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MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH <br />February 24, 2010 <br />Board of Health Minutes Transcription completed by Anne Miles Cassell 7 February 24, 2010 <br />fees for both dental and personal health services are not being recommended for <br />general increases this fiscal year. It was pointed out that the “Fee and Eligibility Policy” <br />adopted by the Board, calls for fees to be increased by the Consumer Price Index for <br />the year. The CPI for 2009 was .7%. The increase is minor enough that the increases <br />would not significantly affect revenues for the department. A few items in <br />environmental health including public swimming pools and septic tank yard inspections <br />have increased. <br /> <br />Motion to approve the fee schedule as presented was made by Michael Wood, seconded by <br />Chris Harlan, and carried without dissent. <br /> <br />Motion to accept and forward the budget request to the Board of County Commissioners for <br />action was made by Chris Harlan, seconded by Michael Wood and carried without dissent. <br /> <br /> D. Review of Joint BOCC/BOH Agenda Items <br /> <br />The Board of Health will be meeting with the Board of Commissioners on March 4 <br />beginning at 5:30. At the January meeting the Board indicated that they would like to <br />discuss two topics with the Commissioners: 1) Recession impacts on service; 2) Two- <br />service model and the impact on the budget; i.e. the costs of providing services in two <br />locations without dedicated staff for both locations (dental); plus the commitment of <br />the county to adequately fund equipment for a two service model. Statistics will be <br />finalized and available before the meeting. <br /> <br />At one of the BOCC work sessions earlier this month, Commissioners discussed the two <br />service/two facility model that is currently the practice for some services the county <br />delivers. They requested more information about service delivery by zip code of those <br />currently being served to determine whether one or two service locations were <br />necessary and where a single service site should be located. They would also like to <br />consider options for contracting for service delivery with a provider rather than <br />maintaining two facilities in different locations and it was suggested by at least one <br />Board of Commissioner member that a contract for dental services could be <br />developed with the UNC School of Dentistry to serve low income residents at the School <br />of Dentistry. <br /> <br />In addition, the Board of Commissioners discussed whether they were committed to <br />exercising the option to buy on the lease currently held for the Hillsborough Commons <br />property (re-location site for Social Services). The option to buy the property according <br />to the agreement signed by the county must be exercised by April 2012. In discussion <br />at the work session, Commissioners indicated that they did not believe that there would <br />be sufficient funds available to exercise that option to buy. This leaves the county <br />without a plan to relocate the Health Department out of the Whitted Building for the <br />foreseeable future. <br /> <br />The Board of Health discussed and refined points that they would like to discuss with <br />Commissioners and determined who would be in attendance to present to <br />Commissioners. Christopher Cooke volunteered to be a spokesperson on behalf of the <br />Board of Health. Jessica Lee stated that she would be out of town on the date of the <br />joint meeting.