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APPROVED 462010 <br />MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />JOINT MEETING WITH BOARD OF HEALTH <br />March 4 2010 <br />530pm <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners met for a joint meeting with the Board of <br />Health on Thursday March 4 2010 at 530pm at the Southern Human Services Center in <br />Chapel Hill NC <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT Chair Valerie P Foushee and Commissioners <br />Alice Gordon Pam Hemminger Barry Jacobs Bernadette Pelissier and Steve Yuhasz <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT Mike Nelson <br />COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT John Roberts <br />BOARD OF HEALTH Dr Anissa Vines Chair Chris Harlan Vice Chair and BOH <br />members Dr Paul Chelminski Mike Carstens Christopher Cooke Tony Whitaker and Jim <br />Stefanadis <br />HEALTH DEPARTMENT STAFF PRESENT Health Director Rosemary Summers <br />COUNTY STAFF PRESENT County Manager Frank Clifton Assistant County Manager <br />Gwen Harvey and Clerk to the Board Donna S Baker All other staff members will be identified <br />appropriately below <br />1 Introductions <br />Introductions were made <br />2 Message from Board of Health BOH Chair <br />Anissa Vines Chair of the BOH said that they are here to bring to the Board of County <br />Commissioners attention issues that are of concern to them in reference to public health issues <br />She went through the great works within the Health Department and spoke of the <br />accomplishments of various staff She said that Orange County has a lot to be proud of as it <br />relates to public health She said that the Board of Health wants to have an engaged discussion <br />with the Board of County Commissioners <br />Christopher Cook said that one of the challenges in public health is how to talk about <br />public health with the normal person who does not know the lingo He said that they want to <br />think about health from a collective health perspective and not just individually and within the <br />family He said that public health is a provider of last resorts for those who cannot afford <br />personal health providers He said that the Board of Health sees resources in public health as <br />investments such as prevention health measures etc He made reference to a handout that <br />shows that a 10 per capita investment over several years in a series of prevention programs <br />yields in North Carolinas case a return of 56to the dollar invested <br />3 Statistical Update from Department <br />Health Director Rosemary Summers made a PowerPoint presentation <br />20082009 Year in Review <br />20092010 Progress <br />Overall Department Finances <br />Final revenue and expenditures were 7348586 for the year inc grants <br />456500 in grant funded projects