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MONROE COUNTY COUNCIL REGULAR SESSION August 12,2008 4:30PM MONROE COUNTY COURTHOUSE JUDGE NAT U MONROE COUNTY COUNCIL REGULAR SESSION August 12,2008 4:30PM MONROE COUNTY COURTHOUSE JUDGE NAT U. HILL MEETING ROOM I. CALL TO ORDER II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE III. HEALTH DEPARTMENT, Penny Caudill, Administrator ............................3-20 1. Request Approval to Create New Budget Line 0801-000 Health Fund 30.0010 Assessment 2. Request for Additional Appropriation Approval 0801-000 Health Fund 30.0010 Assessment $ 10,000.00 IV. YOUTH SERVICES, Susan Forney and Kim Meyer Request for Transfer of Funds Approval. ...............................................21-25 3003-000 Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grant From: 30.0004 Programming $ 4,437.04 To: 10.0001 Program Director $ 1,442.00 10.0002 Office Manager/ Administrative Asst. 1,442.00 10.8101 FICA 330.94 10.8201 PERF 378.53 10.8001 FT-Fringe 800.31 10.8002 PT-Fringe 43.26 $ 4,437.04 V. CLERK/ELECTION BOARD, Jim Fielder, Secretary, Election Board ...... ......26-38 1. Request Approval to Create New Budget Line 0101-062 Clerk/Election Board 10.0006 Precinct Sheriffs 2. Request for Additional Appropriation fvhmroe (\;tmi:y CounciL AugusL lL 200S 1 01 01-062 Clerk/Election Board 10.0006 Precinct Sheriffs $ 11,800.00 10.7002 Absentee Boards 55,430.00 10.7801 Hourly/Clerical 15,000.00 Total10s $ 82,230.00 20.0004 Postage $ 10,000.00 Total $ 92,230.00 VI. SHERIFF/CORRECTIONAL CENTER, Bill Wilson, Jail Commander ...........39-43 Request to Amend 2007 Salary Ordinance 1187-000 Sheriff/Misdemeanant Present Salary Requested Salary 10.0001 Corrections Officer $32,992.96 -0­ 10.7801 Part-time Hourly -0­ $8.44/hour VII. BUILDING DEPARTMENT, Jim Gerstbauer, Building Commissioner..........44-62 Council Approval of Reclassifications and New Job Descriptions under Reorganization of Building Department 0101-312 County GeneraVBuilding Commission 10.0007 Building Inspector changed to Senior Residential Inspector from PAT III to PAT IV 10.0004 Plan Review/Building Inspector changed to Senior Plan Review/Building Inspector from PAT III to PAT IV 10.0002 Chief Building Inspector is change in title only to Senior Commercial Building Inspector VIII. MONROE COUNTY SOIL & WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT, Robert Woodling, II, District Supervisor ...........................................................63-64 Commitment Letter for Bean Blossom Watershed 319 Grant Application IX. ORDINANCE 2008-20, An Ordinance to Amend Provisions for the Underwater Search and Recovery Fund, Scott Mellinger, ChiefDeputy, Sheriffs Depart•.....65-68 X. RESOLUTION 2008-48A, Preliminary Approval of Tax Abatement for AUTHOR SOLUTIONS, INCORPORATED, Aaron Platt, Community Development, and Tim Cook and Chris Schraeder representing Author Solutions, Inc................69-106 XI. DEPARTMENT UPDATES XII. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE REGULAR SESSIONS OF THE COUNCIL HELD 05/13/2008 (sent 711712008), and 07/08/2008 (sent 711712008). XIII. PUBLIC COMMENT XV. COUNCIL COMMENT 2 MONROE COUNTY COUNCIL REQUESTED AGENDA INFORMATION FOR COUNCIL MEETINGS TITLE OF ITEM THAT APPEARS ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA: Monroe County health department requests "new line" for Assessment funds DATE ITEM WILL APPEAR ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA: August 12, 2008 CONTACT PERSON: Penny Caudill PHONE NUMBER: 349-2068 Presenter at Council Meeting if other than Contact Person: OFFICE/DEPARTMENT: health HAS THE MONROE COUNTY LEGAL DEPARTMENT REVIEWED ITEM? Yes No x· EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: (Please write information for the Monroe County Council in ten sentences or less, relating how this agenda item will be used in the community.) The Monroe County Health Department received funds for participating in the Indiana Public Health System Quality Improvement Project (an assessment we held last summer) and to further our current assessment project, MoCHA. The amount is $10,000 to be put on the assessment project. We wish to create a new line to show this money: Titled Assessment This will allow us to show how much we have spent on tile project since it will not be co-mingled with other travel, printing etc costs. Signed Date 3 REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF CREATION OF A NEW BUDGET LINE FROM THE MONROE COUNTY COUNCIL DEPARTMENT: Health DATE July 18,2008 Fund Name/Number 0801 Health Fund Creation of a New Budget Line for: 0801-000-30.0010 Assessment Explanation: This new line will allow the Health Dept to track the funds spent on the assessment project separately from other dept funds. 