REGULAR MEETING OF THE BLOOMFIELD BOARD OF HEALTH MAY 19, 2016

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1 REGULAR MEETING OF THE BLOOMFIELD BOARD OF HEALTH MAY 19, 2016 A of the Bloomfield Board of Health, as established by public record in The Bloomfield Life and posted on the Public Bulletin Board in the Municipal Building, was called to order on at 6:33 p.m. in Room 111 in the Municipal Building. ROLL CALL Director Lore showed the following members to be present: Joel Elkins, President Kathleen DeMarino, Vice President Antonia Rodriguez, Member Dr. Ruchi Mehta, Member Denise Serbay, Member Carlos Bernard, Council Liaison Absent Absent Also present: Karen Lore, Director of Health & Welfare, Jill Scarpa, REHS, and Maya Lordo, REHS. APPROVAL OF MINUTES The Board, on a motion by VP DeMarino, seconded by BM Rodriguez, reviewed the March 17, 2016 minutes. After review, the Board unanimously approved the minutes as submitted. None were opposed. PUBLIC COMMENT None. LICENSES PENDING APPROVAL MARCH & APRIL 2016 The Board, on a motion by VP DeMarino, seconded by BM Rodriguez, unanimously approved the following licenses for the months of March & April 2016: MARCH 2016 Pending Licenses Application Trade Name License Class Fee PINTUS QUICK STOP Deli/Café/Market $ of 6

2 BLEND CAFE LLC Deli/Café/Market-With Seating $ BROOKDALE TAVERN & KITCHEN 2 Restaurant $ BLOOMFIELD BUY RITE Food Services $ SPORTS IN THE CITY FOOD & LOUNGE 1 Restaurant G $ DJ & H NEWS STAND LLC 1 Restaurant G $ PARKVIEW BOARDING HOUSE Nursing/Boarding Home $30.00 JERRY'S BROAD ST DELI Deli/Café/Market-With Seating $ TASTE IT AGAIN JAMAICAN RESTAURANT 1 Restaurant G $ JACK'S ICE CREAM Mobile Vendor $50.00 REMAX HEALTH AND BEAUTY Deli/Café/Market $ GNC Food Services $ TAQUERIA AUTENTICA, LLC Deli/Café/Market $ HEALING HANDS DOMINICAN SALON BEAUTY/BAR 1-4 $75.00 KIDDIE WORLD CHILD CARE FAC $30.00 BLUSSH SALON BEAUTY/BAR5-10 $ Precision Barber Shop BEAUTY/BAR5-10 $ MY 1ST TIME CHILD CARE CENTER CHILD CARE FAC $30.00 KIDDIE WORLD NURSERY CHILD CARE FAC $30.00 APRIL 2016 Pending Licenses SOUL HOUSE THE JUKE JOINT 1 Restaurant G $ SUPER FRESH FOOD WORLD Supermarket $ NY GYRO KING 1 Restaurant G $ CASA TURANO 1 Restaurant G $ HAPPY MING 1 Restaurant G $ BROOKDALE WINE & LIQUORS Deli/Café/Market $ SPA TRICOLOGY CLINIC BEAUTY/BAR5-10 $ WAX & RELAX, LLC BEAUTY/BAR 1-4 $75.00 IUNIQUE SALON SHOWCASE BEAUTY/BAR 1-4 $75.00 REVIEW OF THE MARCH & APRIL 2016 COMMUNICATIONS The Board, on a motion by VP DeMarino, seconded by BM Rodriguez, reviewed and unanimously voted to accept the March & April 2016 communications. DIRECTOR OF HEALTH AND WELFARE MARCH & APRIL DECEMBER 2015 REPORT The Director provided the following report to the Board: Director Lore informed the Board that Jill Scarpa, REHS and Maya Lordo, REHS who Chair the Quality Improvement Committee, will be presenting the Quarterly Report on Department s Quality Improvement Goals and Objectives. Director Lore commended all of the QI Committee Members for all of their hard work on behalf of the 2 of 6

