Dent County Health Center Board of Trustees

Call to Order and Roll Call

Bob Parsons, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m.; in attendance were board members Bob Parsons, Bob Gravely, Dennis Floyd, and Carol Lacy. Roma Jones, and Zach Moser were staff present. Board members Lori Hasten were absent during roll call but arrived during Operations reports.

Minutes and Agenda

The minutes for the May 16^th meeting were reviewed. Carol Lacy moved to approve the minutes.  Bob Gravely seconded, and the motion carried.

Old Business:

SERVICE STATISTICS AND REPORTS:

All statistics listed are for May 2024 and are reported by Zach Moser unless otherwise stated.

Communicable Disease

• COVID19 – 21 reported cases. New COVID Strain is circulating.
  • Lead – 37 active cases
  • Sexually transmitted infections – 37 screening encounters and 40 total tests conducted.
  • Influenza – 0 cases
  • Animal bites – 9
  • Avian Flu – There is an outbreak of avian flu in dairy cattle that has spread to some humans, but at this time it is not spreading from human to human. Texas DOH and CDC are monitoring the situation.

Environmental – Roma Jones

• 5 total inspections, 0 recalls, 0 sewer complaints and 31 environmental questions answered during the month.

Maternal-Child Health

• Carseats Distributed – 0
  • Cribs Distributed – 0
  • CPR Courses – 1
  • Childcare Health Consultations – 1
  • Show-Me Healthy Women – 0
  • Title X -13
  • Presumptive Eligibility (Temporary Medicaid) – 0
  • WIC Appointments – 304

Community-Specific Services Summary

• All appointments other than WIC – 496
  • All Nurse Practitioner Appointments – 99
  • All Treatment Court Visits – 117
  • All Lab Appointments – 224
  • All Immunization Appointments – 42

Nurse Practitioner Service Detail

• Show- Me Healthy Women – 0
• Family Planning – 6
• Well-Child – 7
• Online Appointments (self-scheduled visits not otherwise classified) – 12
• Other well-woman exam – 2
• Other Physicals – 9
• SEMO Physicals -10
• Other Visits – 10
• Acute Illnesses – 53

Laboratory Detail

• Lab Draws: 253 individual patients. Health Fair this month.
  • Rapid Tests (COVID, Flu, RSV, Strep): 3 appointments.
  • Pregnancy Tests – 3
  • Lead – 11 Lead tests

Immunizations

• 0 COVID-19 vaccine doses were administered.
  • Influenza vaccine: 5 doses administered.
  • 98 Other vaccines were given, including the new RSV vaccine and new formulations of pneumonia vaccine.

Administrator Report – Zach Moser

• Lead Poisoning Townhall – There lead poisoning townhall meeting open to the public scheduled August 1^st, 5:30pm at the armory.
  • Safety Day – June 21^st, Walmart.
  • Event Recaps –  Theme of the summer is “sun safety.” DCHC donated sunscreen to the SMH golf tournament and gave out free sunscreen at the Chamber expo.  
  • Strategic Plan – Progress on the Strategic Plan was discussed.  

Expenses

DCHC financial reports for May, including the review from H&R block, were reviewed. Current Assets at May 31st were $1,080,223.90. Total assets were $1,782,130.53, total liabilities were $183,705.59, and equity was $1,598,424.94. Revenue for May was $95,793.82, expenses were $136,105.76 for net operating revenue of -$40.311.94. After other revenue and expenses, net revenue was -$41,896.54.

Robert Gravely moved to approve the financial reports, and the report from H&R Block. Dennis Floyd seconded. Motion carried.

New Business:

• Financial Audit – The draft of the Financial Audit was presented. Bob Gravely moved to approve the report. Dennis Floyd seconded and the motion carried.

Closed Session

No closed session was held.

Next Meeting and Adjournment

The next regular board meeting date was set for Thursday, July 18^th, 2024 @ 5:00 p.m.

With no further business Carol Lacy moved to adjourn the meeting at 6:30 p.m. This was seconded by Lori Hasten and all were in favor. Meeting adjourned.