Mai Bell HurleyHealth was not the primary order of business Monday at the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Regional Health Council’s monthly meeting.
Instead, the council debated why one out of five members don’t know their roles, and why 58 percent of the council missed four or more meetings in 2010.
The 50-minute debate stemmed from a member survey that also revealed a lack of committee engagement and an overall sense of “why are we here?”
“Many members are less engaged/ambivalent” about their membership, and 21 percent “don’t know/[are] not sure of their role on the council,” according to Chattanooga-Hamilton County Health Department documents.
The 25-member Regional Health Council describes itself as “the lead community-based organization” responsible for advising the publicly funded health department on its initiatives. Council members meet once a month.