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MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH <br />May 25, 2011 <br />Board of Health Minutes Transcription completed by Lisa Smith May 25, 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 May 25, 2011, at the Southern <br />Human Services Center Chapel Hill, NC. <br /> <br />BOARD OF HEALTH MEMBERS PRESENT: Anissa Vines, Chair; Tony Whitaker, Vice <br />Chair; Chris Harlan; Steve Yuhasz, Commissioner Representative; Carol Haggerty; <br />Matthew Kelm; Paul Chelminski; Susan Elmore; Mike Carstens; <br /> <br />BOARD OF HEALTH MEMBERS ABSENT: Michael Wood <br /> <br />STAFF PRESENT: Rosemary Summers, Health Director; Dorothy Cilenti, Interim Health <br />Director; Wayne Sherman, Personal Health Services Division Director; Donna King, <br />Health Promotion and Education Services Division Director; Erin Langston, Finance and <br />Administrative Operations Director; Lisa Smith, Administrative Assistant <br /> <br />GUESTS PRESENT: M Jewel Wray, Human Resources Manager <br /> <br />I. Welcome and Introductions <br />Anissa Vines, Chair, called the meeting to order at 7:15 p.m. <br /> <br />II. Approval of May 25, 2011 Agenda <br /> <br />Motion to approve the Agenda of May 25, 2011 as was made by Carol Haggerty, <br />seconded by Steve Yuhasz, and carried without dissent. <br /> <br />III. Public Comment for Items NOT on Printed Agenda none <br /> <br />IV. Action Items (Consent) <br /> <br />A. Minutes approval of April 27, 2011 meeting <br /> <br />The Board is required to review and approve minutes of all meetings of the Board of Health. <br />These minutes were for the regularly scheduled meeting held on April 27, 2011. <br /> <br />B. Preparedness Contract with Person County <br /> <br />Since 2002, the State of North Carolina has received federal funds from the Centers for Disease <br />Control and Prevention (CDC) to ensure that North Carolina is prepared in the event of a public <br />health emergency. Allocated pass through funds enabled Orange County to employ a full-time <br />public health preparedness coordinator (Public Health Nurse II) from 2003 - 2008. Reductions <br />in funding since 2006 make it impossible to support a full-time nursing position with these funds. <br />To ensure that the deliverables as mandated are met, an agreement was developed with <br />Person County in 2008 to share a Preparedness Coordinator position. Upon mutual agreement, <br />Person County hires and supervises the position. Pat Gentry, the Preparedness Coordinator <br />hired by Person County, spends 2 to 2 1/2 days per week in Orange County. The agreement <br />began on December 1, 2008 and has been in effect in fiscal year 2009-10. The amount of the <br />agreement for fiscal year 2011 -2012 remains unchanged at $38,000. There are sufficient