Board of Health — Skokie, IL
Date: 2023-01-12

Skokie Board of Health Thursday, January 12, 2023
 7:00 pm
 Board of Health Members
 Zoom/Virtual Meeting


 AGENDA


 Due to the level of COVID-19 cases, this meeting is being held virtually. Members of the public who wish to
 comment as to an item on the published agenda must submit their statement or question in writing to
 Michael Charley, michael.charley@skokie.org and all properly submitted statements or questions will be
 presented to the Board of Health members and be made part of the record. Written comments also may be
 submitted by email to publiccomments@skokie.org by mail to Village of Skokie, Attn: Michael Charley with
 the Skokie Health Department, 5127 Oakton Street, Skokie, Illinois, 60077; or via the Village’s drop box
 located by the public entry to Village Hall. Meeting to be provided live on the Village’s Youtube channel.

I. Call to Order

II. Approval of Agenda

III. Approval of Minutes, December 8, 2022

IV. Chair’s Report, Dr. Linn

V. BOH Recurring 3 Minute/Person Introductions: Dr. Linn, Sibyl Yau & Margaret Keeler
 (History, Why Applied for BOH?)

VI. IPLAN Update, Liz Nelson, Public Health Program Coordinator/Analyst

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

VIII. Old/New Items of Business
 A. BOH Onboarding Subcommittee

IX. Public Comments

X. Adjournment

 Next Meeting: February 9, 2023 @ 7:00 p.m.




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Skokie Board of Health
 Thursday, January 12, 2023
 7:00 pm
 Board of Health Members
 Zoom/Virtual Meeting


 MINUTES


Present: BOH Chair: Dr. Edward Linn; BOH Members: Dr. Swapna Dave, Dr. Bruce Gaynes, Juliet Haido,
Maureen Hanlon, Margaret Keeler, Dr. Girija Kalyan Kumar, Dr. Jeremy Schwartz, Jan Shiffman, Dr.
Kyungran Shim, Romil Sood, Patricia Urbanus, Irtaza Usman, Ruth Varma, Dr. William Werner, Dr. Larry
Williams, Sibyl Yau; Emeritus Member: Dr. Michael Drachler; Staff: Mike Charley, Liz Nelson; Trustee
Liaison Keith Robinson,


Absent/Excused: BOH Members: Heidi Nickisch Duggan, Rohit Pandya, Trustee James Johnson; Staff:
Jennifer Davis, Cameron Hendricks


Youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfJQT1zq6u0

I. Call to Order

II. Approval of Agenda: Approved, first by Williams, second by Yau

III. Approval of Minutes, December 8, 2022: Approved, first by Williams, second by Werner

IV. Chair’s Report, Dr. Linn: Dr. Linn communicated that the State of Illinois recently
 approved firearms legislation to limit access to certain kinds of firearms. Good news is
 we are seeing a drop in influenza and RSV infections and therefore a reduction in
 hospitalizations. Regarding COVID news, the vaccination rate for the bivalent booster is
 still very low nation-wide for individuals that are eligible with a 20% uptake. The variant
 of concern that is emerging is the XBB variant, which is being observed now in the
 northeast. Some experts at saying that this variant is different than the original strain in
 that it may be resistant to current line of therapies. This variant is believed to be highly
 contagious. Wastewater analysis two weeks ago found very little COVID detected, two
 weeks later COVID is now being detected, which may be a sign of an increase in future
 infections. Main individuals at risk for COVID are over the age of 65 or the immune
 challenged. There are recent studies showing the bivalent booster is effective, which is
 good news.

