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NO IS THIS LIVE? HELLO GOOD. WE'RE READY. WELCOME, EVERYBODY. THIS IS WORKING. OKAY GOOD.
[I. Opening Statement ]
WELCOME TO THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING FOR DECEMBER. 13TH 2023.THE MEETING START TIME IS 732. YEAH AND, UM, WE WELCOME OUR COLLEAGUES FROM ROCKY HILL.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. SO VERY NICE TO HAVE YOU IT IS THE INTENTION OF THE BOARD TO CONCLUDE THIS MEETING BY 9:30 P.M. ANY AGENDA ITEM THAT CONSIDERED BY 9:30 P.M. WILL BE TABLED UNTIL THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING. OPENING STATEMENT THE ADEQUATE NOTICE OF THE MEETING AS REQUIRED BY SECTIONS THREE D AND FOUR. A OF THE OPEN PUBLIC MEETING ACTS HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO THE PUBLIC AND FILED WITH THE TOWNSHIP CLERK. AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE A EXTENDED BROKER. THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP BOARD MEMBERS, DR SORAYA DR WILSON. DR GRAYSON, DOCTOR MCGARY. YES, DR FAISAL. DR SHARMA. DR NEWMAN. DR O MARA. DR MOHAN. THIRD EVEN G.
PATEL HERE, STAFF SECRETARY JENNIFER FOSTER TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE LAYS ON NINA SINGH. I KNOW. DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT ADVISOR. DR MANDELBAUM. I DON'T THINK HE'S HERE AND NOW WE'LL GO THROUGH THE ROCKY HILL BOARD OF HEALTH MEMBERS. MARY GERMAN YEAH. ROBERT OLSON. SUSAN FISHER. PAUL. NO VODKA. LACAVA. I'M SORRY FOR THAT. AND JOSEPH PORTAL. OKAY? AND CATHERINE PLUNKETT COUNCIL USED ONE NOPE. OKAY? OH VERY NICE TO MEET YOU. COULD WE HAVE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THEY ARE DONE IN THE DEPUTY. OH, I'M SORRY. YOU KNOW WHAT? HERE THE DEPUTY MAYOR, I'M GONNA ADD THAT CAN BE THE A'S ON END. YEP. WHAT? THE MAYOR. YES MA'AM. YEAH. IT'S AUTO, CORRECT. PROBABLY. IT WAS AN AUTO CORRECT. WE WE GOT YOUR NINA. THANK YOU. OKAY I DO NOT BELIEVE WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT. IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY
[V. Consent Agenda]
WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA ALL MATTERS HERE UNDER 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 DECEMBER 2023 THE COMMUNICABLE DISEASE REPORT FOR DECEMBER 2023 AND THE ANIMAL CONTROL REPORT FOR DECEMBER 2023. FROM THE END. AND THANK YOU INCLUDES BOTH MONTGOMERY AND ROCKY HILL. AND WE HAVE THE MINUTES FROM OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING FROM NOVEMBER 8TH 2023. CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? REMOVED. CAN I HAVE A SECOND? THANK YOU. OKAY[VI. Health Officers Comments]
NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO, UH, HEALTH OFFICER. I'M SORRY. THE ROCKY HILLS. UM MARRIED WOMEN IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE EMERGENCY NEEDS COMMUNITY SURVEY FOR ROCKY HILL. AM I AUDIBLE? YOU ARE. NOT ONLY A PARTNER TOO LOUD. OUR MAJOR UNDERTAKING THIS YEAR HAS BEEN TO REVISE UPDATE.COMMUNITY EMERGENCY NEEDS. WE HAVE DONE A PREVIOUS ONE JUST AT THE TIME. NO, THAT'S INVALUABLE.
