The Clinton County Health Board held a short special meeting Monday evening at the health department with 10 members present, along with Shawn Crabtree, Executive Director of the Lake Cumberland District Health Department (LCDHD) out of Somerset.

Crabtree referred back to the local boards’ regular meeting in February in which an extra staff member was added to the Clinton County office, prompting the need for additional office space and an additional outdoor storage building.

The former smaller conference room was converted to office space with additions of cubicles, cabinets, workstations, etc. The furniture was obtained from Systems Design, Inc. of Lexington at a cost of $3,571.25.

The storage building was constructed by local contractor David Irwin at a total of $3,650.00

The amount of the additions was not included in the current fiscal year budget submitted to the county for approval and an amendment to the budget totaling $7,221.25 was needed, leaving a balance remaining of $208,084.00

County Judge Richard Armstrong made the motion to accept both quotes for equipment and storage building, as well as a budget amendment in the aforementioned amount for the work, which passed by unanimous vote.

There was no other business on the agenda, and the meeting was adjourned.

Crabtree did, however, announce to the Clinton County News that the district health department is currently partnering with Monticello Banking Company to award a $1,000 prize in a drawing from among residents who go online and take a personal wellness survey. Those who complete the survey are eligible for the prize and all information is kept confidential.

Crabtree said the wellness survey is a way for people to keep up with their personal health and wellness and track their progress. He also noted the district health department offered companies the chance to have workforce wellness surveys conducted to allow them to keep track of the wellness of their employees in general.

Persons interested in taking the wellness survey and becoming eligible for the $1,000 drawing can visit www.lcdhd.org.