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The Tompkins County Board of Health is established under NYS Public Health Law Article 3, Title III, Section 343.

Meetings

  • Meetings are the 4th Tuesday of the month at Noon, except for Nov. & Dec., which are combined and held the first Tuesday in December.
  • All meetings are open to the public in the Rice Conference Room at Whole Health, 55 Brown Rd., Ithaca. 
  • Thumbnail image for BOH YouTube Meetings will be recorded and the video will be uploaded to YouTube after the meeting. (Links in the dropdown sections below.) Meetings are not livestreamed.

Meeting Agendas, Packets, Minutes

2026

Video recordings for 2026

Date 2026 Agenda Packet Approved Minutes
January 27  Agenda(PDF, 188KB) Packet(PDF, 13MB)  
February 24 Agenda(PDF, 188KB)  Packet(PDF, 6MB)  
March 24      
April 28      
May 26      
June 23      
July 28      
August 25      
September 22      
October 27      
December 1      

2025

Video recordings for Sept & Oct 2025

Date 2025 Agenda Packet Approved Minutes
January 28 Agenda(PDF, 226KB) Packet(PDF, 3MB) Minutes(PDF, 67KB)
February 25  Agenda(PDF, 142KB) Packet(PDF, 4MB) Minutes(PDF, 134KB)
March 25 Agenda(PDF, 192KB)  Packet(PDF, 3MB) Minutes(PDF, 151KB)
April 22 Agenda(PDF, 158KB)  Packet(PDF, 2MB)  Minutes(PDF, 65KB)
May 27 Agenda(PDF, 139KB)  Packet(PDF, 3MB)  Minutes(PDF, 67KB)
June 24 Agenda(PDF, 173KB)  Packet(PDF, 4MB)  Minutes(PDF, 68KB)
July 22 Agenda(PDF, 168KB)  Packet(PDF, 3MB) Minutes(PDF, 90KB)
August 26  Canceled Packet(PDF, 699KB) -------- 
September 23 Agenda(PDF, 264KB)  Packet(PDF, 7MB)   Minutes(PDF, 184KB)
October 28 Agenda(PDF, 252KB)  Packet(PDF, 4MB)  Minutes(PDF, 210KB) 
November      
December 2  Agenda(PDF, 241KB) Packet(PDF, 3MB)   Meeting Cancelled

2024

Date 2024 Agenda Packet Approved Minutes
January 23 01-23 Agenda(PDF, 155KB) 01-23 Packet(PDF, 4MB) 01-23 Minutes(PDF, 24KB)
February 27 02-27 Agenda(PDF, 227KB) 02-27 Packet(PDF, 4MB) Meeting Canceled 
March 26 03-26 Agenda(PDF, 174KB) 03-26 Packet(PDF, 4MB) 03-26 Minutes(PDF, 92KB)
April 23 04-23 Agenda(PDF, 101KB) 04-23 Packet(PDF, 4MB) 04-23 Minutes(PDF, 37KB)
May 28 05-28 Agenda(PDF, 196KB) 05-28 Packet(PDF, 4MB) 05-28 Minutes(PDF, 102KB)
June 25 06-25 Agenda(PDF, 142KB) 06-25 Packet(PDF, 8MB) 06-25 Minutes(PDF, 108KB)
July 23 07-23 Agenda(PDF, 139KB) 07-23 Packet(PDF, 822KB) Meeting Canceled
August 27 08-27 Agenda(PDF, 190KB) 08-27 Packet(PDF, 2MB) 08-27 Minutes(PDF, 100KB)
September 24 09-24 Agenda(PDF, 141KB) 09-24 Packet(PDF, 2MB) 09-24 Minutes(PDF, 70KB) 
October 22  10-22 Agenda(PDF, 141KB)  10-22 Packet(PDF, 2MB) 10-22 Minutes(PDF, 97KB)
December 3  12-3 Agenda(PDF, 4MB)  12-3 Packet(PDF, 4MB)  

2023

Date   Agenda   Packet Approved Minutes
January 24 01-24-2023 BOH Agenda(PDF, 28KB) 01-24-2023 BOH Packet(PDF, 9MB) 01-24-2023 BOH Minutes(PDF, 46KB)
February 28 02-28-2023 BOH Agenda(PDF, 157KB) 02-28-2023 BOH Packet(PDF, 6MB) 02-28-2023 BOH Minutes(PDF, 24KB)
March 28 03-28-2023 BOH Agenda(PDF, 29KB) 03-28-2023 BOH Packet(PDF, 6MB) 03-28-2023 BOH Minutes(PDF, 33KB)
April 25 04-25-2023 BOH Agenda(PDF, 86KB) 04-25-2023 BOH Packet(PDF, 4MB) 04-25-2023 BOH Minutes(PDF, 78KB)
May 23 05-23-2023 BOH Agenda(PDF, 90KB) 05-23-2023 BOH Packet(PDF, 7MB) 05-23-2023 BOH Minutes(PDF, 68KB)
June 27 Meeting Canceled    
July 25 07-25-2023 BOH Agenda(PDF, 91KB) 07-25-2023 BOH Packet(PDF, 6MB) 07-25-2023 BOH Minutes(PDF, 30KB)
August 22 08-22-2023 BOH Agenda(PDF, 89KB) 08-22-2023 BOH Packet(PDF, 2MB) 08-22-2023 BOH Minutes(PDF, 25KB)
September Meeting Canceled    
October 24 10-24-2023 BOH Agenda(PDF, 881KB) 10-24-2023 BOH Packet(PDF, 6MB) 10-24-2023 BOH Minutes(PDF, 33KB)
December 5 12-05-2023 BOH Agenda(PDF, 184KB) 12-05-2023 BOH Packet(PDF, 6MB) 12-05-2023 BOH Minutes(PDF, 45KB)

2018–2022

2022

 

2021

 

2020

 

2019

 

2018

Food Service Establishment (FSE) Inspection Reports

 

Board of Health Members

All Board of Health (BOH) members are volunteers who serve six (6) year terms. The number and type of members of the BOH is designated by Public Health Law (Article 3, Title 3, Section 343). The BOH is governed by formal By-Laws(PDF, 23KB).

Board Members

Name Contact Representing Term Expires
Christina Moylan, Ph.D. cmoylan@ithaca.edu At-Large Member and President Dec. 31, 2029
Edward A. Koppel, M.D. eak17@cornell.edu Physician Dec. 31, 2027
Melissa Dhundale, M.D. Physician and Vice President Dec. 31, 2030
Ravinder Kingra mrk248@cornell.edu City of Ithaca Dec. 31, 2026
Samara Touchton stouchton@cayugamed.org At-Large Member Dec. 31, 2026
Shawna Black (607) 351-7855
sblack@tompkins-co.org		 County Legislature Dec. 31, 2025
Andreia de Lima, MD adelima@cayugahealth.org Physician Dec. 31, 2030
Frank Cantone    At-Large Member Dec. 31, 2028

1/20/2026

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