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Y'ALL. FIRST MEETING OF THE CAN'T TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY BOARD OF HEALTH FOR 2024. IT'S
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JANUARY 10TH 2024. I'LL DO THE OPENING STATEMENT. OH THERE HE IS. I WAS LIKE, DO WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR DENNIS ON PERIOD? YOU'RE WELCOME. 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. OKAY GOOD. OKAY. BOARD MEMBERS WERE GOING TO DO A ROLL CALL DR SORAYA. HERE GRAYSON? YES, ACTUALLY HEARING YES. DR NEWMAN. YES. DR MARA? YES. DR MOHAN? YES I'LL JUST SAY DR WILSON STUCK. THERE IS NO LONGER ON BEFORE DR FAISAL, DR. FARMER ABSENT HEALTH OFFICER. HAVE ARGUED TO TELL. STAFF SECRETARY JENNIFER FOSTER. TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE LIAISON DE MASSON. AN ADVISOR, DR BUT REMEMBER COMMENDABLE. OKAY NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS PUBLIC COMMENT. I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANY. ONTO THE CONSENT AGENDA ALL MATTERS. LISTED HERE UNDER ARE[IV. Consent Agenda ]
CONSIDERED ROUTINE IN NATURE AND WILL BE APPROVED IN ONE MOTION. ANY MEMBER MAY REQUEST THAT AN ITEM BE REMOVED FOR ITEMS BE REMOVED FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION. WE HAVE THREE MONTHLY REPORTS THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, NOT THE REPORT FOR DECEMBER 2023 COMMUNICABLE DISEASE REPORT FOR DECEMBER 2023 AND ANIMAL CONTROL REPORT DECEMBER 2023 WE ALSO HAD OUR MEETINGS, UPDATES OR MINUTES, UPDATES THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH FROM DECEMBER 13TH 2020. THREE IS ALSO AVAILABLE. MY MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. MOTION TO APPROVE. THANK YOU. OKAY? IN LUANDA HELP OFFICER FROM IT. DO[V. Health Officer Comments]
YOU WANT ME TO START? EVEN THOUGH I'M NOT THE HELP HELP OFFICER, SO I ASKED AVANTI TO PUT ON THE AGENDA TODAY BECAUSE I JUST WANT TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR EVERYBODY. THE WORKFORCE ISSUES WE HAVE FACED AND THE NUMBER OF POSITIONS WE HAVE, UM THEN REDUCED BY SINCE COVID STARTED, UM SO WE HAVE LOST AN ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER. WE HAVE AN OPEN POSITION THAT HAS NOT BEEN POSTED FOR A DEPUTY HEALTH OFFICER. WE HAVE LOST OUR HEALTH EDUCATOR. WE HAVE LOST OUR PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE AND WE NO LONGER ALLOWED OR HAVE CAPACITY OR SPACE TO HAVE INTERNS AND WE USED TO HAVE ABOUT 2 TO 3 INTERNS. PERSON, MESTRE. DOING VOLUNTEER AND OR GRANT FUNDED WORK AND DUE TO SPACE CONSTRAINTS. YOU NO LONGER HAVE SPACE FOR THEM, SO WE HAVE HAD A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN OUR WORKFORCE. HAVE NOT. IN SOME, SOME INSTANCES HAVE NOT BEEN ALLOWED TO POST FOR THE POSITIONS AND OTHER UM, SPACES. THE POSITIONS. THE RESTRICTIONS THAT WE'VE HAD ON HOW WE COULD POST HAVE MADE IT VERY DIFFICULT TO HIRE FOR THAT POSITION. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, THE ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER WE HAD GREAT DIFFICULTY FILLING THAT POSITION. ONCE IT BECAME OPEN, AND WE ENDED UP GOING TO A PRIVATE COMPANY FOR OUR ANIMAL CONTROL SERVICES IN THE TOWNSHIP, WHICH HAS WE ARE LEARNING FROM PUBLIC COMMENT AND OTHER COMMITTEES THAT WE ARE HAVING SIGNIFICANT ISSUES WITH OUR THAT THAT MODEL. AFRAID NOW, SO I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO RAISE THIS. I THINK IT SHOULD BE A PRIORITY FOR US IN 2024 TO HELP FORTIFY OUR WORKFORCE AND DEVELOP IT AS NECESSARY AND LOOK TO THE DOWNSHIFT COMMITTEE FOR SUPPORT AS WELL. WHEN YOU SAY WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO WHO'S DETERMINED WHEN WE HAVE BEEN FACING RESTRICTIONS ABOUT WHAT WE CAN POST AND HOW WE CAN POST THAT. WHO'S MAKING THAT DETERMINATION? IT DEPENDS.UM IF SOME OF THE POSITIONS ARE UNION POSITIONS, THE SOME OF THE YOU KNOW THE CRITERIA OF THE POSITION AND THE SALARIES. THAT'S ALL DETERMINED BY THE UNION. UM WOMEN HAVE SOME GRAND FUNDED SUBMISSIONS, WHICH YOU KNOW IF THEY'RE TOWNSHIP FUNDED THEIR TOWNSHIP POSITIONS.
MEANING THEY'RE NOT CONTRACTED POSITIONS THAN YOU KNOW. THOSE POSITIONS HAVE TO FOLLOW THE CRITERIA OF OUR TOWNSHIP PERSONNEL POLICY, SO THERE'S YOU KNOW. SCHEDULING WISE, FLEXIBILITY WISE. THERE ARE LIMITS ON THAT. UM AND THEN FOR THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, IT WAS
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YOU TO THE SPACE ISSUES THAT WE WORK. YOU KNOW? IS THERE? NO I MEAN, THERE'S I FIND THAT THERE'S THERE IS SOME WAY SPACES TO ME A REASON OR SOMETHING. WE SHOULD HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT. IS THERE ANY ALTERNATIVES FOR THAT, LIKE I'M I'M CONCERNED THAT THAT'S THE REASON WHY IS THERE? WHAT ARE THE POSSIBLE? REMEDIES FOR THAT. I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE REMEDIES ARE, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE WE'VE MOVING INTO A NEW BUILDING. WE'VE HAD FEWER DESKS AVAILABLE COMPARED TO WHAT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY FIND IT IRONIC THAT WE'RE IN A BIGGER BUILDING AND WE HAVE LESS SPACE. YEAH. WE WENT INTO EXTREMELY HYBRID MODEL LIKE THAT FACILITATE MAKING UP YOU MEAN HYBRID MEANING IN THE REMOTE AND, YOU KNOW THEY CAN BE ON THE FIELD LIKE HELPING YOU OUT. BUT IF THEY HAVE TO DO A DESK JOB, THEY CAN DO IT. RIGHT LIBRARY. OR EVEN THE CHALLENGES.IT IS CHALLENGING TO DO A HYBRID . UM, BASED ON THE FIELD WORK, UM THAT'S SOME OF THE EMPLOYEES HAVE TO DO. AND THE OTHER THING, TOO, IS WHAT ESPECIALLY WITH INTERNS AND STUDENTS. IT'S HAVING THEM BE FULLY REMOTE OR EVEN HYBRID IS DIFFICULT. THEY DON'T GET THE FULL EXPERIENCE BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE WORK THAT WE DO IT IS IT INVOLVES A LOT OF COALITION WORK MEETING WITH A LOT OF COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS AND UM. A LOT OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. WE'RE TRYING TO THINK OF WAYS TO MAKE UP TO COME UP WITH THE HYBRID SCHEDULE, BUT IT'S VERY CHALLENGING AND VERY DIFFICULT WHEN WE ALSO HAVE TO DEAL WITH, UM YOU KNOW, FIELDWORK INSPECTIONS COMPLAINTS , INVESTIGATIONS IN THE FIELD, AND SOME OF THESE CAN BE SCHEDULED, BUT MOST OF THEM CANNOT. OR THERE'S TIME. THERE'S TIME RESTRICTIONS TIME LIMITS ON LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO RESPOND WITHIN A CERTAIN TIMEFRAME. ARE THERE ANY SPACES IN THE BUILDING THAT WE COULD PUT THEM? LIKE OTHER THAN THE LIBRARY ARE THEIR DESKS SOMEWHERE. THAT THEY COULD AT LEAST BE CLOSER, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S NOT HYBRID, BUT THEY'RE AROUND. WE ACTUALLY INVESTIGATED THAT A LITTLE BIT LAST YEAR AND THERE ARE NO I THINK PART OF IT IS BECAUSE OF IT BEING A NEW BUILDING, BUT ALSO DEVON G, USING GRANT FUNDS FROM LAST YEAR, DEMANDING DIRECTLY FROM RON, UM, FUNDED A LOT OF HER OWN SUCCESS. PURCHASED A LOT OF FURNITURE. SO ONE OF THE SPACES WHERE SHE PURCHASED FURNITURE THAT SPACE WAS TAKEN OVER BY ANOTHER OFFICE. I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME WHICH OFFICE IT WAS, BUT THAT SPACE RELEGATED TO A DIFFERENT PROPERTY. I SEE A DESK THAT YOU FORGET. IT'S REALLY A SHAME THAT WE CAN'T HAVE INTERNS LIKE IN THIS DAY AND AGE THAT WE CAN'T HAVE INSURANCE BECAUSE IT'S SPACE BLANKETS THINK THEY PROBABLY THAT'S CONCERNING.
