Boone County Board of Health Meeting
Feb 2, 2026
The lede
- Board scheduled to vote on updated 2026 IRS mileage rate reimbursement for employees
- New policies up for approval: lunch hour coverage and computer/email/internet usage
- Reports scheduled on respiratory illness updates and PHAB (Public Health Accreditation Board) domains
- Building update on ongoing agenda as unfinished business
- Executive session planned, though purpose not specified in agenda
Attendance & housekeeping
No content.
Decisions & votes (each with vote count and notable discussion or dissent)
The agenda indicates motions were needed for the following items, but no voting records or outcomes are available:
- Approval of agenda
- Approval of December 1, 2025 minutes
- Approval of financial report
- 2026 IRS mileage rate adoption
- Lunch hour coverage policy
- Computer, email, and internet usage policy
- Entry into executive session
- Resume open session
- Adjournment
Discussion items (no vote)
- Department reports including respiratory illness updates and PHAB domains
- Board of Health committee reports, including finance committee
- Financial reports covering statement of revenues & expenditures and health fund balance sheet
- County Treasurer’s report
- Notification of claims paid during previous month
- Building update as unfinished business
- Performance management self-assessment
Public comment
Public comment period was scheduled with 2-minute time limit per speaker; comment forms were to be completed.
Notable moments (anything colorful, tense, or unusual)
The meeting continued to offer hybrid attendance via Zoom with special COVID-19 precautions still in effect, asking those feeling ill, regularly exposed to immunocompromised individuals, or uncomfortable attending in person to participate remotely.