BRAT Consortium #6 Public Health Commission

Date of Meeting: September 20, 2006

Facilitator: Bev Muhlenbeck

Recorder: Jessica Nall

Guest: NONE

Present: Sue McCartney, Bev Muhlenbeck, Linda McFarlin, Susan Lorenz, Walter Clark, Melissa Delmore, and Jessica Nall

Absent: Barb Theis

Meeting called to order by Muhlenbeck verification of Open Meeting Law noted.

Approval of the Agenda . Motion by McFarlin seconded by McCartney to approve the agenda. Motion carried.

Approval of the August 23 rd, 2006 minutes. Motion by Lorenz seconded by McFarlin. Motion carried.

Approval of the July 28 th, 2006 teleconference minutes. Motion by Lorenz seconded by McCartney. Motion carried.

Topic	Major Points Discussed	Resolutions and Actions Required	Assigned to	Due Date
Topic	Major Points Discussed	Resolutions and Actions Required	Assigned to	Due Date
EPI Report	No meeting to report on
Budget	Most recent budget faxed prior to meeting. No questions at this time.
Discussion regarding inventory list and estimated expenses for remainder of the year	Discussion about how to divide the inventory. Some requests were voiced. This will be tabled until next meeting due to Theis’ absence.	Add to October meeting Agenda	Nall
Old Business	Dissolution of the 5 county Consortium is going according to plan. It has passed the Sauk County Board and will be going to other counties’ boards late in September or in October.	Forward minutes/notes from Coordinator’s Teleconference
Coordinator’s Report	Teleconference is being held September 21, 2006. Clark will forward minutes and notes for this meeting. Still questioning when Assessment from CDC will be out. Consortium staff still working on list of things to accomplish before end of the year.	Take Fiscal Agent notes	Clark
Fiscal Agent report	Next meeting-September 21 st, 2006 teleconference at 1pm. Clark will listen and take notes due to all Health Officers attending EOC Training at that time.	Take Fiscal Agent notes	Clark
HRSA report	No report
IPS Update	No report-State hopes to have revised version of IPS out in October
County Sharing	Marquette attended Columbia’s IPS Tabletop last week. The received a recommendation to utilize a pharmacy farther away and plan for the transportation of packaged meds in the Pandemic Plan. Adams attended the Preparedness Conference and found the keynote speaker from Texas to be informative. He spoke about the practical side of providing medical care during a crisis situation. Columbia had their IPS Tabletop last week and felt it went well. They plan to meet with their hospitals to further discuss the plans. They may conduct a public flu clinic November 3 rd providing they have enough vaccine. Sauk is planning a Functional to test triage sites on October 3 rd. A public health nurse will do “Just In Time” Training and other PH and Home Care staff will observe the functional. Juneau County was not present to report.
Training Update	EOC Training September 21 st 10:00am-2:00pm Consortium needs a list of Human Services, Emergency Management, and Commission on Aging Staff to be invited to the October BRAT Meeting Some Command Caller Trainings are complete-have worked out the glitches with the HAN	Forward list of Staff to Delmore	All Health Officers
New Business	None
Next Meeting	October 25, 2006
BRAT Meeting	October 18, 2006

Motion by McCartney to adjourn seconded by Lorenz.
Motion carried.