King County Board of Health Meeting on October 20, 2006

KING COUNTY, WA - The King County Board of Health will hold its next meeting on Friday, October 20, 2006, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

The meeting will be held at the following location:

King County Council Chambers
10th Floor, King County Courthouse
516 Third Avenue, Seattle

A G E N D A

1.	Call to order
2.	Announcement of any alternates serving in place of regular members
3.	Approval of Minutes of September 15, 2006 meeting (Action Item)
4.	General Public Comments
5.	Chair's Report
6.	Board Members' Updates
7.	Director's Report
8.	Administrator's Report
9.	Public Health Funding (Action Item) Kathy Uhlorn, Board Administrator, joined by Representative Shay Schaul-Berke, Washington State Legislature and Tom Bristow, Government Relations Consultant, will brief the Board on the findings, conclusions, and recommendations from the 4410 Joint Select Committee on Public Health Funding. The Joint Select Committee evaluated the current status of Washington’s public health system and studied alternative financing strategies for the public health system. The attached Staff Report is based on drafts of the 4410 Committee’s findings, conclusions, and recommendations. Final versions will be forwarded to Boardmembers when available.
10.	Overweight Prevention Initiative A panel (including Carolyn Kramer, Seattle Public Schools; Marilyn Guthrie, Washington Mutual; Willie Austin, Austin Foundation; Roberta Lewandowski, retired Planning Director, City of Redmond; and Laura Streichert, University of Washington) will report on the King County Overweight Prevention Initiative progress. Resolution #05-08, (adopted in October, 2005) directed the King County Overweight Prevention Initiative to report progress back to the Board after one year. Please review the attached “King County Board of Health Action Items for Obesity Prevention” for Boardmember discussion and action.
11.	Domestic Violence Awareness Month (Action Item) Carrie S. Cihak, Senior Principal Legislative Analyst, King County Council and Dr. Robert Thompson, Director Emeritus, Department of Preventive Care and Senior Investigator, Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, will brief the Board on Resolution #06-04 supporting universal screening of intimate partner violence by health practitioners, in recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Month. The Board will then vote on this Resolution.
12.	Amendment to the King County Board of Health Operating Rules (Action Item) Kathy Uhlorn, Board Administrator, will briefly review Motion #06-05 to amend the Board of Health Operating Rules. This Motion changes the time of the Board meetings to 1:30 pm on the third Thursday of each month, establishes King County Council chambers as the regular meeting location, and allows the Chair to cancel meetings and schedule alternative dates in the case of legal holidays. Boardmembers will then vote on this Motion.
13.	Adjournment

Sign language, communication material in alternate formats or other reasonable accommodations can be arranged. Please call 206-296-5680 or use Washington Relay Service at 711.

If you have questions or need additional information about this agenda, please call 206-205-3941, or write to Kathy Uhlorn, Board of Health Administrator, via email at Kathleen.Uhlorn@metrokc.gov.

Visit the King County Board of Health web pages for information about the Board.

The King County Board of Health sets county-wide public health policy, enacts and enforces local public health regulations, and carries out other duties of local boards of health specified in state law. These duties include enforcing state public health statutes, preventing and controlling the spread of infectious disease, abating nuisances, and establishing fee schedules for licenses, permits and other services.