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WC CWF Health District Board Minutes - 03/08/2024 • WICHITA FALLS-WICHITA COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH BOARD MINUTES „\pcouerrrpoe March 8. 2024 ; QC3 yI Wichita Falls-Wichita County Public Health District 1700 Third Street — Clements Conference Room Wichita Falls, Texas Public Health BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Keith Williamson, M.D., Chair Physician—City Appointment Rachel Reitan, DNP, FNP-c Citizen At-Large—City Appointment Melissa Plowman Restaurant Association —City Appointment Tonya Egloff, D.D.S. Dentist— County Appointment Raymond Forsythe Citizen At-Large—County Appointment Nichole Jefferson, RN Registered Nurse City Appointment BOARD MEMBERS EXCUSED ABSENCE: Jered Harlan, D.V.M. Veterinarian —City Appointment OTHERS PRESENT: Amy K. Fagan, M.P.A. Director of Health Brandi Smith, B.S., RN Assistant Director of Health Mark Beauchamp County Commissioner Michael Smith City Liaison James McKechnie City Deputy Attorney I. CALL TO ORDER Dr. Williamson, Chair, called the meeting to order at 12:03 pm after a quorum of members attained. II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES AND ABSENCES Dr Williamson called for the review and approval of the January 12, 2024 minutes. A motion was made by Raymond Forsythe to accept the minutes and Melissa Plowman seconded. The minutes were approved unanimously. III. Election of Officers Dr. Williamson stated there are 3 positions, the Chair that leads the meeting, Vice Chair and the Secretary who will sign the minutes when the Chair is not there. Rachel Reitan nominated Dr. Williamson as Chair, it was seconded by Melissa Plowman. Melissa Plowman nominated Dr. Tonya Egloff as Vice Chair, it was seconded by Rachel Reitan. Nichole Jefferson volunteered to be Secretary, Rachel Reitan nominated her and it was seconded by Melissa Plowman. All positions were approved unanimously. IV. Food Ordinance Amy introduced James McKechnie, Deputy City Attorney. Amy spoke about the ordinance and showed the process on the screen. She also explained the steps. Amy stated that we work with Legal to finalize a draft. We receive input from the Board of Health and the Animal Shelter Advisory committee. We also get public input. The updated ordinance goes to City Council for review and input. Then it will come back to Board of Health for a vote and recommendation. This will be done in May. Mark Beauchamp asked about the process. If the Board sees a need can they identify and ask for it? Amy said they can identify a need and communicate it to her. She can recommend it. But, they cannot initiate it. Another question asked if we have a date for the public input? Amy said yes and Samantha would go over it. Amy wants to be sure we communicate to the public that we have their best interest in public health and safety. Our PIO will be making a video of how a bill becomes a law using the layers of a sandwich to illustrate. All the information will be on our website. We want to be as transparent with all of it as possible. Because that is how we get the best input and we can explain to our citizens what we are doing and why. There will be a place for public comments and we will review and take it into consideration also. Dr. Williamson introduced Samantha Blair, Environmental Health Administrator. Samantha showed a power point and went over the draft of the Food Ordinance updated 3-7-24. She said the last time it was updated was 2019. We abide with the Texas Food Establishment Code. Samantha went over the four different Divisions. Division I general rules, Division II is what you need to do to open an establishment, Division III rules for specialized food section and Division IV is the penalty section. Samantha talked about Bed and Breakfast, Concession stands, Cook-for-Hire, Delivery, Farmer's Market, FDA Food Code, different kitchens, catering, pop up food vendor, third party delivery, ghost kitchens, frozen desserts, cleaning standards for equipment, Certification fees, temporary event provider ( 2 or more vendors) and illegal food vendors. Vendors need a Permit. A person shall not operate a retail food establishment nor vend food without a valid, current permit issued by a regulatory authority. Permits are not transferable from one person to another or from one location to another location, except as otherwise permitted by this division. A valid permit must be posted in or on every food establishment regulated by this division. Samantha went over all the different permits and fees for Food Establishments. Samantha also talked about Temporary Event Coordinator and what that means and what they do. Mark Beauchamp ask about a smaller events like Art Walk might have a hard time meeting all the requirements. Amy said they already meet most of the requirements. All this does is add one person to coordinate that they know they need to come to us to do the temporary event. Prosecuting illegal food Vendors. Selling food online is hard for us to see the process but you need a permit to do this. We will work with people and walk them through the process. Everyone loves to sell tamales at Christmas, but they need to have a permit. All persons who manage, operate, accept employment in, or are employed in any food establishment shall comply with all applicable federal and state statutes and regulations and with all applicable sections of this Code and City ordinances. A question was asked about mobile Alcohol bars. Samantha said they would be under the retail food establishment mobile. 2 Specialized food establishments must comply with the rules in Division I and II unless there is an exception in Division III. Samantha said our main goal is to simplify, make it more acceptable and give people what they have been asking for. If someone would like to review the updated ordinance they can go to health.wichitafalltx.gov. Nichole Jefferson asked about doing a ride along if someone was on the Board and not in the food industry, to see what all we do when we go into a restaurant and what we look for. Amy said she had never had anyone ask before. We do have ride alongs for staff that work in different areas. And Samantha said it was okay with her. You would need to sign a waiver. Melissa Plowman said anytime anyone wants to come into their restaurant kitchens it okay with us. Amy will send the finalized draft out to Board Members by April 30th. Samantha will do the fee ordinance. We will get it out to Board Members a week before the May 10tt' meeting. Amy will plan on presenting it to Council the first or second week of June. V. NEXT MEETING DATE Next meeting will be May 10, 2024. VI. ADJOURN Dr. Williams n adjourned the meeting at 1:09. 11‘J/l :: e //I& Sig attire i gi_14z.cit-0/‘cept.r5C)11, Print - Keith Williamson,MD,Chair,Tonya Egloff,D.D.S.,Vice-Chair,Nichole Jefferson,Secretary 3