WAS NECESSARILY DO IT AGAIN. SO WE BUILT UPON. OLDER THEY BUT ALSO USED EXTENSIVELY LOOK FROM A. EMERGENCY. NO WONDER. ADDITIONS TO IT, INCLUDING MUCH MORE. INFORMATION ABOUT MOBILITY
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STATUS OF PEOPLE. I'VE NEVER SAID. REJECT NO IDEA HOW MANY PEOPLE LIKE TO HAUL. TWISTING STAIRCASES AND TRYING. YOU HAVE A COPY? IT HAS TO REVIEW ABOUT INTELLIGENCE FRATERNITY RESTORED IS THAT THE WAY IT IS WRITTEN? IF YOU LOOK THROUGH THE QUESTIONS ASKED HMM. OR NOT, THEY ARE. SUSTAINED. DO YOU THINK YOU HAVE. THE BACKUP POWER SOURCES AND THINGS WILL BE VERY USEFUL APARTMENT. IT WILL COME OUT. JUST SAYING WHERE. DECEMBER. SO WHAT WE'RE DOING. SERVICES. BETTER COLOR BETTER. AND THAT'S A GOOD RESPONSE.STATES. YEAH. YEAH, I THINK IT'S BETWEEN SEVEN.
YES. YEAH. OH, YEAH. THE IN STORE, RIGHT? YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY SOME OF OUR SPECIES.
AVAILABLE. ONLINE. THIS IS THE NAIL. WE HAVE EXPLORED. YEAH, THEY MIGHT EVEN BE ABLE TO MONEY TO MAKE THAT. HIP HOP.
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YES. THAT'S GREAT. VERY IMPRESSIVE. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO THEY'RE GOING TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU. OKAY, GOOD. ALL RIGHT. I THINK YOU'RE NEXT DAVONTE. ARE YOU? I'M SORRY. ARE YOU DO YOU FINISHED? OKAY. OKAY. GREAT. YOU'RE NEXT. SORRY. ALL RIGHT. HELLO, EVERYONE. UM ALRIGHT, SO UPDATES I HAVE. I REALLY WANTED TO SHOW EVERYBODY OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. SO THIS, UM THIS PACKET IN FRONT OF YOU. JUST A TABLE THAT UM, WE PRINTED OUT. THIS WAS THE BEST WAY TO CONVEY TO YOU THE DIFFERENT GOALS AND OBJECTIVES THAT WE HAVE COMPILED BASED MOSTLY BASED ON THINGS THAT WERE REQUIRED TO DO SO WE HAVE, UM, PRIORITY GROUP AREAS CONSIST OF GROUPS BY BY AGE, THE SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN, ADULTS SENIORS, AND THEN THERE IS CERTAIN I GUESS DIVISIONS OF WHAT WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR, SO YOU'LL ALSO SEE ADMINISTRATIVE AND ORGANIZATIONAL MANDATES. THESE ARE THINGS WERE REQUIRED TO DO BY THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE INCORPORATE THAT INTO THE STRATEGIC PLAN SO WE CAN WE CAN SHOW THAT WE'RE DOING WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO. ALONG WITH ALL THESE OTHER PROGRAMS, AND ALONG WITH THE ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATIONAL MANDATES, WE ALSO HAVE GOLDEN OBJECTIVES UNDER HEALTH EDUCATION. EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND MANAGEMENT. AND THE OTHERS ARE. THEY ALIGNED WITH OUR PUBLIC HEALTH ACCREDITATION REQUIREMENTS, SO QUALITY IMPROVEMENT, CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENTS. AND I THINK THE OTHER IS. WE ALSO WANT TO FOCUS ON PROMOTING THE SERVICES OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. AND THEN THE THIRD COLUMN ON THIS TABLE IS A PRIORITY ALIGNMENT. WE HAVE SO MANY REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE TO INCORPORATE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, FOR EXAMPLE, FROM OUR COUNTY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PLAN, WHICH IS HEALTHIER, SOMERSET SO WE HAVE ADOPTED CERTAIN GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FROM THE LARGER COUNTY PLAN. WE ALSO HAVE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES THAT WE'VE INCORPORATED BASED ON NEEDS THAT WE'VE SEEN IN TOWN AND ALSO BASED ON FUNDING THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE. UM SO YOU WILL SEE, LIKE UNDER THE PRIORITY ALIGNMENT. IT WAS EITHER HEALTHIER SOMERSET OR MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP HEALTH. WE ALSO WANT TO UM. REALLY REALLY REVAMP OUR MAYOR AS WELL. THIS PROGRAM SO UNDER SOME NEXT TO SOME OF THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES HERE, WE'VE ALSO STATED WHETHER THIS MEETS SOME OF OUR MAYORS, WELLNESS OBJECTIVES. AH WE ALSO HAVE APPEARED SETTLEMENT FUNDS.THERE ARE CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS UNDER THAT. SO WE TRIED TO CREATE A DOCUMENT THAT SHOWED ALIGNMENT ON AMONGST VARIOUS SOURCES. UM THE OTHER SUSTAINABLE JERSEY. WE I THINK MAYBE DURING COVID. WE HAD RECEIVED THE SILVER SILVER AWARD FOR SUSTAINABLE JERSEY ARE CYCLE FOR THAT WILL BE COMING UP SOON. SO YOU KNOW, NINO, WE CAN WORK WITH YOU ON MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE YOU KNOW BE. THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS ADOPTED SOME GOALS FROM SUSTAINABLE JERSEY.
