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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, January 22nd, 2019. Board members in attendance were Mr. Bill Collins, Dr. Marc White, Dr. Ross Williams, Mrs. Connie Stauter, and Mrs. Nancy Stallings. Also, in attendance were Mrs. Gina Prestridge and Ms. Cheryl King. Not in attendance were Dr. Enc Salzman and Dr. Jay Carpenter. Mr. Collins called the meeting to order in open session at 5:35 p.m. Mrs. Stauter made the motion to approve minutes from prior meeting and was seconded by Dr. White. Motion carried, 5 ayes, 0 nays. Mrs. Prestridge advised the board that the executive session was to discuss (if needed) the performance evaluations for the Medical Director and Executive Director, Mr. Collins advised the evaluations would be discussed in open court and the executive session could be cancelled. Mrs. Prestridge advised that she sent the food inspector to Tyler to the regional meeting and they are using a form called Mobile Food Unit Variance. The problem with mobile food units is 1) we never know where they are, 2) problems with the owners preparing the food at their house and then transporting it back to the unit and you never know what temperature it was cooked at, transported at, if they made an hour stop to purchase more groceries. All kinds of problems can arise, we did not permit the home so it could become contaminated. Also, there is limited storage room in the refrigerators in the trucks, so food needs to be purchased daily or the next day. The form will require the food truck owner to complete and list their water source and liquid waste location as well as stating that all food is prepared and cooked in the mobile unit, all food items will be stored in the unit at all times, and all food items will be bought from local grocery stores daily, and will only be allowed to be stored in this unit overnight if the unit is continually running so that food temperatures may be maintained property. The owner of the food truck will sign along with the inspector. The form has been put on the Paris -Lamar County Health District webpage. If the owner is caught cooking the food at home and/or transporting cooked food then we can pull this signed form and we can then pull their permit and they will have to go through the entire inspection process again. Tyler mandates all food truck to have GPS trackers on every truck so they can track them at all times. The Mobile Food Unit Variance form will be completed annually at the time of their inspection. Mrs. Prestridge advised that the Inter -local agreement was approved and signed in 2014, stating the City and the County would contribute $75,000 annually for 3 years then the amount would be negotiated. In 2018, Mrs. Prestridge contacted County Judge Chuck Superville and City Manager John Godwin and asked if we could continue with the $75,000. level funding and both advised yes. John Godwin advised that we do not have to bring the inter -local agreement back to the City again and he budgets the level funding yearly. Judge Superville is no longer the Judge, so Judge Brandon Bell may require for the inter -local agreement to be updated in June or July. John Godwin said that he was willing to go with Mrs. Prestridge to talk with Judge Bell if he would like to discuss the agreement. Mrs. Prestridge advised we are in the middle of our single audit with McClanahan & Holmes and we will have the results by the next meeting. Mrs. Prestridge advised the Paris -Lamar County Health District got a $6,000.00 donation from a doctor's daughter and she raised some funds to do dermatology tests. The epidemiologist grant is extended until 2021. Mrs. Prestridge wrote for a $500,000.00 Texas Healthy Community Grant for chronic disease prevention for the next five years. If awarded then we can hire a full-time and a part-time employee to do chronic disease self-management classes and diabetes education.