07/16/2018 MinutesParis—Lamar County Health District
400 West Sherman Street, Paris, Texas 75460-5646
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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
Total liability and equity is approximately $1,239,000.00.
The next regular meeting will be on or before August 20th, 2018, at 5:30 p.m. at the Paris -Lamar County Health District.
Business to be discussed and possibly action taken on at next meeting:
o Elected New Board Officers,
o Discuss inter -local agreement,
o Review restaurant inspection policy.
Mr. Collins made the motion and was seconded by Dr. White for the meeting to be adjourned at 6:05 p.m. All approved.
Respectfully submitted by:
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Approval motion made by Dr. Salzman and seconded by Mrs. Stauter at the August 20th, 2018 meeting. All approved.
NOTE: Filed with City Clerk, City Annex and at Paris -Lamar County Health District.
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