THAT'S REALLY CONCERNING THAT'S YOU KNOW, THIS IS A MAJOR OIL IS JUSTICE. WE BOUGHT THE AS WE ACTUALLY HAD THIS ON THE RECORD A FEW MONTHS AGO. I CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH MEETING WE DISCUSSED THIS. BUT, UM, THE GRANT FUNDING FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PAID FOR A LOT OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS IN THIS ROOM AS WELL, INCLUDING THE SHADES THESE MONITORS TABLE AND.
TECHNOLOGY TO TECHNOLOGY SHADES TABLES. THERE'S ONE MORE THING. I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT IT IS.
WHAT IS THE UTILIZATION OF THIS JOURNEY? THIS MORNING. YOUR LIFE ANYONE USE THIS REGION, EVERYBODY. A LOT OF COMMITTEES BOARDS TO WHEN THIS HAPPENED DURING THE DAY. YEAH THIS IS FROM ME. I WOULD IMAGINE NOBODY CAN WAIT ME MOSTLY OPEN. I MEAN, IF I HAD TO GUESS I BET THERE'S NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN HERE AND THEY DIDN'T IF ANYBODY FOR THE LITTLE AREA BEHIND US WITH HIS LIKE PLACES TO SIT SO I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THIS COULD BE OPEN FOR PEOPLE TO USE. I JUST HAVE NEVER ROLLED IN DESK. SOMETIMES THE LIBRARY SOMETIMES IN HERE, SOMETIMES THERE. I MEAN, WE NEED APPROVAL. YOU DON'T HAVE A NEED APPROVAL FOR THAT ROUND. YEAH WE'RE OFFICE LIKE WE HAVE TO CALL IN FOR IF YOU'RE GOING TO GO IN PERSON LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU ASK EXACTLY. YOU ASKED FOR YOUR WORKPLACE YOU CAN ASK. YOU CAN HAVE THE SAME KIND OF A MODEL LIKE YOU KNOW, THEY'RE INTERNS.
YOU'RE EXPECTING THEM TO COME AND LEAD. THOSE ARE THE TIMEFRAME YOU WOULD NEED SPACE, SO I THINK IF YOU HAVE A SCHEDULE BEFOREHAND THAT THIS BUILDING LIKE IN A BAR THAT COULD BE A FREE SPACE, WE CAN USE IT. I THINK EFFECTIVELY, WE COULD HAVE CLOSE ENOUGH THAT YOU COULD GO GET THEM. FOR TIME SENSITIVE THINGS. I MEAN, AS LONG AS THEY'RE IN THE BUILDING SOMEWHERE. CALL THEM PAYS THEM TO SOMETHING. I THINK WE'D HAVE TO GET WE CAN LIVE IN IT EXACTLY. SORRY KEEP GOING INTO SPECIAL. I DIDN'T MEAN TO STEP ON YOUR CONVERSATION. I WAS JUST
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GONNA SAY THERE'S CERTAIN I MEAN, I APPRECIATE THERE. SOLUTION ORIENTATION TO THE CONVERSATION, AND I THINK THERE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT DEMAND WOULD STILL NEED TO GET APPROVAL FOR, BUT WE COULD WE CAN THINK ABOUT IT AT LEAST. THE INTERN SEEMED LIKE A SOLUTION THAT WE COULD CONSIDER MAYBE DIFFERENT HOT DUST MODELS AND OTHER THINGS. UM, WE ARE GOING TO BE POSTING FOR PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE. GREAT. YEAH THAT'S AN INTERNAL INTERNAL, UM, POSITION AND HEALTH EDUCATOR POSTED THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN POSTED. THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR HAS NOT BEEN POSTED.UM, ANIMAL CONTROL. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CONSIDER I FEEL LIKE WE'RE IN A EXPERIMENTAL PHASE WITH THE ANIMAL CONTROL COMPANY AND WE'LL HAVE TO, UM HEAR MORE, ESPECIALLY ABOUT WHAT THE TOWNSHIP COUNCILS HEARING ON THAT IN PUBLIC COMMENTS. UM. AND I APPRECIATED THAT THE CONVERSATION. I REALLY JUST WANTED TO BRING IT TO EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION. SO HOW MANY DO I HAVE FOURS AND HOW MANY PHYSICIANS STAY TUNED. IF YOU COUNT IN TERMS OF ABOUT FIVE OR SIX SO IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE AN ANIMAL CONTROL IS TECHNICALLY NOT BACON. WE HAVE AN ANIMAL CONTROL PRIVATE CONTRACTOR RIGHT NOW. YES. THE BIGGER ISSUE IS THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS WAY UNDERSTAND. YES I KNOW THERE'S NOT ENOUGH ROOM, BUT LIKE WE NEED A NURSE WITH YOU NEED DEPUTY WHAT? WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT THAT PROBLEM? I THINK WE HAVE.
TO ADVOCATE FOR THAT? YEAH COUNCIL. ESPECIALLY WITH THE GROWING LIKE NEEDS IN TOWN, YOU KNOW? REALLY ADDING POPULATION WITH ALL THE NEW HOW IS ENGLISH DEMOGRAPHICS ARE GOING TO GO UP? SUCH A WHOM AND HOW DO WE ADVOCATE. THEN YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FOR US, DENNIS COMING OUT TO, UH, REPEAT THE, UM THE POSITIONS AGAIN BECAUSE IT'S FUNNY, CLEAR HAVE CLARIFIED . I KNOW THE ANIMAL CONTROL. UM, WE DO HAVE A THIRD PARTY WHO IS DOING IT FOR US. UM, YOU'RE SAYING THE ASSISTANT SO THE DEPUTY HEALTH OFFICER HAS BEEN A VACANT POSITION SINCE, UM, SINCE DEVON. HE WAS PROMOTED TO THE HEALTH OFFICER ROLE. HOW MANY YEARS ABOUT 34 2021? EVERYBODY I'M SORRY. COULD YOU SAY THAT IS NOT BEING THAT'S NOT POSTED AND OR BENZO WIFE. SO I SO I WAS THE HEALTH EDUCATOR. AND THEN I BECAME PROMOTED TO THE DEPUTY HEALTH OFFICERS STILL ACTING AS A HEALTH EDUCATOR, SO I CAN'T. YEAH IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND SOMEBODY WHO'S A HEALTH EDUCATOR SLASH HEALTH OFFICER. GREAT, BUT THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED FOR ITS DEPUTY. YES. THEY NEED TO BE A LICENSED HEALTH OFFICER. AND TO HELP YOU'RE SAYING THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND THEM. YEAH THAT'S IT'S VERY, VERY TOUGH. I MEAN, DO WE NEED TO CHANGE? I MEAN, THEN MAYBE WE NEED TO MEAN THAT'S THAT. WE NEED TO CHANGE THE JOBLESS GROUP. I DON'T WE YOU KNOW, I GUESS HOW DO WE MAKE IT? HOW DO OTHER TOWNSHIPS DO IT? AND IF WE CAN'T FIND THAT PERSON, THEN WE NEED TO LET ME MAKE LET ME MAKE A RECOMMENDATION. LET ME GO THROUGH THE LIST STILL, AND THEN WE CAN GO BACK TO THAT, OKAY? UM WHERE DID I LEAVE OFF? DEPUTY HEALTH OFFICER. HEALTH EDUCATOR.