LAUREN SHE LEADS ARE SUSTAINABLE JERSEY EFFORTS IN TOWN, SO SHE IS A GREAT RESOURCE AS WELL TO HELP US MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS. AND THEN ALONG WITH MAYORS, WELLNESS AND OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUNDS. WE ALSO HAVE OUR PUBLIC HEALTH ACCREDITATION REQUIREMENTS, SO WE TRIED TO DOCUMENT WHERE SOME OF THESE GOALS WILL ALSO MEET THE PUBLIC HEALTH ACCREDITATION REQUIREMENTS, THE STRONGER REQUIREMENTS MOST OF WHAT WE DO HERE WILL MEET ACCREDITATION REQUIREMENTS, BUT THERE ARE SOME VERY SPECIFIC ONES STIPULATED IN THE STANDARDS AND MEASURES.
WHICH WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE INCORPORATING AS WE START OUR RE ACCREDITATION EFFORTS IN 2024 FOR NATIONAL ACCREDITATION. UM. AND THE OTHER THING WE WANTED TO INCORPORATE. THE OTHER AREA IS, UM THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OR MONTGOMERY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ON UPDATING ALL OF OUR PROTOCOLS, EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PLANS, MUTUAL AID AGREEMENTS AGREEMENTS. AS WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO SO. YOU KNOW, THE . THE NEW REGULATION WITH THE
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OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AS WE HAVE TO UPDATE OUR PLANS MORE OFTEN AND DO IT ELECTRONICALLY, SO EVERYTHING HAS TO BE AVAILABLE IN HANDY, SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE TRACK AND HAVE THE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS OBJECTIVES AS PART OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO NEED UPDATING EVERY TWO YEARS COMPARED TO BEFORE. I THINK IT WAS EVERY FOUR OR FIVE YEARS. SO IT'S MORE OFTEN AND WE HAVE TO GET IT RIGHT AND HAVE EVERYTHING READILY AVAILABLE.AND EVERYTHING HAS TO BE UPLOADED DIGITALLY WHERE, AS BEFORE. IT WAS JUST IT COULD SIT IN YOUR OFFICE OR IN A FILE SOMEWHERE ON THE SERVER. THE OTHER REQUIREMENT FOR ACCREDITATION IS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE INCORPORATING OBJECTIVES FROM HEALTHY NEW JERSEY 2030.
HOWEVER THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT THEY, UM THEN YOU JUST STAFFING SHORTAGES. THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO UPDATE THAT PLAN, SO THEY'RE VERY BEHIND AND THAT'S GOING TO BE A WHILE BEFORE THEY HAVE THAT UPDATED SO INSTEAD OF IN LIEU OF NOT HAVING HEALTHY NEW JERSEY 2030. WE'RE INCORPORATING HEALTHY PEOPLE 2030 OBJECTIVES. SO THAT WILL HELP US MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS AS WELL. SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU GIVE YOU ALL JUST IN GENERAL OVERVIEW. OF WHAT THE GOALS. WE ARE. THAT WE ARE INCLUDING IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN ONCE WE HAVE THE LARGER PLAN DEVELOPED, THERE'LL BE SOME BACKGROUND ON IT OTHER UM HYPERLOCAL DATA THAT WILL INCLUDE IN THIS DOCUMENT, THE GOAL WILL BE TO PRESENT ALL OF THESE OBJECTIVES TO YOU AND HELP US AND GIVE US FEEDBACK. DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD FURTHER CONSOLIDATE THESE? IS THERE ROOM TO ADD? MORE SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES . UM AND. ARE THERE ANY OTHERS SPECIAL NEEDS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED IN TOWN THAT WE THAT WE SHOULDN'T INCLUDE ON HERE AND AGAIN. IT HAS TO BE DATA DRIVEN, SO WE WANT WE WANT DATA TO BACK UP OUR NEED TO INCORPORATE SOME OF THESE OBJECTIVES. AND WE ARE USING THE NATURE STRATEGIC PLANNING TEMPLATE FOR LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS AS A GUIDE.
