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May 14th, 2009
OFFICIAL MINUTES
Dr. Merritt Warren called the Board of Health meeting to order on Thursday May 14th, 2009
at 7:00 p.m. at the meeting in City Hall.
Committee Members present: Dr. Merritt Warren, Karen Cook, LuAnn Napton, Trish Matson-
Buus, Roberta Wagner and Paul Irwin
.
Committee Members absent: Pat Lyons, Jesse Ronning and Al Gregg
Others present: Robert McGrath, Todd Langland, Joanne Paulson, Pat Waligoske, Todd Struwe
and Don McCoy
1. Approval of Minutes: (Matson-Buus/Napton) Motion to approve minutes for the February
3rd, 2009 meeting.
All present voted aye. MOTION CARRIED.
2. Additions to agenda: no Additions
3. Approve Agenda: (Irwin/Matson-Buus) Motion to approve agenda.
All present voted aye. MOTION CARRIED.
4. POD Discussion
A. Standing orders- A set of orders that would be issued by Dr. Warren for the nurse or nurses,
giving them approval to go and assist if this happens.
B. Liability Issues – After a long discussion with Joann and the members present she will go
back to the state and see how the liability issue will work.
C. Cost/Grant Assistant – Their still is some money available, but Brookings has been able to
receive a large part of their fund to do the programs and exercises.
In Summary, The Department of Health will sponsor POD exercises and flu clinics in about
twenty counties in South Dakota in the fall of 2009. It will be the communities’ responsibility to
put on the exercise and find the staff that is needed.
5. Spring Clean Up Report – 2009
SPRING CLEAN UP 2009 2009 2008 2007
City Vehicle Hauling
Number of Loads 312 307 348
Tons 271.54 215.44 303.94
Cost of Dumping $9,085.86 $6,786.57 $10,224.31
National Guard Hauling
Number of Loads 41 0 33
Tons 58.79 0 52.38
Cost of Dumping $1,175.80 $0.00 $963.33
Trailer Court Hauling
Number of Loads 34 27 0
Tons 64.56 38.28 0
Cost of Dumping $2,595.69 $1,401.18 $0.00
GENERAL PUBLIC HAULING
Number of Loads 1,616 941 1,193
Tons 695.89 337.92 426.59
Cost of Dumping $25,376.94 $11,930.92 $14,266.19
TOTAL LANDFILL COSTS
TOTAL LOADS 2,003 1,275 1,574
TOTAL TONS 1,031.99 591.64 730.53
COST OF LOST REVENUE $38,234.29 $20,118.67 $25,453.83
LANDFILL ( LABOR COSTS) $3,463.89 $2,214.78 $2,514.77
TOTAL COST LANDFILL $41,698.18 $22,333.45 $27,968.60
TOTAL ROLL-OFF SERVICE $5,230.00 $4,050.00 $0.00
TOTAL COST STREET DEPARTMENT $46,996.18 $42,528.07 $33,305.53
TOTAL COST PARK & FORESTRY $13,927.99 $18,199.34 $19,471.48
TOTAL COST NATIONAL GUARDS $5,125.00 $0.00 $3,080.00
TOTAL CLEAN UP COSTS $112,977.35 $87,110.86 $83,825.61
6. Paint Exchange Recap -
PAINT EXCHANGE RECAP FOR 2009
2008 2009
# OF VEHICLES DROPPING PAINT OFF 129 165
# OF VEHICLES PICKING UP PAINT 18 37
# OF 5 GALLON CONTAINERS 27 41
# OF 21/2 GALLON CONTAINERS 0 0
# OF 1 GALLON CONTAINERS 1,662 2,931
# OF QUART CONTAINERS 509 878
# OF PINT CONTAINERS 161 67
TOTAL NUMBER OF CONTAINERS DROPPED OFF 2,349 3,958
# OF GALLONS OF PAINT PROCESSED 434 808
# OF GALLONS OF PAINT GIVEN AWAY 284 593
# OF GALLONS OF PAINT REMAINING* 150 215
* As of 5:00 P.M. Saturday, April 25, 2009. Typically more paint will be given away on Monday
62 Volunteers plus 7 staff worked on this project for an average of 6 hours on Saturday.
7. Electronic Drop-Off Recap -
Electronic Collection Event Recap
Date Held: April 18, 2009 September 20, 2008
Number of Vehicles: 249 108
Number of pounds of electronics: 43,708 15,170
Costs
Advertising $ 1,529.00 $ 1,165.68
Labor
Millennium Recycling $ 600.00 $ 450.00
Collection Crew (overtime) $ 1,394.39 $1,118.38
Landfill (overtime) $ -0- $ 264.83
(Spring Cleanup)
Food
Hy Vee $ 135.00 $ 152.21
Recycling Cost
Millennium Recycling $ 8,853.25 $2.953.25
Freight $ 550.00 $ 325.00
Fork Lift
Prussman’s Contracting $ 447.20 $ 236.40
Total Cost $ 13,508.84 $5,665.75
8. 2010 Budget Preliminary Discussion – Bob had a meeting with Jeff Weldon, the City
Manager on May 14th, 2009 to discuss the capitol improvement list for the year 2010. The
landfill will be digging a new cell in 2010 and replacing equipment.
9. Pandemic Influenza Planning – As of May the committee has received five (5) grants from
the state to help setup the exercise. A web site has been setup called bereadybrookings.com on
April 1st, 2009 and has had over 5,000 hits in just over a month. Alan Miller has been working
with the sub-committee public education to help setup a full scale exercise on July 23rd and July
24th, 2009. This is a Thursday and Friday.
10. Other Business – Set next meeting date.
Next meeting: Thursday, August 13th, 2009 at the Regional Landfill
11. Adjournment: (Irwin/Napton) Motion to adjourn meeting. All present voted
aye. MOTION CARRIED.
____________________ ___________________________
Todd Langland, Secretary Dr. Merritt Warren MD, Chairman
Board of Health