THAT IS REMIND ME POSTED? YES POSTED AND IS THAT A DIFFICULT ONE TO FILL? IT'S UM. IT ISN'T TOO DIFFICULT TO FEEL, BUT IT IS CHALLENGING TO RETAIN IS THAT BECAUSE OF SALARY WISE, IT'S HARD TO REACHING. INFLEXIBILITY. UM IS THE NUMBER ONE CAN WE MAKE IT MORE FLEXIBLE? NO NOT WITH THE WITH THE POLICIES ARE FOR THE TOWNSHIP, THE TOWNSHIP UM THE NEXT IS PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE.
THIS IS THE MOST RECENT THEY CAN SEE. AND THAT IS FROM KATIE. TAKING ANOTHER ROLE. UM CONGRATULATIONS TO HER. AND THIS IS GOING TO BE POSTED. THE PRETRIAL ONE WILL BE POSTERS PART TIME, RIGHT? SO THIS WAS A FULL TIME JOB, AND WE ARE GOING TO BE POSTING A PART TIME. UM POSITION BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO INTERNALLY PROMOTE OUR PART TIME PERSON. SO OUT OF CURIOSITY POSITION THAT WE'RE TRYING TO FILL AS UNPALATABLE. PERHAPS. POUND SHIFT. POWERS THAT THEY NEED TO VISIT. WHAT IS UNPALATABLE ABOUT THE POSITION. DIRECT IF I THOSE PROBLEMS SO THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY HIRE AND RETAIN SOMEBODY THAT NECK POSITION AS OPPOSED TO JUST SAYING THAT WE CAN'T TELL BECAUSE THE JOB ISN'T GOOD. WITHOUT WANT IT BECAUSE YOU'RE
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NOT GOING TO FEEL SOMETHING THAT'S NOT DESIRABLE. IN ORDER TO GET SOMEBODY YOU HAVE TO CHANGE. THAT'S THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WHAT EXACTLY ABOUT THE POSITION IS UNPALATABLE TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE APPLIED? IT'S SO THE WAY THIS IS YOU HAVE A COURSE SCHEDULE. UM THAT YOU HAVE TO WORK. IT'S THERE RIGHT NOW. IT'S 35 HOURS A WEEK WITH THE FIVE HOUR FLOAT, MEANING YOU HAVE TO WORK YOUR CORE SCHEDULE, SO IF IT'S 830 TO 4, YOU HAVE TO WORK THOSE HOURS AND THEN YOU HAVE TO WORK AS NEEDED FOR, YOU KNOW, EVENING MEETINGS, PROGRAMS EVENTS. AND THERE'S ALSO A SIX MONTH PROBATION. SO DURING THE SIX MONTH PROBATION, THERE'S YOU DON'T REALLY GET DAYS OFF. YOU DON'T GET TIME OFF, MAYBE LIKE ONE OR TWO DAYS, BUT THAT'S NOT IT. SO THAT'S ALSO ANOTHER.RETURN AND WHO DETERMINES THAT? WHY IS THAT? AND WHY IS IT SOMETHING YOU'D BE OK CHANGES AS THAT'S NOT THAT'S NOT UP TO US. THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S UP TO THE TOWNSHIP. WHAT ABOUT THE 830 TO 5 THIS WEEK? ARE YOU OKAY WITH CHANGING THAT DOES THAT THAT WORK IS THAT SOMETHING YOU FEEL COULD BE FLEXIBLE. I MEAN, I THINK IT WOULD BE I WOULD LIKE YOU TO BE FLEXIBLE, BUT AGAIN.
IT'S YOU KNOW, IT'S UP TO ADMINISTRATION WE FEEL AS A BOARD THAT WE WANTED TO BE FLEXIBLE THAN WHERE WITHIN OUR RIGHTS AS AN INDEPENDENT, FUNCTIONING FORWARD IN THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY TO GO TO THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE AND SAY, LISTEN, WE ARE NOT TO BE ABLE TO HIRE SOMEBODY. SO YOU GUYS NEED TO MAKE THE CHANGES INTO TO MAKE OUR DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ARE BE ABLE TO FUNCTION. WE AS THE BOARD, IT'S INCUMBENT UPON US TO MAKE THOSE TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES. WE ARE AN INDEPENDENT BOARD AND WE ACTUALLY DO HAPPY. TO PUSH THE HEALTH EDUCATOR POSITION IS A UNION POSITION SO THAT WILL TROUBLEMAKERS. BUT THEN YOU. SO THAT'S THE UNDEAD.
THAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH THAT JOB. THE PROBLEM WITH THE ONE IS FIRST JOB IS THAT IT'S THE STIPULATIONS OF EMPLOYMENT. ARE BEING CUBA REGIONALLY UPHELD BY THE COUNTER COMMITTEE, SO THAT MEANS TO GO TO THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE. WE NEED TO TELL THEM WHAT NEEDS TO BE DIFFERENT, AND THEN THEY NEED TO MAKE THE CHANGE OR DECIDE THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO AND THEN BE STUCK THAT NOBODY IN THE ROLE THE ALTERNATIVE IS NOBODY. THAT'S RIGHT. FLEXIBLE WHAT'S MORE ELIGIBLE? YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T CHANGE PAY OR THAT KIND OF THING. AT LEAST LET'S MAKE IT MORE PALATABLE AND GET RID OF LIKE THE SIX MONTHS WE MAKE IT THREE MONTHS. AND WE'LL DO SOMETHING ABOUT ONE FLEXIBILITY TO MAKE IT MORE POWERFUL BECAUSE THE ALTERNATIVE IS NOT GOOD. I MEAN, I HAVEN'T SAID THE SAME THING HOLDS TRUE ABOUT THE SPACE. THAT'S RIGHT THE STATE BECAUSE WE HAVE 18 YEARS AGO. RIGHT WHEN BUILDING FIRST OPENED ABOUT NOT HAVING SPACE AND THEY'RE HOLDING SPACE, QUOTE UNQUOTE HOSTAGE. BUT THEY DIDN'T WANT TO ANYONE TO USE IT UNTIL THEY DECIDED THAT THEY WANTED TO USE IT. BUT I MEAN, YOU REMEMBER THAT WOULD DO IT WAS SOMEWHAT CONTENTIOUS, CORRECT. SO WE'VE GOT SHORT END OF THE SPACE STICK. UM AND IF IT IS PRECLUDING US FROM BEING ABLE TO GET ANYBODY, THEN THAT NEEDS TO BE REVISITED AND SPACE NEEDS TO BE ALLOCATED IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH HAS THAT SPACE. THEN AGAIN, YOU'RE DOING A DISSERVICE TO IN THE TOWN WHERE YOU HAVE RECEIVED ACCOLADES IN OUR NATIONAL RECORD. THAT'S RIGHT. DID YOU GET EVERYTHING WE GET THROUGH EVERYTHING ARE THEY? IS THAT ALL THE POSITIONS THAT PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE I MENTIONED? AND, UM, THE INTERNS? 2 TO 3 PER SEMESTERS.
