Cleveland County Wellness Committee Meeting - April 24, 2026
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Cleveland County Wellness Committee Meeting - April 24, 2026
The Cleveland County Wellness Committee held its regular meeting on Friday, April 24, 2026, at the Cleveland County Office Building in Norman, Oklahoma. The meeting covered the wellness app initiative, gym equipment repairs, an employee health clinic update, and proposed low-cost blood tests. The meeting notice was posted on April 22, 2026.
Minutes of the January 30, 2026 Meeting
The agenda included approval of the January 30, 2026 regular meeting minutes. The provided transcript does not contain a separate discussion or roll-call action on those minutes.
Wellness Initiative
- Members discussed a new wellness app program, including a $250 cost, additional fees for faster/professional setup, and a fee to continue the app in future years.
- The program is grant-funded and must be completed by September 30; one member said this may be the only year the funding is available.
- The intended start date was May 1, but the developer had been emailed questions every day and had not given a solid completion date. Members said the app might be available by mid-May.
- The committee planned to review user feedback and participation before committing county funds going forward.
Report on County Wellness Gym Facility
- Lisa Painter reported that PR Fitness visited on April 8 and gave a quote for repairing one elliptical, a couple of treadmills, and starting a rower. A purchase order had been issued, but the repair had not yet been scheduled.
- Two treadmills had known issues: one made a noise but still worked, and the other would not work because of a problem with the emergency stop.
- Members observed that the first two treadmills are virtually brand new because employees tend to choose the last two treadmills in line, so they discussed rotating the machines to better use all of them.
- A member suggested looking into a treadmill on a lower floor for employees who cannot climb stairs. A stationary bicycle was also mentioned as an alternative. The committee agreed to check options for placement and equipment.
Emergency Management Director Update
The Emergency Management Director said their update was already covered under item seven, and deferred to that item.
Employee Health Clinic Update
- On-site clinic visits have increased in recent months, with March reporting the highest number of visits ever recorded.
- The clinic is staffed by Elizabeth? (spelled from transcription as "Alison"), and is open Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
- Telemedicine services are available, and the clinic provides B12 injections and seasonal vaccines. Employees were encouraged to take advantage of these resources.
Wellness Checkups During April and May
- The committee discussed a negotiated blood-test package. The price is $50 per person, plus a $25 phlebotomy fee, for a total of $75 per employee.
- The package includes CBC, a metabolic panel, lipids, glucose, estrogen and progesterone for women, and PSA and testosterone for men.
- The phlebotomy team is willing to come on-site, including to individual offices, the sheriff's office, and the barns, but not the jail.
- The cost to the employee is nothing; the county or the program would cover the fee. However, the Board of County Commissioners has not yet approved the program.
- A member noted that health insurance typically does not pay for labs unless they are ordered by a doctor. Members shared examples of paying $100-$120 per panel and, in one member's case, about $600 for a full panel.
- Several members expressed strong support for the $75 on-site blood testing option, calling it a great price and a "great thing." Others stressed the importance of clearly communicating the value to county employees so participation would be high.
- A member said the plan is to use the same grant funds as the wellness app, but final approval must come from the county commissioners.
New Business, Member Statements, and Announcements
- Members were reminded that their names would be on a resolution to be reviewed by the Board of County Commissioners on the following Monday to reaffirm membership. They were invited to report any hesitation or need for a alternate before that time.
- The committee unanimously passed a motion recommending that the current committee members be confirmed by the Board of County Commissioners.
- Upcoming events were announced: a cooking class at the library, a May 1 Extension open house starting at 1:00 p.m. celebrating 112 years of extension and the new building, and a craft fair at the fairgrounds on May 7-9.
Key Outcomes
- No formal action was completed or was placed pending the project; the app and gym repairs remain scheduled through the purchase order and active follow-up.
- The wellness blood-test proposal was publicized to be awaiting Board of County Commissioners approval before being offered to employees.
- The committee voted unanimously to recommend the current membership for confirmation by the Board of County Commissioners.
- The meeting was adjourned after a motion and second, with all presenting members voting in favor.
Meeting Transcript
Two hundred and fifty dollars, two hundred and fifty dollars. So that's great. People could do really wonderful things at all, right? Okay. And how will that app be available? I be on the work for the whatever Google compared to the actual test. So yeah, we may actually are professional filters and should be should be good. We pay a little bit more money to get done a little bit more quickly. And then you know, there is uh there's a manual fee associated with going forward on this app. So the other thing is, you know, this is uh funding our object. So uh this we will run out of our money. So we may or may not be able to do this coin for depending on whether or not um this I think will be the only year we can use the R so unless the guy is out of way. We have to have it all um used and everything completed by September 30. So twice, you know, some of the first or whatever. Okay, for giving herself two or three months. Well, we'll see how well it's received now, I think people participate and give some feedback that we can we can talk about funding ourselves going forward. All right, maybe a question or comments about the longest initiative. Uh well we don't really know for sure we need to get the app available to make sure that it works, and then we we're hoping to do it in May. And you know that he's gonna be able to get that in time. It's almost May. I know we talked about it the start being May first. He has been working on it. He emails me every day of questions, and so I hope he hasn't given me a solid date of when it will be finished and available for the county. I know he's actively working on it. Okay, so maybe maybe mid page. So yeah, maybe first almost certainly, yes. Uh for discussion possible action regarding report on county wellness gym facility, at least a pair. We had PR fitness out April 8. And they checked over a lot of it. They've given us a quote for repairing one of the ellipticals and a couple of the treadmills and the rower to be diagnosed. To my knowledge, I haven't scheduled that yet. But I've given them the PO to move forward on it. I guess we probably need to let people know, because unfortunately I don't go in there very often. That they can contact me if there's any issues. But if as far as I know everything's getting some type of attention, yeah, the there's two trade bills that have issues. Yes, but uh one of them just makes a noise, it still works, uh-huh, and then the other one won't work because the emergency stock is jacked up. Okay. So the other two are first we're they're seldom used. They're bike tends to go to the last two in line, and so the first two in line are virtually brand new. So we it mentions the third and fourth treadmills. Yeah, we might maybe we should rotate them. You know, that's a good idea. Yeah, I mean those those first two things are pristine. Yeah, who do we need? Do we should I see about maintenance rotating that? Yeah, that might work. Yeah, anything else, Lisa. That's all I have. All right, uh discussion of possible box regarding presentation of emergency management regarding uh well as committee issues. Uh the only thing I have is actually covered in um item seven, so I will defer to that.
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