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Board of Health to Hold May Meeting via Video Conference on Thursday

DECATUR, Ga. – The DeKalb County Board of Health will hold its regularly scheduled meeting via teleconference on May 25, beginning at 3:00 p.m.

Public access to the video conference can be established through the following methods:

     

      • Zoom Audio: 301-715-8592 |Meeting ID: 841 4683 8424 / Passcode: 793815

    Agenda items for the meeting include:

       

        • Call to Order

        • Approval of Minutes
          Regular Board Meeting Minutes of March 23, 2023

        • Approval of Board Budget Committee Minutes
          Minutes of May 22, 2023

        • Bylaws Committee

        • Approval of the Proposed FY2024 Budget

        • DeKalb County Status of Health

        • Financial Status Report

        • Public Comments

        • Board Comments

        • Adjournment

       

      Anyone who would like to bring an issue before the board can be placed on the agenda by contacting
      Laundrae Easter at 404-294-3787. Written comments to the board will be accepted at:  Office of the Director, DeKalb County Board of Health, P.O. Box 987, Decatur, Ga. 30031.

      AIR QUALITY UPDATE 

      Current weather models show that winds will begin to shift
      from the east to the west after sunset on Wednesday.

      Smoke from the BioLab facility fire in Rockdale County is predicted to settle towards the ground as it moves toward Atlanta. There is a high likelihood that people across Metro Atlanta will wake up on Thursday morning seeing haze and smelling chlorine.

      For more information about health precautions, click here.

      last updated 10/2/2024 at 5:45 p.m.

      Warning SERVICE ALERT UPDATE Warning

      DeKalb Public Health will resume normal operations
      for all health centers and services at 8:15 a.m.,
      on Monday, September 30.

      SERVICE ALERT 

      Due to today’s worldwide cybersecurity outage, some services have been impacted.

      • You may experience delays reaching our Call Center, which handles health center appointments.
      • WIC benefit issuance is unavailable at this time. However, eWIC cards can still be used at authorized WIC vendors.


      This outage has not only affected DeKalb Public Health, but other government and business services, in Georgia, throughout the nation and internationally.

      We apologize for the inconvenience and greatly appreciate your patience, as we work with our partners to fully restore systems.

      SERVICE ALERT: Our health centers will be closed on Tuesday December 24 and Wednesday, December 25th, in observance of the holiday. Merry Christmas and happy holidays!

      SERVICE ALERT: Our health centers will be closed on November 28-29th, in observance of the State holiday.

      SERVICE ALERT: Our health centers will be closed on Monday, November 11th, in observance of the Veterans Day holiday.

      SERVICE ALERT: Our health centers will be closed on Monday, October 14th, in observance of the State holiday.

      SERVICE ALERT: Our health centers will be closed on Monday, September 2, in observance of the holiday. Have a safe and healthy Labor Day! 

      SERVICE ALERT

      In observance of Juneteenth, all DeKalb Public Health centers will be closed on Wednesday, June 19th. #happyjuneteenth

      SERVICE ALERT: Our health centers will be closed on Thursday, July 4th, in observance of the Federal Holiday. Have a safe and healthy Fourth of July!