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MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH <br />March 23, 2011 <br />Board of Health Minutes Transcription completed by Lisa Smith March 23, 2011 <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 March 23, 2011, at the Southern <br />Human Services Center in Chapel Hill, NC. <br /> <br />BOARD OF HEALTH MEMBERS PRESENT: Anissa Vines, Chair; Tony Whitaker, Vice <br />Chair; Steve Yuhasz, Commissioner Representative; Christopher Cooke; Chris Harlan; <br />Carol Haggerty; Matthew Kelm; Michael Wood <br /> <br />BOARD OF HEALTH MEMBERS ABSENT: Mike Carstens; Susan Elmore: Paul Chelminski <br /> <br />STAFF PRESENT: Rosemary Summers, Health Director; Wayne Sherman, Personal <br />Health Services Division Director; Donna King, Health Promotion and Education Services <br />Division Director; Lisa Smith, Administrative Assistant; Deborah Hamlin-Aggrey, Senior <br />Public Health Educator; Pam Diggs, Senior Public Health Educator <br /> <br />GUESTS PRESENT: none <br /> <br />I. Approval of March 23, 2011 Agenda <br /> <br /> Chair Vines requested the addition of items Ia. Closed Session (ref. NCGS 143- <br />318.11(a)(6) to consider the qualifications, competence, performance, fitness, conditions of <br />appointment, of an individual public officer or employee or prospective public officer or <br />employee; or to hear or investigate a complaint, charge, or grievance by or against an individual <br />public officer or employee. <br /> <br />Motion to approve the Agenda of March 23, 2011 as amended was made by Chris Harlan, <br />seconded by Matthew Kelm, and carried without dissent. <br /> <br />Motion to move into closed session was made by Matthew Kelm, seconded by <br />Christopher Cooke, and carried without dissent. <br /> <br />II. Welcome and Introductions <br />Anissa Vines, Chair, called the meeting to order at 8:15 p.m. <br /> <br />III. Educational Presentation: Tobacco Policy Options <br />Pam Diggs, Senior Public Health Educator presented a webinar on Tobacco Policy Options on <br />what local government authority to regulate smoking. This is a series of webinars that have <br />been used to educate policymakers in the last year. There was some discussion by the Board <br />on a proposal for Tobacco Free County Grounds. Pam explained that the Board of Health could <br />recommend a rule and upon passing the rule, the Board of Health would recommend to the <br />BOCC to adopt the rule as a county ordinance. Once the BOCC approves such a rule through <br />adoption of an ordinance, it is the NC Division of Public Health’s position that the rule shall apply <br />to the county and all the municipalities within the county. If a comprehensive tobacco ordinance <br />were approved by the BOCC, an education campaign would be developed by the Health <br />Department to inform county employees and the public. Concurrently with the educational <br />campaign development, municipalities may choose to adopt the county’s tobacco ordinance. It <br />is also more cost effective to have smoke free grounds in our parks as it costs to have cigarette <br />butts picked up and disposed of. Cigarette butts are the number 1 litter problem in the country.