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[a. 2024-0611 – HEALTH DEPARTMENT RE: APPROVAL OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY, THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AND HEALTH RESEARCH, INC.]
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JUMP RIGHT IN AND DOCTOR GILMORE IS GOING TO BE FIRST. WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH TWO. 406 11 APPROVAL OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HEALTH RESEARCH, INC. OKAY. OKAY. THIS THIS PARTICULAR DOCKET IS IT'S A NEW YORK STATE DOE. GRANT. CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY. IS THIS ON? IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE RED OR GREEN. NO, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE GREEN. YEAH. I CAN'T REALLY LIFT IT UP MUCH HIGHER SO I CAN HEAR YOU, BUT, YEAH, I'LL TRY TO SPEAK A LITTLE LOUDER. HOW'S THAT? BETTER. IT'S SO TALL. YEA, I KNOW, I PICKED THAT MIC UP, PUT THE WHOLE I CAN HOLD IT. BUT ANYWAY, THIS THIS PARTICULAR DOCKET IS FOR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANT. IT'S FOR THE AMOUNT OF $234,266. THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS AN EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM. WE'VE HAD IT FOR SINCE BEFORE MY TIME WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, AND IT BASICALLY IT'S USED FOR DRILLS WITH PODS, FOR VACCINATION PODS. IT'S USED FOR DRILLS WITH ANTHRAX AND SUCH, AND TO OUTREACH TO THE PUBLIC. AND IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT DURING THE COVID COVID TIME PERIOD, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE. ABSOLUTELY. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? YES. GO AHEAD, MR. NOONAN. IS THAT TERM CORRECT? WHAT IS THE JULY 23RD TO JUNE 24TH? ARE YOU LOOKING AT THE FULL GRANT? I JUST HAVE THIS. YEAH, YEAH. IT SAYS ON THE.
YEAH. TERM COMMENCING JULY 1ST, 2023, ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2024. YES. IS THAT RETRO? WELL, IT'S PROBABLY THE STATE SYSTEM. THEY SWITCHED TO THE STATE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. THAT'S A ONE. THAT'S A ONE YEAR. YES. SORRY. YEAH. THANK. YEAH, BUT YEAH, IT CAME IN LATE. THE STATE. THERE'S A COUPLE LIKE THAT ACTUALLY, BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENED IS. SO I WON'T REPEAT IT FOR EVERY GRANT.
THE STATE SWITCHED THEIR GRANT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND SO IT'S A STATE GRANT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT CHANGED. THEY WERE BACKED UP WITH WITH SEVERAL SEVERAL GRANTS. THEN WHEN IT CAME INTO OUR SYSTEM, WHICH IS NEWER, BUT IT'S VERY I FIND IT TO BE VERY, VERY GOOD. THE GOV. COM SYSTEM WE HAVE THE PRIME GOV AND BASICALLY THAT'S THAT'S WHERE THE ERROR WAS. IT WAS JUST A LAPSE IN TIME. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. GO AHEAD. THIS IS UNRELATED BUT WELL WE HAD HOW IS IT GOING WITH THE MOBILE PLANT. IT'S GOING VERY WELL. SURE. LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT BESIDES, LIKE ON THE FACEBOOK PAGE, IT'S ON THE FACEBOOK PAGE. BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO A FACILITIES, FOR EXAMPLE, WE'VE BEEN TO THE ROME SCHOOLS AND WE'VE BEEN SERVING THE UTICA SCHOOLS FROM THE CLINIC BECAUSE THAT'S MORE NO NOTICE GOES OUT INTERNALLY THROUGH THE NURSES AND THROUGH THEIR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITHIN THE VARIOUS SCHOOLS. BUT ENROLLMENT HAS BEEN GOING VERY WELL WITH THAT. AND HERE IN UTICA, WE HAVE NOT USED IT WITH THE UTICA SCHOOLS YET, PRIMARILY BECAUSE THOSE NEEDING IT ON VACCINATIONS OR IMMUNIZATIONS ARE ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE CLINIC. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, MISS DOCKETT? ALL RIGHT. WE'LL GO TO VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT, DOCTOR, WE'LL GO ON TO
