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\u00174So we are at the process of having the leads for the domain...we are at the process of going through the readiness assessment...we have a readiness assessment training April 17,\u00187 Pensy (public‑health accreditation lead) told the board, describing a schedule of document collection and readiness check‑ins tied to public‑health accreditation requirements.

Director comments described the department's reliance on a CDC‑funded public health infrastructure grant for portions of the accreditation work but said staff will continue the process even if federal funds are reduced. \"We're not far along... probably 25 to 30 percent through the gathering of documents,\" the director said, praising staff efforts and noting the department's intention to use reserves if necessary to complete accreditation tasks.

Director and staff described the operational impact of recent federal funding changes that began in mid‑March: the department had to stop charging some activities to the grant retroactively and, as a result, released two part‑time, time‑limited contract nurses whose positions were tied to the removed funding. Full‑time staff positions were retained, the director said, but some programs and contract services were curtailed, including wastewater surveillance that had been supported by those funds.

The director said the state had received federal funds that were later subject to a national policy change and that Utah had not been included in a subsequent temporary court order that restored some funds in other states. The department said it expects communications about future cycles and is prepared to pivot funding sources to maintain core functions.

Board members pressed for clarity on program continuity and asked whether duties of the released contract employees could be backfilled. Staff said other nurses and existing personnel are covering priority tasks but that letting the contracts go would limit some programming.

Ending: The board thanked staff for transparency; staff said they will continue accreditation work (including readiness assessment training) and will report back as federal funding guidance evolves.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Summit County Board of Health - Board of Health - Apr 07, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","Department leaders described progress on public‑health accreditation and said recent federal funding changes forced the release of two part‑time contract employees; staff plan to continue accreditation efforts using alternative funds if necessary.","taxTitle","Summit County Health Department, Summit County Commission and Boards, Summit County, Utah","taxId",75375,"location","Utah","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6594709,"Utah Renewable Communities wins Weber State sustainability award; Summit County board hears program timeline",514,235000,749000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3093136-57aa56a94db918c55f958cdaaf3e32b7&start=235&end=749","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3093136-57aa56a94db918c55f958cdaaf3e32b7/thumbnail_235000.jpg","/articles/6594709/Utah/Utah-Renewable-Communities-wins-Weber-State-sustainability-award-Summit-County-board-hears-program-timeline","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6594709-e47f1c7ed83bb6ec069f2ac1d0141065/orig.mp4?Expires=1770448522&Signature=pAObeBmkVw8fXN03q4yKkDwOpiaICQdLFIDcFBK4MZwfGWMU7RQi24QKvEsbWh5tP7dGTDTsVMj7O2V1y697lOnuAIeyDM~jwUykteY8qTR-RmHTiQx2V4VI4EMzjTufhlgy2Z3MpZkX1l1bIrBe50pDga9icZDv-cQSthusm5taLs3Y6DTrUCQPj-G3tFcEa74fDUTfv2hTBkm3Zeg9U2asCT6r-I6da2hBfLR-7MvZ5MRJKVx-gsCt8dt3dNDcYuvluhoBmYAO2Wac~K-6kAnB1Ccps27cBz5djtbKu5W3zIsJvyS7NHrAeZOZ4kmlIAIAhArcxFwng~XA7GFpBg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Emily (agency secretary) told the Summit County Board of Health that Utah Renewable Communities, an interlocal cooperative of 19 communities that legally operates as the Community Renewable Energy Agency, won the Sustainability Collaboration Award at Weber State University's 2025 Intermountain Sustainability Summit.

\"Legally, we are the community renewable energy agency, and more publicly, we go by Utah Renewable Communities,\" Emily said. She described the group's work since forming in 2021 to design a program that would allow Rocky Mountain Power customers in participating communities the option to receive clean energy through an opt‑out utility program.

Emily described the statutory foundation for the program: a 2019 state law originally called the Community Renewable Energy Act and renamed after 2024 legislative changes to the Community Clean Energy Act. She said communities formed the interlocal cooperative in 2021 and have negotiated with Rocky Mountain Power since then.

Recent procedural milestones include Rocky Mountain Power filing a resource solicitation framework to the Utah Public Service Commission and beginning to file the rest of the program application. Emily said the commission review could take three to six months and that, if the commission approves the solicitation and program, participating communities would then decide whether to adopt an ordinance to join the final approved program. \"Assuming that the Public Service Commission does approve both soliciting resources and the rest of the program, there is then another step for communities to decide whether or not to participate in the final approved program, and that would be to adopt an ordinance,\" Emily said.

