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05.13.2025 BOH
Meeting Highlights:
$119,000 Solid Waste contract approved; 25% in county matching funds for enforcement, quarry monitoring, help with document review
Contract with leadership training group upped by $15,000; Health Director pleased with progress board making on succession planning, strategic planning as a result
Commissioner Hover announces “clean audit” by state of county Public Health
Health Board preparing to re-locate
Community being informed about measles prevention and danger of hantavirus
Health Officer says influenza season longer than last year, three deaths registered,first in three years, measles cases often related to cross-border travel; highest pertussis rate in state but numbers decreasing; highest overdose rate in state with increasing ER visits but state numbers dropped in 2024; funds cut for hospital transfer coordination service, Okanogan is biggest user, more local coordination a possible solution
Administrator attended training with Omak police on efficient new emergency overdose drug, zurnai, says state still dependable supplier of addiction treatment suboxone