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Norwalk
Health Department
Board of Health Actions
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February 13, 2007
8:00 AM
Library
Call to order at 8:10 AM
Present: Board of Health – Ken Lalime, RPH, and Martha Lemmon PE, (by telephone)
Staff – Tim Callahan, Director of Health, Tom Closter, Director of Environmental
Health, Pat DiPietro, Administrative Technician, Bill Mooney, Sanitarian
Minutes of January 9, 2007 meeting - No action was taken. There was not a quorum
New Canaan Mass Vaccination Clinic Summary Presentation
Bill Mooney using a PowerPoint presentation recapped the October 28,2006 pandemic
influenza exercise which took place at the Saxe Middle School in New Canaan.
Conducting this exercise was a required activity in the emergency response funding
contract with the state of Connecticut. Norwalk and New Canaan are partners
in Mass Dispensing area # 3. Influenza vaccine was administered to 1,143 people
from 9:00 am to 3:30 pm. The staff consisted of 124 included 22 regular Norwalk
Health Department employees, 2 physicians, 14 nurses, 10 CERT workers and 76
volunteers. The operation functioned smoothly. The biggest challenge was exterior
traffic control, entry and exit from the site and entry into appropriate sections
of the building. During the ensuing discussion Mr. Lalime suggested the staff
consider how the employment of technology could improve the processing of patients.
Mr. Lalime will contact the manager of the eConnecticut project to see if there
is a common ground to explore.
Presentation of Proposed Fee Schedule
Tim Callahan presented the proposed FY 07/08 schedule of fees for environmental
services. In accordance with a Board policy, fees are at least equal to the
cost of providing the service. Lot testing (29%), septic system installations
(7%), and well installation (23%) costs increased significantly. The costs for
the other environmental services increased between 1% and 4%. Adjusting fees
to reflect increased costs would most likely result in $6,000 in additional
revenue.
Mr. Lalime suggested adopting a policy of increasing fees when the cost increases
by 5% or more and rounding the new fee to the closest $5 increment. Ms Lemmon
suggested that the fees charged always equal or exceed the cost of the service
and that fee increases be rounded to the next $5 increment. Mr. Lalime and Ms
Lemmon agreed to continue this discussion at the March 13, 2007 meeting. Mr.
Callahan will calculate the revenue impact of each plan.
Adjourn at 10:00 AM
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