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Some Christian Co. health board members balk at director's idea of using $100,000 of $2.4 million reserve for recreational trail
The director of the Christian County Health Department urged its board to give $100,000 from reserves to fund a rail-to-trail project to provide residents with new opportunities for exercise.
Coverting old railroad beds to recreation trails could help improve Christian County's infrastructure to promote healthy living, which is needed because a study last year ranked Christian County 116th out of Kentucky's 120 counties in this area, said Health Department Director Mark Pyle.
The department has $2.4 million in reserve, but several board members opposed the idea, citing a budget shortfall this fiscal year, financial troubles with the school-nurse program and delays in Medicaid reimbursements, reports Nick Tabor of the Kentucky New Era.
The City of Hopkinsville hopes to raise $400,000 for the first phase of the trail project. A recreational trail would initiate a culture change and residents should have public resources equal to those of other regions, Mayor Dan Kemp told Taylor.
Pyle told Tabor the trail would help the health department accomplish its goal of advancing public health, and the reserve money isn't there for sitting on. He said he believes the board will agree to using the money for the project at its next meeting, April 22, after considering funding priorities.
The New Era endorsed the health department's contribution as a good investment in local health, which by law is the health board's responsibility. For a PDF of the editorial and the news story, click here.
Coverting old railroad beds to recreation trails could help improve Christian County's infrastructure to promote healthy living, which is needed because a study last year ranked Christian County 116th out of Kentucky's 120 counties in this area, said Health Department Director Mark Pyle.
The department has $2.4 million in reserve, but several board members opposed the idea, citing a budget shortfall this fiscal year, financial troubles with the school-nurse program and delays in Medicaid reimbursements, reports Nick Tabor of the Kentucky New Era.
The City of Hopkinsville hopes to raise $400,000 for the first phase of the trail project. A recreational trail would initiate a culture change and residents should have public resources equal to those of other regions, Mayor Dan Kemp told Taylor.
Pyle told Tabor the trail would help the health department accomplish its goal of advancing public health, and the reserve money isn't there for sitting on. He said he believes the board will agree to using the money for the project at its next meeting, April 22, after considering funding priorities.
The New Era endorsed the health department's contribution as a good investment in local health, which by law is the health board's responsibility. For a PDF of the editorial and the news story, click here.
- School Nurses Are An Unfunded Mandate For Schools, Which Are Picking Up More Of Their Cost As Health Department Budgets Shrink
Marion County nurse Renee Schooling helps Levi Hardin, a Marion County first grader with diabetes, check his blood sugar. (Lebanon Enterprise Photo by Stevie Lowery)Kentucky school nurses are stretched thin across the districts they serve and...
- Three Kentucky Health Departments In First Group Up For National Accreditation; Requires Local Health Assessment, Improvement Plan
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News Three Kentucky health departments are among the first in the nation to be considered for national accreditation, a process that could help improve patient care and put the agencies in closer touch with their communities'...
- 'cigarette 6' Smoked By Hopkinsville Paper's Editorial
First came the Jackson Five, then the Chicago Seven. Now, straight from Hopkinsville's city council, come the Cigarette Six. So dubbed by the editorial board of the Kentucky New Era, the Six were met with by a incredulous headline on an editorial...
- County Boards Of Health Are Being Told To Take A More Active Role In Improving The Health Of Their Communities
Christian County's health director told the county Board of Health last week that it "needs to spend less time on the health department?s budget and more time addressing big questions of community health," Nick Tabor writes for the Kentucky New Era....
- Mayor Will Propose Smoking Ban In Hopkinsville, Largest Kentucky City Without One
The largest Kentucky city that has not banned smoking in public places may change that. Hopkinsville Mayor Dan Kemp's proposal "fundamentally resembles Lexington's ban," reports Nick Tabor for the Kentucky New Era. The law would apply to bars...