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28 <br />• Assure compliance with laws and regulations that protect health and <br />safety <br />What are your Board/Commission's most important accomplishments? <br />• Reorganization of financial and administrative functions into new <br />division <br />• Completed renovation and construction of medical, dental, and <br />administrative offices at the Whiffed Building <br />• Participated in the Community Health Assessment process. Activities <br />included: 1) serving on the Leadership Team; 2) reviewing primary <br />data collection methodology and document outline; 3) co-hosting five <br />community forums; and, 4) approving the prioritization process of <br />community concerns <br />• Conducted review of applications for non-profit agency requests for <br />funding, providing feedback to the County Manager <br />• Developed internal focus area components for the preparation of the <br />Health Department strategic plan. <br />• Selection of two new Board of Health members <br />• Conducted joint meetings with the DSS Board and with the BOCC <br />• Received and discussed the annual communicable disease report for <br />Orange County <br />• Reviewed the department's septic system monitoring program and <br />fees and responded to the BOCC, regarding monitoring of state <br />systems <br />• Recruitment and appointment of an interim health director <br />• Recruitment and appointment of the health director <br />List of Specific Tasks, Events, or Functions Performed or Sponsored <br />Annually. <br />Healthy Carolinians Annual Meeting <br />Review of Child Fatality Prevention Task Force Report and Recommendations <br />Review of State of County Health Report annually <br />Review and approve new programs for health department <br />Review and approve budget request for department to forward to county <br />Review and approve fee schedule and any fee changes and forward to county <br />Review department strategic plan annually <br />Review and forward for county approval additional funding received by <br />department <br />Reviews all grant applications for the department <br />Review annual activity report for the department <br />Reviews quarterly and annual fiscal report for department <br />