Health clinic to host open house

Quay County Health Clinic Administrator Renee Hayoz invited Quay County Commissioners to an upcoming open house at the clinic in the hopes of raising awareness of their services to the residents.

Hayoz invited the commissioners to the event after giving a monthly report of the clinic’s activities during Monday’s regular meeting.

“We want the residents to come in, meet the staff and the providers who are here to serve their medical needs,” Hayoz said.

The open house will be from 2 p.m-4:30 p.m. Monday at the Presbyterian Medical Services Clinic located at 1302 East Main Street in Tucumcari.

“The clinic provides excellent care, it is important to remind the residents of the services they can provide,” said Franklin McCasland, Commission Chair.

Hayoz said she has been reaching out to the community to raise awareness about the clinic. She said recent outreach to area senior citizens has resulted in positive feedback from the community.

“The community forgets, or sometimes doesn’t know the clinic is here to serve their needs,” Hayoz said.

In her report, Hayoz said that encounter were down for the month of December largely in part to the providers taking vacation time. She said the providers have returned and efforts are underway to find a part time provider that can fill in to avoid further disruptions in patient care.

Other items before the commissioners

• Quay County Extension Service Program Director Brenda Bishop gave a quarterly report outlining all of the area 4-H, extension service activities. Bishop included information about an upcoming workshop on the importance of having a will. She said the workshop will outline the benefits of having a will. Two sessions will be held at 1:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m., today at the Extension Office located at 216 East Center Street.

n Quay County Sheriff Russell Shafer informed the commission that the three new patrol units have arrived and are in use by the deputies. Shafer said he continues to monitor the current legislative session and the possible changes to the Law Enforcement Protection Fund. The fund, is a source of additional funding for law enforcement agencies to help cover cost including training and the purchase of equipment.

• A concern about the possibility of having to monitor DWI offender’s compliance upon their release and before their court date was expressed by Quay County DWI Coordinator Andrea Shafer. “There has been discussion of including pre-trial compliance for each individual to the duties of local DWI compliance offices,” Shafer said.

Shafer said the office would be required to monitor each person charged with a DWI upon their initial release. She said the monitoring could be daily or weekly but would continue until the person is charged or acquitted.

• A closed executive session was held for pending or threatened litigation. No action was taken.