AS WE'RE DEVELOPING THIS DOCUMENT. SO WE ARE TECHNICALLY. IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN NEEDS TO BE UPDATED EVERY FIVE YEARS. WE'RE CURRENTLY IN OUR 2020 THROUGH 2025 PLAN, BUT THERE'S JUST BEEN SO MANY CHANGES THAT WE AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING OFF OF MULTIPLE DRAFTS, UM THROUGHOUT DURING COVID. BUT THERE'S BEEN THERE'S BEEN SO MANY CHANGES TO THE COUNTY LEVEL PLANS TO HEALTHY PEOPLE. 2030 MAYORS, WELLNESS OPIOID SETTLEMENT THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE BEFORE THAT WE WANT TO JUST GET IT RIGHT. EVEN THOUGH WE ONLY HAVE TECHNICALLY, ONE MORE YEAR LEFT TO GO FOR THE PLAN. UM BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO SHOWCASE OBJECTIVES THAT WE CAN. WE CAN WORK TOWARDS AND THEN SHOW PROGRESS MADE LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE THING TO SAY LIKE WE'RE GOING TO INCLUDE THESE OBJECTIVES. IT'S ANOTHER TO SAY IF WE'RE MEETING MEETING THEM OR NOT. THERE IS A LOT ON HERE. SO THERE IS ROOM TO KIND OF MAYBE. CONSOLIDATE AND NARROW, NARROW THE POOL DOWN, BUT THAT'S WHERE WE WOULD WANT YOUR FEEDBACK. SO HISTORICALLY, THE BOARD OF HEALTH HAS ACTED AS THE PLANNING COMMITTEE FOR THE STRATEGIC PLAN. SO MY GOAL WILL BE TO GIVE YOU GUYS UPDATES EVERY BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING ON THE PLAN AND TRY TO GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM FROM THE GROUP. AND IF YOU FEEL THAT IT'S BETTER TO JUST HAVE A WORKING GROUP. WE CAN DO THAT AS WELL. BUT WE WANT TO HAVE CONTINUED FEEDBACK FROM THE BOARD OF HEALTH MEMBERS ON ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN. SO YOU DON'T DO THAT FOR REGULAR. FOR NOW, BUT IF YOU THINK THERE'S ROOM FOR A SEPARATE GROUP, WE CAN DO THAT, TOO. WE'RE GOING TO START THE YEAR WITH THE FIRST LADY IN JANUARY. I THINK WE SHOULD DO A FIRST UPDATE AND THEN THINK ABOUT HOW TO ACT. YEAH I'LL DO THE SAME WITH ROCKY HILL TO LIKE AT THE MEETINGS. I WILL SHARES STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATES WITH YOU AS WELL. SO I HAVE. I WAS JUST SAYING MERRY THAT I WILL BE UPDATING BOTH THE BOARDS. UM AND MAKE AND TO HAVE A STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE AT EVERY MEETING. SO . REMIND AT LEAST MAINLY BENEFIT EVERYBODY ELSE DO BUT THE
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MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP PRIORITY ALIGNMENT THAT IS FROM THE LAST STRATEGIC PLAN THE CURRENT STRATEGIC PLAN. YES YES, OKAY. AND THEN THE MAYOR'S WELL, NOT ALL OF THEM. RIGHT, RIGHT ONLY IF IT SAYS THAT NOT NECESSARILY. OH MOST OF THEM ARE DIFFERENT. MOST OF THEM ARE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE THAT ARE IN THE CURRENT PLAN, BUT NOT ALL OF THEM. OKAY ARE LISTED HERE. OKAY OKAY. THAT'S HOW SOON WERE YOU ABLE TO INCORPORATE ANYTHING FROM THE PRESENTATIONS FROM THE E. M S OR THE POLICE? SO WE HAVEN'T WE DID . WE HAVE WINDSHIELD ASSESSMENTS AND OKAY, ONE FAB IS HAS SOME VERY SPECIFIC SOCIAL SERVICES TYPE OBJECTIVES ON HERE. IT'S REALLY. I THINK THE NEEDS OF HOW UTILIZATION COMMUNITIES I DIDN'T LET ME SHOW YOU. YOU CAN. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE THAT SPECIFIC. I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF YOU ADDED SO BE INCORPORATED. HERE IT IS.THIS ONE. YEAH, THERE'S THAT, AND THEN THERE'S ALSO. CONDUCT WINDSHIELD ASSESSMENTS AND HIGH UTILIZATION COMMUNITIES. OKAY? AND DEVELOP PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS PROGRAMMING THAT ADDRESSES I MEAN THAT'S A VERY GENERAL OBJECTIVE. SO THEY WERE. WE HAVEN'T INCLUDED VERY MANY SOCIAL SERVICES OBJECTIVES ON THIS PLAN. THAT'S A QUESTION FOR THE BOARD. DO YOU WANT OBJECTIVES THAT JUST TIE IN WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT OBJECTIVES OR WOULD YOU WANT TO SEPARATE A SEPARATE SECTION INDUSTRY? T GIC PLAN THAT FOCUSES ON SOCIAL SERVICES. I MEAN, AND THERE'S ALSO THINGS IN HERE ABOUT FOOD PANTRY AND FOOD INSECURITY, BUT WE HAVEN'T REALLY DEVELOPED A FULL UM. A FULL PLAN ON HOW TO ADDRESS SOCIAL SERVICES IN TOWN, THE DEPARTMENT OF SOMERSET COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES THEY HAVE A MASTER PLAN OR THEIR OWN VERSION OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT THEY WILL BE PRESENTING EARLY NEXT YEAR. OKAY WE WANT TO. WE WANT TO TRY TO ADOPT SOME OF THEIR OBJECTIVES. THEY ARE DOING THEIR OWN DATA COLLECTION, WHICH INCLUDES MONTGOMERY PLAN. WILL INCLUDE SOME HYPERLOCAL DATA FROM OUR AREA. AND SO WE WANT TO TRY TO JUST USE THEIR DATA AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO HELP US MEET OUR HELP. IDENTIFY WHAT OUR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES WILL BE. I KNOW THAT THERE ARE ALSO RIGHT NOW HAVE BEEN INVENTORYING MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS IN OTHER COMMUNITIES. BECAUSE THE GLOBAL BE TO START DOING OUTREACH. BUT IF WE DON'T KNOW ALL OF THE PROVIDERS THAT ARE IN TOWN, MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS IS GOING TO BE CHALLENGING TO DO THAT OUTREACH A HAVE THEY HAVE SOME INITIATIVES THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON, AND I THINK THEY ARE ALSO SLATED TO RECEIVE MORE SUSTAINABLE FUNDING FROM THE STATE, SO THEY HAVE SOME GREAT IDEAS AND, UM THEIR LEADERSHIP IS WORKING ON I'M REALLY HOPING MUNICIPALITIES. UM. OR ADDRESS OR SOCIAL SERVICES NEEDS. OKAY, SO THERE'S A LOT MORE INFORMATION PENDING FROM SOMERSET COUNTY, SO I AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, WANT TO KIND OF FOLLOW THEIR LEAD. ACCEPTED HIM. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. OUR DISCUSSION ITEMS. PUBLIC HEALTH ACCREDITATION BOARD. SO WITH THIS SCHOOLS. ANECDOTAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN THE BEST WAY FOR US AND ALSO BY COLLECTING QUALITATIVE INFORMATION AND DOING KEY INFORMANT INTERVIEWS. IT HAS BEEN THE BEST WAY FOR US TO COLLECT INFORMATION ON THE SCHOOLS BE I WOULD LOVE TO DO A SURVEY, BUT THAT'S IT HAS BEEN VERY DIFFICULT AND CHALLENGING.
YOU COME UP THE MUNICIPAL ALLIANCE MEETINGS AS WELL. UM. AND I KNOW THAT THE STUDENTS ARE VERY INTERESTED IN HELPING US COLLECT THAT DATA, TOO. SO HMM. OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE MORE.
HYPERLOCAL DATA AVAILABLE, BUT IT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE. SIGNED UP. MM HMM. SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE MOSTLY RELYING ON KEY INFORMANT INTERVIEWS FOCUS GROUPS FROM THE COUNTY LEVEL.
