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MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH <br />February 22, 2012 <br />Board of Health Minutes Transcription completed by Lisa Smith February 22, 2012 <br /> Page 4 <br />3) Exploring, with our partners, the challenges and potential solutions of integrating mental <br />health services into the primary medical care office and <br />4) Exploring, with our partners, how to better coordinate care for substance-addicted and <br />mentally ill clients. <br /> <br />Board members volunteered to serve on the 3 teams that are working on developing the Board <br />of Health Strategic Plan. Each team will develop the goals for their board of health priority. <br />Access to Care Committee: Matthew Kelm and Tony Whitaker <br /> <br />Child and Family Obesity Committee: Carol Haggerty and Mike Carstens <br /> <br />Substance Abuse/Mental Health Committee: Corey Davis and Anissa Vines <br /> <br />There will be 3 meetings set up for each group which will consist of board members and staff <br />beginning the end of March and ending in mid May. <br /> <br />D. Outside Agency Funding <br /> <br />A review along with a completed scoring sheet needs to be available to the Health Director for <br />presentation to the County Manager when the departmental budget is presented for his review. <br />Generally, this happens sometime mid to late March. <br /> <br />The Health Department received nine applications. We need three groups with 3-4 BOH <br />members to review and score three applications they same way as last year. The applications, <br />financial information, score cards, and instructions will be sent to each of you and will need to <br />be sent back to Lisa by March 16. <br /> <br />E. Informational Items <br /> <br />Informational items are provided to the Board to cover topics that Board members should be <br />aware of or for general interest. Items are not discussed during the meeting unless Board <br />members ask for discussion. <br /> <br />a. Health Director’s Report <br />b. Environmental Health Updates <br />c. Annual Report <br />d. Budget Highlights <br />c. Media Clips <br /> <br />VI. Board Comments <br /> <br />VII. Adjournment <br /> <br />Motion to adjourn the meeting at 8:45 p.m. was made by Matthew Kelm, seconded by <br />Susan Elmore, and carried without dissent. <br />The next Board of Health Meeting will be held March 28, 2012 at the Whitted Human Services <br />Center Hillsborough, NC at 7:00 p.m. <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted,