Board of Health

Board Roster & Committees

Member	Appointed By	Term Expiration
Anita Judd - Jenkins	Cowley County Commission	12-31-25
Melinda Current, RN, MSN, DHSc	Winfield City Commission	12-31-25
Rick Shaffer	USD #462 Board of Education	12-31-25
K.C. Colvin – BOH Chairperson	USD #471 Board of Education	12-31-23
Mary Benton, BOH Vice-Chair	Arkansas City Commission	12-31-23
John Seitz, DDS	Cowley County Commission (Practicing DDS in Cowley Co.)	12-31-23
Ed Trimmer	Cowley County Commission	12-31-24
Open Pending Appt	Cowley County Commission (Practicing MD in Cowley Co.)	12-31-24
Sandra Jirak, BSN RN	Cowley County Commission	12-31-24

Board of Health Meetings

The Joint City-Cowley County Board of Health holds regular meetings the first Tuesday of each month unless impacted by a Holiday. The meetings are held at 6:00 PM in the meeting room of the Health Department Offices on a rotating basis in either Arkansas City or Winfield. Any individual that would like to attend a meeting may do so – kindly contact the Health Department Administrator (620-221-1430) at least 7 day prior to the meeting date to verify meeting date, time and location and to have any issue placed upon the meeting agenda. – Thank you!

Meeting Date	Office Location
January 3, 2023	Winfield Office
February 7, 2023	Arkansas City Office
March 7, 2023	Winfield Office
April 4, 2023	Arkansas City Office
May 2, 2023	Winfield Office
June 6, 2023	Arkansas City Office
July 4, 2023	Winfield Office
August 1, 2023	Arkansas City Office
September 5, 2023	Winfield Office
October 3, 2023	Arkansas City Office
November 7, 2023	Winfield Office
December 5, 2023	Arkansas City Office

BOH Meetings & Agendas

Meeting Agendas and Approved Copies of Minutes of Regular Meetings are available upon request. Kindly contact the Health Department Administrator at tlanger@cowleycountyks.gov and the information will be made available to you. Please note in order to save server file storage capacity we will not link to files through this page. Meeting dates and locations are subject to change at the direction of the Board of Health. Thank you.

For a calendar of Board of Health Meetings, both past and future, please click HERE.