THE COUNTY ALSO DOES FOCUS GROUPS. COMMUNITY LEADERS AND CERTAIN SCHOOL SYSTEMS IN THE COUNTY. AND THEN THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY LEADERS MEETINGS AND, UM CONVERSATIONS WITH PARENTS,
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SCHOOL STAFF AND SCHOOL LEADERSHIP. STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATES AND THEN I HAD GRANT UPDATES. SO I. I'VE BEEN MEANING TO SHARE OUR GRANT EXPENDITURES WITH WITH THE BOARD AND THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT HOW MUCH WE'VE OFFSET AND SALARIES. SO WE ARE. WE HAVE THREE BIG GRANTS THAT WERE WORKING. ALSO, THERE'S TWO RIGHT NOW. THERE IS A PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT. UM THE TOTAL THAT WE'VE RECEIVED IS ABOUT $250,000 FOR THAT ONE. THERE IS A STRENGTHENING GRANT.THESE GRANTS ARE BASED OFF OF FISCAL YEAR. SO JULY THROUGH THE END OF JUNE. FOR THE 2023 FISCAL YEAR WE HAD RECEIVED 274,730. OUT OF THAT WE SPENT 150 OVER 150,000 ON SALARIES AND WAGES AND CLOSE TO 60,000 ON FRINGE. 62,000 AND SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT. AND THESE THESE THIS IS STUFF THAT WE NEED FOR THE DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. AND THEN FOR THE 2024 STRENGTHENING GRANT THAT TOTALS 495,000. ABOUT $495,000. WE HAVE UM SO FAR, MOST OF IT IS SALARIES AND WAGES SO FAR WE'VE SPENT OVER $141,000 ON SALARIES AND WAGES AND OVER $40,000 ON FRINGE. THIS IS ALL MONEY THAT THAT HELPS OFFSET THE COST ON THE TOWNSHIP. AND THEN ABOUT $76,000 FOR SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT. UM TRAINING, WHICH ALSO INCLUDES TRAININGS. UM SO WE'VE BEEN OFFSETTING. TREMENDOUS AMOUNT ON SALARIES AND WAGES AND FRINGE, WHICH TAKES THE BURDEN OFF OF OUR TOWNSHIP BUDGET. HOW MUCH HELPS SO DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT AN ANTICIPATED FUNDING FOR 2025? AND THAT LEADS ME TO, UM UM I GUESS THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE RECEIVING COMING FROM JULY 1ST. THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAD EMAILED ALL OF THE LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS RECENTLY STATING THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A SIGNIFICANT CUT IN THE FUNDING. SO YOU KNOW WE'RE GOING FROM 495,002 BARELY $100,000 STARTING JULY. YEAH, YEAH, WE DO HAVE THREE GRAND FUNDED STAFF TO HELP WITH SOME OF OUR INCREASED LEVEL OF, YOU KNOW. ACTIVITIES AND WORK THAT WE HAVE TO DO. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COME UP WITH A PLAN ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO ATTRACT. SO YOU KNOW, KEEP THE BOARD UPDATED, BUT THAT'S THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE. AND FOR US, YOU KNOW IT IMPACTS THE THREE EMPLOYEES AND IN THE DEPARTMENT. UM AND THAT THE WORKLOAD HASN'T GONE AWAY. I MEAN, IT'S DEFINITELY BETTER THAN DURING COVID. BUT THERE'S SOCIAL SERVICES NEEDS. UM THERE'S MORE OUTREACH THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN THE COMMUNITY. AND ALL OF THE WORK THAT WE DIDN'T GET TO DO DURING COVID. SO THERE'S ALL THAT PENT UP WORK TO IN BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS AND ALL THE DIFFERENT PLANS AND DOCUMENTS THAT NEED TO BE UPDATED. SO THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, AND IT'S COMING IN A SIGNIFICANT TIME FOR GROWTH FOR POPULATION, TOO IN MONTGOMERY, YES, YES.
