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March 12, 2024

King County Board of Health meeting Thursday, March 21, 2024 at 1 pm

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Summary

The King County Board of Health will meet Thursday, March 21, 2024, at 1:00 p.m. The meeting will include briefings on the King County budget, the Community Health Needs Assessment 2024/2025, ongoing efforts to address the opioid crisis, and severe weather response for people living unsheltered.

Meeting agenda
Thursday, March 21, 2024 at 1 pm: Hybrid Meeting*


*Hybrid meetings: Attend King County Board of Health meetings in person in Council Chambers (Room 1001), 516 3rd Avenue in Seattle, or through remote access. Details on how to attend and/or provide comment remotely are listed below.


To help prevent the spread of the COVID-19, all Boardmembers and staff will be participating in the Board of Health meeting remotely unless otherwise listed as a Hybrid Meeting. The live feed of the meeting will be streaming on the King County Council's website and on KCTV Channel 22.

How to provide public comment:

  • Join in person: You may attend the meeting in person in Council Chambers.
  • Join online: www.kingcounty.gov/boh/zoom
  • Join by phone:
    1. Dial (US): 1-253-215-8782
    2. Meeting ID: 836 2614 2088

If you do not wish to provide public comment, please help us manage the callers by using one of the options below to watch or listen to the meeting.

Two ways to watch or listen in to the meeting:


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  1. Call to order
  2. Roll call
  3. Announcement of any alternates serving in place of regular members
  4. Approval of minutes of the meeting of February 15, 2024
  5. Public Comments
  6. Chair's Report

Discussion and possible action

  1. Resolution No. 24-02
    A Resolution adopting the 2024 work plan for the King County Board of Health.

Briefings

  1. BOH Briefing No. 24-B05
    King County Budget and Legislative Update

    • Dwight Dively, Director, Office of Performance, Strategy, and Budget
  2. BOH Briefing No. 24-B06
    King County Community Health Needs Assessment 2024/2025

    • Faisal Khan, Director, Public Health – Seattle & King County
    • Aley Joseph, Senior Epidemiologist, Health Sciences Division, Public Health – Seattle & King County
    • Doug Baxter-Jenkins, Director of Community Health, Virginia Mason Franciscan Health
  3. BOH Briefing No. 24-B07
    Ongoing Efforts to Address the Opioid Crisis, Part 1 of 2

    • Brad Finegood, Strategic Advisor, Public Health – Seattle & King County
    • Susan Mclaughlin, Division Director, Behavioral Health and Recovery Division, King County Dept. of
      Community and Human Services
  4. BOH Briefing No. 24-B08
    State of the Health of Unsheltered: Severe weather response

    • Tony Machacha, Community Capacity Manager, King County Regional Homelessness Authority
    • Troy Thomas, Director of Shelter Programs, Salvation Army
    • Alison Eisinger, Executive Director, Seattle/King County Coalition on Homelessness

  1. Board member updates
  2. Other business

Adjournment


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