THAT'S ACTUALLY IMPORTANT FOR US AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE PROMOTING AND SUPPORTING A SUSTAINABLE SYSTEM TO ENCOURAGING MORE PUBLIC HEALTH. WORKFORCE. SURE THERE EM PH, OR COLLEGE TRAINING, FUTURE PUBLIC TRAINING FOR FUTURE PUBLIC HEALTH, AND THEY DID A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK FOR US. STORING COVE. WE DID A GREAT JOB WITH OUR INTERN PROGRAM. UM OUR PUBLIC HEALTH NURSES, EVERYBODY, EVEN OUR BOARD. WAS VERY, VERY, VERY ACTIVE AND VOLUNTEERED THEIR FINE. OKAY? ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT.
DENNIS SAID YOU WANTED TO COMMENT ON THAT IS TO BOND WITH THIS LESS STUFF. YOU WERE ABLE TO DO SO MUCH OF WORK, SO I THINK AS A BOARD, WE HAVE TO KIND OF GET THE SUPPORT SYSTEM SO THAT IT DOES NOT STRAIN YOU MORE. AND THAT'S WHY THE SURGE VACCINATED PROGRAM HAS BEEN SO HELPFUL. UM WE CAN ALSO FEATURED IN THE WINTER 2023 IS SHE OF NATURE'S EXCHANGE? THAT'S RIGHT PUBLICATIONS. YOU OKAY? OKAY? YES. SPEAKING. OKAY THEN. WELL YOU CAN DO IT IN WHATEVER ORDER,
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THEN I IN THE NEXT ITEMS ARE THE MAYOR'S WELLNESS CAMPAIGN. THE REVIEWS CLINIC FOR 2024, OR THE OPIOID SELLING SETTLEMENT MONEY. I CAN TALK ABOUT THE MAYOR'S WELLNESS CAMPAIGN. SO UM, THE MAYOR. ONE OF HER PRIORITIES IS TO UM IMPLEMENT THEM. ARIZONA'S CAMPAIGN IN MONTGOMERY, SO WE ARE HELPING IN DEVELOPING A PROGRAM PROPOSAL. THE VISION THAT THE MAYOR HAS STATED IS REALLY TO INCREASE COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS. SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THE NEW JERSEY QUALITY HEALTH INSTITUTE. THEY'RE THE ONES THAT REALLY OVERSEE THE MAYOR AS WELL AS CAMPAIGN IN NEW JERSEY. BASED ON YOU KNOW, MEETINGS AND DISCUSSIONS ON WHAT WE WOULD LIKE THAT. WHAT WOULD PEOPLE LIKE WHAT WE THINK THAT SHOULD LOOK LIKE IN TOWN? BASED ON FUNDING, SO RIGHT NOW, THE ONLY FUNDING THAT WE HAVE IS THROUGH MUNICIPAL ALLIANCE WHICH YOU KNOW THEY THEY'RE FOCUS IS MENTAL HEALTH. KEEP ATTENTION AND OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUNDS. BUT ALL THE SETTLEMENT FUNDS THE FOCUS IS ON, UM WE OFFER YOU ADD MISUSE AND PREVENTION. SO. THERE IS THAT EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT THAT WE CAN INCORPORATE INTO THE MAYOR AS WELL AS CAMPAIGN. BUT THEN THERE'S ALSO THE FUN PART OF THE MARYSE WILMA'S CAMPAIGN, SO HEALTH DEPARTMENT CAN HELP WITH THE INFORMATION, THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING PIECE. AND THINKING THAT I STAKEHOLDERS TO THE TABLE AND THEN FOR THE FUN PART. WE ARE RECOMMENDING THE PARTNER WITH THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT. SO UM, WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM TO DEVELOP THIS PROGRAM PROPOSAL. AND WE'RE TRYING TO COME UP WITH BIG EVENTS. INTERESTING FOR US. BIG EVENTS WERE THINKING WE CAN DO. MAYBE WE'RE TALKING LIKE A FEW 100 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE AND THAT COULD BE BEAT THE WINTER BLUES. UM THE PROGRAM, A COMMUNITY EVENT, I THINK DR BRIEFING HAD ATTENDED THAT IN 2020 JANUARY. FOCUSING ON MENTAL HEALTH, SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER, AND I'M HEALTHY COPING STRATEGY. BUT THE MAIN FOCUS FOR THAT PROGRAM AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE MAYOR REALLY WANTS US TO, UM TWO.IMPLEMENTING TOWN. THE OTHER BIG EVENT IS THE COLORS FESTIVAL, THE SPRING FLING. TRAIL DAY IS ANOTHER ONE AND TRUMP RETREAT, SO SOME OF THESE ARE GOING TO BE ALREADY DO BUT WE WOULD WANT TO KIND OF KIND OF BUILD IT UNDER THE MIRRORS, ILLNESS, UMBRELLA. AND THEN FOR THE MEDIUM SIZED EVENTS, WHICH WOULD BE A FEW 100. YOU KNOW, WE'RE RECOMMENDING THE WE CAN POSSIBLY REVAMPED RESTAURANT ME. THAT WE THE MAYOR OFFERS IN, YOU KNOW, WOULD LIKE TO INVOLVE MORE OF THE LOCAL BUSINESSES IN TOWN. THEY'VE UM, THEY'RE INTERESTED IN PARTNERING ON MAYER'S WELLNESS. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW WE CAN PARTNER WITH THEM ON. AND THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO DEVELOP OTHER IDEAS FOR THE MEDIUM SIZED EVENTS. AND THEN THE SMALLER EVENTS OR MORE MOVIES IN THE PARK CONCERT IN THE PARK. THERE'S ALSO A CONVERSATION OF YOUR LIFE THAT'S THROUGH THE NEW JERSEY QUALITY HEALTH INSTITUTE. THAT'S END OF LIFE PLANNING AND CONVERSATIONS FOR SENIOR CITIZENS. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY RECOMMEND THAT YOU KNOW, WE OFFER IN TOWN. WITH THE MAYOR. HEALTH AND WELLNESS FARES. RED RIBBON WEEK IN OCTOBER AGAIN, TOO. TO DRAW ATTENTION TO SUBSTANCE USE PREVENTION. AND THEN THE OTHER IDEAS WERE POSSIBLY FIRESIDE CHATS IN THE LIBRARY. WE HAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL FIREPLACE HISTORY CAN UTILIZE. POSSIBLY A BENEFITS AND RESOURCES FAIR FOR AS SOME OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS IN TOWN. SO RIGHT? AND THEN TABLING EVENTS THAT SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT ALREADY OCCURRED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. LIKE FIREWORKS. RUN FOR ROTARY FARMERS MARKET.
POSSIBLY PARTNER WITH THE VETERANS FOR EITHER THEY'RE IF THEY'RE PLANNING AN EVENT ON VETERANS DAY OR THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. UM, SO THOSE WERE SOME OF THE SOME OF THE INITIAL IDEAS THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING. BUT IT CAN'T BE WOULD WANT TO BRING IN OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO HELP WITH THIS AND TO PARTNER WITH THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT. I THINK IT WOULD BE. IT WOULD BE MUCH EASIER ONCE WE HAVE A HEALTH EDUCATOR TO HELP US PROGRAM PLANNING, COORDINATING AND ALSO THIS WOULD BE A FUN PROJECT, YOU KNOW FOR INTERNS TO TACKLE SOME SMALLER PROGRAMS THAT THEY CAN DO IT WITH IT. SO THAT'S. SORT OF WHAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR FOR THE MAYOR'S WHALEN.
YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? SO IS HOW IS THE MAYOR'S WELLNESS CAMPAIGN GOING TO BE FUNDED? AND
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HOW WILL IT IMPACT OUR CURRENT STAFFING SHORTAGES? SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE FUNDING. FOR THE SMALLER EVENTS. YOU KNOW? I THINK THAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WOULD NORMALLY DO ANYWAY. IT WOULDN'T BE MINIMAL IMPACT. FOR THE LARGER EVENTS. YOU KNOW, WE WOULD HAVE TO RELY ON THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND I BELIEVE THEY WOULD NEED TO MAKE NOTES. RESOURCE REQUESTS FOR IN ORDER TO FUND THOSE EVENTS. AND FOR THE LARGER EVENTS, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT CAN ONLY REALLY HELP FOR WITH. BRINGING THE RIGHT STAKEHOLDERS BUT BRINGING EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION , BUT ALL THE PLANNING AND LOGISTICS WOULD HAVE TO BE HANDLED BY MAYBE THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT FOR THE LARGER EVENTS. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO.UM. CAPITALIZE IN THE SHORT TERM FOR EVENTS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON BEAT THE WINTER BLUES RIGHT NOW, FOR FEBRUARY. WE HAVE OUR LOCAL HEALTH OUTREACH COORDINATOR. THAT'S A GRAND FUNDED POSITION, AND WE HAVE OUR PART TIME NURSE WHO'S ALSO GRANT FUNDED. THEY'VE BEEN HELPING. UM AND REALLY, YOU KNOW, GETTING THESE PROGRAMS GOING FOR THE NEXT AND PLANNING THEM FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. SO WE HAVE SOME STAFF, BUT IT IS DIFFICULT FOR THAT A HEALTH EDUCATOR TO REALLY HELP WITH THE COORDINATION OF ALL THE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS THAT ARE AND HE JUST DEVELOPED THESE PROGRAMS AND IMPLEMENT WHAT ABOUT FUNDING FOR THINGS? YOU KNOW? PHYSICAL THINGS YOU NEED PRETTY WITH THE FUNDING. NO B, WE WERE ABLE TO USE PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING TO PURCHASE SOME GIVEAWAYS FOR YOU KNOW, HEART DISEASE PREVENTION AND. FOR NOTHING. BREAST CANCER AWARENESS, WHICH IS YOU KNOW, OCTOBER BUT OTHER THAN THAT, WE DON'T HAVE ANY RESOURCES. NOW PUBLIC THE PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING. WE SEE AROUND THREE OF THOSE FUNDS. WE DON'T KNOW YET HOW MUCH BUT IF WE DO, ONE OF YOU KNOW WE WERE THINKING ABOUT PRIORITIZING THAT FUNDING TO GO TOWARDS MIRROR AS WELL AS CAMPAIGN. BUT NO, WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER. WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER MONEY FOR THAT, AND FOR THESE MARRIAGE WELLNESS PROGRAM BEFORE INCORPORATING THE SUBSTANCE USE PREVENTION OF MENTAL HEALTH COMPONENTS. THEN THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO USE SOME OF THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUNDS. SO BUT VERY MINIMAL FUNDING. YEAH I THINK THEY PROBABLY WILL HAVE TO REQUEST MORE FUN IS TO. OKAY? SEVEN OR TWO OF WHOM ARE PART TIME. TWO INSPECTORS. LOCAL HOOK OUTREACH COORDINATOR. PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE. ALRIGHT. ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT REGISTRAR. LOOK OFFICER AND WE HAVE A PART TIME INFECTIOUS DISEASE PREPAREDNESS GENERAL IS THROUGH THE GRANT. THAT'S RIGHT. SO WHEN WE WELL, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH HAVE.
ABILITY TO INFORM. WHAT ARE THE MAIN GOALS OR DID YOU ALREADY HAVE AN ABILITY? INFORM WHAT THE BOWLS OF THE MAYOR'S. WE'RE IN THIS CAMPAIGN SHOULD BE OR THOSE PREDETERMINED BY THE MAIN AS LONG AS THE PROGRAM BROADLY. SO THE PROGRAM BROUGHT THE BUT THE VISION OF THIS, YOU KNOW.
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS, BUT OUR GOAL FOR MAYOR AS WELL, MATE. HOPEFULLY DEPARTMENTS SPECIFICALLY IS TO REALLY ALIGNED SOME OF THE OBJECTIVES WE IDENTIFIED IN OUR STRATEGIC PLANS. AND THOSE INVOLVED. THOSE ARE COLD AND OBJECTIVE FROM THE COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT. FROM HEALTHY PEOPLE. 2030. UM, FROM SOME OF THE NEEDS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED LOCALLY HAPPEN LOCALLY IN TOWN. THERE'S ALSO A NEED TO DO OUR OWN COMMUNITY. LOCAL COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT. THERE WAS A ASSESSMENT SHARED WITH US THAT WAS CONDUCTED RECENTLY BY FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP. AND THEY HAD THIS VENDOR. WHO HAVE DONE THIS THOROUGH COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT. AND THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT ALSO QUALIFIES. FOR CREDIT FOR SUSTAINABLE JERSEY AND FOR MARRIAGE WELLNESS CAMPAIGN, AND IT ALSO NEEDS A LOT OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
DELIVERABLES SO THERE IS A NEED TO DO LOCAL. MORE LOCAL COMMUNITY HELPED ME THE ASSESSMENTS. SO THAT IS AT THE TOP OF OUR LIVES. AND THEN TO ALIGN. AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE OUR