[b. 2024-0737 – HEALTH DEPARTMENT RE: APPROVAL OF A GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY, THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AND NEW YORK STATE, THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH]
2.0240737. APPROVAL OF THE GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IN NEW YORK STATE, THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR THE TOBACCO PREVENTION USAGE. YES, THIS IS THE PROGRAM. AND THIS PARTICULAR ONE, YOU'LL NOTICE, IS A LITTLE LATE. ALSO.AGAIN, IT'S BECAUSE OF THE CHANGES IN ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS. AND WITH THIS PARTICULAR GRANT, THIS FUNDS THE INSPECTIONS OF TOBACCO. OF FACILITIES THAT SELL TOBACCO PRODUCTS FOR THEIR SALES TO UNDERAGE PEOPLE. AND WE WORK WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND HAVE UNDERAGE PEOPLE PURCHASE TOBACCO PRODUCTS OR ATTEMPT TO PURCHASE THEM. AND THAT'S THAT'S HOW THAT'S ONE OF THE MAIN IMPLEMENT FEATURES OF THIS GRANT. IT'S ALSO NOW INCLUDES VAPES. IN TERMS OF THE SALE OF ILLEGAL VAPES IN NEW YORK STATE, AND THOSE ARE ALL FLAVORED VAPES. INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, VAPES THAT ARE JUST HAVE NICOTINE, THOSE ARE LEGAL FOR SALE, BUT ONLY TO PEOPLE OVER 21 ADULTS OVER 21 YEARS OLD. AND THEN WE ALSO DO SOME PROMOTION WITH THIS. BUT THESE MONIES, THEY SUPPLEMENT THE ENTIRE PROGRAM. WE SPEND SOME COUNTY DOLLARS ON IT THAT'S REIMBURSED
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AT 36%. AND THERE'S A STATE MANDATED PROGRAM. GOTCHA. GOTCHA. YEAH, IT CERTAINLY IS A DETERRENT. THIS PROGRAM, FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, I OWNED A CONVENIENCE STORE, AND THEY USED TO COME IN AND THEY WERE LIKE, OF COURSE WE ALWAYS PASSED, THANK GOODNESS. BUT IT'S STRESSFUL. SO YEAH. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? YEAH. GO AHEAD. I GUESS I JUST HAVE A GENERAL QUESTION JUST FOR MY OWN, JUST TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE SYSTEM WORKS. DO YOU HAVE SOMEONE THAT'S OUT THERE HUNTING FOR GRANTS, OR DOES THE STATE HAVE A HAVE A WEBSITE THAT IT SHOWS ALL THE AVAILABLE GRANTS OR WHATEVER YOU'RE LOOKING FOR? I MEAN, I DID THIS HAPPENS IN ALL DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. I'M JUST CURIOUS AS FAR AS DO YOU HAVE A SOMEONE HUNTING FOR SPECIFIC GRANTS, OR IS THERE SOMEWHERE THAT YOU CAN GO THAT THE STATE SAYS, HERE'S THE GRANTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE AVAILABLE FOR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES? THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION. I CAN'T SPEAK TO ABOUT TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS HOW THEY OBTAIN THEIR GRANTS. SO I HAVE SOME KNOWLEDGE OF IT. BUT WITH THESE PARTICULAR GRANTS FROM THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THESE THESE ARE PRETTY MUCH ASSURED TO US PROVIDED WE PUT IN THE APPLICATION AND DELIVER THE PRODUCTS AT THE END, WHICH ARE MOSTLY NUMBERS OF PLACES VISITED, ITEMS DELIVERED, PATIENTS TREATED, ETC. SO THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH GUARANTEED TO EACH COUNTY THAT HAS THE SPECIFIC PROGRAMS AND THE AMOUNT VARIES PER YEAR. OFTENTIMES MAKE THESE DIFFERENT GRANTS AVAILABLE AND YOU CAN. IS THERE A PLACE THAT YOU CAN GO AND SEARCH FOR THEM, OR ARE THEY JUST SEND YOU A LISTING OF ALL THE DIFFERENT GRANTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE AVAILABLE FOR A GIVEN YEAR OR WHATEVER? THEY BASICALLY SEND US AN EMAIL EVERY YEAR TO RENEW THEM. IT'S SO WE DON'T EVEN WE KNOW THEY'RE COMING. MOST OF THEM NEW GRANTS THAT YOU MIGHT GET, NEW GRANTS WE MIGHT GET THEY POPS UP PERIODICALLY LIKE A ONE YEAR PILOT PROGRAM OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. USUALLY WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT IF IT'S THROUGH THE STATE, WE USUALLY DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT UNTIL FOR WE'LL KNOW MAYBE 2 TO 6 MONTHS AHEAD OF TIME. IF IT'S A GRANT FROM AN OUTSIDE ORGANIZATION SUCH AS THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS, WE CAN APPLY FOR THOSE THEY'RE HIGHLY COMPETITIVE. WE'VE GOTTEN A FEW OVER THE YEARS. THEY'RE USUALLY FOR QUITE A BIT OF MONEY. BUT IN MY EXPERIENCE WITH THEM, THE DELIVERABLES, THERE'S A LOT OF STRINGS ATTACHED TO THEM AND HOW YOU COULD USE THEM AND SUCH. SO WE'VE JUST FINISHED UP ONE THAT THAT WAS MORE WITH THE OPIOID PROGRAM. WE WEREN'T SUCCESSFUL IN A RENEWAL OF THAT. SO, YOU KNOW, I HAVE MIXED FEELINGS ABOUT TAKING THE EFFORT TO OBTAIN THEM THOSE SOMETIMES. SO THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION THOUGH.YEAH. IS THERE A I KNOW THE NONPROFITS HAVE SOMETHING THEY CALL A GRANTS GATEWAY. YES.
SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN USE. I KNOW YOU'RE NOT A NONPROFIT, BUT IS THAT SOMETHING YOU CAN USE TO LOOK AT GRANTS THAT ARE COMING DOWN THE PIPELINE IT'S A SYSTEM THAT'S JUST RECENTLY CHANGED WITH THE STATE. STATE GRANT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. NOW IT'S CALLED. BUT YES, WE HAVE ACCESS TO. SIMILAR SYSTEMS TO THAT. TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, CAN WE USE IT. YES. DO WE LOOK. AT IT? IT DEPENDS WHAT THE GRANTS ARE OFFERED FOR. WE ACTUALLY HAVE A PRETTY FULL PLATE WITH THE ONES WE RECEIVE ANNUALLY. BUT IF SOMETHING COULD BE USEFUL TO THE COMMUNITY OR WOULD SUPPLEMENT OTHER GRANTS WE HAVE, WE DEFINITELY TAKE A LOOK AT THEM. YEAH. JUST ONE QUESTION ABOUT THIS GRANT. AND MAYBE IT'S IN HERE SOMEWHERE I MISSED IT. YOU GET $70,000. YES. THIS PAYS FOR THIS PROGRAM. IS THE PROGRAM MANDATED? AND SO THEY THEY MANDATE IT AND GIVE YOU THE MONEY, OR IS IT NOT MANDATED? AND THEY GIVE YOU THE MONEY SO YOU CAN DO IT. LIKE HOW DOES THAT WORK? IT'S A MANDATED PROGRAM. AND ONCE THE MONIES ARE EXHAUSTED THROUGH THE GRANT, WHICH IS VERY COMMON, IT HAPPENS. WE BUDGET THAT WAY OF COURSE TOO. BUT THE MONIES THE COUNTY DOLLARS THAT GO INTO IT, WE'RE REIMBURSED 36% FOR THESE PARTICULAR GRANTS WITH SOME SOME GRANTS WITH LIKE SPECIAL CHILDREN'S SERVICES WERE REIMBURSED. THERE'S A FRACTION, BUT IT'S ABOUT 52%. SO MANDATED. AND THEY GAVE YOU THE MONEY BECAUSE I WORRY ABOUT GRANTS BECAUSE I ALWAYS THINK OF SOMEDAY IF THERE'S IF IT'S MANDATED BUT THERE'S NO GRANT MONEY, THEN WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO PAY IT. RIGHT. SO YES. YES. YEAH. BUT SO YEAH. ALL RIGHT. GOOD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS. SEEING NONE WE'LL GO TO VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE.
OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT. ONE MORE FOR YOU, DOCTOR. WE GO ON TO 2024768. APPROVAL OF
[c. 2024-0768 – HEALTH DEPARTMENT RE: APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO A MASTER CONTRACT FOR GRANTS BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY, THROUGH ITS HEALTH DEPARTMENT, AND NEW YORK STATE, THROUGH ITS HEALTH DEPARTMENT ]
AN AMENDMENT TO THE MASTER CONTRACT FOR GRANTS BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND NEW YORK STATE THROUGH ITS HEALTH DEPARTMENT. AND THIS THIS IS JUST ADDS ON TO[00:10:01]
A CURRENT GRANT WE HAVE WITH THE STATE. THEY'VE ALLOCATED A LITTLE MORE MONEY TO US THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR. SO BASICALLY, THIS IS AN AMENDMENT TO OUR CURRENT AGREEMENT WITH THEM. YES, FOR TUBERCULOSIS. AND WE WILL USE ALL OF THESE DOLLAR. SURE. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS. THIS ONE. ARE YOU READY. JUST CURIOUS HOW MANY HOW MANY CASES OF TUBERCULOSIS DO THEY HAVE IN THE COUNTY ANNUALLY? I CAN'T WELL, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. THERE'S TWO TWO ANSWERS TO THAT QUESTION. ONE IS THERE'S THE INFECTIOUS TUBERCULOSIS. WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF THAT. MAYBE I KNOW BETWEEN HALF A DOZEN AND 6 TO 12 CASES A YEAR. AND THOSE ARE THE MOST THEY TAKE THE MOST TIME IN TERMS OF MONITORING AND MAKING SURE THE INDIVIDUALS TAKE THEIR MEDICATION. WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO SEE THEM TAKE THEIR MEDICATION. THEN THERE'S LATENT TUBERCULOSIS. WE HAVE PROBABLY IT'S BETWEEN 60 AND 100 PATIENTS THERE THAT ARE MONITORED. BUT THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S BASICALLY PERIODIC PHONE CALLS. OR OCCASIONALLY THEY'LL COME INTO THE CLINIC FOR AN EXAM. SO IT'S NOT A TREMENDOUS NUMBER OF PEOPLE, BUT IT'S THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT PREVENTS TUBERCULOSIS. THE GOAL IS NOT TO HAVE IT IN THE COMMUNITY. IT'S A DISEASE THAT'S BEEN AROUND FOREVER. IT HAS. THAT'S ALMOST GONE, THOUGH, RIGHT? IT'S VERY YEAH. IT'S ALMOST GONE. YEAH. THE THING WITH TUBERCULOSIS. I'M SORRY. THIS IS I HAVE TO BE CAREFUL. THE THING WITH TUBERCULOSIS IS THAT PEOPLE CAN HAVE IT AND NOT BE AWARE OF IT.AND THE ONLY WAY THEY LEARN IS THROUGH AN EXAM OR AN ANNUAL EXAM WITH THEIR PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER. OR IF THEY BECOME VERY ILL. SO THAT'S HOW IT HOW IT'S KIND OF LAYS DORMANT FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. A PERSON HAS LATENT TUBERCULOSIS. IT'S NOT INFECTIOUS. IT IS A CONCERN OF COURSE. BUT AGAIN, IF WE KNOW IF WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE HAVE IT, WE WORK WITH THEM AND MONITOR THEIR CONDITION THAT THEY WANTED TO TURN THE CENTURY. THEY PUT THEIR NO SPINNING SIGNS UP EVERYWHERE.