Emily described the internal governance of the interlocal agency (chair, vice chair, treasurer, secretary) and named elected officials and staff who chair and support subcommittees on program design, communications and low‑income plans. She said Mill Creek serves as an anchor location for the agency's hybrid meetings and that the agency expects a hearing and additional testimony filings from Rocky Mountain Power in the near term.

Board members thanked Emily for the update. Emily said the earliest local consideration of an ordinance would likely be later in 2025 or early 2026, depending on the Public Service Commission schedule and timing of Rocky Mountain Power filings.

Ending: The board heard the update as informational; no formal action was taken by the Summit County Board of Health on the Utah Renewable Communities program during the meeting.","Emily, secretary of the Utah Renewable Communities interlocal agency, told the Summit County Board of Health the cooperative won a Sustainability Collaboration Award and outlined the program's path through the Utah Public Service Commission and local adoption later in 2025 or early 2026.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6594714,"Summit County Board of Health adopts 2024 Community Health Assessment; board votes recorded",942,2521000,3463000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3093136-57aa56a94db918c55f958cdaaf3e32b7&start=2521&end=3463","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3093136-57aa56a94db918c55f958cdaaf3e32b7/thumbnail_2521000.jpg","/articles/6594714/Utah/Summit-County-Board-of-Health-adopts-2024-Community-Health-Assessment-board-votes-recorded","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6594714-9847801d7f226bd49a82bf7b34515a5f/orig.mp4?Expires=1770448522&Signature=aYo1nt9LvNCKIcoS1FHDRS6H5wg42iCn-4pOaWzfNiSZ4Hn8xRqBKNYu~FlkUFfSiYbqXDwxhCJTzvHGfK1bO6HaKoDZGubwiEz-rKe6nif9ejEmOa2tbzkqBg8IFlqWfTWi5LB2~IdVB~91yBZkCB625uyw68KRDbvPbsWST6C1U1JB4ziabv0Az-VzFMwG24jBDzh4KNX6CsehROiTSTon0a6JW9ZR8yJobmRCiug922C9XUXy2Vc4-k5B~amXHeRmB7bHSpUHwW9yOLtWGvxvRst7qOBDvzblECC2Mc3pnlSvRXIdHByhzGwTZ9GS16CeD4jUlNSfTi5QX2oxqA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Summit County Board of Health voted to adopt the 2024 Summit County Community Health Assessment, a document staff said was supported by 1,717 survey responses and includes new tables listing health‑department programs and community assets.

\"We started listing out... there are a lot of comments of, 'I didn't know about these until you listed them out,'\" Nancy Forter, the report author and public‑health staff member, told the board while describing additions to the report that aim to increase community awareness of department and partner services.

Nancy described two new tables she added to meet accreditation requirements: one listing health department divisions and their programs, and another cataloging community assets with links in the electronic version. Nancy said the work included an authorial response to reviewer comments and that the assessment would help shape the next Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP).

Board members highlighted the report's statistical strength. A board member pointed to a power analysis in the report that showed 1,042 responses would be needed for statistical significance; Nancy said the department received 1,717 usable surveys, \"almost doubling what was needed.\" Several members praised the document for its readability and integration of cross‑departmental assets.

Motion and vote: The board considered a motion to \"recognize, support and adopt the 2024 Summit County Community Health Assessment.\" The motion was made from the floor and seconded; the board voted in favor with no recorded opposition. (The meeting transcript did not record a roll‑call tally.)

Other formal actions: the board approved the March 2025 meeting minutes earlier in the meeting (motion by Chris Cherniak; second recorded), and later in the agenda elected Dr. Alyssa Golding as vice chair (motion by Chris Cherniak; second by Megan McKenna) with unanimous aye votes recorded.

Board members said hard copies of the assessment would be placed in libraries and that staff would prepare presentations for other county bodies and partner organizations. Nancy and staff noted a plan to make the document searchable online and to pursue translated copies where feasible.