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ACTIVITIES WITH WHAT'S ALREADY REQUIRED OF US FROM THE NEW JERSEY PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE STANDARDS, SO HEART DISEASE PREVENTION RATE ON AWARENESS, RABIES PREVENTION AND TRY TO ALIGN THOSE THOSE TOPICS YOU KNOW, UNDER MAYER'S WELLNESS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE GOAL OF ROMANS USED TO HAVE LIKE THESE FUN COMMUNITY EVENTS, BUT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US AS A HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO BRING IN TO DO SMALLER EVENTS. THAT CHECK OFF MULTIPLE BOXES. SO ACCREDITATION JERSEY PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE STANDARDS ARE COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS, ASSESSMENT AND IMPROVEMENT PLANNING REQUIREMENTS. THOSE ARE REQUIRED BY EVEN BY THE BY THE STATE END BY CORRECT MY FAT AND BY THE WE'RE TRYING TO ALIGN AS MUCH AS WE CAN. BUT WE DON'T HAVE LIKE IF YOU WERE TO ASK ME. WHAT ARE YOUR TOP THREE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR MANY OF THOSE? WE DON'T HAVE THAT. I WALKED ANOTHER NEEDS BEST. I THINK EVERY THREE YEARS COUNTY AT THE COUNTY LEVEL YOU KNOW? I'M OKAY. SUPPORTS THAT RECENT OR LIKE WE ARE. 2021 WAS HERE FOR ONCE. AND THAT'S WHERE WE KNOW IT WILL BE IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE ENOUGH STAFFING CAPACITY TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND THE HEALTHIER SOMERSET MEETINGS. AND THEY HAVE ALL THESE YES, IT'S BAD. JUST CURIOUS. WAS IT LIKE RECALL THAT OR DURING THE COVID BECAUSE THEY CHANGED DURING THE HELL YEAH. YOU HAVEN'T BEEN AS INVOLVED, UM , YOU KNOW SINCE COVID BECAUSE THERE'S THIS ALL THIS ALL THIS WORK THAT WE STILL NEED TO DO. THERE'S A YOU KNOW OUR PUBLIC HEALTH ANNEX WORK WITH ALL OF OUR PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY PLANS THAT NEED TO BE UPDATED, WHICH IS DUE SOON. UM AND SO THEY'VE SHORTENED THE TIME FRAMES ON THAT THAT USED TO BE YOU THINK EVERY FOUR YEARS OR FIVE YEARS. NOW IT'S EVERY TWO YEARS. YOU'RE GOING ON FULL DIGITAL, SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ALL OF OUR DOCUMENTS. UM MENTALLY AVAILABLE. THAT'S THAT'S ANOTHER PRIORITY. THAT WOULD THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON BEHIND THE SCENES AND SOME OF THE GRANDFATHER'S STUFF I'VE BEEN HELPING WITH THAT. SO I'M GOING TO ASK SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE CONTROVERSIAL. BUT GIVEN THE GIVEN THE CONSTRAINTS WERE UNDER AND STAFFING. THE NEEDS FOR COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT THAT IT HASN'T BEEN DONE YET. AND THE LACK OF AND WE'RE ALSO FACING A LARGER POTENTIAL REDUCTION IN FUNDING FROM THE STATE THAT WILL BE COMING IN COMING UP. UM, IN JUNE, JULY. IS IT? COULD WE COULD POSTPONE THE MAYOR'S WELLNESS PLAN, LIKE UNTIL WE GET OUR STAFFING AND OUR BUDGET IN OUR FUNDING. ALIGNED IN A WAY THAT GETS US TO DO MEET THE GOALS THAT WE HAVE. AS THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY AND SOMERSET COUNTY. AND MAKE SURE WE'RE MEETING THOSE NEEDS. THANK YOUR STAFFING REDUCTIONS AND THEN THINK ABOUT THE MAYOR'S WELLNESS OR IS IT DOES IT HAVE TO BE DONE THIS YEAR? I MEAN, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE, YOU KNOW. PUTTING ON DOING FOR THE ARIZONA'S CAMPAIGN OR THINGS THAT WE WOULD BE DOING NORMALLY, ANYTHING THAT THAT'S OUT OF OUR YOU KNOW, REACH. THAT'S WHERE WE WANT LIKE CREATION TO TAKE OVER. UM WE COULD DEFINITELY BE DOING MORE FOR ME AS WELL AS IF WE HAD THE STAFFING BUT RIGHT NOW, WITH TWO OF THE GRAND FUNDED STAFF THAT WE LEAVING TWO WEEKS CAN MANAGE ONE COMMUNITY EVENT A MONTH. BECAUSE IN THE OTHER THING, TOO, IS WE'RE STILL SEEING AND EXPERIENCING DIFFERENT EMERGENCIES. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT ALSO THE STAFF GETS PULLED INTO THAT AND THAT ALL OF THAT WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE PRIORITIZED. SO LET'S NOT FORGET COVID RATES ARE STILL GOING UP.OKAY? ANY OTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MAYOR'S WON THIS GAME. THE LAST THING IS THIS RABIES CLINICS. WE HAVE HEART RABIES CLINIC COMING UP. THANK YOU, DR NEWMAN. DR GRAYSON'S FAVORITE. PROFESSIONAL YOU KNOW, JANUARY 20TH AND 21ST SATURDAY AND SUNDAY FROM NINE TO NOON. THANK YOU. DOCTOR PARTIES WILL BE A PARTY. BRING YOUR DOG. IT'S ALWAYS COLD AND OUR BABIES, CLINICS COLD INTEGRATED. GOOD. HE LOVES THE BABY CLEMENT DO AND LICENSING OF PATENTS. SO WHEN
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YOU ORDER THE LICENSE, YOUR PET, YOU HAVE TO HAVE MY BABY SHOP BEFORE. OCTOBER 31ST OF THE CURRENT YEAR. IF YOU DON'T THEN YOU HAVE TO GET A NEW ONE RIGHT NOW BEFORE YOU CAN GET A LICENSE. SO IN ESSENCE, WHAT THIS STATE IS DOING IS SYNCHRONIZING EVERY ANIMAL TO GET A RABIES SHOT. ANY GIVEN CALENDAR YEAR. IS THAT WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO BRING? OKAY? I'M JUST TRYING TO KEEP THAT I'M GETTING IT CORRECTLY. NOW. FROM THE STANDPOINT. CAT OWNERSHIP.IT ACTUALLY ADDS A BURDEN. TO AN EXTENT YOUR PET OWNER AND IT HAD COST BECAUSE YOU CAN'T JUST GO IN FOR YOUR ROUTINE. IMMUNIZATIONS AND WELLNESS VISIT. AT YOUR REGULAR SCHEDULE.
YOU HAVE TO GO IN ADDITIONAL TIME. TO GET ADDITIONAL SERVICE, WHICH COST IN ADDITION NO MONEY.
THE FREQUENCY OF YOUR OWN CLINIC. YES, YOU'RE RIGHT. THE SOUND. I THINK IT CAME ABOUT BECAUSE JUST RELAX WITH DOCTOR. VETERINARIAN, PRIVATE IT'S JUST BECAUSE PEOPLE WOULD BE LIKE A RADIO. WORDS THAT. TO THE STREETS. FLY. OUT AND YES, THEY ARE. AND ESSENTIALLY MOVING EVERYBODY. TO JANUARY. TOO FREQUENT OR YOU CAN YES, ACTUALLY. UM 10. SCOTLAND. EVERY DETECTIVE DOING YES. THAT'S THAT'S. NO NO, I DON'T THINK I HAVE JUST A CURIOSITY. IT'S BETTER TO DO IT IN THE WINTER. THIS IS THE HOTTER MONTHS ON THEIR OUTSIDE, MORE. DEFINE IS INCREASED. APPLYING. FOR OKAY? YEAH, OKAY. OKAY ANY NEW BUSINESS? OFFICER ISSUE. GOOD.
