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Summit County Board of Health adopts 2024 Community Health Assessment; board votes recorded
Summary
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.
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.
