Board of Health — Skokie, IL
Date: 2023-06-08

Skokie Board of Health
 Thursday, June 8, 2023
 7:00 pm
 Conference Room D&E, Village Hall, 5127 Oakton St

 AGENDA

I. Call to Order

II. Approval of Agenda

III. Approval of Minutes: May 11, 2023

IV. Drinking Water Sampling Program & Swimming Pool Program: Mike
 Charley, Director of Health and Human Services

V. BOH Recurring 3 Minute/Person Introductions: Jan Shiffman, Dr. Bill
 Werner, Dr. Romil Sood

VI. Chair’s Report, Dr. Linn
 A. BOH and Boards & Commissions Review

VII. Director’s Monthly Report, Mike Charley, Director of Health and Human
 Services

VIII. Ongoing/New Items of Business
 A. BOH Onboarding Subcommittee
 B. IPLAN Update, Sibyl Yau
 C. Public Health Partners of Excellence Awards

IX. Public Comments

X. Adjournment

 Next Regular Meeting: September 14, 2023 @ 7:00 p.m.
 IPLAN Review/Approval Meeting: August 2023, Date TBD




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Skokie Board of Health
 Thursday, June 8, 2023
 7:00 pm
 Conference Room D&E, Village Hall, 5127 Oakton St

 MINUTES

Present: Dr. Swapna Dave, Heidi Nickisch Duggan, Juliet Haido, Maureen Hanlon, Margaret Keeler, Dr.
Edward Linn (Chair), Rohit Pandya, Jan Shiffman, Dr. Kyungran Shim, Romil Sood, Patricia Urbanus, Dr.
William Werner, Dr. Larry Williams, Sibyl Yau; Staff: Mike Charley


Not Present: Dr. Bruce Gaynes, Dr. Girija Kalyan Kumar, Dr. Jeremy Schwartz, Irtaza Usman, Ruth Varma,
Trustee Liaison James Johnson, Trustee Liaison Keith Robinson

I. Call to Order at 7:06 pm

II. Approval of Agenda: Approved

III. Approval of Minutes: May 11, 2023: Approved

IV. Drinking Water Sampling Program & Swimming Pool Program: Mike Charley, Director of Health
 and Human Services: Mike Charley presented information on the HHS Drinking water sampling
 and swimming pool program. There was some discussion regarding lead service lines, including
 discussion on lead service line replacement, costs and contractors. There was some discussion
 regarding the common sources of childhood lead, such as lead service lines, pant and in the past
 leaded gasoline.

V. BOH Recurring 3 Minute/Person Introductions:

 A. Jan Shiffman: She has lived in Skokie for 40 years. Started off at Weiss Memorial Hospital in
 the medical records department. She became the Assistant Director there. She then went
 on to work at Rush Northshore Medical Center, where she met Dr. Linn. She worked with
 medical staff and all administrative departments as the Director of the Medical Staff office.
 She worked at Evanston hospital (now known as Northshore). She ended her career at
 Alexian Brothers Medical Center in Elk Grove in the medical staff office.

 B. Dr. Bill Werner: He has lived in Skokie for 45 years at the same home. He has been on the
 BOH for several years and is the prior Chair. Also, he is a member of the Medical Reserve
 Corps where he worked COVID-19 vaccination clinics and helped with contact training.
 Undergraduate work was at North Park College, then graduated from the University of
 Illinois and then did his residency in internal medicine at the old University Hospital, which is
 now called UI Health. Later went back and got a master’s in public health from UIC. After
 getting board certified he joined an established physician in practice in downtown Chicago.
 He ended up at Illinois Masonic and ended up being the Chief Medical Officer and the Vice
 President of Medical Management. He retired from there and is now on the emeritus staff.
 He is past-president of the Chicago Medical Society, Illinois State Medical Society, Chicago
 Society of Internal Medicine. He was an alternate delegate to the American Medical
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 Association. He is also the Board chair of a private foundation called the Washing Square
 Health foundation that funds non-profit grants to Chicago area institutions.

 C. Dr. Romil Sood: He is a physical therapist that has been on the board since 1998. Did
 training at UIC and undergraduate as well to get physical therapy degree. Worked at
 Swedish Covenant hospital and other hospitals. Started a private practice 14 years ago, his
 practice is on Lincoln Ave.

VI. Chair’s Report, Dr. Linn: Dr. Linn communicated that he received a SIREN report regarding
 an outbreak of Salmonella infections linked to ground beef. He reminded everyone to
 follow food safety. He also briefly touched on zoonotic diseases that are in the news such as
 West Nile Virus, with two recent positive mosquito pools being found in Evanston and Park
 Ridge.

 A. BOH and Boards & Commissions Review: Dr. Linn communicated that the Village ordinance
 requires that BOH members attend at least 50% of meetings. If not, members are
 ‘presumed’ resigned. He mentioned that as a chair he will be monitoring attendance and
 send out reminders if members fall short of the 50% rule.


VII. Director’s Monthly Report, Mike Charley, Director of Health and Human Services: Mike
 presented Health and Human Services updates including information on a new Strengthening
 Illinois Public Health Administration Grant that HHS will be applying for, first mosquito pools
 found in Evanston on 05/20 for WNV and Mpox cases have increased in clusters in Cook County
 (no cases recently in Skokie). Mike also communicated that HHS has a new partnership with
 Advocate Health Care and their Hospital Pantry program to offer shelf-stable bags of food to
 individuals we encounter who are food-insecure. Mike provided information on the North
 Shore Mosquito Abatement District. Mike also provided an update on Skokie COVID-19 data.
 Finally Mike shared that HHS has participate in several community events recently including the
 ECA Childhood Fun Fair and the Festival of Cultures.

 Dr. Williams mentioned that the Health and Human Services just came out with a study on long-
 COVID. He mentioned that medical questionnaires should include questions to inform the effect
 of long-COVID. Dr. Linn related that a significant percentage have long-COVID. Dr. Williams
 communicated that for individuals on disability, how do you associate long-COVID with disability
 without the data.

VIII. Ongoing/New Items of Business
 A. BOH Onboarding Subcommittee: Mike Charley presented the current version of the
 document. The document is close to being completed. A survey will be sent out soon to
 collect BOH member bio information. The final document will be shared when
 completed.
 B. IPLAN Update, Sibyl Yau: Sibyl provided an update on the IPLAN process. Action teams
 are meeting. Objectives and strategies are being developed. IPLAN Steering and Action
 Teams are still looking for residents impacted by the different priority items to
 participate in the process. The plan is to bring the IPLAN back to the BOH at a Special
 meeting in August.
 Public Health Partners of Excellence Awards: Mike Charley communicated that the HHS
 Department has identified two deserving winners of this year’s award, the Skokie Community
 Foundation and Dr. Namratha Kandula for her work with the South Asian Health Lifestyle
 Initiative (SAHELI). A motion was made by Larry Williams and seconded by Maureen Hanlon to
 approve the award winners. Members voted to approve the motion.

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IX. Public Comments: None

X. Adjournment at 8:45 pm, first by Maureen Hanlon, second by Dr. Williams.

 Next Regular Meeting: September 14, 2023 @ 7:00 p.m.
 IPLAN Review/Approval Meeting: August 2023, Date TBD




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