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MINUTES-Final ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH June 24, 2015 S:\Managers Working Files\BOH\Agenda & Abstracts\2015 Agenda & Abstracts/ June Page 4 A. Orange County Advisory Board Summary Meredith Stewart provided an update on the 3rd quarter of our advisory board summary and discussed what other county boards are doing in related to the BOH 2014-2016 Strategic Plan. Some updates include: • The proposal to have Alcopops reclassified so that they’re not sold as a lower alcohol beverage has been presented to the Board of County Commissioners to be included in their agenda packet. • Commissioner Bernadette Pelissier, who also serves on the Substance Abuse/Mental Health Subcommittee, requested that Cardinal Innovations provide a detailed report on their usage of the $1.3 million they were awarded by the county in order to provide mental health services. • Family Success Alliance Advisory Council requested and received $90,000 out of the Social Justice funds from the County Commissioners which allowed the Kindergarten Readiness Program to be funded. The program will allow up to 30 children in 3 schools (2 in zone 5 and 1 in zone 4) to participate in a 3-4 week readiness program for children that have not had a formal pre-school experience or have been deemed at high risk for being behind at the start of the kindergarten. This program will help ease the transition into kindergarten. Currently, there are 70 children enrolled. • The Family Success Alliance will also be working with Orange Literacy which will work with the parents of the children in the Kindergarten Readiness Program which will offer two-generational support. • The Tobacco Preemption Resolution was adopted by the Board of County Commissioners. The BOH members had several questions were answered by Meredith Stewart. B. Consideration of Expanding BOH Terms from 2 to 3 Colleen Bridger began by conveying that every August the Board reviews the BOH bylaws. In preparation for that review, she posed the idea of considering expanding the BOH terms from 2 to 3 as it is allowed under the NC General Statute. Under the NC General Statute, the BOH terms are defined as up to 3 terms. While 99% of the counties in NC have them set at 3 terms, Orange County has them set at 2. Each term is 3 years. In Orange County, BOH members can serve 2 full terms totaling 6 years; meanwhile, other counties allow their members to serve 3 full terms totaling 9 years. Given the turnover, the struggle to fill some positions and the fact that members reach their peak during their 2nd term as they’re just getting accustomed to what transpired during their 1st term, the consideration of a revision in the bylaws was suggested. The BOH members collectively agreed in doing so and will discuss it further in August. The BOH members had several questions that were addressed by Colleen Bridger. C. Health Director’s Report There were no questions from the Board regarding the Health Director’s Report included in the packet. Dr. Bridger stressed the need for volunteers for the Community Health Assessment. She stated that the County Manager will assist by encouraging all Orange County employees to volunteer. Dr. Bridger also expressed that it would be a great opportunity for BOH members. It was also mentioned that there’s a small group working