Annual Business Meeting -- June 30, 2001
Hyatt Regency Hotel, Inman Room
Atlanta, Georgia
Chair Mel Knight called the meeting to order at 8:10 a.m.
Officers in Attendance:
Mel Knight, Chair, Director, Environmental Health Management Department,
County of Sacramento, Sacramento, CA
Steve Tackitt, Chair Elect, Director, Division of Environmental Health,
Wayne County Health Department, Wayne, MI
Elwin Coll, Secretary, Division Director, Environmental Health Services,
Macomb County Health Department, Mt. Clemens, MI
Holly Coleman, Trustee, Environmental Health Supervisor, Chatham County
Health Department, Pittsboro, NC
George Morris, Trustee, Manager of Environmental Health, Waukesha County
Department of Parks and Land Use, Waukesha, WI
Thomas Wittkopf, Trustee, Marathon County Health Department, Wausau, WI
David Riggs, Trustee, Environmental Health Specialist, Wahkiakum County
Health & Human Services, Cathlamet, WA
Members in Attendance:
Ron Grimes, Oakland County Health Division, Pontiac, MI
Warren Abrahams, Georgia Division of Public Health, Marietta, Georgia
Robert Blake, Director, Division of Environmental Health, Dekalb County
Board of Health, Decatur, GA
Additions to Agenda:
E Communication Adhoc Committee
Refreshments 2002 meeting
Acknowledgement of service
Acknowledgement of Service:
Chair Knight acknowledged service and presented recognition certificates
to:
Treasurer Treser; secretary Coll; trustees Coleman and Morris.
Motion by Riggs, support by Tackitt to obtain and present plaque
for past chair Thacker and other past chairs who had not been recognized.
Motion approved.
Approval of Minutes:
Minutes of the June 15, 2000 annual business meeting were distributed.
Discussion on NCLEHA ribbons for 2002 annual meeting. Tackitt to
follow up. Motion to accept by Tackitt. Support by Abrahams.
Minutes approved.
Presidentís Report:
Future of organization will be in electronic communication to share/request
policies, procedures and inquiries. Foresee a general access and
member access only component. Blake and Abrahams volunteered to assist.
Promotion of NCLEHA technology session. Coleman thanked Knight for
support in program development. Coleman will continue as management
section chair. Knight announced career opportunities in Sacramento
County.
Treasurerís Report:
Report distributed. Balance as of May 31, 2001 is $4,016.36.
Discussion on silent auction items hard case picnic set and cooler.
Motion to accept by Tackitt. Support by Riggs. Treasurerís
report approved.
Old Business:
None.
New Business:
Wittkopf led discussion on near future retirements of Environmental Health
leaders and potential future leadership void.
Discussion wrap-up:
- Succession issues are there successors?
- Is profession archaic?
- What training should be done and how can NCLEHA participate?
Knight appointed Blake. To work with Tackitt on follow up.
E communication Adhoc Committee appointed: Knight, Blake, Abrahams,
Riggs.
Election of Officers:
Nominations:
Treasurer Treser
Secretary Coll
Tackitt moved for nominations closed and election by acclamation.
Support by Coleman. Treser and Coll elected to respective positions.
Chair Elect Blake
Abrahams moved for nominations closed and election by acclamation.
Support by Coleman. Blake elected to position of chair-elect.
Trustees Coleman & Morris
Tackitt moved for nominations closed and election by acclamation.
Support by Riggs. Coleman and Morris elected to trustee positions.
Items from Members:
Riggs announced that report from Swimming Pool Committee will be sent
to the chair.
Good of the Organization:
Announcement that Ron Grimes is a candidate for NEHA vice president.
Grimes shared his platform.
Discussion on making conference more financially accessible.
Warren Abrahams is seeking support for his candidacy to Diplomat American
Academy of Sanitarians.
Adjournment:
Motion to adjourn by Tackitt. Second by Knight. Meeting
adjourned 9:25 a.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Elwin Coll, Secretary
National Conference of Local Environmental Health Administrators
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