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MINUTES-Draft <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH <br />August 23, 2017 <br />S:\Managers Working Files\BOH\Agenda & Abstracts\2017 Agenda & Abstracts/ August Page 5 <br /> Permits issued in error would now be valid again. <br /> The public would benefit from a new evaluation that may allow a gravity system where <br />the old permit required a pump system. <br /> Sites may have been permitted multiple times since 2000 due to normal course of <br />expiration. <br /> Well permits issued on valid permit site plans may now be invalid by resurrecting expired <br />wastewater permits. <br /> <br />The bill status is as follows: <br /> <br /> Ratified by the Legislature 8/3/17 <br /> Vetoed by the Governor 8/14/17 <br /> Legislature back in Session in September <br /> Override of veto is quite possible <br /> All House and Senate Republicans voted in favor of the Bill <br /> Some Democrat House members voted in favor of the Bill <br /> <br />The BOH had questions that were addressed by Mr. Clapp. <br /> <br />F. NALBOH Update <br /> <br />BOH Strategic Plan Manager, Beverly Scurry and Susan Elmore, BOH Co-chair, attended this <br />year’s NALBOH 2017 Annual Conference that was held in Cleveland, OH on August 2-4, 2017. <br />Ms. Scurry began by thanking the Board for the opportunity to attend. Ms. Elmore had emailed <br />a link to the BOH members with session links. Some of the concepts covered at the conference <br />were innovation, partnership building, community engagement and involvement. Ms. Scurry <br />recalled a session that dealt with the opioid crisis in Wake County. She also mentioned that <br />Orange County has been more proactive through our usage of needle boxes and naloxone. <br /> <br />There was another session whose focus was on the tobacco age limit raise. Unfortunately, <br />Orange County BOH cannot raise the legal buying age to 21; however, the BOH has passed a <br />resolution in support of the age limit increase. Ms. Elmore also praised a pre-conference <br />workshop titled “How Can I be a Public Health Leader?”. Lastly, Ms. Scurry stated that next <br />year’s NALBOH conference will be held in Raleigh and that abstracts will be requested soon. <br /> <br /> <br />VI. Action Items (Non Consent) <br /> <br />A. FY 16/17 Delinquent Accounts <br /> <br />Per the department’s Delinquent and Uncollectable Accounts policy (15.0), uncollectible <br />accounts are to be administratively written off the books. The purpose of this accounting <br />function is to precisely account for and pursue funds which are truly unrecoverable. The last <br />administrative write-offs were performed by the Board of Health in August 2016 (Personal <br />Health, Dental Health, and Environmental Health) for FY 2015. <br />Personal Health, Dental Health, and Environmental Health continue to participate in the NC <br />Debt Set-Off Program, which allows the county to collect debts on delinquent accounts with a <br />balance between $50 and $4,000 through the customer’s tax refund. The Health Department <br />anticipate Per the department’s Delinquent and Uncollectable Accounts policy (15.0), <br />uncollectible accounts are to be administratively written off the books. The purpose of this <br />accounting function is to precisely account for and pursue funds which are truly unrecoverable.