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Faris — Lamar County Y eafth Department 400 West Sherman Street Paris, Texas 75460 LIS Voice: 903- 785 -4561 www.parislamarhealth.com * Minutes of Special Meeting Paris - Lamar County Board of Health The Paris - Lamar County Board of Health held a special meeting at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 26, 2013, at the Paris - Lamar County Health Department. Board members in attendance were Dr. Rick Erickson, Dr. Keith House, Dr. Mark Gibbons, Dr. William George, Ms. Kristi Martin, and Mr. Bill Strathern. Others in attendance were Mrs. Gina Prestridge, Ms. Cheryl Johnson and Ms. Shannon Chase. Not in attendance was Dr. Lav Singh. Meeting called to order at 6:05 p.m. by Dr. Erickson. Ms. Martin made the motion and was seconded by Dr. House that minutes from the November 13th, 2012 meeting be approved. Mrs. Prestridge, Executive Director, updated board on moving into new bldg. at end of January, tour of building, Federal and State Auditors were here around February 2nd and 3rd with only minor dings, nothing serious, including QA minutes not being typed and also evaluations of Dr. Green and Dr. Scott need to be done by the Board. (Stacy or Michelle may have form from hospital), need written PHC screening and eligibility policy written, standard operating procedures written, and basic policies written. State gives you approximately 6 weeks to do any corrective actions. Open house is planned for 1St or 2 "d week of April. Kristi will help Gina plan an open house event. Dr. Green came up with a mail out fundraiser for donations to purchase medical equipment and clinical exam items. A tree mural will be put on the west lobby wall and all donors will have a leaf put on the tree and due to level of donation, the leaf with either be bronze, silver or gold. Hilliard's will donate materials or labor for drive -thru. We still have $15,000 left out of the $110,000. renovation budget, and we still need fire alarm system. Current fire alarm goes from front of the building to back of the building. Fire Marshall will not allow only one alarm, due to fire wall, and New Hope must have a lot more eyes and sprinklers due to someone living on the premises. Waiting on bid expected from $5,000. - $8,000. Current fire alarm not working. Fire Marshall issued temporary CO for 90 -120 days. Security system is working. TML has the insurance coverage on the building and New Hope reimburses us for their portion of building insurance. Mosquito fogging is really not effective and very costly to spray. Fogging is only effective for approximately 15 minutes while it resignates in the air. Fogging is not an effective method of control as the droplets of chemicals must be in the air when the mosquitoes are flying in order to hit and kill the mosquitoes. When the spray dissipates or dries,