER MAY REQUEST THAT AN ITEM BE REMOVED FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION, SO WE HAVE THREE MONTHLY REPORTS THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT MONTHLY REPORT FOR OCTOBER 2023. COMMUNICABLE DISEASE REPORT FOR OCTOBER 2023 AND THE ANIMAL CONTROL REPORT FOR OCTOBER 2023 AND WE HAVE THE MEANING MINUTES FROM OUR LAST REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING FROM OCTOBER 11TH 2023. CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? MOTION TO AGREE.SEVEN OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY NOW THIS IS WHAT'S GOING TO TAKE THE TIME ON THE AGENDA TODAY. THE
[V. Health Officer Comments]
HEALTH OFFICER COMMENTS WE'RE GONNA MOVE. SHE HAS QUITE A FEW THINGS TO TELL US ABOUT. UM SO I'LL START WITH THE DRAFT STRATEGIC PLAN. WE ARE WORKING. WE ARE WORKING WITH A 2020 2025 STRATEGIC PLAN DRAFT AND OUR STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY IN COLLECTING THE DIFFERENT OBJECTIVES FROM DIFFERENT AREAS THAT WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR NOW TYPICALLY, THE BOARD OF HEALTH ACTS AS THE PLANNING COMMITTEE FOR THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS. NOW THIS IS SORT OF TOWARDS THE TAIL END OF THE OUR CURRENT FIVE YEAR CYCLE, BUT I THINK IT'S STILL IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE A FINAL DRAFT. IT'S ALSO ONE OF OUR ACCREDITATION. UM REQUIREMENTS SO I WOULD WANT TO GET THAT, YOU KNOW, PAST. UM SO THE DRAFT STRATEGIC PLAN IT ENTAILS COLLECTING, COMPILING. GOLDEN OBJECTIVES FROM VARIOUS AREAS AND THEY INCLUDE ARE HEALTHIER, SOMERSET. COMMUNITY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PLAN. THAT'S A COUNTYWIDE PLAN THAT HAS A LIST OF ALL OF THE DIFFERENT GOALS AND OBJECTIVES THAT WE SHOULD AIM TO IMPLEMENT IN THE IN IN A THREE YEAR CYCLE. NOW NOT ALL OF THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES IN THAT HEALTHIER SUMMER, SAID CHIP AS WE CALL IT, OUR FOR THE MONTGOMERY HEALTH DEPARTMENT, BUT WE HAVE ADOPTED SOME OF THOSE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES. UM AS PART OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, SO WE HAVE OBJECTIVES FROM HEALTHIER SOMERSET. THERE'S ALSO OBJECTIVES FROM SUSTAINABLE NEW JERSEY SUSTAINABLE NEW JERSEY THEY HAVE THESE DIFFERENT MODULES WHERE TOWNSHIP CAN PARTICIPATE BY. UM FULFILLING THOSE OBJECTIVES AND THEN DEPENDING ON HOW MANY POINTS WE WILL BE ACQUIRED, WE GET PUT INTO DIFFERENT CLASSIFICATIONS. WE HAVE THE I THINK IT'S BRONZE SILVER. THEY HAVE A GOLD HEALTH AWARD TWO, WHICH IS NEW. UM, SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO ADOPT SOME OF THOSE OBJECTIVES FROM THE HEALTH MODULE OF SUSTAINABLE JERSEY. THERE'S ALSO UM, OBJECTIVES FROM THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT PLAN THAT WE'RE WORKING ON? THAT AGAIN IS GOING TO ALIGN MANY OF OUR ACTIVITIES FROM MUNICIPAL ALLIANCE MAYORS WELLNESS CAMPAIGN. UM AND YOUTH SERVICES COMMISSION. SO AGAIN, THESE ARE ALL ORGANIZATIONS FOCUSED ON SUBSTANCE USE PREVENTION, MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS. UM SO THAT'S GOING TO BE A SEPARATE AREA OF FOCUS FOR US AS IT RELATES TO EDUCATION[00:05:03]
