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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD-2009-133 - Diabetes Education Program Grant Project Ordinance - 08-18-2009-4roRD ~ aoo9 -133 ,9~pr®v~~ ~ ~~• 0 9 Io achment 3 ~~ Diabetes Education Program Grant Project Ordinance Be it ordained by the Orange County Board of County Commissioners that pursuant to Section 13.2 of Chapter 159 of the General Statutes of North Carolina, the following grant project is hereby adopted. .Section 1. The project authorized is the Diabetes Education Program Grant as awarded to the Orange County Health Department by the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust. This two year grant award will be used to start a diabetes self-management education program. The program will be available to adults living in Orange County who have been diagnosed with diabetes and will focus on targeted outreach to those who have historically lacked access to such services including minority populations, the under/uninsured, those living in rural areas, and those lacking transportation to classes offered outside the County. Section 2. The officers of the County are hereby directed to proceed with the grant project within the grant document and the budget contained herein. Section 3. The following revenue is anticipated to be available to complete this project: Sate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust (09-10) $202,532 Nortl: Carolina Public Sealtlt Foundation (09-10) $1,000 Total $203,532 Section 4. There is no required County match for this grant. Section 5. The following amount is appropriated for this project: Diabetes Education Program $203,532 Section 6. The finance officer is hereby directed to maintain within the grant project specific detailed accounting records to provide the accounting to the grantor agency required by the grant agreement and federal and state regulations. Section 7. Copies of this grant project ordinance shall be made available to the finance officer for direction in carrying out this project. Section 8. No full-time equivalent County positions are related to this grant project ordinance. Section 9. This ordinance supersedes all previous "Diabetes Education Program° Grant Project Ordinances. Section 10. This project ordinance is in effect until June 30, 2010. Adopted this 18th day of August 2009. oa2~0 -.?oa ~ - /3 3 A~~)'Ca~v eC~ ~ IS'-v~ ~r The Board adopted a resolution for reimbursement authorizing the Financial Services Director to act as the County's agent and submit an invoice to the NCDOT in the amount of $20,333 on behalf of Efland Volunteer Fire Department; authorized the Clerk to sign the resolution; amended the budget of the Efland Fire District Fund in the amount of $20,333; and authorized payment to the Efland Volunteer Fire Department upon the receipt of the funds. ~ Approval of Proposed Emerpency Medical Charge Review Process This item was removed and placed at the end of the consent agenda for separate consideration. g_ Proclamation Regarding Quality Growth Initiative The Board approved a proclamation endorsing and adopting the Reality Check Report Guiding Principles for Quality Growth. r. Fiscal Year 2009-10 Budget Amendment #1 The Board approved budget, grant and capital project ordinance amendments for fiscal year 2009-10 for Health Department, Sheriff Department, County Capital Project Ordinances, Animal Services, Department of Social Services, Solid Waste Department, Department on Aging, and Emergency Services. s. Changes in BOCC Regular Meeting Schedule for 2009 The Board amended its regular meeting calendar for 2009 by: - Changing the location of the September 10, 2009 BOCC Work Session FROM Link Government Services Center in Hillsborough TO Orange County Emergency Services, 510 Meadowlands Dr. in Hillsborough (off of Hwy 70-A near the Sportsplex) -this meeting will start at 7:00 p.m.; and, - Changing the location of the October 13, 2009 BOCC Advisory Board meeting (5:30 p.m.) and the BOCC Work Session (7:00 p.m.) FROM Link Government Services Center in Hillsborough TO the Southern Human Services Center, 2501 Homestead Road, Chapel Hill. VOTE ON CONSENT AGENDA: UNANIMOUS ITEMS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA ~ Land Application of Biosolids Regional Forum 2009 The Board considered authorizing redirection of funds in an amount up to $6,000 from conducting a biosolids research project to an educational forum on land application biosolids. PUBLIC COMMENT: Chris Harlan asked the Board to support the request of the Health Department to reallocate the funds regarding the land application of biosolids for a research initiative for a community education effort. Awell-respected group representing several environmental entities in Orange County met to develop a proposal based on what seems needed, appropriate, and feasible given the economic realities. She said that Health Director Dr. Rosemary Summers has provided background information for the change from this research agenda to that of an educational one. The original funds to pay for the proposed research came from an already tight Health Department budget and those funds are not sufficient to carry out a plan. The Health Department has been working since 2006 to design and pull together the people needed to carry out this agenda. She said that this is clearly an arena that the Health Department should and does take leadership with, and it is a matter of working together as a community to figure out what to do in the future. Pam Grogan said that she is a pathologist at UNC and she lives in Bingham Township. She said that she likes the benefits of organic gardening and she is not comfortable with the