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Paris—Lamar County Health District 400 West Sherman Street, Paris, Texas 75460-5646 Health District: (903) 785-4561 Women, Infant and Children (WIC): (903) 784-1411 Fax: (903) 737-0978 Minutes of Regular Meeting Paris - Lamar County Board of Health The Paris - Lamar County Board of Health held a regular meeting at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, July 16th, 2018. Board members in attendance were Mr. Bill Collins, Dr. Eric Salzman, Mrs. Nancy Stallings, Mrs. Connie Stauter, Dr. Mark White, and Dr. Ross Williams. Others in attendance were Dr. Jay Carpenter, Mrs. Gina Prestridge and Ms. Cheryl King. Mr. Collins called the meeting to order in open session at 5:35 p.m. Mrs. Nancy Stallings made the motion to approve minutes from prior meetings and was seconded by Dr. Ross Williams. Motion carried, 6 ayes with a correction to change the number of restaurants inspected from 428 to only 28 on the February 26, 2018 minutes, 0 nays. Mrs. Prestridge advised • Two vacant positions on the board. Mrs. Nancy Stallings term expired but she submitted an application to serve another term and Dr. Jay Carpenter submitted an application to fill the vacant position of Dr. Mark Gibbons, Mrs. Connie Stauter made the motion and was seconded by Mr. Bill Collins to accept the Stallings application. Motion carried with 5 ayes and 0 nay. Mrs. Connie Stauter made the motion and was seconded by Mr. Bill Collins to accept the Carpenter application. Motion carried with 6 ayes and 0 nay. • . Mrs. Nancy Stallings was sworn in for her second and final term. Dr. Jay Carpenter was sworn in for his first term. • The City of Paris and the County of Lamar will each be contributing $75,000 towards the 2019 budget. • We had one public information request, however we did not have any information on the address that was requested. • We may need to review the inter -local agreement at the next meeting. • Recently had a Clinical LVN position open, but filled with Immunization RN and hired a Registered Medical Assistant to take over the immunization duties. • Septic Fees — was advised by auditors that our fee schedule was low according to TCEQ Chapter 285.21 We could charge more for city septic and county septic. The old rates are $160 for single family dwelling within the County and could be raised to $210. and the old rates are $260 for City and could be raised to $410. (The $10 TCEQ fee is already included in all the rates mention.) Mrs. Connie Stauter made the motion and was seconded by Dr. Eric Salzman to raise the fees. Motion carried with 5 ayes and 1 nay (Williams) • Restaurant Inspection Guidelines/Form — according to the State we can update our guidelines and write our own policy to include points deducted for multiple violations, ex: currently only 1 deduction for evidence of insect contamination, rodent or other animal and could change to be 1 deduction for rats, another for roaches, etc.... Will call surrounding counties and see if they have already written policy that we might could mirror