IS THAT. YEAH. THAT WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. YEAH, PROBABLY FOR OTHER REASONS TOO, I WOULD IMAGINE. BUT NOT ALL. DON'T REMEMBER THAT. BUT I READ ABOUT IT A COUPLE YEARS AGO, A COUPLE YEARS AGO. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS DOCKET? SEEING NONE. WE'LL GO TO VOTE.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT. WE GO ON TO 20240719. AND
[d. 2024-0719 – DFCS RE: SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION OF $500,000.00 TO A 6010 6141.495-651 – OTHER EXPENSE DISASTER HOMES PROGRAM (DFCS- SOCIAL SERVICES)]
I DON'T KNOW WHO I TAKE THIS ONE FOR US, BUT THIS IS A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION OF 500,000 TO THE EXPENSE OF DISASTER HOME PROGRAM SOCIAL SERVICES. OH, THERE YOU ARE, MIKE. DO YOU SEE YOU BACK THERE HIDING BACK THERE? I DIDN'T SEE YOU. COME ON UP. OKAY, SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS WAS TO CREATE A DISASTER RELIEF FUND FOR DFCS ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS. IT WAS SET UP TO REIMBURSE SOME MOVING ASSISTANCE AND SECURITY DEPOSITS AND EVEN REPLACEMENT FOR SOME INDIVIDUALS FOR CLOTHES AND FURNITURE. OH, THAT'S A LOT. OKAY, ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS DOCKET FOR MIKE? GO AHEAD. SO SECURITY DEPOSITS WILL BE PLACED THERE LEADING TO THE DISPOSAL TO GIVE BACK THE SECURITY FUNDS IN SOME CASES, YES. IN OTHER CASES, NO.AND WE GET DEPENDENT ON DEPENDING ON THE SITUATION OF THE CLIENT. PROBABLY A SMALL NUMBER OF SECURITY. SECURITY DEPOSITS. MAJORITY OF THE EXPENSES RELATED TO MOVING WAS THE ACTUAL MOVING EXPENSES THEMSELVES. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS DOCKET? SEEING NONE, WE'LL GO TO VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. AND LAST FOR OUR COMMITTEE IS 20240783. A
[e. 2024-0783 – MENTAL HEALTH RE: SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION OF $100,000.00 TO A 4310 4310.495-175 – OTHER EXPENSES GRANT FUNDED – IIR (MENTAL HEALTH)]
SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION OF $100,000 FOR MENTAL HEALTH. AND I'LL LET YOU EXPLAIN IT. THANK YOU. I TOUCHED ON THIS LAST MEETING IN REGARDS TO THE GRANT THAT WE RECEIVED. THIS IS JUST APPROVAL TO MOVE THE MONEY FROM A REVENUE ACCOUNT TO THE EXPONENTIAL ACCOUNT. THIS IS THE REACH AND REFERRAL PROGRAM, WHICH IS FIVE CORE AREAS, TOWNS AND VILLAGES FROM CAMDEN AND ALL THE OTHER RURAL ONES WHERE THEY ARE OBTAINING A CASE MANAGER TO ASSIST WITH MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE USE, REFERRALS AND OTHER PSYCHOSOCIAL NEEDS. PERFECT. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS DOCKET FOR ASHLEY? SEEING NONE, WE'LL GO TO VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSE. MOTION[00:15:06]
CARRIES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE WILL NOW TAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SECOND. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANKS, STEVE. YOU'RE WELCOME. GLAD I COULD HELP. GLAD I COULD DO IT* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.