ISDH, 2525 N Shadeland Ave #E3, Indianapolis, IN 46219

Meeting Minutes

January 15, 2014

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Jason RavenscroftChair

Gretchen QuirkSecretary

Rick PlewISDH Rep

MEMBERS ABSENT:

Dean SmithEast Central Chapter

Lee GreenNortheast Chapter

John GraceSoutheast Chapter

John KennardSouthern Chapter

Sharon PatteeWabashValley Chapter

Darrell BrackneyWest Central Chapter

Mike SuttonIDEM Rep

Dr. Eliezer BermudezAcademia Representative

OTHERS PRESENT:

Ron ClarkISDH

  1. CALL TO ORDER

Jason Ravenscroft called to order the regular meeting of the General Environmental Health Services Committee at 11:00am.

  1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

The December meeting minutes were reviewed and accepted as submitted.

  1. OLD BUSINESS
  1. Resource Manual

Jason has put all manual entries into a single PDF for easier viewing of the entire document. An introduction and blank template will be sent along with it to the IT Committee to post on the website. He will also ask that the name be changed from ‘Guidance Documents’ to ‘Resource Manual’.

  1. Legislative Liaison

The committee put together a list of environmental health-related bills for the 2014 session, which has just recently begun. Jason will send this to the IT Committee as well to update the ‘Track Legislation’ link on the main webpage. There was some discussion about SB 107 (transferring onsite wastewater program to IDEM) and HB 1143 (state/local env regs cannot be more stringent than fed regs), among others. If the committee chooses to bring a specific bill to the Executive Board’s attention, a letter would need to be drafted and approved by the Board before being sent to any legislators. Gretchen will attempt to get a copy of the letter the Foods Committee had drafted last year to use as a guide for future reference. Plan to discuss these bills and any action further at the Executive Board meeting this Friday.

  1. NEW BUSINESS
  1. Safe Water Committee Survey

A survey went out to all IEHA members regarding feedback for the development of a Safe Water Committee. One suggestion was to structure it as a subcommittee under GEHSC instead of creating a new standing committee. There was some discussion that this may help increase membership and the committee was generally agreeable to this idea. Will wait to see what the survey results indicate at the next Executive Board meeting.

  1. Conference Updates

Spring Conference will be Tuesday, April 22 at the Indianapolis Zoo. No word yet on whether the committee is responsible for providing a speaker. Fall Conference will be at Belterra Casino in Florence on September 21-24.

  1. ADJOURNMENT

Meeting was adjourned at 11:55 am.

  1. NEXT MEETING

The next meeting will beFebruary 12, 2014 at 11am at the ISDH Shadeland Office. The following are the 2014 meeting dates; please note the new meeting time of 11:00am:

February 12

March 12

May 14

June 11

July 9

August 13

October 8

November 12

December 10

Minutes respectfully submitted by Gretchen Quirk.

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