Board of Health — Skokie, IL
Date: 2023-03-09

Skokie Board of Health
 Thursday, February 9, 2023
 7:00 pm
 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 live streamed on the Village’s Youtube channel.

I. Call to Order

II. Approval of Agenda

III. Approval of Minutes, February 9, 2023

IV. Skokie Health and Human Service Presentation: Jenn Davis, Community Health Services
 Supervisor, Communicable Disease Surveillance & Control Program/Clinics & Screenings

V. BOH Recurring 3 Minute/Person Introductions: Dr. Larry Williams & Two other BOH
 Member (TBD)

VI. Chair’s Report, Dr. Linn

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

VIII. Old/New Items of Business
 A. BOH Onboarding Subcommittee
 B. IPLAN Update, Sibyl Yau

IX. Public Comments

X. Adjournment

 Next Meeting: April 13, 2023 @ 7:00 p.m.




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Skokie Board of Health
 Thursday, March 9, 2023
 7:00 pm
 Zoom/Virtual Meeting


 MINUTES

Meeting video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P89raosxK0g

Present: BOH Members: Dr. Swapna Dave, Dr. Bruce Gaynes, Juliet Haido, Margaret Keeler, Dr. Girija
Kalyan Kumar, Dr. Edward Linn (Chair) Heidi Nickisch Duggan, Rohit Pandya, Jan Shiffman, Dr. Kyungran
Shim, Romil Sood, Patricia Urbanus, Irtaza Usman, Ruth Varma, Dr. William Werner, Sibyl Yau; Staff:
Mike Charley, Jennifer Davis, Amy Mc Manus, Garrett Reynolds


Absent/Excused: Maureen Hanlon, Dr. Jeremy Schwartz, Dr. Larry Williams, Emeritus Member: Dr.
Michael Drachler; Trustee Liaison James Johnson; Trustee Liaison Keith Robinson


I. Call to Order at 7:00 p.m.

II. Approval of Agenda: Approved via consent.

III. Approval of Minutes, February 9, 2023: Pat Urbanus asked for several subtle changes to the
 minutes. The Minutes were then approved via consent.

IV. Skokie Health and Human Service Presentation: Communicable Disease Surveillance & Control
 Program/Clinics & Screenings: Jenn Davis, Community Health Services Supervisor & Amy
 McManus, Disease Investigator/Intervention Specialist: Jenn Davis introduced Amy McManus as
 a new member to the HHS Department since November 2022. Amy McManus shared that she
 was previously with the UIC Department of Emergency Medicine as a Program Coordinator
 working on HIV screening and linkage to care in the ED and emergency care setting. Prior to
 that she worked at the Cook County Department of Public Health in various roles. Amy
 McManus shared the following regarding communicable disease investigation and intervention:

 • Health and Human Services (HHS) does daily reporting and investigation of
 communicable diseases (CDs).
 • HHS receives disease notifications through the IDPH INEDSS system (most CDs), IDPH
 MOVEit (HIV) and IDPH Syphilis field reports through fax.
 • HHS is responsible for triaging all incoming diseases, contacting physicians and patients,
 conducting surveillance and conducting case investigation to determine whether the
 case is actually a case. HHS ensures patients are being treated and disease transmission
 is prevented through CD case investigation.
 • HHS works directly and collaboratively with schools, daycare and long-term care
 facilities on disease consultation, outbreak and investigation.
 • HHS works with other state-certified health departments on shared diseases.

 Dr. Werner commented that Amy McManus does heroic work and he referred to his work
 with Skokie HHS helping with COVID-19 contact tracing. He asked how Amy deals with cases
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 where individuals are not responsive to outreach from the Skokie HHS. Amy McManus
 communicated that an overwhelming majority of individuals are responsive to her calls, so
 we are fortunate.


V. BOH Recurring 3 Minute/Person Introductions:

 A. Juliet Haido is a registered nurse at Northshore University hospital in the Cath Lab. She
 is the registry nurse coordinator for all four Northshore hospitals. She has lived in
 Skokie for a little over 10 years. She has been a nurse for over 14 years. She is from
 Little Rock, Arkansas. Joined the BOH 5 years ago. She is representing the Syrian
 community.

 B. Dr. Kyungran Shim has lived in Skokie for 30 years. She met her husband in Skokie.
 After she got married and had two kids and her family moved to Skokie to raise children.
 She has been a BOH member for 5 or 6 years. She currently works at Cook County
 Health within the Division of General Internal Medicine. She has a primary case clinic
 next to Stroger Hospital and next to the University of Chicago. Her primary interest is
 colon cancer screening and smoking cessation. Both her mother and father died of
 lunch cancer recently. She joined the BOH to see how she can contribute to the overall
 community.

 C. Dr. Swapna Dave has lived in Skokie for over 20 years. She is a primary care physician
 from Mumbai, India. She got her master’s in public health through UIC. She worked at
 Northwestern University on several studies on heart disease prevention. She currently
 works for Merck, a pharmaceutical company and conducts research in the oncology
 field. She joined the Skokie BOH because she wants to stay engaged in the Skokie and
 South Asian community. She is on multiple South Asian Boards. She has a daughter
 that is a Junior at Niles North High School and a husband that is a pharmacist.

