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MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH January 18, 2012 Board of Health Minutes Transcription completed by Lisa Smith January 18, 2012 3 o Still have to request waivers if we want to fill a position without a 6 month wait. • Personnel o Only one personnel action since last report, so things are slowing down • Vehicles o The meeting referenced in last month’s report about replacing totaled vehicles (we had two that were never replaced) resulted in some positive news that we may get replacements for those vehicles in the next several months. o We also have “made the list” of vehicles Asset Management recommends replacing in the upcoming budget cycle. • Budget o We will be presenting the Health Department’s budget for your consideration and approval at the Board of Health meeting in February. o It is due to the County by March 3. o Currently our expenses look great, but our revenues are lagging. This has implications for where we set our revenue projections for next year. • Dental o Carla Julian has been spending a lot of time in Dental learning the ropes the transition period is going well and we are on the right track for improvements in the Dental Clinic o An open house is being planned for the Dental Clinic. Date to be some time in February. V. Board of Health Priority Setting Exercise Board of Health Members were given 12 Issue Briefs staff has prepared. The issue briefs were Access to Health Care/Insurance, Built Environment, Environmental Health, Childhood Obesity, Chronic Disease, Injury, Cancer, Nutrition, Oral Health, Physical Activity, Substance Abuse/Mental Health, and Adolescent Health. These issues came from the Community Health Assessment and the Board of Health feedback regarding Board of Health priorities. BOH Members we asked to review each of the briefs and give some thought to the issues they believe should be a priority for the next 3-5 years. Each issue brief gives specific examples of interventions the BOH could be involved in to address that particular issue. Each BOH member was given six stickers to use to assign their vote to six issues they believe should be a priority. Once the top six issues were selected, some time was spent discussing how the BOH members felt about each of those issues. The next step each BOH member was given three stickers to use to assign their vote to the three issues they feel should be a priority. The three areas that the BOH members came up with were Access to Care, Substance Abuse/Mental Health, Child and Family Obesity. Colleen will be looking for staff to volunteer to work with the board to develop the strategic plan for these priorities. To accomplish this we will need to form a team for each priority consisting of 1-2 Board of Health members, 3-4 Health Department staff and maybe an area expert (especially for Mental Health). The groups will do their work in March and April and present their recommendations in May .If the BOH is satisfied they will vote to accept the plan, if not we will bring back revisions for a vote in June. The effective date will be July 1, 2012.