Bancroft County, Iowa

Public Health Board of Trustees

Meeting of April 17, 2025

Bancroft County, Iowa · Open to the public

Agenda

1. Call to order and roll call
2. Approval of minutes from March 20, 2025
3. Financial report
4. Telehealth access points proposal
5. Adjournment

Minutes

The Bancroft County Public Health Board of Trustees met at 5:30 p.m. in the conference room of the Community Services Building, Adams Junction. Chair Rao called the meeting to order.

Present: Trustees Rao, Kellerman, Benitez, Hoyt, and Mehta. Also present: Public Health Director Dr. Lena Foss and Community Health Nurse Supervisor Karen Whitfield, RN.

Motion by Kellerman, seconded by Benitez, to approve the March 20, 2025 minutes. Carried 5–0.

Nurse Supervisor Whitfield proposed establishing telehealth access points at the Adams Junction and Rowley Falls library branches to help residents without reliable home broadband connect with mental health and primary care providers remotely.

Motion by Mehta, seconded by Kellerman, to approve a small grant application to fund telehealth-capable equipment at the two library branches. Carried 5–0.

With no further business, the meeting adjourned at 6:41 p.m.. Next meeting: as scheduled.

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Dr. Anita Rao, Chair
Attest: Lena Foss, Public Health Director

Minutes approved as presented at the following regular meeting. Fictional demonstration record.