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Chickasaw County Board of Health elects officers, approves budgets and delegates signatory authority
Summary
At its Jan. 9 meeting the Chickasaw County Board of Health elected officers for 2026, approved monthly claims and payroll, adopted revenue and expenditure figures for environmental and public/home health for FY 2026–2027, and delegated signatory authority to the agency administrator.
The Chickasaw County Board of Health met Jan. 9, 2026, at the Chickasaw County Community Services Building and approved several administrative actions, adopted budget figures for the coming fiscal year and received program updates.
Toni Friedrich was elected board chair after a nomination from Joan Knoll and a second by Jeremy McGrath; the motion carried with all attending members voting aye (Knoll, Sinnwell, McGrath and Friedrich). The board also elected Jeremy McGrath as vice-chair and Anita Eschweiler as board secretary. The board set regular meetings for the second Friday of each month at 9:00 a.m.
The board approved monthly public health claims of $11,959.54 and mileage of $2,557.10 (total public health $14,516.64) and environmental health claims of $2,632.42, for a combined total of $17,149.06. Members approved payroll covering pay periods ending Dec. 21, 2025, and Jan. 4, 2026; the payroll discussion included reference to hours charged to Opioid settlement funds. All votes on routine motions were recorded as unanimous among attendees; Dr. Brinkman was noted as absent.
On the budget front, the board approved environmental health revenue of $76,250.00 and expenditures of $93,698 for fiscal year 2026–2027. It also approved combined public and home health revenue of $671,385.00 and expenditures of $1,256,090.00 for the same fiscal year. The board voted to delegate signatory authority to Administrator Lisa Welter so required documents can be signed by the administrator on behalf of the board.
Board members received program updates. Kianne Smith reviewed the I-Smile dental program’s activities over the past year, including school dental screenings and the number of fluoride varnishes applied; Smith also discussed city water fluoride levels. Amanda Josvanger described the 1st Five program’s work with children from birth to age 5, saying, “This program is for children from birth to age 5,” and reported the program served three children in Chickasaw County in 2025.
Environmental health staff reported December 2025 activity including five final septic inspections, two well evaluations and permits, 21 water tests and one pool inspection; staff also noted attendance at Chapter 69 Zoom meetings and regional meetings. Home health reported a census of 56 (Medicare 9, Medicare HMO 3, Medicaid 19, VA 13, Other 12), 14 referrals, 9 admissions, 8 discharges and service visit counts (nurse visits 142, aide visits 215, homemaker visits 190, therapy visits 87).
In public health updates, Administrator Lisa Welter reported one new Campylobacter case and said she is following one new latent tuberculosis case. She also reported one cat bite in December for which the patient received the rabies series because the cat was a stray. Grant spreadsheets were provided to the board, and Welter said she was added to a subcontract with Marion County on the federal Healthy Hometown grant, which she described as funds coming from the “Big Beautiful Bill.”
The board scheduled its next meeting for Feb. 13, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. and adjourned at 4:10 p.m.
