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Warren County Health Services committee approves appointments, leases and several budget amendments
Summary
The committee approved annual committee appointments, extended a lease for WIC clinics, and amended 2025 budgets to reflect several grants and settlement proceeds, including a JUUL settlement installment. Health staff also outlined outreach plans tied to the community health improvement process.
Warren County’s Health Services Committee on Monday approved a slate of routine resolutions covering committee appointments, a lease extension for clinic space, and several budget amendments for public-health programs.
Appointments and lease: The committee reappointed members to the county Health Services Professional Advisory Committee for Jan. 1–Dec. 31, 2025, and reappointed members to the Local Early Intervention Coordinating Council for the same term. The group also authorized a one-year lease extension with Hudson Headwaters Health Network (Hornsberg Health Center) to provide space for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) clinics from Jan. 1, 2025, through Dec. 31, 2025, with the Board Chair authorized to renew future leases if mutually beneficial.
Budget amendments and settlements: The committee amended the 2025 budget to record (1) $7,941.65 in revenue and expenses tied to the governor’s traffic and safety committee child passenger car seat safety grant; (2) $5,107.18 carried-over delivery-system reform incentive payment funds for home care technology; and (3) $190,942.56 to reflect two years’ worth of JUUL settlement award revenue and expenses (about half of the county’s anticipated $381,885.14 settlement share). Committee members said the county has contacted the state attorney general’s office regarding the settlement payment timing.
Why it matters: The actions fund ongoing public-health programs and preserve clinic space for WIC services. The JUUL settlement funding, once available, will be used for prevention and outreach work in the county.
Public-health programming and outreach: Health staff briefed the committee on routine revenue and expenditure reports and said they plan a community health improvement process for 2025–2030, including public input via an online survey and outreach events. Staff highlighted upcoming program activities: pediatric dental visits to elementary schools, the Tar Wars tobacco prevention program, colorectal cancer awareness in March and heart-health promotions in February.
Votes at a glance: The committee called the question and approved each resolution during the meeting; motions were typically made and seconded by county supervisors and recorded as approved without extended debate.
Ending: Staff asked supervisors to help publicize the community health assessment survey and said they will circulate more detailed budget and referral reports on request.
