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Board approves minutes and consent agenda; director outlines community-engagement, web and hiring plans
Summary
The Board of Health approved last month’s minutes and consent items A–F, moved into executive session, and heard director’s updates on a community engagement session at UNO, a building-space study, a WordPress website migration for accessibility and hiring tied to rural health transformation grants.
The Douglas County Board of Health approved last month’s minutes (motion by McNally; second by Reese) and approved action items A–F in a single vote (motion by Weiss; second by Marty), after which the meeting moved on to presentations. Recorded roll-call votes in the transcript show multiple members voting yes; the record does not include a complete named tally for every seat.
Later the board heard the director’s report. The director said the health department will hold a public session on the Community Health Improvement Plan at the Community Engagement Center at UNO from 5:30–7:00 p.m. and is conducting an architect-led assessment to determine whether to renovate or purchase new office space; recommendations are expected in July or August.
The director also reported that the county’s health-resource vending-machine project earned recognition at the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) meeting, and that the department is migrating its website to WordPress to meet accessibility requirements with an external contractor. In personnel and program updates, the department said it received rural health transformation program grants from DHHS and is hiring 10 community health workers and a program coordinator, plus additional secretarial and clinic supervisor positions.
The board recessed for a short executive-committee meeting after the public portion and voted to enter executive session (motion by Reese; second by McNally). The transcript records a roll-call series of affirmative votes in support of the executive-session motion; a full roll-call tally was not included in the submitted excerpt.
