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MINUTES-Final ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH January 25, 2017 S:\Managers Working Files\BOH\Agenda & Abstracts\2017 Agenda & Abstracts/ January Page 6 Bartholomew stated that the position was posted at the beginning of this month and has an ending date of January 31st. So far, there are 37 applicants. The recruitment process will be similar to the 2009 process. Ms. Bartholomew will preliminary review the applications to determine which candidates meet the minimum qualifications. She will send those candidates’ information to the BOH in a spreadsheet with embedded hyperlinks of their CVs/resumes. The BOH will determine which candidates they’d like to interview. There will be 3 panels that will include at least one BOH member. The BOH will define the makeup/representation of the panels. Each panel will have a different set of questions to ask the candidates. Those questions can be solicited from the BOH, staff, etc. with the goal of making sure to highlight the core competencies they’d like the new health director to have. Each candidate will go through 3 interviews. When asked about her interview experience, Dr. Bridger stated that she was interviewed by 3 panels along with 2 final interviews with the full BOH and the Health Department Leadership. Dr. Bridger reminded the Board that the BOH needs to inform the Division of Public Health (DPH) of their desired candidate for the health director position to make sure they’re approved by DPH before hiring him/her. After hearing Ms. Bartholomew’s timeline of the process which included reviewing applications, background checks and setting up interviews, the BOH expressed their desire to have the process move faster. They offered to assist with the process of completing background checks and as well as any other tasks to ensure a speedier process. Ms. Bartholomew stated that there would be a quick turnaround time as long as the number of applicants remains manageable. The Board had questions that were answered by Ms. Bartholomew and Dr. Bridger. B. Health Director Report There were no questions from the Board regarding the Health Director’s Report included in the packet. Dr. Bridger added that the OCHD passed Reaccreditation. The item that wasn’t met was a delinquent (due to maternity leave) annual evaluation document in an employee file. Someone from the OCHD will attend the Accreditation Board meeting in May to accept the Accreditation letter and gold emblem. Afterwards, a press release will be sent out. Ms. Lackey thanked Dr. Bridger and the OCHD staff for their work. She also commended Rebecca Crawford for all of her work during the Reaccreditation process. C. Media Items Media items were in the packet which focused on Orange County’s events and our involvement in various efforts. VIII. Board Comments None. IX. Adjournment A motion was made by Nick Galvez to adjourn the meeting at 8:30 p.m., was seconded by Mia Burroughs and carried without dissent.