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Paris —Lamar County Health District 400 West Sherman Street, Paris, Texas 75460 -5646 C Health District: (903) 785 -4561 hum+ a COUNly Women, Infant and Children (WIC): (903) 784 -1411 Fax: (903) 737 -0978 www.parislamarhealth.com 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, April 20th, 2015. In attendance were Mr. Bill Collins, Dr. Lance Wyche, Dr. William George, Dr. Keith House, and Mrs. Kristi Graham. Others in attendance were Mrs. Gina Prestridge and Ms. Cheryl Johnson. Mr. Collins called the meeting to order in open session at 5:32 p.m. Dr. Wyche made the motion and was seconded by Dr. George to approve the minutes from the prior meeting. All approved. Mrs. Prestridge advised that Elda Francis, FNP, had submitted her resignation letter with only a one - week notice and that Donna Callicoat will take over the hours beginning April 27t''. Mrs. Callicoat used the Electronic Medical Records (EMR) completely and does not want any paper charts. Mrs. Prestridge also informed the members that WIC is going to hire another peer counselor and the health district will get a Community Health Worker intern for the next 6 weeks. Also, the health district recently hired Mrs. Kristi Carter to be the clinical LVN. Dr. Mark Gibbons arrived at 5:38 p.m. Mrs. Prestridge stated that we will have two board member positions that will expire on June 30' and we have advertised in the Paris News, Facebook and also on the Paris -Lamar County Health District website. Applications are available at the Paris -Lamar County Health District and website. Dr. Gibbons is eligible to reapply for another three -year term. Dr. Rick Erickson arrived at 5:42 p.m. Mrs. Prestridge advised that we received notice of RLSS /LPHS funding for the next two years. Mrs. Prestridge completed a 102 page renewal application for Primary Health Care and submitted to Health and Human Services for review. In the past, all renewals were submitted to Department of State Health Services (DSHS). Mrs. Prestridge advised that at a recent training seminar several counties are starting to add an additional fee onto their customer's water bill to cover some of the cost to spray for and control mosquitoes. Mrs. Prestridge stated that beginning in May, the Paris -Lamar County Health District will send a couple of employees to the Downtown Food Pantry and screen for eligibility for the low- income program offered at the Health District. VAL