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PLEASE DO. YES. SO. FINDING YEAH. THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. WHAT THIS CONTRACT INVOLVED. IT DOESN'T INVOLVE. BASICALLY, IT DOESN'T EVOLVE. RESPONDING FOR A WHILE. THEY WILL RESPOND FOR A SECOND INJURED. BUT THE OTHER ISSUE IS THAT MANGE IS NOT CONSIDERED SIGNALS. THERE'S AT LEAST ONE I GOT MORE THAN ONE BOX. YES. AND AT LEAST ONE. STILL TO MAKE YOU FOX. SOLUTION OFFERED BY THEM. THAT. AND PART TWO FOR SURE. WILDLIFE. IF SOMEONE CALLS AND I THINK THIS HAPPENS TO MOLEST AND INJURED AND WHATEVER. AND THEY WON'T THEY WON'T COME OUT FOR WHO'S THEY? ANIMAL CONTROL SOLUTIONS FOR MOBILE GREEN FOXES BENEFITS IN MOBILE.IT'S DYING. I GUESS THEY ALSO. ONLY IN MOBILE AND MOBILIZATION. YEAH. THEY CAN'T HAVE MEANS
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THERE'S TO BE SICKER. TERRIBLE, SO SAD. AND YOU CAN GET IT. IT IS. BACK HERE. HAS A BOX GIVE IT LIKE YOU ATTACK THERAPY. YEAH BOX LIKE THIS STATION. YOUR TREE IN THE BACKYARD. YEP PRETTY GOOD . YEAH IT'S PRETTY CONFUSING. OKAY? SO. THIS INFORMATION CAME TO YOU. FROM BECAUSE YOU'RE A VET. WHERE WERE YOU? OKAY SO LET'S HELP SECURITY MEETING AND. FOX PROPERTY OF IT LIKE HER FATHER POINT AND ANYWAY SO SHE ACTUALLY WAS. VERY INTERESTING PRESENTATIONS ABOUT SHE HAS CALLED. AND IT WAS EMBARRASSING THIS DOWN THERE. YES. SO. MY MEMORY AND I COULDN'T SELL THE POSITION IT WAS IN MY MEMORY IS LIKE PRINCETON WAS MAYBE 95,000. AND OUR. 32,000 MEETING SO AND SHE CALLED HIM OF REAL. THEY MAY BE SOMEPLACE THAT SHE DID GET NUMBERS FROM POSSIBLY COULD UM, THAT HEARD THAT POSITION. COULD BE DOING MULTIPLE OTHER POSITIONS AS WELL. SO UM, YES AND NO CONTROL PERSON CAN GET PAID X AMOUNT OF MONEY, BUT THEY'RE PROBABLY TASK. WHAT OTHER RESPONSIBILITY IS IN THE TOWN, SO THERE IS THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK INTO. IF WE WERE TO LOOK TO GET OUR OWN ANIMAL TROLL OFFICER AGAIN. BUT, UM. YOU KNOW THE IT'S REALLY NOT THAT DO YOU FIND? NO, NO. SAYING I DON'T REMEMBER HER, SAYING THAT THEY HAD OTHER STAFF. I WILL ADMIT, I DON'T REMEMBER ANYTHING, SHE SAYS. BUT NO, SHE DIDN'T SAY THAT. BUT YOU KNOW, WE LOOKED INTO THE CERTAIN PLACES. NO, HE DID HAVE OTHER TASKS. WHERE THERE WERE THERE. OTHER, UM LIKE WHAT THEY'RE DOING, ORDINATORS. LIKE THAT. UM. I'LL HAVE TO REFER THAT TO OUR ADMINISTRATOR TO GIVE US SOME MORE INFORMATION ON COREY OUR JOB BEFORE EVERY JOB. PEOPLE WERE UM, AND THEN I THINK ALSO OUR WEEKEND, PART TIME POSITION WAS EVERY WEEKEND. RIGHT, SO BASICALLY. AND NO BETTER TIME WE'RE NOT GOING TO FIGHT THEM. AND THE THING THAT KIND OF TELLS ME ABOUT THIS IS DANIEL PEOPLE SOLUTIONS. I ALREADY PAY EXAM 20,000 WORKERS. THIS PERSON WHO WORKED HERE AND WAS AVAILABLE WITH DOING EVERYTHING WE NEED. I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO IT'S GONNA BITE IT DOWN IN THE BUT IT'S GONNA BE A PROBLEM. YES. I AGREE. IT'S NOT REALLY THAT. THAT CONVENIENT TO HAVE A THIRD PARTY. ON TOP OF THAT. I THINK THEY WERE CHARGING MONEY TO ADVANTAGE. CAGE OR TRAP THAT'S RIGHT THINGS. IT'S JUST UM, DEFINITELY NOT CONVENIENT.WE'LL SEE YOU TOO. AND YOU KNOW, MANGE LIKE YOU'RE SAYING IS CONTAGIOUS. AND YOU KNOW THESE WHAT THEY. TWO. IS THAT YOU CATCH THE FOX LIVING TRANSPORT POLICY. YEAH I DON'T. I DON'T THINK I DON'T THINK THEY'RE REQUIRING US TO OR IS THAT PERSON TRAPPED TRANSPORT THE BOX. I THINK THAT WAS KIND OF JUST EXPLOSIONS INSTEAD. BUT YEAH, EVEN IF YOU TRAP IT, YOU KNOW THE CONTACT WITH THE OTHER PEOPLE TO SAY, I DON'T YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY SAFE TO SAY. I DON'T THINK WE WANT OUR PRESIDENT TO GO THROUGH YAHOO! POTENTIALLY RABIES AND OTHER WITH THE POPULAR CAGES NOT TO BE A HAPPY FOX. NO YOU CAN CATCH OTHER STUFF TO CATCH CATHOLIC PART RACCOON. WHEN YOU CATCH AND GET LIKE, SO IT'S ALSO, THIS IS A GROWING PROBLEM. OH YEAH, THAT
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WILL TAKE YOU. YEAH. SO LET ME. YES IT IS A PROBLEM. WE'RE BEING RECORDED. JEREMY GRAYSON. OKAY SO I HAVE SOME DATA BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW VERY YOUNG LOVES DATA. SO UM, TOP EARNERS. IN UH, HOURLY WAGE FOR ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER SALARY IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY. IS $31 AN HOUR. 75TH PERCENTILE IS 26. 25TH PERCENTILE IS SORRY. MY EYESIGHT IS NOT BAD. 19 DOLLARS FOR HOURS . SO YOU KNOW YOU CAN FIGURE ALL THIS OUT THE TOP CITY. YOU CAN FIGURE OUT THE ANIMAL SALARY. IT COULD BE THAT THE ANNUALS THAT RIGHT, EXACTLY. OH, THANK YOU. SO, UM ALSO JUST THAT THE 95,000 COULD BE WITH OVERTIME PAY OR WHATEVER THING RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT. UM THE TOP 10 HIGHEST PAYING CITIES FOR ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS IN NEW JERSEY ARE PART PORT NORRIS. JERSEY CITY, NEW BRUNSWICK, LIFTON, ATLANTIC CITY , PASSAIC, TRENTON, BAYONNE, NEWARK AND SOMERSET. SO NOT ALL CITIES. AND, UM CERTAINLY WE COULD DO SOMETHING. WHAT WE WERE PAYING. I CANNOT REMEMBER WHAT THE HOURLY WAGE WAS. BUT I DON'T REMEMBER IT BEING QUESTION. ANYTHING THAT WE JUST REFERENCED, BUT AND THOSE THOSE HOURLY WAGES. RANGE, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY PERCENTILES THAT I GAVE YOU BEFORE. SO, UM YOU KNOW, I THINK WE COULD DO BETTER FOR THE TOWNSHIP AND HOPEFULLY PAID ANIMALS. YEAH, AND ALL SOLUTIONS. I MEAN, WE CAN GENERALLY RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT.YEAH, AND WE NEED TO JUST FIGURE OUT HOW TO BUNDLE THIS PACKAGE OF WORKFORCE AND INPUTS IN THERE AND LET IT LOOKS LIKE TO MAKE IT A JOB AND MAYBE WITH SOME OF THESE CITIES AND, UM. OTHER INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE. WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW THEY PACKAGE. AND WHAT THEY'RE ABLE TO DO. I DON'T KNOW THAT ANIMALS LOOK HERE, TOO. YES. YEAH. WE DID HAVE THE WE DID HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT. BUT WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE THAT WILL COME IN. WHAT IS THIS PLATFORM? AMERICAN? PILOT AND WE WERE ABLE TO SEE KIND OF WHAT PEOPLE WERE CALLING IN FOR IT, AND IT WAS PRETTY ASTOUNDING. THINK IT WAS VERY MUCH LIKE THERE IS A FORGET THERE WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S A SKUNK IN MY EFFORT THURSDAY, YOU KNOW THERE'S THESE THINGS IN MY YARD. IT WAS PRETTY ASTOUNDING. HOW MANY CALLS COME IN THAT LAKE AND THEN THERE ARE THE MORE EMERGENT MORE, UM, ESSENTIAL SERVICES THAT I HAVE A MANGY FOX IN MY YARD. AND I HAVE MOST IT HAS MULTIPLES GRAVY.
