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ELGIN BOARD OF HEALTH
January 11, 2010
MEMBERS PRESENT: Dr. Ronald Hirsch, Edward Whitcomb; Peggy Cleinmark,
Carol Spoden
MEMBERS ABSENT: Dr. Franz Stockman
STAFF PRESENT: Brad Bohner, Public Health Coordinator
The Elgin Board of Health quarterly meeting was held on Monday, January 11, 2010 in
the Community Development Conference room at City Hall. The meeting was called to
order by Chairman Hirsch at 7:30 p.m.
REVIEW OF THE FOURTH QUARTER
In the fourth quarter of 2009 the following food service establishments and retail food
stores opened: Subway on East Chicago Street, Sherman Hospital Cafeteria, Sherman
Perk, Aapka Bazaar, Taylor Street Pizza, Tortilleria Chihuahua, Porters Pub, Toom Toom
Thai Town, Lucky Asian Market, Chorizo Grill, Susie' Company, Uncle T's BBQ, The
Roadhouse /Main Event, and Coliseum Pizza. Quizno's on South Randall Road reopened
as Jimmy Johns, Hennessey's Steakhouse reopened as The Tilted Kilt, and the Grand
Victoria Casino closed their Fox and Hounds sports bar and reopened it as the Crave Deli
and Primeburger House.
J and K Gasoline and Dairy Queen on south McLean Boulevard have closed. The Osco
Drug Stores and the Salvation Army no longer sell potentially hazardous food. The Elgin
High school swimming pool and the YWCA swimming pool have closed. Woodview
Lanes catering kitchen was closed for two weeks due to unsanitary conditions. Modesta
Nunez and Quick E Mart in the Fox Valley Flea Market were closed due to no handsinks
available on site. The Holiday Inn swimming pool and spa, and the Hampton Inn spa
were closed for one day due to no disinfectant present.
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JANUARY 11, 2010
2009 YEAR END REPORT
Twenty -five food service establishments opened and nineteen closed. Eleven retail food
stores opened and seven closed. One tavern opened, one swimming facility opened, and
two swimming facilities closed. The Public Health Coordinator and Sanitarian
investigated 93 food service establishment and retail food store complaints, 13 of which
were suspected food -borne illness complaints. Twenty -five food service establishment
and retail food store plans were reviewed. Seven food service establishment licenses
were temporarily suspended, and pproximately 4,748 pounds of food were discarded
from food service establishments on 6 separate occasions.
The Elgin City Council approved an intergovernmental agreement with the Kane County
Health Department which required amendments to the food safety ordinance. These
amendments made the food safety code and food license fees uniform throughout Kane
County and the Cook County portion of Elgin. The Public Health Officer and Sanitarian
received State of Illinois certification to treat private property with mosquito larvicide.
They also attended quarterly Board of Health meetings to apprise members of health
matters, and one conference sponsored by the Illinois Environmental Health Association
to obtain continuing education required to maintain their Licensed Environmental Health
Practitioners.
There being no further items to discuss, the meeting was adjourned at 8:15 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Brad Bohner, Public Health Coordinator