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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBOH minutes 102402MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH October 24, 2002 Board of Health Minutes Transcription completed by V. Anne Miles 1 September 19, 2002 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 October 24, 2002 at the Government Services Center, Hillsborough, North Carolina. BOARD OF HEALTH MEMBERS PRESENT: Jonathan Klein, Chair; Mel Hurston, Vice Chair; Barry Adler; Alan Rimer; Martha Stucker; Lee Werley; Kate Wilder; Alice White BOARD OF HEALTH MEMBERS ABSENT: Sharon Van Horn, Moses Carey STAFF PRESENT: Rosemary Summers, Health Director; Wayne Sherman, Personal Health Services Division Director; Donna King, Health Promotion and Education Services Division Director; Angela Cooke, Dental Health Services Division Director; Ron Holdway, Environmental Health Services Division Director; John Sauls, Animal Control Services Division Director; Anne Miles, Administrative Assistant GUESTS PRESENT: Jennifer Horney, Pam Dickens, UNC School of Public Health; Jim Anderson, Deloris M. Chandler, Chandler Soil Consultants; Sharon Sunkel, Douglas Sunkel, Property Owners; Karen McAdams, Orange County Cooperative Extension. I. Welcome and Introductions Jonathan Klein called the meeting to order at 7:10 P.M. and introduced the guests. II. Approval of October 24, 2002 Agenda Jonathan Klein requested Item IV.D. be moved to V.C. for discussion. The motion to approve the Agenda of October 24, 2002 as amended was made by Kate Wilder, seconded by Martha Stucker, and carried without dissent. III. Public Comment for Items NOT on Printed Agenda None IV. Action Items on CONSENT Agenda A. Minutes approval of September 19, 2002 meeting. Motion to approve the minutes of September 19, 2002 was made by Martha Stucker, seconded by Lee Werley, and carried without dissent. B. Agreement Renewal Dental Health Director The UNC School of Dentistry has provided for the services of a Dental Director for the Health Department since the beginning of the Dental Program 20 years ago. The Dental Director provides clinical oversight and consultation to health department staff and to the variety of dental attendings, residents, and students that provide actual clinical services to the program. The Dental Division will be exploring the consolidation of the dental director role with the part -time faculty that the department MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH October 24, 2002 Board of Health Minutes Transcription completed by V. Anne Miles 2 September 19, 2002 also utilizes through the School of Dentistry. This agreement is for $10,000 and has not increased. C. New Personal Health Clinic Fees Three new fees are proposed to be established for services that our patients are requesting that we provide. Unless a fee is established, we cannot charge for the services we provide. The proposed fees are for the Mirena IUD device and insertion and uricult laboratory charge. Motion to approve items on the consent agenda was made by Martha Stucker, seconded by Lee Werley, and carried without dissent. V. Reports and Discussion with Possible Action A. PHEADS Committee 1. Sunkel Hearing Report and Recommendation Douglas Sunkel appealed the staff’s decision to revoke an Improvement Permit issued for a property he owns. The decision to revoke the permit was based on erroneous laboratory findings submitted to the staff that affected the determination of the site suitability. Once the correct laboratory findings were submitted, they did not support the site suitability classification and the permit was accordingly revoked. A hearing was held by the ACEH Committee on October 10th and the transcript from the hearing was included as part of the Board of Health packet. The Board has the authority to affirm, modify, or reverse the staff decision in the appeal according to NCGS §130A-24. The Committee is recommending that the Board affirm the staff decision. Deloris M. Chandler, Chandler Soil Scientists, addressed the Board on beh alf of the property owners. Motion to affirm the hearing officers recommendation was made by Alan Rimer, seconded by Martha Stucker, and carried without dissent. B. ACEH Committee 1. OCART Plan Kate Wilder reported that in December 2001 the ACEH Committee was presented with an animal disaster response team (OCART) plan progress report. The second revision was presented for Board review and input. Although there are remaining pieces of the plan to be developed, including a glossary, the Board was asked to provide feedback prior to adoption of the basic plan. Once adopted, the working group will proceed with volunteer recruitment and training. MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH October 24, 2002 Board of Health Minutes Transcription completed by V. Anne Miles 3 September 19, 2002 When the final plan is adopted it will go to Emergency Management and become part of the county multi-hazard plan. The Board acknowledged the hard work of the committee members that pulled this information together and prepared the draft, especially Dr. Sherry Nutter and Karen McAdams. 2. External Review Proposals for APS The Committee met and discussed each of the proposal summaries, from the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), and the American Human Society (AHS), and ideas for a public input process in preparation for making recommendations to the Board of Commissioners. The Committee asked staff to contin ue seeking more information on each of the organizations proposals through recommendations/references from previous clients. John Sauls presented the results of his conversations with clients of both organizations and Board members agreed that HSUS would provide more value for funds spent. The Board of Commissioners has scheduled a work session on October 28, 2002 to hear the recommendations of this Board and to consider the next steps. Motion to recommend to the Board of County Commissioners that the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) conduct the external APS review was made by Alan Rimer, seconded by Alice White, and carried without dissent. C. New Food and Lodging Plan Review Fees The North Carolina General Assembly recently enacted legislation to allow local health departments to charge fees for plan reviews of any food service establishments such as restaurants, food stands, meat markets, etc. This act became effective on September 30, 2002 and details of implementing the fees are left to local boards of health. Staff prepared a draft fee schedule along with a fee policy for the ACEH Committee’s consideration and it was reviewed at their meeting on October 10th. The policy excludes elderly nutrition sites and school lunchrooms from the fees. The schedule is adjusted for size of facility due to reduced staff work for smaller facilities. Motion to approve the policy and fee schedule and forward these to the Board of Commissioners for review was made by Martha Stucker, seconded by Alice White, and carried without dissent. VI. Board Comments/Announcements Rosemary Summers distributed pink ribbon pins to Board members from the Breast Cancer Awareness project. The Health Department was a recipient of approximately $5000 from Carolina Dancers for Breast Cancer Awareness. Carolina Dancers held a benefit dance and turned over the proceeds to agencies for breast cancer projects. The department will use this MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH October 24, 2002 Board of Health Minutes Transcription completed by V. Anne Miles 4 September 19, 2002 money to pay for mammograms for women who cannot pay for them. Counties within the ten-mile radius of Shearon Harris are in the process of distributing potassium iodide pills the first week of November. The Health Department will be posting a fact sheet for the public on the department web site of what to do in case of a radiation emergency and information on where to access additional information and videos about radiation emergencies. Martha Stucker announced that another orientation will be held for volunteers next week. VII. Adjournment Motion to adjourn the meeting was made by Alan Rimer, seconded by Kate Wilder, and carried without dissent. The next Board of Health meeting will be held on November 14, 2002 at the R. E. Whitted Human Services Center, Health Department conference room, Hillsborough, North Carolina at 7:00 PM. Respectfully submitted, Rosemary L. Summers, MPH, DrPH Health Director Secretary to the Board