 The following BOH members offered to introduce themselves the April 2023 BOH
 meeting: Ruth Varma, Dr. Girija Kalyan Kumar and Heidi Nickisch Duggan

VI. Chair’s Report, Dr. Linn: Dr. Linn communicated that he recently read encouraging things that
 COVID-19 is reaching an endemic state. Both COVID hospitalizations and waste water data have
 plateaued. The Omicron variant continues to persist, with no new non-Omicron variant
 recently; this is good news. More good news is that the Paxlovid treatment is still effective. Dr.
 Linn recommended that individuals are up-to-date on vaccines with their bivalent booster. He
 communicated that it is expected to have a new multi-valent vaccine ready for the fall. Those
 that are more vulnerable may be advised to get a second bivalent dose prior to this fall, but this
 is not (FDA/CDC) policy yet. It appears that a very well known and inexpensive drug Metformin
 has been shown to reduce severe COVID illness, but more studies are still required. Metformin
 was originally produced for Diabetes. There is likely to be an effective and available RSV vaccine
 and the ACIP committee has recommended moving forward with the vaccine. Dr. Linn
 communicated that there have been two recent outbreaks of Polio. One in New York and one in
 the United Kingdom. The virus appears to be a result of the oral Polio vaccine that mutated to
 an infectious state. Wastewater data shows Polio in the wastewater, however due to the high
 rate of vaccine, we haven’t seen significant transmission of the disease. Those areas where
 there is a higher level of the unvaccinated are at higher risk for contracting Polio. There are
 current public health considerations for combining the oral and injectable Polio vaccine, for
 double protection. This stresses the importance of maintaining regular vaccination schedules.


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VII. Director’s Monthly Report, Mike Charley, Director of Health and Human Services: Mike Charley
 introduced Garrett Reynolds (Garrett participating in this meeting). Garrett is HHS’s Public
 Health intern. Garrett is an MPH student from Purdue University and is assisting with the IPLAN
 process and the MRC program.

 Mike Charley’s monthly report presentation included updates on Skokie, US and Cook County
 COVID-19 data. In general, COVID data shows that the cases, hospitalizations and deaths of
 plateaued. Skokie HHS continues to offer the Moderna COVID vaccines and will make a push
 through social media and communications to encourage Skokie residents to get the COVID
 vaccine and to ensure they are “up-to-date” with their COVID vaccine. Mike Charley provided
 some staffing updates on the open Social Worker position and a new Environmental Health
 intern position. He provided grant updates. He provided information on a pending ordinance
 that would amend the Village’s Animal Control ordinance to increase dog limitations and
 prohibit using platform feeders that are accessible to nuisance wildlife. He also shared that two
 HHS staff obtained their Stop the Bleed certifications to teach the course. HHS has already
 conducted training courses for HHS staff and Skokie school staff. The plan is to train Medical
 Reserve Corps (MRC) members, so they are able to conduct training in the community also.
 Mike Charley talked a little about the May 11 Emergency Declaration ending including the
 pending Medicaid redetermination and emergency SNAP benefits ending. Mike Charley ended
 with providing information on two other Skokie commissions that HHS staff are liaisons to; the
 Commission on Family Services and the Human Relations Commission.

VIII. Old/New Items of Business
 A. BOH Onboarding Subcommittee: Heidi Nickish Duggan shared that a small sub-
 committee met and have drafted a draft Board of Health Handbook and Onboarding
 Guide. Heidi shared the different sections which include 1) A welcome letter from BOH
 officers and the Director of HHS, 2) The Purpose of the BOH, 3) the Village BOH
 ordinance enabling language, 4) the Village’s Statement of Conduct and Ethics, 4)
 required BOH member training, 5) a calendar of events/opportunities for BOH service,
 5) Board of Health member bios and contact information, 6) the idea of a BOH
 “onboarding buddy”, 7) HHS Org Chart and Contacts, 8) a report showing HHS program
 summaries and 8) Important links, including past BOH meeting minutes and agendas.
 Heidi invited BOH members to review the document and can add comments directly to
 the Google doc. The document can be approved at a future BOH meeting.

 Jenn Davis commented that if any BOH members are interested in participating at any
 HHS events or activities, BOH members can reach out to her at the HHS Department.
 Jenn can add the BOH to future event invites.

 B. IPLAN Update, Sibyl Yau: Sibyl Yau communicated that the IPLAN process is using the
 Collective Impact process which focusses on equity. Currently three workgroups are
 meeting to work on the three identified priorities, Access to Healthcare, Access to
 Mental Health and Affordable Housing. The Access to Healthcare and Access to Mental
 Health teams have met once. The Affordable Housing group will meet soon. Meetings
 held to-date have been very informative and participants have provided excellent
 feedback. The subgroups continue to look at available data, will meet twice per month
 through June for 90 minutes/meeting. Sibyl communicated that the Village’s Planning
 commission has also been researching affordable housing, so the information gleaned
 from their research and recommendations will be an important part of the IPLAN’s
 affordable housing discussion. Sibyl walked through next steps in the process including
 the fact that the final IPLAN report will have to be approved by the BOH in August, prior

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 to being sent to the Village Board for final approval. Sibyl recommended that BOH
 members get involved in the IPLAN’s sub-groups.

 C. BOH Upcoming Meeting Locations: Dr. Linn communicated that the April meeting will be
 held via Zoom, but the May 11 meeting will be held in-person, due to the pending end
 to the State’s emergency declaration.

IX. Public Comments: No public comments.

X. Adjournment at 8:23 p.m. First by Pat Urbanus and Second by Dr. Kumar



 Next Meeting: April 13, 2023 @ 7:00 p.m.




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