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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 02-07-2012 - 5kORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: February 7, 2012 Action Agenda Item No. 5- k SUBJECT: Intergovernmental Agreement DEPARTMENT: Health Department County Attorney PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: County Attorney's Office- 245-2317 Colleen Bridger -Health Director 245-2812 PURPOSE: To approve an intergovernmental agreement. BACKGROUND: The Board directed that it review all intergovernmental agreements. Provided below is an Agreement and brief synopsis that has been reviewed by the County Attorney's Office and staff is asking the Board to approve. 1. Parties to the Proposal: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for its Department of Family Medicine in the School of Medicine ("UNC") and Orange County. Services: The purpose of this contract is to purchase the services of the Orange County Health Department to improve the quality of patient self-management through an evidence-based American Diabetes Association (ADA) self-management & medical nutrition therapy (MNT) program aimed specifically at helping to close the gap in health disparities among minorities who have diabetes. a. Amount: UNC would pay the County a total of $ 78,996; $19,586 in the current fiscal year, and the remaining $59,410 in the next fiscal year. b. Term: The contract will begin February 2012 and end on May 31, 2013. FINANCIAL IMPACT: Financial impact is listed above. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board authorize the County Manager to sign the above listed agreement and any amendments or renewals of that Agreement.