AND PROGRAMS IN TOWN. UM AND THEN THERE'S ALSO EQUITY FOCUSED OBJECTIVES FROM THE PUBLIC HEALTH ACCREDITATION BOARD. AND SO THAT WILL BE A HEAVIER LIFT WHERE WE WILL NEED YOUR GUIDANCE . IT WILL INCLUDE HELPING US FORMALIZE SOME OF OUR STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. SOME OF OUR PLANS THAT WE HAVE, UM AND. UM AND GIVING US GUIDANCE ON HOW WE CAN INCORPORATE EQUITY INTO SOME OF OUR ACTIVITIES AS PART OF WHAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING IN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. SO I REALLY JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON. AND THEN I WILL, UM PROVIDE MONTHLY UPDATES AT OUR BOARD OF HEALTH MEETINGS. AS WELL AS SHARE THE STRATEGIC PLAN DRAFT WITH YOU SO THAT YOU YOU KNOW TO, YOU KNOW, TO LOOK OUT FOR THAT. AND IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN BEING MORE INVOLVED, YOU'RE ALSO WELCOME TO JOIN ANY OF THE HEALTHIER SOMERSET WORKING GROUPS, SO I'LL INCLUDE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT AS WELL. UM. AND THEN THERE'S ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP US REVISE OR UPDATE OUR MISSION VISION AND GOALS FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IF THE BOARD DEEMS IT NECESSARY, SO WE CAN'T EVEN DISCUSS THAT AT THE NEXT MEETING, TOO. THAT'S. QUESTION ABOUT THIS. DO YOU ALIGN THE STRATEGIC PLAN WITH COUNTY AND THE STATE OR YES, YES. SO THERE WE DO ALIGN CERTAIN OBJECTIVES SO TECHNICALLY WITH THE STATE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO ADOPT OBJECTIVES FROM HEALTHY NEW JERSEY 2030 THAT HASN'T BEEN FINALIZED YET. SO IN LIEU OF NOT HAVING THAT WE ARE USING HEALTHY PEOPLE 2030. UNTIL YOU KNOW WE HAVE A COMPLETE NEW JERSEY PLAN THAT WE CAN WE CAN USE AND FOR THE COUNTY WHERE USING THE HEALTHIER SOMERSET PLAN, SO THERE ARE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FROM THAT COUNTY LEVEL. PLAN THAT WE CAN WE CAN ADOPT. SO I THINK WE'VE ADOPTED ABOUT LIKE MAYBE AROUND A DOZEN OR SO OBJECTIVES FROM THE COUNTY. UH, THE COUNTY CHIP DOCUMENT. AND UM , AND THEN THERE'S ALSO ROOM FOR MONTGOMERY TO INCORPORATE SOME OF OUR OWN HYPERLOCAL NEEDS IN THIS PLAN, AND THOSE ARE GOING TO BE FOCUSED AROUND MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE USE PREVENTION MAYORS WELLNESS CAMPAIGN, SO THERE'S OPPORTUNITY AND SPACE TO MAKE IT OUR OWN, TOO, AND WE CAN INCORPORATE THAT INTO OUR MONTGOMERY STRATEGIC PLAN. UM. AND SUSTAINABLE JERSEY ACTIVITIES ARE ALSO VERY MONTGOMERY SPECIFIC. SO THOSE OBJECTIVES WILL FOCUS ON. YOU KNOW, IT WAS ASKING THAT QUESTION IS THAT IF WE ALIGN THAT WITH STATE AND COUNTY COUNTY, THERE ARE SOME FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES OR SOMETHING FOR THE PLAN THEMSELVES, FIND THE DARK, SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING. HOW THAT IN MIND WHETHER THERE IS OR NOT? I DON'T KNOW, BUT I THINK THERE THERE IS IN TERMS OF IN THE COUNTY PLAN IF THEY'VE IDENTIFIED