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WC CWF Health District Board Minutes - 03/21/2025 WICHITA FALLS-WICHITA COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH BOARD MINUTES �\v 4,,zoorrpB March 21, 2025 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 Jered Harlan, DVM Veterinarian —City Appointment Terri Farabee, RN Registered Nurse—City Appointment BOARD MEMBERS EXCUSED ABSENCE: Ray Forsythe Citizen At-Large—County Appointment Tonya Egloff, D.D S. Dentist—County Appointment OTHERS PRESENT: Amy K. Fagan. M.P.A. Director of Health Brandi Smith, BS. RN Assistant Director of Health Dr. Robert McBroom Health Authority Whitney Flack City Councilor Jeff Tatum City Prosecutor I. CALL TO ORDER Dr. Williamson. Chair. called the meeting to order at 12:00 pm after a quorum of members was attained. II. Approval of Minutes & Absences • Dr. Williamson stated that Ray Forsythe and Dr. Harlan should be coming. Dr. Tonya Egloff is excused. Dr. Williamson called for a review and approval of the January 10, 2025 minutes. Dr. Williamson asked for a motion to approve the minutes. Melissa Plowman made a motion to approve and Rachel Reitan seconded. The minutes were approved unanimously. III. Election of Officers Dr. Williamson spoke about the different positions the Board needs to elect. Dr. Williamson asked for nominations for Chair. Rachel nominated Dr. Williamson and Melissa seconded. He stated he would be happy to serve and was grateful for the nomination. Next will be the Vice Chair, Dr. Egloff is currently the Vice Chair, but she is no longer a practicing Dentist and we need to have a practicing Dentist on the Board. Nominations for Vice Chair are Rachel Reitan. She asked about the responsibilities. Dr. Williamson said that the Vice Chair would take his place at the meeting if he was not able to attend. There were no other nominations and by acclamation Rachel agreed and is the Vice Chair. Dr. Williamson said we need a Secretary. Melissa nominated herself and the Board agreed. The nominations are complete. IV. Body Art Ordinance Revisions Dr. Williamson introduced Samantha Blair, Environmental Health Administrator. Samantha talked about the new Body Art Ordinance revision. Why the revisions? Last local ordinance update was 2017. We need to have a better flow and reflect changes in the industry. Samantha stated they had a process and many steps. 1) Sent out surveys to all body art stakeholders. 2) Two Board of Health Presentations. a. Local regulations overview b. State vs local comparison 3) Draft ordinance 4) Stakeholders Meetings 5) Revised Draft They hand delivered an Ordinance Survey with a QR code and letter to every Body Art studio. They had a 3 week response time and received 24 responses. The top complaints were the test, they are already permitted by the state and the price. The Stakeholder meeting with 11 artists representing 4 shops, feedback was as follows: 1) They wanted stronger consequences for violations 2) They wanted to keep the program but lower fees. 3) There was varied feelings regarding the apprenticeship program. Following the stakeholder's feedback we reworked the draft ordinance to no longer permit studios, but continue to permit individuals. The apprentice program would be removed. Dr. Williamson asked for any questions on the draft proposed ordinance and then asked for a motion to support the ordinance. Motion was made by Dr. Harlan and seconded by Melissa Plowman. The motion carried unanimously and will be forward with our endorsement to the City Council. V. Epidemiology Team Brief— Measles Amy introduced Brandi Smith, Assistant Director of Health, who was the Epidemiologist. Brandi spoke about the Measles outbreak. Measles spreads directly from person to person by inhalation of droplets or contact with infectious secretions. It can be transmitted indirectly by objects contaminated with nasopharyngeal secretions. The incubation period from exposure to onset of symptoms ranges from 7 to 21 days. It is most communicable during the 3-4 days preceding the onset. Persons with measles have been shown to shed the virus 4 days prior to rash onset. There is an outbreak of measles in the South Plains and Panhandle regions of Texas. At this time, 309 cases have been identified since late January. Forty of the patients have been hospitalized. There has been one fatality in a school-aged child who lived in the outbreak area. The child was not vaccinated and had no known underlying conditions. DSHS updates its information for the public on Tuesdays and Fridays. There have been 8 Texas cases not associated with the outbreak in West Texas and 38 cases in New Mexico and 4 in Oklahoma associated with the outbreak in West Texas. Most of the cases are associated with international travel to a country where measles regularly spreads. Vaccine: 2 doses: 1st dose at 12-15 months, 2nd dose 4-6 years. 2 Brandi said we have a plan. We will be able to handle an outbreak if it comes to our Community. We have everything ready from investigations, contact tracing, mass vaccination drive through, mass flyers are ready, and a press release is ready. Everything is ready if needed. Amy spoke about the vaccination rate in school age kids. The rate is going down and we need to go out and speak to the schools and preschools. We started an ambassador program for immunizations. We go out and ask them to be vaccine ambassadors. They are the daycares, schools and the Boys and Girls Club. We do a lot of outreach. When we call them they know us and it makes a big difference. Dr. Williamson stated very good information and conversation. VI. Next Meeting Date May 9, 2025. VII. Adjourn Dr. Williamson adjourned the meeting at 12:50 pm. (44"442r-45* Signatur Keith Williamson, MD, Chair, Tonya Egloff, D.D.S., Vice-Chair 3