FOR THE STRAY CATS. THERE'S THREE KITTENS THAT YOU KNOW PEOPLE, ITS RESIDENTS CALLED IT, THEY SHOULD TAKE THEM TO SAVE. YEAH THE KLAN ANIMAL CONTROL SOLUTIONS. RESIDENCES CANNOT YEAH. DEPENDING ON THE, UM DIFFERENT. YOU WANT TO CALL HIM NOW? I JUST THINK THAT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE COULD BE JUST LIKE YOUR PROBLEMS. WELL, I KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS GOING TO SHOW UP AT THE BOARD OF HEALTH HAS ADDRESS, YOU KNOW, BROUGHT IT UP. AND SO THEY A COUPLE OF RESIDENTS. I THINK YEAH. SO YEAH, I THINK THE THING DENNIS TO FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, GUYS, PLEASE WAIT, AND I THINK WE BROUGHT THIS TO THE ATTENTION TO TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE. WE RECOMMENDED WHEN WE WERE HAVING TROUBLE HIRING FOR AN ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER THAT WE NEEDED TO REPACKAGE THIS DEAL AND UNDERSTAND. WELL WHAT OUR PRIORITIES WERE FOR THE TOWNSHIP
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AND THEIR THEIR RECOMMENDATION WAS THAT WE GO TO THIS OUTSIDE VENDOR, AND I THINK NOW WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THE CONSEQUENCES OF THAT CONVERSATION. HE'S HEARD THAT DECISION. AND MAYBE WE SAID CONSIDER A DIFFERENT MODEL. SURE OUR TOWNSHIP YOU SURE WILDLIFE THEY SHOULDN'T WANT. IT SOUNDS HARD DURING. DO SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO LOOK INTO. UM FINDING A PERSON.YOU KNOW? HAVING FUN, MR. DO IT. RIGHT? YEAH AND THE OTHER THING I JUST WANT TO ADD TO THIS FROM HAVING WORKED WITH ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS IN OUR DEPARTMENT IS THAT THIS IS A 24 7 JOB. I UNDERSTAND THAT IF WE YOU KNOW, AND I'VE BEEN GETTING THIS FROM RESIDENTS OF MAYBE IF WE PAY MORE GET CANDIDATES. BUT EVEN BESIDES THAT, THE WORKFORCE NOW THEY DON'T WANT TO BE ON CALL 24 7, AND I'VE ALSO HEARD FROM OTHER TOWNS THAT HAVE THEIR OWN ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS THAT HAVE BEEN YOU DON'T LIKE HIGH CALIBER ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS THAT HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR DECADES THAT ARE NOW CLOSE TO RETIREMENT. AND YOU KNOW, THESE TOWNS ARE RECOGNIZING WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO FILL THESE POSITIONS BECAUSE OF HOW MUCH WE HAVE BEEN ASKING. OF OUR STAFF, AND IT'S WE ARE NOT WHERE WE ARE HAVING A VERY HARD TIME FINDING PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO TAKE ON THAT LEVEL OF COMMITMENT TO PROVIDE THAT 24 7 RESPONSE AND UM YOU KNOW, SORT OF THE HEALTH OFFICERS. WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING THIS. YOU KNOW, A LOT OF MUNICIPALITIES ARE HAVING SIMILAR ISSUES AS WE ARE. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE COME UP WITH MOST OF THE CALLS CAN BE TAKEN CARE OF BY DISPATCH, AND IT'S YOU KNOW? WELL IT'S NICE TO HAVE YOUR OWN ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER. IT'S ALSO NICE TO HAVE APPROPRIATE BACK UP SO THAT YOU CAN LIVE YOUR LIFE AND YOU CAN TAKE YOUR VACATION WITHOUT HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT PHONE CALLS FROM POLICE OR DISPATCH OR RESIDENTS IN EMERGENCIES AND SO, HAVING ENOUGH OF THE BACKUP POOLS OR, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A COUNTY ANIMAL CONTROL UNITS IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT THAT WOULD BE IDEAL. THE COUNTY SHOULD TAKE ON ANIMAL CONTROL. THAT WAY, IF YOU HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE A LARGE ENOUGH POOL OF DOUBLE CONTROL OFFICERS. YOU HAVE EASY ACCESS TO DISPATCH. YOU CAN ANSWER MOST OF THE QUESTIONS RIGHT AWAY, AND YOU KNOW IT'S EASY TO COORDINATE AND IF IT'S WITHIN THE COUNTY, IT'S NOT AS BAD AS HAVING A COMPANY THAT BETWEEN COUNTIES. WE MIGHT BE GETTING SOMEBODY DRIVING FROM PATHETIC CALL, SO. I KNOW THAT THEY'VE BEEN CONVERSATIONS. BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE HEALTH OFFICERS ARE WORKING ON. ADVOCATING FOR. BUT IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW, TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE CAN ALSO ADVOCATE FROM YEAH, THAT'S TRUE. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN WE CONDUCTED COUNT. YOU SEE IF THERE'S SOMETHING WE CAN YES. I THINK THEY WOULD HAVE TO CREATE SOMETHING FOR YOU KNOW THE ENTIRE COUNTY. I DON'T THINK THEY PROVIDED. SITTING UP THERE.
WITH SOMERSET. I FORGET WHAT THEY'RE CALLED. BUT THERE IS SOME TYPE OF LIKE SUMMER SIX ANIMAL SHELTER. THAT USED TO BE AFFILIATED WITH THE COUNTY. BUT I'M NOT SURE CURRENTLY WHAT THEIR STRUCTURE IS. AND THEN THE OTHER BIGGER SHELTER IS WITH WITH IN FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP. UM THE OTHERS MIGHT BE SERVICE BY CREDIT COMPANIES, ACADEMY CONTROL SOLUTIONS. FRANKLIN HAS THEIR OWN. MAYBE IT'S LIKE MORE OF A SHARED SERVICE WITH LOCAL OTHER TOWNS. YOU KNOW, IT WAS BRO FRIEND. AND THEN IF HE ALSO STRUGGLING WITH STAFFING. AND PENDING RETIREMENTS. DATA PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO WANT TO DO ANYMORE. UNQUOTE 24 HOURS A DAY. GOING OUT TO MEET G BOXES.
PROBABLY WE SHOULD THINK OF LIKE AN YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT MODEL THAN LIKE THE REGULAR HOURS HAVE THE INTELLECT, PEOPLE AND THEN FOR ON CONFLICT, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS IN THE HOSPITAL SYSTEM WE HAVE, LIKE HE CALLED IT AS A LOCUM THE SAME WAY YOU CAN HAVE THESE ORGANIZATIONS ALREADY AGENCY WHO TAKES THE CALLS WHO DOES THE HOLIDAYS OR LIKE OFF STUDYING UNITED? I THINK WE WILL BE ABLE TO STOP. PEOPLE FOR THE REGULAR HOURS AND MY FRIDAY CONTROL. AS LONG AS AS LONG AS
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THE SERVICES ARE THE SAME AS WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR UM, YOU KNOW, FULL TIME STAFF PERSON BECAUSE THEN IF THERE ARE GAPS IN SERVICES, AND IF THEY CAN'T COME OUT AND THAT THE ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER IS GOING TO GET ALL OF THOSE CALLS. DO YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE NOTHING LIKE THEY SHOULD BE THE BACKUP, LIKE THE ALTERED AGENCY SHOULD BE THE BACKUP. ACCOUNTABLE THEM. THEY ALREADY HAVE THAT. BECAUSE NOW WE ARE USING THEM FOR IF I SPLIT THE WONDERFUL WORDS, THE CORE WORK AND THEN OKAY. YOUR HOURS WORKED. YEAH. YEAH. $50,000 $5000. WE WILL BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN OUR WORK FOOD. YOU CAN MAKE THE JOB OFFER. THE ADDRESS. OKAY? GOOD NEW, ABUSIVE BUSINESS. THANK YOU, DR NEWMAN. ANYTHING ELSE? ANYTHING FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT AROUND THE BOTTOM? THE CASE. BRUSHING. THANK YOU. NCR ADJOURNED THAT. 827.* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.