PARTNERS WHO HAVE FUNDING FOR CERTAIN PROGRAMS, ESPECIALLY MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS. CHRONIC DISEASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, CERTAIN OTHER EVIDENCE BASED PROGRAMS AND IF WE ADOPT THOSE THOSE OBJECTIVES, YOU KNOW WE CAN REACH OUT TO THOSE PARTNERS AND THEY CAN COME OUT AND DO THOSE PROGRAMS FOR FREE FOR US AS LONG AS THEY HAVE FUNDING AND, UM, STATE LEVEL I'M NOT SO SURE IF YOU KNOW WHAT THEY HAVE SPECIFICALLY, BUT WE RELY MORE ON OUR REGIONAL AND COUNTY PARTNERS. TO HELP WITH THOSE OBJECTIVES. THANKS, MHM. SO THEN, AS PART OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO DO IS TO FORMALIZE A HEALTH DEPARTMENT DATA COLLECTION PLAN. SO YOU KNOW WHAT WE NORMALLY DO IS BASED ON ISSUES THAT ARE IDENTIFIED OR NEEDS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED. WE USUALLY DO. UM, IT'S EITHER QUALITATIVE DATA COLLECTION BY DOING EITHER FOCUS GROUPS. KEY INFORMANT INTERVIEWS OR EVEN JUST COLLECTING ANECDOTAL INFORMATION FROM COMMUNITY PARTNERS AS WE'RE GOING OUT TO MEETINGS AND DOING PROGRAMS TALKING TO PEOPLE HEARING THEIR CONCERNS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE PROOF OF FORMAL PLAN. I KNOW IN THE PAST, WE'VE ALSO HAD HIGH SCHOOL VOLUNTEERS DO THEIR OWN SURVEY AND PRESENT THOSE RESULTS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO MORE FORMAL AND RELIABLE SURVEY DATA, SO. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD WANT TO DO IS TO HAVE A MORE FORMALIZED PLAN THAT MAYBE YOU CAN EVEN OUTLINE WHAT KINDS OF DATA SHOULD THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT BE COLLECTING, YOU KNOW, LIKE SOCIAL DETERMINED DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH RELATED DATA MENTAL HEALTH DATA BECAUSE THE STRUGGLE HAS BEEN HAVING GOOD HYPERLOCAL DATA THAT WE CAN USE TO JUSTIFY PROGRAM NEEDS OR EVEN APPLY FOR FUNDING FOR GRANTS. AND AS YOU KNOW, I THINK THE MENTAL HEALTH[00:10:03]
NEEDS AS WE, YOU KNOW, SEE THEM GROWING. WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO TRY TO FIND, UM SOME SOME FUNDING. WE HAVE OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUNDING RIGHT NOW. BUT IT WILL HELP IF WE HAVE OUR OWN HYPERLOCAL DATA TO GO OFF OF SO WE'LL PROBABLY REACH OUT TO THE BOARD TO HELP WITH THAT, TOO, TO HELP US. AND THEN GRANT UPDATES. SO WE ARE. CURRENTLY WORKING WITH OUR STRENGTHENING GRAND THAT'S THE PUBLIC HEALTH, UM, STRENGTHENING LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH GRANT THROUGH THE STATE.YOU KNOW SOME SORT OF CONTINUATION OF THE COVID GRANTS. UM THE FOCUS. FOR THIS GRANT IN TERMS OF DELIVERABLES IS GOING TO BE PROVIDING EDUCATION FOCUSED AROUND VECTOR BORNE DISEASES. UM RESPIRATORY VIRUSES AND FOODBORNE DISEASES. UM AND SOME OF THE MAIN DELIVERABLES ARE GOING TO BE PROVIDER OUTREACH AND, UM. FOR FOODBORNE DISEASES FOCUSING ON THE RESTAURANTS, PROVIDING MORE TRAININGS TO THEM AND CREATING EDUCATION PACKETS AND TRAINING FOR THE STAFF AT THESE RETAIL FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS AND ALSO EVEN HAVING SOME TYPE OF, UM.
