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MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH <br />January 26, 2011 <br />Board of Health Minutes Transcription completed by Lisa Smith January 26, 2011 1 <br /> <br />ORANGE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT MISSION STATEMENT: To enhance the quality <br />of life, promote the health, and preserve the environment for all people in the Orange County <br />community. <br /> <br />THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH MET ON January 26, 2011 at the Southern <br />Human Services Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina. <br /> <br />BOARD OF HEALTH MEMBERS PRESENT: Tony Whitaker, Vice-Chair; Anissa Vines, Chair; <br />Steve Yuhasz, Commissioner Representative; Mike Carstens; Paul Chelminski; Carol Haggerty; <br />Susan Elmore; Christopher Cooke; Michael Wood; Chris Harlan <br /> <br />BOARD OF HEALTH MEMBERS ABSENT: Matthew Kelm <br /> <br />STAFF PRESENT: Rosemary Summers, Health Director; Tom Konsler, Environmental Health <br />Services Division Director; Division Director; Wayne Sherman, Public Health Nursing Director; <br />Donna King, Health Promotion and Education Services Division Director; Letitia Burns, <br />Administrative Operations; Lisa Smith, Administrative Assistant; Connie Pixley, Environmental <br />Health Supervisor; John Kase, Environmental Health Specialist; Joe Alexander, Environmental <br />Health Specialist. <br /> <br />GUESTS PRESENT: Abbey Moore, UNC Student Journalist; Carter McCall, UNC Student <br />Journalist. <br /> <br />I. Educational Presentation: Facility Planning for Health Department. <br />Pam Jones, Director Asset Management Department, gave a presentation on how county <br />facilities are planned and scheduled for actualization as part of the county’s long-range capital <br />improvement plan. Ms. Jones talked about the upcoming renovations at the Whitted Building <br />and plans for future renovations for the Southern Human Services Center. Rosemary Summers <br />reviewed the past facility planning efforts that the Board of Health had engaged in and <br />forwarded to Commissioners beginning in 2000 with a major update in 2007 that included <br />analysis of one and two clinical site models. <br /> <br />II. Welcome and Introductions: <br />Tony Whitaker, Vice-Chair, thanked Pam Jones for the educational presentation and called the <br />meeting to order at 7:40 p.m. Dr. Vines requested Vice-Chair Whitaker to chair tonight’s <br />meeting as she will have to leave early for a family obligation. <br /> <br />III. Approval of January 26, 2011 Agenda <br /> <br />Motion to approve the Agenda of January 26, 2011 as was made by Steve Yuhasz, <br />seconded by Christopher Cooke, and carried without dissent. <br /> <br />IV. Public Comment for Items NOT on Printed Agenda: Guests Carter McCall & Abbey <br />Moore introduced themselves. They have recently been assigned to Public Health through the <br />student journalist program at UNC and are looking forward to working with the Health <br />Department. <br /> <br />V. Action Items (Consent) <br /> <br />A. Minutes approval of January 26, 2011 meeting <br />