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MINUTES PARIS -LAMAR COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH DECEMBER 16, 1987 The Paris -Lamar County Board of Health met Wednesday, December 16, 1987, at the Holiday Inn. Mrs. Ann Norment tailed the meeting to order at 7:05 a.m. The board members present were Mrs. Norment, Rev. Evans, Dr. Bercher, Dr. Strom, Mrs. Ellis, Dr. Cutrell, and Dr. George. The minutes from the previous meeting were approved. Mrs. Norment requested to move agenda item 5 ahead of items 3 and 4. Dr. Strom discussed the holidays that the Health Department personnel take every year. The State Legislature defines the holidays. We use the State Personnel Manual, and it would have to be changed in order to change holiday schedules. The state would not restrict our Board from making any changes. However, no motion to change any holidays was presented. Anthony Bethel read the Administrative Report with numbers of services performed by the Health Department for the month of November, and reported that fewer services were generally performed between the months of November and February. Mr. Bethel reported that there were no State funds available for re- modeling the Health Department office building. Three bids were reviewed for janitorial services. Dr. Bercher made a motion to accept the bid of Duane Campbell, and Mrs. Ellis seconded the motion. The motion was voted on and passed. Dr. Bercher suggested that Mr. Bethel contact the Lamar County Sheriff's office concerning the County Jail work crew performing outside maintenance for the building. Roofing bids were read. No information was available concerning a gable roof. Mr. Haynes recommended Mr. Miller's roofing work and suggested that we contact Harrison, Haprer, and Walker about the quality of work performed by bidders. The discussion of roofing bids was tabled until the next meeting. Mr. Bethel passed out a listing of what we consider to be high risk factors in regards to AIDS testing. The financial report was given by Mr. Anderson. Dr. Cutrell will discuss job descriptions of the staff at the next meeting. The parking lot at the Health Department has been leveled and graveled by City of Paris crews. Latricia Miller, Lamar County Treasurer, was present and spoke concerning Indigent Health Care. She said that Lamar County Indigent Health Care became active on September 1, 1986. Lamar County has set aside $336,000.00 for Indigent Health Care for this year. A person must not have income more that $250.00 per month and not more than $1000.00 in resources to qualify for aid. This is an adult program for age 18 or older. Each eligible person may not receive more than $30,000 for medical care or 30 days in