V. BOH Recurring 3 Minute/Person Introductions: Dr. Linn, Sibyl Yau & Margaret Keeler
 (History, Why Applied for BOH?): Three BOH members introduced themselves:

 Sibyl Yau: Sibyl is a Registered Nurse, graduating from Loyola in 1981 and got her
 Nursing Administration Masters in 1993. A Skokie resident for 33 years. She joined the
 BOH to get more involved and giving back to the community. She joined the BOH in
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 Margaret Keeler: Margaret is a practicing Physician Assistant. She works in primary and
 urgent care for the last four years. Worked previously for the Cook County Department
 of Public Health and Evanston Health Department. She moved to Skokie two years ago
 and joined the Board of Health at that time. She joined the BOH to contribute to the
 community.

 Dr. Ed Linn: Dr. Linn went to Niles West. He was a Biology major at University of Illinois,
 then went on to the University of Chicago School of Medicine. He was a practicing
 OBGYN physician. He has worked at Michael Reese hospital, St. Joseph hospital, Rush
 University, Lutheran General hospital, Rush North Shore (Menopausal Medicine) and
 the Cook County Health System (run OB-GYN Department). He joined the BOH after
 meeting with Mayor Van Dusen and past BOH chair Dr. Drachler. He wanted to give
 back to the community.

VI. IPLAN Update, Liz Nelson, Public Health Program Coordinator/Analyst: Liz provided
 updates on the IPLAN process, including that the current IPLAN needs assessment
 process started in July 2022. MAPP is the assessment tool being used. On November
 18, 2022 stakeholders selected three public health problems/priorities to address over
 the next five years: Access to Healthcare, Access to Mental Health and Affordable
 Housing. The next steps in the IPLAN process is to build a strong collective impact
 network. Next steps will include collecting additional data and meeting with key
 stakeholders (action teams) to identify measurable goals and strategies to achieve those
 goals.

 Dr. Williams communicated that the Niles Township food bank is an excellent resource
 to educate residents and that he would participate on one of the action teams.

 Dr. Shim stated that with State Medicaid extension, anyone over 45 is eligible for State
 Medicaid programs. What are we doing to assist individuals to sign up for programs?
 Access to mental health, she is seeing lots of substance abuse issues. Liz Nelson
 communicated that the community stakeholders didn’t bring up substance abuse as one
 of the IPLAN priorities to address specifically. In addition, state data didn’t support
 substance abuse as a priority. Additional data review is going to be completed.

 Dr. Williams feels like oral health literacy is important. He recommended the new 988
 number should be promoted to residents. He would like to see oral health gain some
 traction as a priority. Mike Charley communicated that at the next BOH meeting,
 members of the Village’s Co-Responder Team will be presenting on working with
 individuals in crisis. He also related that the Village has pushed out information on the
 988 number to the public in the weekly SkokieNews.

 Dr. Linn encouraged BOH members to get involved with the IPLAN process and to reach
 out to Mike Charley or Liz Nelson if wanting to get involved.

VII. Director’s Monthly Report, Mike Charley, Director of Health and Human Services: Mike
 provided updates on COVID-19 data in Skokie & Illinois, staffing updates, information on
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 Family program. Pat Urbanus asked about the MRC and recommended that the MRC
 group start meeting again. She recommended that MRC members are polled to
 determine which members are still interested. Liz Nelson communicated that the HHS
 Department is in the process of updating MRC member lists and that trainings will be
 scheduled quarterly moving forward. Dr. Williams commented that he would be willing
 to present on stop the bleed and/or Narcan training. This information will be
 communicated to Rachel Blut, HHS’s Emergency Preparedness staff member.

VIII. Old/New Items of Business
 A. BOH Onboarding Subcommittee: This was tabled and will be discussed at the
 next meeting.
 B. In-person vs web-based BOH meetings: Dr. Linn recommended BOH members be
 polled as to whether they prefer in-person or web-based meetings.
 C. Maureen Hanlon, Dr. Larry Williams, Patricia Urbanus will introduce themselves
 at the next BOH meeting.

IX. Public Comments: No public comments.

X. Adjournment at 8:07 PM, first by Hanlon, second by Williams

 Next Meeting: February 9, 2023 @ 7:00 p.m.




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