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Public health director announces events; department approves contracts, grants and staff fills
Summary
The public health director announced community events and awards; the department secured contracts, grants and approval to fill several staff positions.
Tyler Shaw, public health director, told the meeting the department will hold a final free rabies clinic on Oct. 4 and announced that the WIC program received a 2025 USDA WIC Breastfeeding Award of Excellence.
“We'll be having a free our last free rabies clinic, animal rabies clinic on Saturday, October 4 from 9AM to 12PM,” Tyler Shaw said. He also said that the WIC program “was awarded to 2025 USDA WIC breastfeeding award of excellence” for its peer counselor breastfeeding support.
Following those updates, the meeting approved multiple items presented by the public health office: an agreement with Diane Franklin for billing services to support clinic operations until the department fills a vacancy; an agreement with Lamar for interstate billboard placements coordinated with Chautauqua County, Cattaraugus County and the Seneca Nation for National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week in early October; a recurring grant contract with Health Research Inc. for public health emergency preparedness in the amount of $52,099; an amendment to resolution 29324 to match updated state license information after a name change; and recurring contracts for pre- and post-exposure rabies prophylaxis with UR Jones and Saint James. The meeting also approved a tele-text/chat service agreement for WIC participants.
The board approved multiple personnel fills: a clinic secretary position (noted as 93% state-funded for 2025 and included in the 2026 budget request), a registered nurse position described as 100% state funded, and a WIC nutritionist position described as 100% federally funded. The meeting accepted a $710 donation for the Child Advocacy Center from named local donors.
Most items were approved by voice vote after motions and seconds; for several items the transcript records only the approval and that motions were made and seconded but does not list mover or seconder names consistently. The transcript includes explicit funding breakdowns for the vacancy fills where stated (clinic secretary: 93% state, remaining federal; registered nurse: 100% state; WIC nutritionist: 100% federal).
