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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 14 April 21, 2010 <br /> <br />Recommendation 2: Exercise Option 3 beginning July 1, 2012. Option 3 is a <br />single 8 chair clinic at the Whitted Building with increased staff (additional <br />dentist, hygienist, and dental assistant). This maximizes the services that can be <br />delivered for an 8 chair clinic. <br /> <br />Exercising this option would allow for full transition to a single location and <br />provides time to recruit new staff. Because of recruitment and orientation times, <br />new staff may not be fully productive during the first year of operation. <br /> <br />Recommendation 3: Exercise Option 1 beginning July 1, 2021. Option 1 is two <br />full time clinics at different locations (one south and one north) in the county. <br />This option provides the best access to comprehensive dental services for county <br />residents. <br /> <br />Delaying Option 1 for ten years is not ideal, but allows a true test of the one site <br />concept for accessibility to the population, allows the county finances to fully <br />recover, and allows for a deliberate dialogue and engagement for site <br />selection(s) in light of an additional 10 years of population growth. <br /> <br />Motion to approve Option 2 (Recommendation 1) as the preferred option by the Board of <br />Health, followed by Option 3, then Option 1 and forward to the Board of Commissioners for <br />consideration was made by Christopher Cooke, seconded by Chris Harlan, and carried <br />without dissent. <br /> <br /> H. Review Terms of Service for Board Members <br /> <br />Each year the Board reviews the Board roll and determines if any member’s <br />term(s) of service expire on June 30 and need to be recommended for renewal <br />or whether recruitment for new members needs to occur. <br /> <br />Two members are completing their second three year term of service and are <br />not eligible to serve again by adopted Board of Commissioner policy. Jim <br />Stefanadis, the Pharmacy representative and Jessica Lee, the Dentist <br />representative will be rotating off on June 30, 2010. In addition DeWana <br />Anderson, the Veterinarian representative has resigned from the Board due to <br />work commitments. <br /> <br />The Board will be beginning the recruitment procedure under the direction of <br />Chris Harlan, Chair of the Nominating and Bylaws Committee. The Board was <br />informed that applicants have been found for the pharmacist and dentist <br />representative vacancies. There has been difficulty locating a veterinarian to <br />serve on the Board of Health that lives in Orange County. <br /> <br />I. Informational Items <br /> <br />a. UNC Research Facility-Bingham Township Report: A group called Preserve <br />Rural Orange has been in active communication with UNC regarding the animal <br />research facility located in Bingham Township. There have been many concerns