YEAH. MAYOR EUROPE HAS ALSO BEEN INVOLVED WITH SOME OF THE ADVOCACY. BUT THERE'S A THERE'S A LOT OF ADVOCACY GOING ON. IN PUBLIC HEALTH. WE WERE BETTER IN NUMBERS, AND SO WE'VE BEEN RELYING ON OUR PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS TO DO THAT ADVOCACY , THE PUBLIC HEALTH PRIORITY FUNDING RESOLUTION THAT THE BOARD PASSED. UM WAS VERY HELPFUL. BUT THE YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T SEEN THAT CHANGE IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE YET, SO WE STILL HAVE TO KEEP AT IT. BUT THERE'S A LOT OF ADVOCACY HAPPENING BEHIND THE SCENES WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS WHERE WE COULD DEFINITELY NEED YOUR HELP. MORE. AND ALSO WITH THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. BUT UM, THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS DIFFERENT PLANS FOR HOW THEY'RE GOING TO USE ADDITIONAL MONEY THAT THEY'RE RECEIVING FROM THE CDC. SO THAT'S A WHOLE OTHER OTHER ISSUE.
LOCAL BOARDS OF HEALTH ASSOCIATION. ONE PERSON. WELL AWARE OF THIS ISSUE JUST
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ATTENDED. OF THEIR MEETINGS. IT WAS BROUGHT. I EXPRESS. THAT? YEAH THAT'S A BIG DROP IN SO THEY'RE AWARE OF IT, AND THERE ADDRESS IT BY. THERE'S AN ADMIN AT LEAST. BRING THEM.AND WE HAD DR GRAYSON. HE'S ON THE BOARD REPRESENTING MONTGOMERY FOR THE NEW JERSEY LOCAL BOARDS OF HEALTH ASSOCIATION. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S ALWAYS SOMEBODY THERE WHO HAS A SEAT AT THE TABLE. SO YOU HAVE TO HELP WITH THE ADVOCACY BECAUSE THAT'S THAT'S NEEDED.
HI. SO WE'VE WE'VE KIND OF HAD A PAUSE WITH OUR INTERN PROGRAM ALSO BECAUSE WE HAVE GRAND FUNDED STAFF AND WE DON'T HAVE SPACE IN THE OFFICE. SO WE'RE ALL WE'RE SHORT ON SPACE. SO WHERE WE HAVE TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE GRAND FUNDED EMPLOYEES AND THEN WHAT THE FUTURE OF OUR INTERNSHIP PROGRAM WILL BE, BUT WE LEAVE RELY ON OUR INTERESTS A LOT TO HELP WITH A LOT OF THESE DELIVERABLES. YEAH. MHM. YEAH. I THINK WE HAD RECEIVED SUPPORT FROM THE BOARD AND ONE OF THE PREVIOUS MEETINGS, TOO. UM YOU KNOW TO GET SOME NURSING INTERNS BECAUSE RECORDS HAS KIND OF MODIFIED THEIR INTERNSHIP PROGRAM. UM TO ALLOW FOR A MORE EXTENDED STAY WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THE GOAL IS TO HAVE SOMEBODY IN PLACE, MAYBE LIKE EARLY NEXT YEAR, OR THE SECOND QUARTER OF THE YEAR. TO HAVE AN INTERN FOR THIS SEMESTER NURSING INTERN OR TWO FOR THIS SEMESTER. AND THAT WILL HELP AND HOPEFULLY BY THEN WE'LL HAVE WE'LL HAVE A PLAN ON HOW WE CAN BRING IN MORE MPH. UM AND EVEN UNDERGRADUATE PUBLIC HEALTH STUDENTS. YEAH.
HUNDREDS, THOUSANDS. I WOULD SAY MORE THAN 50. COMPARED SERVICES WRESTLING YOU. YES. THERE USED TO BE SUSTAINABLE FUNDING FROM THE STATE YEARS AGO. AND THAT THAT GOT CUT. I THINK DURING THE CHRISTIE ADMINISTRATION, IT JUST IT JUST WAS REMOVED FROM THE BUDGET. AND THEY NEVER THEY NEVER REVISITED THAT. PARTIALLY GRANTS. OR SHARED SERVICES REVENUE BUILDING. OH THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS IN THE TOWN. NO, NO, NO. YES. THE WHITE. THAT'S A VERY GOOD THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION. I THINK PUBLIC HEALTH. YEAH. I MEAN, WE'RE JUST SO BUSY BEING REACTIVE AND DEALING, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T DO A GOOD JOB AND SHOWCASING OUR NEEDS, I GUESS. THERE'S.