3 Department. QI Committee Members; Maya Lordo, Jill Scarpa, Lisa McMahon, Lisa Gearhart, Gina Behre, Carol Manning, Michael Hodges The Rabies clinic was held on May 14 and over 200 vaccinations were given. Effective May 2, 2016 all Township offices will remain open on Monday evenings until 6:30pm. As requested, Ron Ricci, Board Attorney, reviewed the contract between the Health Department and Heritage Village to provide social work services. The effective date of the contract will be June 1, Director Lore discussed the staff effort put forward to work on additional projects and ongoing accreditation needs. She requested that additional funding be allocated to provide merit based employee stipends. The Board requested the Director provide her recommendation at the next meeting. MARCH & APRIL 2016 FINANCIAL REPORT to accept the March & April 2016 Financial Reports. COUNCIL LIAISON S REPORT No report. BOARD PRESIDENT S REPORT No report. UNFINISHED BUSINESS None. NEW BUSINESS 2016 QUALITY IMPROVEMENT GOALS & OBJECTIVE to open discussion on this topic. Jill Scarpa, REHS and Maya Lordo, REHS presented to the Board the QI Quarterly Report: Administration Goal 1: Decrease the amount of time it takes to make monies available from grants received Objective 1: Create and implement a policy for notifying administration of grant application Timeframe: By April 1, 2016 Objective 2: Decrease the amount of time it takes for grant funds to be available from 3 of 6

4 3 months to 1 month for all grants received Timeframe: From April 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016 Root Cause: Administration is not made aware of grants that are applied for, granted or declined; checks are received for grants and administration is unaware of what they are for Environmental Division Goal: To increase awareness & training of proper handwashing amongst food handlers in Bloomfield retail food establishments Objective 1: To create and implement an official handwashing policy in Bloomfield Timeframe: By June 30, 2016 Objective 2: To implement a handwashing policy in 25 retail Risk-Type 2 or 3 retail food establishments Timeframe: By October 1, 2016 Root Cause: No current policy in place in Bloomfield for retail food establishments to implement written handwashing policies Human Services Division Goal: Increase access to Human Services resources to young adults between ages at risk for homelessness Objective 1: To develop and distribute an informational, bi-lingual flyer to young adults in Bloomfield public schools that are at risk for homelessness Timeframe: By June 15, 2016 Objective 2: To implement 2 informal presentations to Bloomfield public school personnel who engage with at risk for homelessness young adults Timeframe: By October 1, 2016 Root Cause: No current advertising is done for services available to this target population Nursing Division Goal 1: Decrease amount of patient requests for additional TB test records Objective 1: Develop a documentation and care system which supports a TB test record which could be easily stored by patient Timeframe: By January 1, 2016 Objective 2: Decrease the number of patient requests for TB records from 20 to 5 Timeframe: By December 31, 2016 Goal 2: Improve retrieval time by staff of patients TB test records Objective 1: Create and implement a new policy and procedure for maintaining TB test records Timeframe: By January 5, of 6

5 Objective 2: Decrease staff TB test record retrieval time from 10 minutes to 2 minutes Timeframe: By December 31, 2016 Root Cause: No current formal TB test record system in place Health Education Goal: Ensure that all health presentations are formally evaluated Objective 1: To develop a Likert scale-based evaluation tool Timeframe: By March 31, 2016 Objective 2: To develop an age-appropriate evaluation tool for use with small children ages 5 and under Timeframe: By March 31, 2016 Objective 3: To increase the amount of health presentations formally evaluated from 40% to 100% Timeframe: By December 31, 2016 Root Cause: No current formal evaluation tool for health presentations; perceived difficulty getting evaluations from children DISCUSSION E-CIGARETTES to open discussion on this topic. Director Lore discussed with the Board the health concerns as it relates to the use electronic cigarettes. A discussion took place on health risks of both smoking and e- cigarette use and what the current regulations were with the sale and use of such products. She referenced efforts in other communities to restrict the sale of e-cigarettes and to further restrict smoking in public areas and buildings. The Board will continue to review the matter. The Board requested that a draft of an ordinance be prepared for consideration MONITORING THE QUARTERLY PROGRESS OF THE DEPARTMENT S GOALS/DASHBOARDS to open discussion on this topic. Upon discussion, the Board requested that this matter be postponed until its next meeting in order for Donna Williams, Nurse Supervisor, to be present. CLOSED SESSION Director Lore informed the Board that the OPEIU meeting was postponed and requested that the contract discussion item in closed session be deferred. The Board, seeing no need 5 of 6

6 to enter into Closed Session to discuss any matter, continued with the portion of the meeting. APPROVAL OF CLOSED SESSION MINUTES (NONE) ADJOURNMENT to adjourn the March 17, 2016 of the Board of Health of the Township of Bloomfield, County of Essex, State of New Jersey at 7:04p.m. Respectfully submitted, Karen Lore, Director of Health and Welfare Secretary to the Board 6 of 6