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MEETING NOTICE AND AGENDA

Washoe County District Board of Health

Date and Time of Meeting: Thursday, June 28, 2012, 1:00 p.m.

Place of Meeting: Washoe County Health District

1001 East Ninth Street, Building B

South Auditorium

Reno, Nevada 89520

District Board of Health Meeting Agenda

Time

Agenda 

Item

No.

Agenda Item Presenter

1:00 PM 1. Call to Order, Pledge of Allegiance Led by Invitation Mr. Smith

2. Roll Call Ms. O’Neill

3. Public Comment (limited to three (3) minutes per 

person)

Mr. Smith

For Possible 

Action

4. Approval/Deletions to Agenda for the June 28, 2012 

Meeting

Mr. Smith

For Possible 

Action

5. Approval/Additions/Deletions to the Minutes of the 

May 24, 2012 Regular Meeting

Mr. Smith

6. Recognitions and Proclamations

A. Introduction of new employee(s) –

 Michael Wolf, Environmental Engineer II,

 Air Quality Management

Mr. Smith and

Dr. Iser

WASHOE COUNTY HEALTH DISTRICT

1001 East Ninth Street / P.O. Box 11130

Reno, Nevada 89520

Telephone 775.328-2400 • Fax 775.328.2279

www.washoecounty.us/health

GEORGE HESS, MD

DENIS HUMPHREYS, OD

JULIA RATTI

JOSEPH P. ISER, MD, DrPH, MSc

District Health Officer

MATT SMITH, Chairman

KITTY JUNG, Vice Chairman

GEORGE FURMAN, MD

DAN GUSTIN
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Time

Agenda 

Item

No.

Agenda Item Presenter

2:30 pm

B. Promotions – None.

C. Years of Service –

1. Mary Olga Rodriquez – WIC – 5 Years

2. Janet A. Piette – WIC – 15 Years

3. Nicole J. Mertz – CCHS – 20 Years

D. Proclamations – None.

E. Recognitions –

1. Jeanne Rucker, 32+ Years, Environmental 

Health Services

2. Mary-Ann Brown

For Possible 

Action

For Possible 

Action

For Possible 

Action

For Possible 

Action

7. Consent Agenda: Matters which the District Board 

of Health may consider in one motion. Any 

exceptions to the Consent Agenda must be stated 

prior to approval.

A. Air Quality Management Cases:

1. Recommendation to Uphold Unappealed 

Citations to the Air Pollution Control Hearing 

Board:

a. Northtowne Shell – Case No. 1080, NOV 5014;

b. Reno Seven Seas, Inc. – Case No. 1081,

 NOV 5102; and

c. Arco Station #83438 – Case No. 1083,

 NOV 5113.

2. Recommendation for Variance: None.

B. Sewage, Wastewater & Sanitation Cases: 

Recommendation to Approve Variance Case(s) 

Presented to the Sewage, Wastewater & Sanitation 

Hearing Board. There are no variance case 

requests this month.

C. Budget Amendments / Interlocal Agreements:

1. Proposed retroactive approval of District Health 

Officer Acceptance of Grant Agreement Assistance 

Amendment #1 from the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) for funding increase of 

Ms. Cooke
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Time

Agenda 

Item

No.

Agenda Item Presenter

For Possible 

Action

For Possible 

Action

For Possible 

Action

$109,450 ($57,200 available for drawdown) for total 

funding of $109,450 ($57,200 available for 

drawdown) for the period 4/1/12 through 3/31/13 for 

the Air Quality Management, EPA Air Pollution 

Control Program, PM 2.5 Program, IO 10021.

2. Proposed retroactive approval of the District 

Health Officer’s acceptance of Subgrant 

Amendment #1 from the Nevada Department of 

Health and Human Services, Health Division for 

the period January 1, 2012 through 

December 31, 2012 in the amount of $193,208, 

bringing total CY 2012 funding for the 

Immunization Program Grant (IOs 10028 & 

10029), to $290,727.

3. Retroactive Approval of Acting District Health 

Officer Acceptance of Notice of Subgrant 

Award from the Nevada State Health Division to 

provide funding in the total amount of $113,000 

for the period 03/29/12 through 03/28/13 for the 

Tobacco Education and Prevention Program 

Grant, IO 10010. 

4. Authorize the permanent decrease in full-time 

hours for position control number 70002136 (1.0 

FTE to .55 FTE); Authorize the permanent 

decrease in part-time hours for position control 

number 70002192 (.95 FTE to .75 FTE); 

Approval of amendments totaling a decrease of 

$15,000 in both revenue and expense in the 

FY13 Family Planning Title X Grant Program, 

IO 10025.

Ms. Cooke

Ms. Cooke

Ms. Buxton

For Possible 

Action

8. Air Pollution Control Hearing Board Cases appealed 

to the District Board of Health. 

 

Ms. Albee

9. Regional Emergency Medical Services Authority:

 

None. (Both May and June 2012 Operations and 

Financial Reports will be presented at the July meeting 

of the DBOH.)
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Time

Agenda 

Item

No.

Agenda Item Presenter

For Possible 

Action

10. Review and Acceptance of Monthly Public Health Fund 

Revenue and Expenditure Report for May 2012

Ms. Stickney

For Possible 

Action

11. Presentation and possible approval of FY 13 Budget 

Update

Ms. Stickney

For Possible 

Action

12. PUBLIC HEARING: Proposed approval and adoption 

of the revisions to the “Washoe County Portion of the 

Nevada Infrastructure State Implementation Plan for the 

2006 PM2.5 National Ambient Air Quality Standard”

Mr. Inouye

13. Presentation regarding Change in Leading Mortality 

Rates Among Washoe County Residents, 1998 – 2010, 

by Heidi Lengdorger, MPH, University of Nevada, 

Reno

Ms. Lengdorfer, 

14. Presentation – “Autism and Ultrasound A Public Health 

Issue”

Dr. Furman

For Possible 

Action

15. Presentation and possible approval of a special meeting 

of the DBOH in the afternoon on July 24, 2012, or the 

morning of July 25, 2012, to facilitate the presentation 

of the TriData report to the DBOH, and authorize 

payment of non-employee travel expenditures, if 

necessary.

