[Adopted 9-19-2011 by Ord. No. 1991[1]]
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Editor’s Note: The Village Fee Schedule is on file in the Village offices.
The North Shore Health Department shall provide public health services for the Village of Shorewood pursuant to intergovernmental agreement between the Village of Shorewood and other North Shore municipalities and it shall be the Village of Shorewood Health Department.
A. 
Creation. The North Shore Health Department Board of Health shall be the Board of Health for the Village of Shorewood.
B. 
Composition.
(1) 
The Board of Health shall consist of one representative from the Villages of Bayside, Brown Deer, Fox Point, River Hills, Shorewood and Whitefish Bay and the City of Glendale. Appointments to the Board of Health shall be made by the village president or mayor of each participating community and shall serve as that community's representative to the North Shore Health Department Board of Health for a term of two years, subject to confirmation by each municipality's governing body. The Medical Officer shall be a member of the North Shore Health Department Board and be appointed by the Board of Health for a two-year term. The Health Officer to the North Shore Health Department shall be staff representative to the Board.
(2) 
Each person appointed to represent a municipality shall have demonstrated interest or competence in the field of public health or community health. Appointments made to the Board of Health shall consist of no more than eight members, and at least three of these members shall be persons who are not elected officials or employees of the governing bodies. A good faith effort shall be made to appoint a registered nurse and a physician. The Board of Health should reflect the diversity of constituents served.
C. 
Term of office. Each participating municipality's representative shall be appointed for a two-year term in conformance with the municipality's practice for appointing any board members, subject to confirmation by each municipality's governing body.
D. 
Selection of officers. The board of health shall annually elect a chair and clerk at its first meeting of each calendar year. The Director of the North Shore Health Department or the Director's designee shall record minutes for board of health meetings.
E. 
Meetings. All meetings of the North Shore Health Department Board of Health shall be properly posted and notice given in accordance with state open meeting law. Meetings shall be held at least quarterly. The board of health may meet more often, on an as-needed basis, at the call of the chair, so long as the meeting is properly posted and notice given in accordance with § 19.84, Wis. Stats.
F. 
Jurisdiction and duties.
(1) 
The board of health shall govern the North Shore Health Department and ensure the enforcement of state public health statutes and public health rules of the Department, subject to the "Agreement for Public Health Services, North Shore Health Department" and applicable ordinances of each participating municipality.
(2) 
Specifically, the board of health shall:
(a) 
Assist in determining public health needs and advocate for the provision of reasonable and necessary public health services.
(b) 
Develop policy and provide leadership that fosters local involvement and commitment, that emphasizes public health needs and that advocates equitable distribution of public health resources and complementary private activities commensurate with public health needs.
(c) 
Ensure conformance with the "Agreement for Public Health Services, North Shore Health Department."
(d) 
Assure that measures are taken to provide an environment in which individuals can be healthy.
(e) 
Assure that the North Shore Health Department is a Level II or III health department, as specified in § 251.04(1) and (2), Wis. Stats.
The North Shore Health Department shall provide a Health Officer for the Village of Shorewood pursuant to intergovernmental agreement between the Village of Shorewood and other North Shore municipalities and the Health Officer of the North Shore Health Department shall be the Health Officer for the Village of Shorewood.