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MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH <br />April 21, 2010 <br />Board of Health Minutes Transcription completed by Anne Miles Cassell 1 April 21, 2010 <br />ORANGE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT MISSION STATEMENT: To enhance the quality of life, <br />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 April 21, 2010 at the Link Government <br />Services Center, Hillsborough, North Carolina. <br /> <br />BOARD OF HEALTH MEMBERS PRESENT: Anissa Vines, Chair; Chris Harlan, Vice-Chair; DeWana <br />Anderson; Mike Carstens; Paul Chelminski; Christopher Cooke; Jessica Lee; Jim Stefanadis; <br />Tony Whitaker; Michael Wood; Steve Yuhasz, BOCC <br /> <br />BOARD OF HEALTH MEMBERS ABSENT: None <br /> <br />STAFF PRESENT: Wayne Sherman, Personal Health Services Division Director; Tom Konsler, <br />Environmental Health Services Division Director; Donna King, Health Promotion and Education <br />Services Division Director; Angela Cooke, Dental Health Services Division Director; Carla Julian, <br />Risk Management/Quality Assurance Director; Letitia Burns, Business Officer; Anne Miles Cassell, <br />Administrative Assistant; Rebekah Herman, Family Home Visiting Coordinator; Annette Moore, <br />Orange County Staff Attorney <br /> <br />GUESTS PRESENT: Deborah Flowers, RN, Orange County Child Fatality Protection Team; Emily <br />Leazer, UNC Journalism School <br /> <br />I. Welcome and Introductions <br /> <br />Anissa Vines, Chair, called the meeting to order at 7:00 P.M. and introduced guests. <br /> <br />II. Animal Services and Public Health <br /> <br />DeWana Anderson, Veterinarian Representative to the Board of Health also acts as the <br />Board liaison to the Animal Services Committee. A Power Point presentation was <br />provided updating the Board on improvements and changes in shelter facilities and <br />animal services operations. It is a new 15,000 square foot environmentally friendly <br />facility. The improvement in facilities has enabled staff and volunteers to provide <br />services more efficiently and has resulted in less disease transmission and stress on the <br />animals. It was pointed out that rabies outbreaks appear to run in cycles and currently <br />is in a low point of the cycle. Only one confirmed case of rabies has been reported in <br />Orange County this year. Last year Orange County had 12 rabies cases, the lowest <br />Orange County has experienced in several years. In 2008 there were 18 cases and in <br />2007 there were 24 confirmed rabies cases. <br /> <br />Steve Yuhasz asked what action an individual needs to take if they suspect they see a <br />rabid animal. Dr. Anderson replied that the animal should not be approached and to <br />contact Orange County Animal Control. <br /> <br />Christopher Cooke asked when the last time a dog or cat transmitted rabies to a <br />person in Orange County. Dr. Anderson stated that no actual human rabies cases <br />were known, but several Orange County residents have been prophylactically treated <br />due to exposure to the rabies virus in the past and there have been no exposures this