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-6- l. 2. Commission. r Gustaveson expressed his appreciation to the Health 3- Board for their I time and efforts to make the Department a reality. He 4. spoke of the ne�d for agencies to coordinate their knowledge of needs of 5- the people to o her agencies and to optimize the limited resources of the 6 . County. He stated that he felt it is important to call attention to healt 7. hazards in the County. Mr. Gustaveson mentioned the development of the 8- H5A plan which will require action and involvment of the Health Board. HE 9. concluded his remarks by stating that health is an important area of respc 10. sibility to the County Commissioners, and the Health Board is the body to 11. at times push t e Commissioners . He stated that the Commissioners may not 12- always agree with the Health Board, however, the Health Board should procE 1:3. to investigate neglected matters. 14. Commissioner Pinney expressed his appreciation to the Board and 15 - encouraged the Board to continue their efforts. He stated that he was 16 • impressed with the Board' s decision to "back off" from the Hoene Health 17- Program, that it is important to take a realistic look at programs . 18. Some areas of concern mentioned by members of the Health Board and 19 - which may becom priorities are : 2 a) Continued analysis of all facets of the Health Department by the 21. Health Director in order that the Department may be more efficient.. 22. b) Finding ways of bringing in new monies to facilitate expenditures 23, and create new services to meet the needs. 24. c) Assessment of needs to identifiy target population. there 25 . d) Nancy Coleman stated4appears to be a gap in the .northern end of the 26. County for primary health care. These needs need to be documented. 27. e) Need to bring existing agencies together in order that services might 28- be better coordinated. 29. f) Mr. Boyd s ated he feat all wells in the County needed to be tested 30- for contamination.