Dr. Iser

For Possible 

Action

16. Presentation and possible approval of date change for 

the August 23, 2012, regularly scheduled DBOH 

Meeting

Dr. Iser

17. Presentation and approval of the Washoe County Health 

Status Report

Dr. Iser

For Possible 

Action

For Possible 

Action

18. Annual Performance Evaluation of District Health 

Officer

A. Discussion of the Evaluation Results and Possible 

Approval of the Board’s Recommendation Specific 

to the Annual Performance Evaluation of the 

District Health Officer.

B. Consideration and Possible Approval of 

Compensation and Benefits for the District Health 

Officer.

Mr. Smith
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Time

Agenda 

Item

No.

Agenda Item Presenter

For Possible 

Action

C. Approve wage and benefit concession adjustments 

from 5% to 4.5% continuing through June 30, 2013 

and discontinue health cost benefit contributions for 

the District Health Officer. All adjustments listed 

above begin the pay period that includes July 1,

2012; it is recommended the Board revisit these 

reductions for possible reconciliation should another 

association agree to or are awarded a different 

percentage reduction or cost-of-living increase.

19. Staff Reports and Program Updates

A. Director, Epidemiology and Public Health 

Preparedness - Communicable Disease; Public 

Health Preparedness – Training and Education and 

Community Outreach

Dr. Todd

B. Acting Director, Community and Clinical Health 

Services – Maternal and Child Health Reports; 

Nevada State Immunization Program Strategic Plan; 

and Community Transformation Grant Opportunity

Mr. Kutz

C. Director, Environmental Health Services - Food 

Program; Solid Waste/Special Events; and VectorBorne Disease Program

Mr. Sack

D. Director, Air Quality Management – Air Quality; 

Planning and Monitoring Activity; Permitting 

Activity; Compliance & Inspection Activity; and 

Permitting & Enforcement Activity

Mr. Dick

E. Administrative Health Services Officer – FY14 

Fee Schedule Update

Ms. Stickney

F. District Health Officer – 2012 – 2013 Legislative 

Sessions; Budget; Human Resources; 

Communication; Accreditation; Washoe County and 

Community Activities; Health District Media 

Contacts and Outreach; Statewide (and Beyond) 

Organizational Efforts; NeedyMeds; and District 

Board of Health Information and Resources

Dr. Iser
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Time

Agenda 

Item

No.

Agenda Item Presenter

Board 

Comment

20. Limited to Announcements or Issues for Future 

Agendas

Mr. Smith

Public 

Comment

21. Public Comment (limited to three (3) minutes per 

person). No action may be taken.

Mr. Smith

For Possible 

Action

22. Adjournment Mr. Smith

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The District Board of Health may take action on the items denoted as “For Possible Action.”

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Business Impact Statement: A Business Impact Statement is available at the Washoe County Health District for those items 

denoted with a “$.”

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Items on the agenda may be taken out of order, combined with other items, withdrawn from the agenda, moved to the agenda of 

another later meeting; moved to or from the Consent section, or they may be voted on in a block. Items with a specific time 

designation will not be heard prior to the stated time, but may be heard later. Items listed in the Consent section of the agenda are 

voted on as a block and will not be read or considered separately unless withdrawn from the Consent.

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The District Board of Health Meetings are accessible to the disabled. Disabled members of the public who require special 

accommodations or assistance at the meeting are requested to notify Administrative Health Services in writing at the Washoe 

County Health District, PO Box 1130, Reno, NV 89520-0027, or by calling 775.328.2416, 24 hours prior to the meeting.

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Time Limits: Public comments are welcomed during the Public Comment periods for all matters whether listed on the agenda or 

not. All comments are limited to three (3) minutes per person. Additionally, public comment of three (3) minutes per person 

may be heard during individual action items on the agenda. Persons are invited to submit comments in writing on the agenda 

items and/or attend and make comment on that item at the Board meeting. Persons may not allocate unused time to other 

speakers.

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Response to Public Comments: The Board of Health can deliberate or take action only if a matter has been listed on an agenda 

properly posted prior to the meeting. During the public comment period, speakers may address matters listed or not listed on the 

published agenda. The Open Meeting Law does not expressly prohibit responses to public comments by the Board of Health. 

However, responses from the Board members to unlisted public comment topics could become deliberation on a matter without 

notice to the public. On the advice of legal counsel and to ensure the public has notice of all matters the Board of Health will 

consider, Board members may choose not to respond to public comments, except to correct factual inaccuracies, ask for Health 

District Staff action or to ask that a matter be listed on a future agenda. The Board of Health may do this either during the public 

comment item or during the following item: “Board Comments – Limited to Announcement or Issues for future Agendas.” 

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Pursuant to NRS 241.020, Notice of this meeting was posted at the following locations:

Washoe County Health District, 1001 E. 9th St., Reno, NV

Reno City Hall, 1 E. 1st St., Reno, NV 

Sparks City Hall, 431 Prater Way, Sparks, NV

Washoe County Administration Building, 1001 E. 9th St, Reno, NV

Washoe County Health District Website www.washoecounty.us/health

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