SOMETIMES SOME TYPE OF EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL WHERE WE ARE BEING MORE PROACTIVE AND LETTING PEOPLE KNOW WHAT TO DO WHEN THERE ARE YOU KNOW SITUATIONS LIKE POWER OUTAGES OR WATER MAIN BREAKS BECAUSE WE'VE HAD SITUATIONS IN THE PAST. UM WITH RETAIL FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS, AND WE WANT THEM TO KNOW AND WE WANT TO BE PROACTIVE AND LET THEM KNOW THAT YOU KNOW, WHEN THINGS LIKE THIS HAPPEN, WE DO HAVE TO ENFORCE THE LAW. AND THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE JUST CANNOT DEVIATE FROM, LIKE, SO WE WANT TO BE AS PROACTIVE AS POSSIBLE WITH THAT, SO THAT WILL YOU KNOW, WILL INCLUDE SOME OF THAT EDUCATION. YEAH AS PART OF THIS GRANT, WHICH WILL HELP US WHILE WE HAVE FUNDING FOR IT. UM, SO THAT THAT'S IT FOR THE GRANTS, AND I'LL SHARE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. UM FUNDING. UM. MAYBE AT THE NEXT NEXT MONTH SUPPORT OF HEALTH MEETING SO I'LL HAVE ALL OF THE BUDGETS FOR YOU GUYS. YOU CAN SEE HOW WE'VE SPENT THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR GRANT MONEY AND WHAT WE HAVE WHAT WE'RE WORKING WITH CURRENTLY. WE DON'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR YET. AND WE'RE NOT SURE IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT FUNDING. UM BUT WE WILL TRY TO MAKE USE OF WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF OBTAINING EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS, SUPPLIES GIVEAWAYS WHILE WE HAVE FUNDING FOR IT. WHAT WHAT TENDS TO HAPPEN IS MOST HEALTH DEPARTMENTS DO THE USE THIS GRANT FUNDING TO GET ALL OF THE SUPPLIES THEY NEED AND WE TRY TO MAKE IT LAST A COUPLE OF YEARS BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHEN WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ROUND OF FUNDING. SO YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT GRANT FUNDING YOU'RE GETTING NEXT YEAR. OKAY? YEAH.
SO THAT'S SO THAT'S IT FOR THE GRANTS. AND THEN THERE IS THE NEW JERSEY HEALTHCARE COALITION.
THEY ARE HOSTING A CHEMICAL SURGE EXERCISE IN HILLSBORO ON DECEMBER 7TH. IT'S THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7TH FROM 10 AM TO ONE PM SO IF ANY OF YOU ARE INTERESTED, PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT IS IT? SOUNDS FASCINATING. OH ALL I KNOW IS THAT THE CHEMICAL SURGE EXERCISE. I THINK IT'S A TABLETOP EXERCISE, AND IT HAS TO DO WITH HOW TO RESPOND IF IT'S LIKE A CHEMICAL CRISIS SITUATION. AND I DON'T. I DON'T HAVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. IS THAT LIKE AN ACCIDENT, OR IS THAT LIKE TERRORISM NOW? WAIT A MINUTE. I DON'T KNOW, BUT I THINK I THINK IT'S A TABLETOP.
SO IT'S MOSTLY LIKE DISCUSSION BASED. BUT IF. IN THE FIELD. LET'S DO FIELD STUFF. IF I COME ACROSS FIELD STUFF, I'LL LET YOU KNOW THAT'S INTERESTING, OKAY? UM IT'S CALLED OPERATION. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THE TRAIN GOES RIGHT PAST. MY TRUE YEAH. THAT TRAIN GOES THROUGH ALL THE TIME. SO I THINK IF YOU COULD SEND MORE INFORMATION OUT MORE INFORMATION WHEN WE HEAR THAT LAB, RELEASING TOXIC FUMES WITHOUT THE HOOD. SEE NOW YOU'RE WORRIED, TOO WORRIED? YOU SHOULD BE. NO IT'S ALREADY OKAY. OKAY. USUALLY MOSTLY. BLOOMBERG, UM STRAIGHT. YEAH I CAN SEND OUT MORE INFORMATION ON THE LOCATION TO OPIOID SETTLEMENT PUBLIC INFORMATION SESSION NOVEMBER 15TH IN SOMERVILLE, FROM 1 TO 2:30 P.M. AGAIN, I CAN SEND THAT INFORMATION TO THE BOARD AS WELL. BUT IF ANY OF YOUR INTERESTED IN ATTENDING THIS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW, I THINK THE PROBLEM IS THAT, UM MUNICIPALITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE RECEIVING OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUNDS. BUT THE CONCERN IS HOW HOW IS THAT MONEY GOING TO BE SPENT HER AND HOW IS IT BEING SPENT THERE? THERE'S UM THERE'S I THINK AT LEAST ONE TOWN THAT I KNOW OF, UM, THAT IT
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HAD GOTTEN NATIONAL ATTENTION FOR USING OPIOIDS ELEMENT FUNDING TO FILL IN THEIR BUDGET GAPS. MM AND NOT USING IT TOWARDS WHAT IT MEANS WHAT IT WAS INTENDED FOR, AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF ATTENTION ON THIS. AND UM MANY MUNICIPALITIES ARE LOOKING FOR GUIDANCE BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST NOT SURE HOW TO GO ABOUT SPENDING THIS MONEY SOME MUNICIPALITIES HAVE, YOU KNOW THEY HAVE DELEGATED THIS RESPONSIBILITY TO THEIR HEALTH DEPARTMENTS. OTHERS ARE YOU KNOW, THEY REALLY DON'T KNOW. SO UM BUT WHAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IS THAT OUR APPROACH TO SPENDING THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUNDING IS, UM TRANSPARENT. AND THAT WE HAVE A FORMALIZED PLAN THAT'S APPROVED BY THE BOARD, AND WE WILL ALSO, YOU KNOW ANY PLANS THAT WE CREATE WILL BE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MUNICIPAL ALLIANCE, AND THEN WE'LL BRING IT TO THE BOARD FOR FINAL APPROVAL BEFORE WE DO THAT. WHO'S RUNNING THAT? WHO'S RUNNING THIS PUBLIC INFORMATION? THE SOMERSET COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES. HMM SO THEY'LL HELP YOU DISLIKE IT.EXPLAIN TO YOU THE RIGHT WAY TO USE IT. YES. BASICALLY THE DUES AND DON'T BECAUSE THERE IS YOU KNOW, THERE MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW. UH DEPEND DEPENDING ON THE MUNICIPALITY, YOU KNOW FOR HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS, YOU KNOW, DELEGATED THE TASK AND THEY'RE THEY'RE MORE LIKELY TO KNOW LIKE WHAT THE PARAMETERS ARE AND WHAT THE DUDES AND DON'T STAR. BUT MANY MUNICIPALITIES, THEY THEY'RE RELYING ON MAYBE, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND TEARS TO HELP AND SO IT MIGHT BE MORE CHALLENGING FOR THEM TO FIGURE THAT OUT. BUT I THOUGHT YOU HAD SHOWN US A LIST OF GUIDELINES ARE ACCEPTABLE PROGRAMS RIGHT? THIS IS FURTHER FLUSHES THAT BECAUSE THERE WAS IT'S VERY GENERAL. THE GUIDELINES APPROVED PROGRAMS LIST THEY'RE VERY GENERAL AND BROAD BASED, SO THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NO ROOM FOR, YOU KNOW, DEBATING. YEAH IN YOUR BUDGET. YEAH. SO THIS IS INFORMATION, SAYS IN MEETING. IT'S NOT LIKE THEY ARE GOING TO DETERMINE. HOW DO WE SPEND THAT MONEY ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT TALK ABOUT THE PARAMETERS AND LIKE WITHIN LAW, WHATEVER, AND THEN THEY'LL ALSO BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR WHAT OTHER MUNICIPALITIES HAVE BEEN DOING AND WHAT THEY HAVE PLANNED TO WHAT THEY HAVE PLANS FOR, UM, FOR THE YEAR OR AT LEAST 2024. IF THEY HAVEN'T THEY HAVEN'T