Ending: With adoption complete, staff said the assessment will be used as the foundation for the CHIP and other public‑health planning and grant writing; board members commended the staff for the effort.","The board formally adopted the 2024 Summit County Community Health Assessment after staff described survey methods and new appendices; the board also approved March minutes and confirmed a new vice chair during the same meeting.",{"_33":101,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":102,"_41":103,"_43":104,"_45":105,"_47":106,"_49":107,"_51":108,"_53":109,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":110,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":111,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6594719,"Summit County health staff urge vaccination as U.S. measles cases rise; department adds 100 full vaccine series",1538,774000,2312000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3093136-57aa56a94db918c55f958cdaaf3e32b7&start=774&end=2312","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3093136-57aa56a94db918c55f958cdaaf3e32b7/thumbnail_774000.jpg","/articles/6594719/Utah/Summit-County-health-staff-urge-vaccination-as-US-measles-cases-rise-department-adds-100-full-vaccine-series","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6594719-a30812fc401cf59bf2b3c0d968dad98d/orig.mp4?Expires=1770448522&Signature=Suo0X3pGOkALLTFt5XQqv3TwKG7XJurZJTYLBej27aHqa141tkbgulqLk2Z3BmMeM1uGp9GJG32VcZH-WANJmXtCZebApJRiwDzTAmDjS6-o4J9~X8r0kqEzQh9SVhgfUSXQpbfQrdqCpurR03mdboHF9TPAnyWW2nTObiaLqrEcBzRpG4WAgL9A66UWA7aveGEIGl9KJpPeruwovA4nvHTXn5teHnn8s0qLkLqASO2Xpyd7ZymxrIwoPC2CgVOKxyor-GZy2BIc19pS4KYDtuIxPqyjhfoDN-lCnpnTndg8kymm6Gbf0msS2m8pekWfo3ZoYeJmKVT-trdzNpRJGg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Derek Moss, a public-health staff member, told the Summit County Board of Health that measles cases are rising nationally and that the county is stepping up vaccination outreach and preparedness.

\"This vaccine, we can't say it enough. ... this vaccine is our biggest tool to fight this,\" Derek Moss said, describing an increase in adult vaccinations and noting that the department had not identified any confirmed local cases as of the meeting.

The department reported that U.S. case counts were up to 3,636 and that three deaths had been reported nationally. Moss said Summit County began seeing an increase in vaccines administered in early March and that the increase was driven by adults: \"In March, we did 21 vaccines,\" he said, and later noted that adult vaccine visits in April were roughly three times prior-year levels. Matt (public-health staff) added national context, saying current U.S. case totals approach counts seen in large previous outbreaks.

Nancy Forter, who led the county's community health assessment and coordinates communication efforts, said the department has secured 100 full vaccine series (two doses per person) to offer free to uninsured or otherwise cost‑barriered residents. \"We have secured an additional hundred vaccines,\" she said, clarifying later that this represents 100 full series (up to 100 people) with an allocation plan of roughly 40% for children and 60% for adults. She said the minimum age for routine dosing is 1 year, with a 6‑month option for earlier dosing in the event of an outbreak (that early dose does not count as a routine first dose).

Speakers reiterated vaccine effectiveness and scheduling guidance: one dose provides about 93% protection; two doses raise protection to about 97%, and full immunity is reached approximately two weeks after vaccination, Moss said.

On case detection and response, Moss said that suspicion and testing are being coordinated at the state level. He noted eight suspect cases had been reported statewide earlier in the week and that Utah Public Health is holding weekly coordination calls. He told the board that no confirmed cases were present in Summit County at the time of the meeting but said the county would follow its outbreak plan immediately if a confirmed case is identified.

The board and staff discussed outreach methods: telemedicine for initial assessment, public messaging about signs and symptoms, and planned Q&A and myth‑busting videos produced by health staff to address vaccine misinformation. Moss and Forter also urged clinicians and residents to call the health department for information about free vaccines or to discuss vaccination options.

The meeting exchange closed with practical details: the department will hold vaccine clinics, the 100 full series are available immediately and are intended to increase access for uninsured residents, and staff will continue statewide coordination on surveillance and response.

Ending: Board members thanked staff for the update and for the department's proactive outreach; no local cases were confirmed at the time of the meeting.","Summit County Health Department staff reported a national surge in measles and described local vaccine activity and preparedness, including 100 full vaccine series made available for uninsured residents and outreach plans if cases appear locally.","actionData","errors"]

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