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Home My WebLink AboutBOH minutes 022405MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH February 24, 2005 Board of Health Minutes Transcription completed by Anne Miles Cassell 1 February 24, 2006 ORANGE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT MISSION STATEMENT: To enhance the quality of life, promote the health, and preserve the environment for all people in the Orange County community. THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH MET ON February 24, 2005 at the Southern Human Services Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. BOARD OF HEALTH MEMBERS PRESENT: Alan Rimer, Chair; Jessica Lee, Vice-Chair; Sharon Freeland; Chris Harlan; Sharon Van Horn; Alice White; Kate Wilder BOARD OF HEALTH MEMBERS ABSENT: Matt Vizithum, Tim Carey, out of town; Moses Carey, Jr., due to a meeting conflict STAFF PRESENT: Rosemary Summers, Health Director; Angela Cooke, Dental Health Services Division Director; Ron Holdway, Environmental Health Services Division Director; Donna King, Health Promotion and Education Division Director; John Sauls, Animal Services Division Director; Wayne Sherman, Personal Health Services Division Director; Anne Miles Cassell, Administrative Assistant GUESTS PRESENT: Nicole Jackson, Health Promotion and Education intern I. Welcome and Introductions Alan Rimer called the meeting to order at 7:25 P.M. following the joint meeting with the Commission on the Environment. II. Approval of February 24, 2005 Agenda Rosemary Summers requested the addition of Item V.E., Resolution in Favor of Full Funding of Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant. The motion to approve the Agenda of February 24, 2005, as amended, was made by Chris Harlan, seconded by Jessica Lee, and carried without dissent. III. Public Comment for Items NOT on Printed Agenda None IV. Action Items on CONSENT Agenda A. Minutes approval of January 27, 2005 meeting. Motion to approve the minutes of January 27, 2005 meeting was made by Chris Harlan, seconded by Alice White and carried without dissent. B. Comprehensive Land Use Plan Comments MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH February 24, 2005 Board of Health Minutes Transcription completed by Anne Miles Cassell 2 February 24, 2006 The Planning Department staff has been presenting the comprehensive land use plan development to all county advisory boards and requesting feedback by the end of February. Advisory boards can provide more detailed responses up until the first public hearing that is tentatively scheduled for mid-May. At the Board meeting in January, questions that the Board asked included impacts on development of affordable housing and how the plan would link outlying nodes to existing services. The Board discussed whether it wished to make specific comments and/or recommendations to the Planning Board and the Board of Commissioners on elements being proposed in the Comprehensive Land Use Plan. The Board decided to break down into committee structure for further discussion. Motion to break down into committee structure for further discussion and report at the March meeting was made by Kate Wilder, seconded by Alice White, and carried without dissent. C. Committee Structure for BOH for 2005 The current operation procedure of the Board requires review of existing committee structure annually to make decisions regarding the number and types of standing committees. At the January meeting the Board asked the Chair to confer with the Health Director and offer a recommendation for a committee/task force structure. Several structures and options were provided for discussion. Board members agreed to the following committee/task force structure: Executive Committee Alan Rimer, Chair Jessica Lee, Vice-Chair Alice White Nominating and Bylaws Committee Jessica Lee, Vice-Chair Sharon Van Horn Task Forces for 2005 Environmental Health Rules Revision TF Alan Rimer Alice White Strategic Planning TF Tim Carey Matt Vizithum Pharmacist (vacant position) MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH February 24, 2005 Board of Health Minutes Transcription completed by Anne Miles Cassell 3 February 24, 2006 Community Awards Program TF Sharon Freeland Chris Harlan Liaison Roles: Kate Wilder Animal Services Advisory Board Dangerous Dog Appeals Committee Chris Harlan Human Services Advisory Commission Forum Matt Vizithum Healthy Carolinians Alan Rimer North Carolina Association of Jessica Lee Boards of Health Alan Rimer Commission for the Environment Motion to adopt the committee/task force structure as presented was made by Alice White, seconded by Kate Wilder, and carried without dissent. V. Reports and Discussion with Possible Action A. Capital Improvement Budget Requests Each year departments are asked to submit capital improvement requests to the budget staff in preparation for countywide development of a capital improvement plan. The health department management staff is currently in the process of developing the items to be requested. The request will include vehicles, information technology items, major equipment and building projects. In the past two years, there have been very few capital request items approved by the commissioners. The department is beginning to experience a backlog of needed items. The Board received a summary spreadsheet of these requests for informational purposes. B. Personnel Budget Requests Traditionally new staff requests have been due in December for budget consideration. This year, the County Manager has indicated that he will not be considering new positions as a rule. The Department is not submitting any new positions, but is submitting increases in time and duty changes for a few positions that are already in existence. The Department would like to renew a “placeholder” for an environmental MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH February 24, 2005 Board of Health Minutes Transcription completed by Anne Miles Cassell 4 February 24, 2006 health education position. Division Directors are working on justifications for these increases/changes in time equivalencies. These include the following: Healthy Carolinians Coordinator: from 50% to 75% county funding Public Health Nurse II: from 10 month funding to 12 month funding (2) Nurse Practitioner I: reclassified to Nurse Practitioner II Part-time School Health Aide: convert to full-time Licensed Practical Nurse Dental Hygienist: from 50% to 60% time C. Animal Control Transition to Animal Services Department The Board of Commissioners set the date for the transition of the Animal Control Division out of the Health Department to be no later than March 1, 2005. Gwen Harvey, Assistant County Manager, and Elaine Homes, Personnel Director, provided an update for the Board of Health and answered questions from the Board regarding this transition. The Manager has decided to leave Animal Control with the Health Department until a new Animal Services Director can be hired. D. Tracking Form Review The Board reviewed the upcoming work/agenda items schedule and made no changes. E. Resolution in Favor of Support of Full Funding of Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant Chronic disease and obesity are now the major causes of preventable death and disability in North Carolina and account for 75% of all preventable health care costs in the state. Public Health programs in all NC counties support individual responsibility in reducing unhealthy behaviors that are the major risk factors for chronic diseases and promote policy and environmental changes that support healthy behaviors. The Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant provides essential support for preventing chronic diseases and obesity. The loss of $3.7 million PHHS Block Grant Funds will devastate North Carolina’s capacity to deliver core public health services and provide essential preventive health programs through local health departments and will also eliminate other statewide public health programs such as rape crisis services, preventive dental services for low-income children, and osteoporosis education. Motion in support of the Resolution in Favor of Support of Full Funding of Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant and to send the signed Resolution to Senators Dole and Burr, and Representative Price, was made by Kate Wilder seconded by Sharon Freeland, and carried without dissent. MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH February 24, 2005 Board of Health Minutes Transcription completed by Anne Miles Cassell 5 February 24, 2006 VI. Board Comments/Announcements A. None VII. Adjournment Motion to adjourn the meeting was made by Kate Wilder, seconded by Sharon Van Horn, and carried without dissent. The next Board of Health meeting will be held on March 24, 2005 at the Government Services Center in Hillsborough, North Carolina at 7:00 PM. Respectfully submitted, Rosemary L. Summers, MPH, DrPH Health Director Secretary to the Board