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1 <br /> 1 <br /> 2 DRAFT <br /> 3 MINUTES <br /> 4 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> 5 JOINT MEETING WITH BOARD OF HEALTH <br /> 6 March 4, 2010 <br /> 7 5:30 p.m. <br /> 8 <br /> 9 <br /> 10 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met for a joint meeting with the Board of <br /> 11 Health on Thursday, March 4, 2010 at 5:30 p.m. at the Southern Human Services Center in <br /> 12 Chapel Hill, N.C. <br /> 13 <br /> 14 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Valerie P. Foushee, and Commissioners <br /> 15 Alice Gordon, Pam Hemminger, Barry Jacobs, Bernadette Pelissier, and Steve Yuhasz <br /> 16 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Mike Nelson <br /> 17 COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: John Roberts <br /> 18 BOARD OF HEALTH: Dr. Anissa Vines, Chair; Chris Harlan, Vice- Chair; and BOH <br /> 19 members Dr. Paul Chelminski, Mike Carstens, Christopher Cooke, Tony Whitaker, and Jim <br /> 20 Stefanadis <br /> 21 HEALTH DEPARTMENT STAFF PRESENT: Health Director Rosemary Summers <br /> 22 COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Frank Clifton, Assistant County Manager <br /> 23 Gwen Harvey, and Clerk to the Board Donna S. Baker(All other staff members will be identified <br /> 24 appropriately below <br /> 25 <br /> 26 1.. Introductions <br /> 27 Introductions were made. <br /> 28 <br /> 29 3. Messa a from Board of Health BOH chair <br /> 30 Anissa Vines, Chair of the BOH, said that they are here to bring to the Board of County <br /> 31 Commissioners' attention issues that are of concern to them in reference to public health issues. <br /> 32 She went through the great works within the Health Department and spoke of the <br /> 33 accomplishments of various staff. She said that Orange County has a lot to be proud of as it <br /> 34 relates to public health. She said that the Board of Health wants to have an engaged discussion <br /> 35 with the Board of County Commissioners. <br /> 36 Christopher Cook said that one of the challenges in public health is how to talk about <br /> 37 public health with the normal person who does not know the lingo. He said that they want to <br /> 38 think about health from a collective health perspective and not just individually and within the <br /> 39 family. He said that public health is a provider of last resorts for those who cannot afford <br /> 40 personal health providers. He said that the Board of Health sees resources in public health as <br /> 41 investments, such as prevention health measures, etc. He made reference to a handout that <br /> 42 shows that a $10 per capita investment over several years in a series of prevention programs <br /> 43 yields, In North Carolina's case, a return of 5.6 to the dollar invested. <br /> 44 <br /> 45 3. Statistical U date from Department <br /> 46 Health Director Rosemary Summers made a PowerPoint presentation. <br /> 47 <br /> 48 2008-2009 Year in Review <br /> 49 2009-2010 Progress <br /> 50 Overall Department Finances <br /> 51 a Final revenue and expenditures were $7,348,586 for the year (inc. grants) <br />