RS Meeting Minutes
April 24-25, 2012
Pine Mountain State Resort Park
The Registered Sanitarian Examining Committee meeting was called to order by Matt Rhodes.
Those in attendance were:
Matt Rhodes Committee Chair
Vonia Grabeel North Area Director
Dan Troutman East Area Director
Beverley Joy Watkins Executive Secretary
The Committee discussed and reviewed the minutes from the previous R.S. meeting and made minor changes. Vonia Grabeel provided a motion to accept with the applicable changes. A second motion was provided by Dan Troutman.
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The Committee discussed term limits of committee members, a regional vote will be forth coming.
The Committee discussed Environmental Health week activities. Several local health departments submitted material identifying their activities to promote Environmental Health week. The committee talked about the Environmental Health marketing video contest. Vonia will complete the guidelines and criteria, then she will forward the information to the committee to review and approve. Once approved by the committee, she will then forward the information to all Environmental Health directors.
The Committee reviewed a draft of proposed business cards for the executive secretary. Matt made a motion to approve the draft as presented. A second motion was provided by Vonia Grabeel.
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Dan Troutman made a motion to approve purchase of supplies necessary to have the Executive Secretary’s business cards printed. A second motion was provided by Matt Rhodes.
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The committee discussed a recently suspended R.S. member’s correspondence. Executive Secretary advised she replied to the member to make a formal request of the committee to review the request. At this time, since no formal request was made, no action was made by the committee.
Matt Rhodes adjourned the meeting for the day at 5:00 PM.
(Day 2) The Committee met again on 04/25/2012 at 8:00 AM. Matt called the meeting to order.
Those in attendance were:
Matt Rhodes Committee Chair
Vonia Grabeel North Area Director
Dan Troutman East Area Director
Kathy Fowler Cabinet Advisor
Beverley Joy Watkins Executive Secretary
The Committee discussed on line trainings, specifically using KY. Train. Burden of proof of attendance is ultimately on the submitter. The committee referred to the contact hour protocols on the RS web page. Kathy Fowler advised that she would talk with KDPH to add this information when putting courses on Train.
The quarterly budget report was given to the Committee to review. The Committee had concerns on some paid charges that dealt with the E-Pay system. Kathy Fowler agreed to follow up on these E-Pay charges and report back to the Committee. Joy will ask Nicole to update reports with Epay information and FIS payments. Vonia Grabeel made a motion to accept the rest of the budget reports. Dan Troutman made a second motion.
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Joy Watkins gave the Committee an R.S. contact hour report for fiscal year 2012 to review. The Committee asked for the report to be sorted by regions. Joy will have the computer administrator of the R.S. system complete this option so that a report can be run as requested.
The Committee reviewed test evaluations.
The Committee reviewed new applicant, Whitney Smith. Motion to approve was made by Vonia Grabeel. A second motion was made by Dan Troutman.
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The next Committee meeting will be at Barren River. The date was set for August 7th & 8th, 2012.
Vonia Grabeel made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Dan Troutman made a second motion.
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