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6 <br />Chapter I <br />Governance and Administration <br />Mission Statement <br />The mission of the Governance and Administration function of OPC is to provide <br />oversight and management of administrative operations; to promote efficient and <br />effective utilization of staff and resources; to implement agency~policy and protocols as <br />established by the Area Board, and to create on-going opportunities,for full stakeholder <br />~, <br />involvement. ~~` '~ <br />Purchaser Standards ~ ~~ ~`~ ~~ <br />OPC Area Program is currently in compliance with all applicable local; `state and federal <br />statutes and rules, or will dedicate resources to the correction of any known,,orridentified <br />deficiencies. ~ ~~~~, ~'~~~ <br />Current Operations <br />Area Board <br />OPC's Area Board serves as the comprehensive "planning, budgeting, implementation, <br />and monitoring body for community base~~_menfal health, -~tlevelopmental disability, and <br />substance abuse services (mh/dd/sa),in the three county area. The nineteen member <br />Board is appointed to serve as the governing body by the three Boards of County <br />Commissioners pursuant to the provisions `~of ,Chapter 122C of the North Carolina <br />General Statutes. The Board currently has six vacancies, for which the three Boards of <br />Commissionecs_,are actively recruiting members. The Area Board operates under the <br />guidance af~general by-laws, which were most recently revised on January 6, 2007 to <br />include.~the requirements outlined in House Bill 2077. At the January Board retreat, <br />OPC=s Mission Statemenf'and Code of Ethics were also.revised as part of our planning <br />activities: Orientation, ~`uvnich is provided by the Area Director to all new Board <br />members; is'~also being revised to reflect the changes that have occurred in the public <br />mental health system. ;The Board meets at least ten times per year, conducting <br />business under parliamentary procedures as described in Roberts Rules of Order. <br />Officers of the Board include a Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson and Secretary who are <br />elected for aone-year'term in January of each year. OPC's Area Board has standing <br />committees for finance, personnel, client rights, and CFAC, as well as a nominating <br />committee that convenes annually to compile the slate of nominees for Area Board <br />officers. The Board has three. disability subcommittees, which are currently under <br />review to determine the appropriate role and function of these committees within the <br />structure of the local management entity. All committees, with the exception of the <br />nominating committee, meet monthly and report activities to the full Board at the regular <br />meetings. Written materials are distributed to Area Board members, county managers <br />and other stakeholders one-week prior to the meeting each month. In October 2006, a <br />6 <br />