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YEAH. THOSE SPACES. YEAH. THANK YOU.AND THEN YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO ADD, UM FOUR H. THEY HAVE GREAT RESOURCES AND PROGRAMS AND THE HAVE. THEY'RE OFFERING A FREE LASAGNA DINNER TO GO FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE IN NEED. SO IF YOU KNOW OF ANYBODY UM, YOU KNOW, FEEL BETTER SHARE THIS WITH THEM. I HAVE ALSO SHARED IT WITH ELLEN.
WHO HAS BEEN HELPING TREMENDOUSLY TO ADDRESS OUR SECURITY NEEDS IN TOWN, WHICH ARE ONLY GROWING. AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALSO GOING TO LOOK AT AS PART OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN TO COLLECT SOME DATA ON IT, AND TO STREAMLINE OUR EFFORTS THERE. AND OH, THAT REMINDS ME THE RECKLESS COOPERATIVE EXTENSION DID ACTUALLY COME OUT TO OUR WALK FOR WELLNESS PROGRAM THAT WE HAD HAD IN NOVEMBER. WE'RE TRYING TO DO A COMMUNITY PROGRAM EVERY MONTH. IT COULD BE A BIG OR SMALL EVENT, BUT SOMETHING TO GET THE COMMUNITY TO COME OUT AND PARTICIPATE WHERE WE ALSO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE SOME EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION.
AND MAYBE HAVE OUR RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND YOU KNOW, TO HELP US MAKE THEM MORE FUN. SO WE'RE OUR GOAL IS TO BE THERE TO PROVIDE EDUCATION AND INFORMATION AND RESOURCES AND FOR THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT TO BE THERE TO MAKE THE EVENT FUN AND, UM RUTGERS COOPERATIVE EXTENSION HAD ACTUALLY LED A LAW . THEY ALSO DO COOKING DEMONSTRATIONS. THEY ALSO HAVE PROGRAMMING THAT THEY CAN BRING INTO THE SCHOOL. THEY HAVE A GREAT COMMUNITY GARDENING PROGRAM. YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE ON THE SCHOOLS THAT BUT THEY'RE GREAT RESOURCE TO BRING THAT IN, AND THEY ARE GREAT PARTNERS FROM MAYORS, WELLNESS PROGRAMS AS WELL. UM ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THEY HAD TO IS BECAUSE MONTGOMERY IS SICK WITH THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY. AND A LOT OF THE FOUR AGE PROGRAMS THAT FOCUS ON YOUTH DEVELOPMENT OR IN BRIDGEWATER.
THEY HAD RECOMMENDED THAT THE TOWNSHIP CONSIDER MAYBE HAVING OR CREATING A FOUR H CLUB IN TOWN. IT CAN BE. MAYBE IT'LL LEAD YOU KNOW IT CAN BE USED LEAD AND WE HAVE A GREAT RESOURCE WITH THE STUDENTS WERE INTERESTED IN THOSE KINDS OF PROJECTS, MOSTLY STUDENTS WHO MIGHT YOU KNOW WHO WHO MIGHT NOT BE PARTICIPATING IN SPORTS AND OTHER EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES ARE MORE INTERESTED IN MORE CIVIC MINDED. MORE SERVICE MINDED MIGHT BE INTERESTED SO.
HMM IF WE'RE INTERESTED TO REACH OUT TO THEM, THEY CAN EVEN COME AND SPEAK TO US. AND THE YOUTH ACTION BOARD. MAYBE A SUBSET OF THE YOUTH FASHION BOARD MIGHT BE INTERESTED. YES. ARE YOU
[VII. New Business ]
COMPLETE COMPLETE? OKAY? DO WE HAVE ANY NEW BUSINESS? SO IT'S THE MOMENT OF TRUTH. ARE WE DONE OR DO WE HAVE A NEW BUSINESS? NO, I DON'T. I DID WANT TO CONGRATULATE EVERYBODY ON ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL YEAR. THANK EVERYBODY FOR THEIR SERVICE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HIT QUORUM.EVERY MEETING, RIGHT. DID WE HAVE FOR? UM EVERY MEETING JEN. YEAH. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. HAVE A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY SEASON. AND WE ARE. CHURCH, HAVING NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO DISCUSS THE MEETING WILL NOW ADJOURN AT EIGHT. 11. P. M. MOTION TO ADJOURN. WE GOT ONE. WE GOT EMOTION FROM DR NEWMAN AND A SECOND FROM DR FAISAL AND SO WE
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