Board of Health — Skokie, IL
Date: 2021-06-10

Skokie Board of Health
 Thursday, June 10, 2021

 Staff Liaison’s Village Hall
 Board of Health Members – Virtual via Zoom Meetings
 7:00 p.m.


 AGENDA

 Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, 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 with the Skokie
 Health Department and all properly submitted statements or questions will be presented and read during the relevant
 portion of the meeting. 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

I. Call to Order
 Statement to be read by Chairman Dr. Werner:

 Until further notice, meetings of the Board of Health will be held electronically, with a majority of members
 participating via remote access in order to comply with the State of Illinois Gubernatorial Disaster Proclamation.
 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 with the Skokie Health Department; and all properly submitted statements or
 questions will be presented and read during the relevant portion of the meeting.

 Written comments also may be submitted by email to publiccomments@skokie.org by mail to Village of Skokie, Attn:
 Michael Charley –Director of Health and Human Services, 5127 Oakton Street, Skokie, Illinois, 60077; or via the
 Village’s drop box located by the public entry to Village Hall.

II. Approval of Agenda

III. Approval of Minutes: May 13, 2021

IV. Chair’s Report, Dr. Werner

V. Director’s Monthly Report, Mike Charley

VI. Old/New Items of Business

 A. Banning of E-Cigarette/Vaping Products Ordinance Update
 B. Bike Safety Event Summary/Update
 C. Proclamation thanking Arie Crown Hebrew Day School and Medical Reserve Corp Volunteers

VII. Public Comments (See information at top of page)

VIII. Adjournment.
 Next Meeting: September 9, 2021, 7:00 p.m.
 Village Hall-Board of Health Members – Virtual via Zoom Meetings

Skokie Board of Health
 Thursday, June 10, 2021
 Meeting Minutes

In Attendance: Chair Dr. William Werner, Dr. Swapna Dave, Dr. Michael Drachler, Ms. Maureen
Hanlon, Ms. Margaret Keeler, Dr. Edward Linn, Dr. Kyrungran Shim, Dr. Romil Sood, Mr. Rohit Pandya,
Ms. Patricia Urbanus, Mr. Irtaza Usman, Ms. Ruth Varma, Dr. Michael Vernon, Ms. Sibyl Yau, Mike
Charley, Staff Liaison

Excused: Staff: Bruce Jones, Sue Reisberg

Absent: Dr. Bruce Gaynes, Ms. Juliet Haido, Dr. Girija, Kalyan Kumar, Ms. Ashley Moy-Wooten,
Ms. Heidi Nickisch Duggan, Dr. Larry Williams Jr.,


I. Call to Order: The meeting was called to order at 7:05 pm. A required statement was read by
 Chairman Dr. Werner to open the meeting.

II. Approval of Agenda: Agenda Approved by Consent

III. Approval of Minutes: Minutes Approved by Consent

IV. Chair’s Report, Dr. Werner

 A. Dr. Werner communicated that on May 20, 2021 he spoke to the Village Board
 regarding the FY 22 Budget where he spoke on behalf of the Board of Health. Dr.
 Werner related that this month’s American Journal of Public Health had several COVID-
 19 articles, the first was titled “First – Do No Harm” that talked about approaching
 persons that had questions and/or where still hesitant. Dr. Werner related that the
 recent SkokieNews shared questions associated with hesitancy. Dr. Werner related that
 responding to individuals in a patient way with understandable answers to vaccine
 safety is very important. Education and filling an information gap to change the
 perception of risk is important. The other article is “E-Cigarettes used During COVID-
 19”. An online survey of youth and young adults and their use of vaping products. The
 survey showed vaping use actually diminished during the pandemic. Reasons including
 vaping/tobacco shops were non-essential and closed (no access to products), schools
 were closed and there was a reduction in peer pressure because of this. There were
 also issues with kids not working and without income they couldn’t afford vaping
 products.

V. Director’s Monthly Report, Mike Charley

 A. Mr. Charley reported updates on Skokie’s COVID 19 Case, the COVID-19 Vaccination
 campaign and the State’s transition into Restore Illinois Phase 5 effective Friday June 11,
 2021.
 B. Charley also briefly mentioned that as the State and Village transition away from the
 mass vaccination of individuals the Health and Human Services Department is refocusing
 on other priorities and core programming including child and adult non-COVID-19
 immunizations, food inspections, etc. Charley also provided a small update on the
 Village’s “Co-Responder” pilot program, where social workers were paired with first
 responders on mental/behavioral health crises calls in the month of May. The pilot is
 being reviewed currently, but the results of the pilot are very promising. Dr. Werner
 asked Dr. Vernon about the prevalence of the Delta COVID-19 variant. Dr. Vernon
 communicated that the variant has been observed in Illinois and in general the State has
 concerns with all new variants.

 Dr. Shim communicated that she had two questions. One, she was talking to a patient
 that was vaccinated in the spring and works for a ballpark, and she was told that she had
 a booster vaccine scheduled. Two, do we have any data on breakthrough cases? Dr.
 Werner responded to question on stating that he had not heard of any booster shots
 and Dr. Vernon confirmed Dr. Werner’s statement. Mr. Charley communicated that he
 can provide the Board of Health data regarding breakthrough cases after the meeting.
 Ed Linn communicated that there are clearly vaccinated individuals that have tested
 positive. A vast majority of those breakthrough cases have not had significant disease.

VI. Old/New Items of Business

 A. Banning of E-Cigarette/Vaping Products Ordinance Update: Mr. Charley communicated
 that since the last Board of Health meeting he had submitted a memo to the Village
 Manager regarding the Board of Health’s recommendation. The Village Manager shared
 information with the Village Board. The Board of Health members unanimously
 confirmed that they approve of Mr. Charley and Chair Dr. Werner to present to the
 Village Board that the Village Board amend the Village ordinance to prohibit the sale of
 flavored vaping products at this time. Mr. Charley and Dr. Werner are tentatively
 scheduled to present the Board of Health’s recommendation at the July 19 Village Board
 meeting.
 B. Bike Safety Event Summary/Update: Dr. Linn and Ms. Hanlon communicated that they
 were impressed with the Police Department’s bike safety event, it was very well
 organized, lots of children and lots of adults. They shared with parents and children the
 proper use of bike helmets. They enjoyed participating and believed this event to be
 very worthwhile.
 C. Proclamation thanking Arie Crown Hebrew Day School and Medical Reserve Corp
 Volunteers: Chair Dr. Werner recommended to the Board of Health members that he be
 allowed to work with Mr. Charley on drafting a proclamation thanking and recognizing
 all the volunteers associated with the COVID-19 campaign and thanking the Arie Crown
 Hebrew Day School for allowing the Village to use their 7770 Frontage Road location.
 The Board of Health unanimously agreed to allow for Dr. Werner and Mr. Charley to
 draft a proclamation and submit the proclamation to the Mayor, Board of Trustees and
 the Village Manager’s Office.

VII. Public Comments: No Public Comment

VIII. Adjournment: Adjourned at 7:55 PM


 Next Meeting: September 9, 2021, 7:00 p.m.
 Village Hall-Board of Health Members – Virtual via Zoom Meetings