4 Creation of New Budget Lines in Health Department Fund 0801-000, Health, Line 30.0010 Assessment Adopted this 12th day of August, 2008. MONROE COUNTY COUNCIL "AYES" "NAYS" Vic Kelson, President Vic Kelson, President Michael Woods, Vice President Michael Woods, Vice President Marty Hawk, Member Marty Hawk, Member Sophia Travis, Member Sophia Travis, Member Warren Henegar, Member Warren Henegar, Member Jill S. Lesh, Member Jill S. Lesh, Member Charles Newmann, Member Charles Newmann, Member ATTEST: -----" 2008 Sandra M. Newmann, Auditor 5 Indiana Public Health System Quality Improvement Project Budget Outline Monroe County Description Projected Amount Supplies and materials: $1,000.00 Equipment: None Media: $1,000.00 Miscellaneous/Other: Town Hall Meetings $8,0000.00 (Incentives to support attendance such as transportation, childcare, screenings, food) To ensure all interested residents may participate. Dissemination of report TOTAL REQUESTED: $10,000.00 Brief Description/Comments: Funds will support the project by first supporting the Town Hall Meetings and resident participation. This will include advertising, printing and supplies for the actual meetings. It will also include benefits/incentives that will be provided to promote a sense ofvalue in community input. Childcare, transportation, food, gas, grocery or gift cards, health screenings will be include in the benefit package. Finally, remaining funds will be utilized to disseminate the final report. 9 6 Project Charter In January of this year, our community lost Bob Schmidt, Administer of the Monroe County Health Department, to cancer. The MoCHA is the product of Bob's vision to improve and support the health of Monroe County residents. This assessment is a process-it involves the community in identifying community health needs and the development of public health priorities throughout the townships of Monroe County. The assessment will be collecting data from many data bases to create a community data health book. This health data will be brought to the community through a series of Township Town Meetings in order for residents to identify health problems and evaluate the community's health issues and priorities. Lack of current health data that represents the jurisdiction of Monroe county, in terms of statistical data and identification of critical health issues and needs by county residents, inhibits proper evaluation of services and programs that are appropriate for the needs of the community. Community health assessments capture the health of the community by presenting information on the health status, community health needs, resources, and health services infrastructure. Often these assessments are led by local health departments based on directives from state-level health agencies. The purpose of this project is to conduct an integrated and comprehensive health assessment using community-based participatory research methods (CBPR) to create a geographic information systems atlas and community epidemiology data base that includes a socio-demographic asset profile of the county by townships (n=11 ). This community-led research seeks to identify target populations that may be at increased risk of poor health outcomes and provide more meaningful health policies and programs that can drive policy making at the county and state scale. This assessment also works with community members to understand the larger community environment and how it relates to the health of individuals. MoCHA aims to collect data on: · Public Health Emergency Preparedness ·Chronic diseases: asthma, obesity, diabetes · Infectious diseases: tuberculosis, sexually transmitted infections · Behavioral Health issues ·Causes ofmortality 1 7 Results will be used to: · Help community members analyze and prioritize health issues on a local level ·Influence local, county-wide and state health initiatives ·Serve as a successful template for health assessments in other communities Using CBPR methods, this assessment is comprised of core indicators as determined by the community in terms of leading cause of morbidity and mortality. This in turn will be collected and compared to health surveillance data and epidemiologic data from local department, hospitals, clinics, and health centers. Secondary data will then be integrated into local core indicator data. This data will be vetted by the community through a series of Town Hall Meetings in each of the 11 districts (Townships) of Monroe County, Indiana and supplemented by local data from agencies and organizations that assess the health and well being of their target populations. Health planning and programming priorities will be collected and presented to policymakers and agencies. Community-led assessment illustrates contextual and significant local interpretation and analysis of the local health data that does not always align with state-wide health planning and programming. Results also show that continuous, interactive local process with regular updates of the information to support and reinforce local county health initiatives make health planning more relevant to everyday residents. This process allows for continual
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