BEGUN SPENDING THE MONEY YET. SO WE HAVEN'T WE'VE JUST SPENT. A FEW $100 ON RED RIBBON LEAGUE, WHICH WAS IN OCTOBER BECAUSE WE NEEDED WE WANTED TO GET SOMETHING YOU KNOW, GOING IN TOWN, SO FAR FOR US FROM MONTGOMERY. WE'VE ONLY SPENT OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUNDING FOR RED RIBBON WEEK FOR DRUG PREVENTION, EDUCATION. BUT THE GOAL IS TO COME UP WITH A MORE BROAD BASED APPROACH AND HAVE EVIDENCE BASED PROGRAMMING IN TOWN. IF YOU IF YOU COME ACROSS ANY PROGRAMS OR BEST PRACTICES AND OTHER COMMUNITIES ARE DOING, PLEASE SHARE THAT WITH US AS WE'RE DEVELOPING THIS PLAN. UM AND THEN THE NEW JERSEY COUNTY OF, UM HEALTH OFFICIALS. OH THEY HAVE PARTNERED WITH DALE CARNEGIE TO HOST TRAININGS FOR PUBLIC FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH WORKFORCE. MHM AND SOME OF THOSE TRAININGS INCLUDE, UM. I THINK I HAVE IT HERE. STRICTLY BUSINESS IMMERSION TRAINING. IT'S FOCUSED ON BUILDING STRONG COMMUNICATION SKILLS, IMPROVING CONFIDENCE IN THE WORKPLACE AND INNOVATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS. THIS IS REALLY FOR NEW PEOPLE THAT ARE NEW TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH WORKFORCE OR JUST WORKFORCE IN GENERAL. THERE'S ALSO DEVELOP YOUR LEADERSHIP POTENTIAL FOR NEW AND EMERGING LEADERS. LEADERSHIP TRAINING FOR MANAGERS , UH AND ALSO HIGH IMPACT PRESENTATION TRAININGS. UM AND YOU KNOW THESE, UM THESE PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN VERY, VERY HELPFUL TO STAFF AND WE'VE WE'VE SENT PEOPLE TO SOME OF THESE TRAININGS. I'VE ATTENDED ONE.
BUT IF YOU GUYS ARE AWARE IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, OR IF YOU KNOW OF ANYBODY THAT'S INTERESTED IN ATTENDING THESE PROGRAMS. LET ME KNOW, UM DALE CARNEGIE'S PLANNING TO HOST MORE PROGRAMS NEXT YEAR AS WELL. SO I THINK THEY'RE WORKING ON EXPANDING THE PROGRAM. BECAUSE THERE'S UM SUCH A NEED TO TRAIN THE NEW INCOMING PUBLIC HEALTH WORKFORCE. SO. WE HAVE DALE CARNEGIE AT, UM, THAT WE HAVE ACCESS TO FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TRAINING. MHM AND ANIMAL CONTROL UPDATE. UM JEN. I THINK WE WERE TALKING ABOUT SO FOR ANIMAL CONTROL. THINGS ARE GOING SMOOTHLY WITH ANIMAL CONTROL SOLUTIONS THERE. YOU KNOW, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH ANY HICCUPS. UM, BUT THE LICENSING FOR DOGS AND CATS WILL START JANUARY. 1ST LICENSING IS TRANSITIONING FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO THE CLERKS OFFICE. SO THAT'S A BIG CHANGE. IT USED TO BE HOUSED IN THE CLERK'S DEPARTMENT YEARS AGO. MHM FALLING ON THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT . NOW IT'S BACK IN CLERKS. SO YOU KNOW, UM, JENNA IS GOING TO BE WORKING WITH THEM, UM, IN
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HELPING WITH THE TRANSITION AND MAKING SURE IT'S AS SMOOTH AS POSSIBLE. GOVERNMENT PILOT IS MUCH BETTER. UM, BUT IT'S I THINK SO WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES. SO IF YOU KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS, OR IF YOU YOURSELF EXPERIENCED ANY ISSUES, LET US KNOW WE'LL TRY TO RESOLVE IT AND TROUBLESHOOT IT AS QUICKLY AS AS WE CAN. SO WHAT WAS THAT? STRUGGLING POINT FOR THAT CHANGE THAT TO ANIMALS WE DON'T HAVE. WE DON'T HAVE STAFF THE ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER HELPED WITH THE LICENSING. WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY AND JEN WOULD HELP WITH THE PROCESSING OF THE FEES PARK BUT THE LICENSING PART WAS MAINLY HANDLED BY THE ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER. HMM. I JUST SAW FLASHING LIGHTS. GREAT. WHY WHY THEY CALLED THE M S HERE. RIGHT HERE, FRIEND. THAT'S RIGHT HERE.YEAH, THEY CALL THE M S FOR THE CORRECT GUY THAT I TOLD YOU GUYS. YEAH NO, THE AMBULANCES COMING. I JUST GOT THE CALL, BUT THE PERSON IS HERE. WELL, REMEMBER, HE GOT ARRESTED BECAUSE HE REFUSED TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL AFTER HIS CAR ACCIDENT, AND NOW HE'S HERE IN A CELL AND HE'S NOT DOING WELL. OKAY, UNDERSTAND? JUST REALLY INTOXICATE. SO I CAN SEE THE CALL, THOUGH. OH, DEAR. OKAY NO. YEAH IT'S FINE. EVERYTHING. WE'RE GOOD. WE CAN STAY. OKAY? WE'RE GOOD, OKAY, THAT YEAH, THAT WAS A FOR ANIMAL CONTROL. THE ONE THAT WE SAW WHEN YOU WERE COMING IN RIGHT? YOU HAVE IT. GENTLEMAN NO, NO. YES. I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. LET'S CLOSE THE DOOR. DO WE HAVE DO YOUR AGENDA TO CLOSE THE DOOR. ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE HOLDING FELL IN ALL THAT AREA'S PRETTY COMPARED TO WHERE IT WAS BEFORE. IT'S LOOKS LIKE A REAL CHANGE,
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JUST BRINGING US BACK TO THE AGENDA. DO WE HAVE ANY NEW BUSINESS? PASSIONATE ABOUT THE HOW MUCH OF WHAT OFFICER. COMMENTS YES. MY QUESTION IS HOW MUCH OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT BUDGET IS GREAT, YOU KNOW? HERE COMES THE QUESTION. WE HAVE A QUESTION ON THE ON THE TABLE ABOUT HOW MUCH OF THE BUDGET IS GRANT FUNDED? YES I DON'T KNOW THE PERCENTAGE AT THE TOP OF MY HEAD. BUT RIGHT NOW WE ARE WE HAVE ABOUT, UM. FOR JUST THE PUBLIC HEALTH COVID FUND AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS. WE ARE CLOSE TO $495,000 IN GRANT FUNDING. UM THAT FUNDS THREE WELL USED TO FUND THREE FULL TIME POSITIONS. BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S THREE PART TIME AND. TWO FULL TIME AND THEN SUPPLEMENTS OTHER EMPLOYEES. UM SALARIES OFFSET OTHER HEALTH DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEE SALARIES. AND THEN THERE'S MINIMAL GRANT FUNDING FROM MUNICIPAL ALLIANCE AND YOUTH SERVICES COMMISSION TO HELP US UM CONTINUE WITH EXISTING PROGRAMS LIKE GIRLS ON THE RUN ACTION BOARD MUNICIPAL ALLIANCE PROGRAMS. IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF MONEY. YES IT IS. SO IT'S YEAH. WE ARE VERY DEPENDENT ON GRANTS. YES, YES. WE HAD THE AT A RECENT MEETING. I DON'T REMEMBER. I THINK IT WAS SOMETIME OVER THE SUMMER, WE HAD THE RATIO. YEAH MUNICIPAL FUNDING. HOW MANY DOLLARS REMEMBER, WE FUNDED ALL THE ALRIGHT, WE DO A LOT OF RIGHT INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING FOR THE RIGHT DIFFERENT TOWNSHIP BUILDING AS WELL. THANK YOU. I THINK, CAN I ASK A QUICK QUESTION? OF COURSE. UM ARE WE PLANNING TO HIRE ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS LIKE COME 2024. WE'RE NOT EVEN LOOKING. THERE'S A BED OUT RIGHT NOW FOR ANIMAL CONTROL SERVICES RIGHT NOW WE THREW. IT WAS ALMOST LIKE AN EMERGENCY AGREEMENT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYBODY THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY USING ANIMAL CONTROL SOLUTIONS, BUT NOW WE'LL SEE HOW THE BID PROCESS PLAYS OUT. UM BUT WE'RE MOVING TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, JUST UTILIZING THAT THIRD PARTY. UM RESOURCE BECAUSE WE WERE JUST NOT ABLE TO HIRE OUR OWN ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER. I MEAN, SEEING A LOT OF DEAD DEER ALL OVER THAT ARE JUST SITTING THERE, SO I DON'T KNOW. DO WE DO ANYTHING ABOUT THAT, OR LIKE WHAT SO THEY MOST OF THOSE CALLS DO COME INTO US. AND YOU KNOW, WE WILL LET OUR DEER CARCASS REMOVAL COMPANY NOW. BUT WHEN THEY'RE VERY AND THEY'RE THEY'RE NORMALLY VERY GOOD. YES THEY'RE BUSY. IT JUST WILL TAKE TIME FOR THEM TO PICK NATURE. TAKE ITS COURSE SO TO SPEAK FOR A COUPLE OF THEM ARE GETTING CHEAPER. ONE IS NOT NORMALLY NORMALLY, THE ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER LIKE OUR IN HOUSE OFFICER WOULD JUST GO OUT AS THESE CALLS COME IN AND TAKE CARE OF IT, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S ON ROADWAYS AND YOU KNOW, IN AREAS THAT ARE VERY VISIBLE. UM[00:25:04]
THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH, BUT, UM, BUT BUT NOW, PEOPLE YOU KNOW IF DEPENDING ON WHERE THE DEER IS, THEY CAN CALL US AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT OR EVEN POLICE AND WE WILL CALL CALL IT INTO THE.MOBILE COMPANY. THANK YOU. HOPE YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THOSE TRUCKS, BUT HMM. NO NEVER SEEN HIM THERE NORMALLY, VERY GOOD. BUT WHEN IT'S A BUSY SEASON, AND IT SEEMS LIKE IT IS GETTING VERY BAD OUT, IT WILL TAKE. IT CAN TAKE A NUMBER OF DAYS. SOMETIMES DURING BUSY SEASON AND NOW WE'RE WHICH IS NOW BUT THE END OF THIS, BUT YOU CAN ALWAYS YOU CAN ALWAYS CALL US. WE'LL CALL IT IN, BUT WE CAN'T PROMISE THAT IT'LL GET PICKED UP RIGHT AWAY. DR. CHAIRMAN, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? AND I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK. I MIGHT HAVE FORGOTTEN ABOUT THE OPIATE SETTLEMENT. HOW MUCH VANTAGE THERE AND FOR HOW MANY YEARS WE HAD SO, UM RIGHT NOW. I DON'T HAVE AN ESTIMATE ON REGULAR, YOU KNOW, FUNDING THAT WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVE FOR THIS FUND. BUT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE CLOSE TO $30,000 IN OUR TOWNSHIP ACCOUNTS. UM I THINK THE SETTLEMENT ACCOUNT FOR US RIGHT NOW, SAYS 40 SOMETHING 1000. UM. I THINK WE ARE TO EXPECT SOME TYPE OF PAYMENT, AT LEAST FOR THE NEXT 10 TO 15 YEARS IF THINGS DON'T CHANGE WITH THE COURTS. BECAUSE THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, UM PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES THAT ARE TRYING TO FIND LOOPHOLES TO GET OUT OF THAT. UM, GET OUT OF THOSE PAYMENTS, SO WE DON'T KNOW. IF THAT WILL LAST 10 TO 15 YEARS, BUT MHM THANKS. DON'T TOUCH IT. IS THAT JOHN? TEXAS BECAUSE YOU'RE JUST YOUR FEET UM AND OTHER NEW BUSINESS. ANYTHING FROM THE. SCHOOL DISTRICT AROUND THE MOM. NO EVERYTHING.
EVERYTHING'S GOOD. ON AGENT. I'M GOOD, SO HAVING NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO DISCUSS THE MEETING WILL NOW ADJOURN AT 809 MOTION TO ADJOURN WAS MOVED BY A CHARTER. SEVEN. THERE YOU GO. WE
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