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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBOH minutes 022599MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH February 25, 1999 Board of Health Minutes Transcription completed by Patsy L. Bateman 1 February 26, 1999 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 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1999 AT THE WHITTED BUILDING, HEALTH DEPARTMENT CONFERENCE ROOM IN HILLSBOROUGH, NORTH CAROLINA. BOARD OF HEALTH MEMBERS PRESENT: Tim Ives, Ron Cammarata, Richard Marinshaw, Janet Southerland, Barry Jacobs, Beverly Foster, Barbara Chavious, Barry Adler, Melvin Hurston, Jonathan Klein BOARD OF HEALTH MEMBERS ABSENT: Brenda Crowder-Gaines STAFF PRESENT: Rosemary Summers, Health Director; Dr. Eugene Sandler, Dental Director; Ron Holdway, Environmental Health Division Director; Eileen Kugler, Personal Health Division Director; Joyce Lee, Administrative Officer-Management; John Sauls, Animal Control Division Director; Cornelia Ramsey, Health Education; Leigh McFalls, Personal Health; Patsy Bateman, Administrative Assistant GUESTS PRESENT: Allyson Thore, Page Foreman, Jill Borcicky, Katie North (UNC School of Nursing) I. CALL TO ORDER AND INTRODUCTION OF GUESTS Dr. Ives called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. Rosemary Summers asked the staff and guests present to introduce themselves since this was Commissioner Jacobs’ first meeting as a Board member. II. ACTION ITEMS - CONSENT A. AMEND / APPROVE AGENDA (February 25, 1999) and MINUTES (January 25, 1999) Amend February 25, 1999 agenda to read: Under Discussion Items (III.) add C. Resolution on State Reorganization of Environmental Health Programs. Amend January 25, 1999 minutes to read: Page 4 D. Student Project Reports. In October 1998 there was a student Dr. of Pharmacy included. The February 25, 1999 agenda and January 25, 1999 minutes were amended/approved as stated above. The motion to approve the items on the consent agenda as stated above was made by Jonathan Klein, seconded by Janet Southerland and carried without dissent. III. DISCUSSION ITEMS A. PROPOSED BOARD OF HEALTH / BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AGENDA Included in the Board packet are potential agenda topics for the joint work session of the Board of Health and Board of County Commissioners on March 9, 1999. These topics were discussed at the last Board of Health meeting in January. Barry Jacobs asked whether or not the Adverse Public Health Condition would be discussed. In October the Board of Health decided to give the Adverse Public Health Condition more thought, after meeting with Geoff Gledhill, the County Attorney. Upon request it will be added to the joint meeting agenda and the Board of Health will look at it again after more consultation with Mr. Gledhill. MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH February 25, 1999 Board of Health Minutes Transcription completed by Patsy L. Bateman 2 February 26, 1999 B. 1999-2000 BUDGET Included in the Board of Health packet was the proposed 1999-2000 budget. The proposed budget was presented by Rosemary Summers in a Power Point presentation and recommendations were given to the Board. After discussion of the proposed budget by the Board, the Health Director and Division Directors, the Board of Health recommends Option B to be presented to the Board of County Commissioners. Option B is to send forward the proposed budget with recommendations for set asides. The Board encouraged the Health Director to carefully examine the request and prioritize needs. The Board recommended that the WTMP proposal be time-phased into the budget since it would not be ready for implementation on July 1, 1999. The motion to approve Option B, sending forward the proposed budget with recommendations for set asides of the proposed 1999-2000 Budget was made by Jonathan Klein, seconded by Melvin Hurston and carried without dissent. C. RESOLUTION ON STATE REORGANIZATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS Two years ago the NC Department of Environment, Health and Natural Resources was reorganized and split into two departments – the NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources and the NC Department of Health and Human Services. No decision was made regarding placement of environmental health programs. Last spring the stakeholders group issued a white paper recommending keeping environmental health programs together under the direction of Department of Health and Human Services. The Board of Health recommended a resolution in support of placing all programs traditionally in the Division of Environmental Health under the organization of the Department of Health and Human Services. The motion to approve the resolution on State reorganization of Environmental Health Programs was made by Barbara Chavious, seconded by Janet Southerland and carried without dissent. IV. HEALTH DIRECTOR’S REPORT A. NC Health Choice for Children Orange County figures show that the county has enrolled 127 totally “new to the system” children since October. Of the 217 total enrollees, 90 have “transferred” from Medicaid to NC Health Choice. Additionally, 162 new children were enrolled in Medicaid through this process. There have been 29 applications denied either because of income guidelines or because they are not citizens. There were 33 applications In February. The NC Dental Society is considering submitting recommendations for legislation to improve the dental benefits package to include sealants and simple extractions. Many dental providers have been unwilling to accept clients under this program because of these exclusions. The dental clinic here has seen about a dozen NC Health Choice clients. B. Staff Changes Meredith Duckworth, Dental Hygienist will be leaving to return to Dental School. Richard Coley, Lab Technician will be retiring. A retirement lunch will be held on March 26, 1999. Welcome to Jane Hwang, Family Nurse Practitioner. MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH February 25, 1999 Board of Health Minutes Transcription completed by Patsy L. Bateman 3 February 26, 1999 C. Recognition The Hepatitis A Team will be recognized by the Board of County Commissioners at their March 2, 1999 meeting. They have also been awarded the Team Achievement Award by John Link and will be recognized at a luncheon the end of April. E. Community Event Dates March 9th is the joint BOH/BOCC meeting; March 25th regular BOH meeting; 1st Week of April, restaurant recognition and smoke free dining kickoff; April 10th Bike Rodeo at Don Lacefield Chevrolet; April 16th Dental Health reception at Whitted Building at 4 pm; April 18th Apple Chill in Chapel Hill; April 26th Efland Community Festival Day. Board members are welcome and encouraged to attend any of these events. V. ADJOURN The Board of Health meeting adjourned at 9:45 p.m. The next regular Board of Health meeting will be held on March 25, 1999 at the Southern Human Services Center, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Respectfully submitted, Rosemary L. Summers, MPH, DrPH Health Director Secretary to the Board RLS:plb