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MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH <br />September 22, 2010 <br />Board of Health Minutes Transcription completed by Lisa Smith 1 September 22, 2010 <br />ORANGE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT MISSION STATEMENT: To enhance the quality of life, promote <br /> the health, and preserve the environment for all people in the Orange County community. <br /> <br />THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH MET ON September 22,, 2010 at the Southern Human <br /> Services Building, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. <br /> <br />BOARD OF HEALTH MEMBERS PRESENT: Anissa Vines, Chair; Chris Harlan, Vice-Chair; Steve <br /> Yuhasz, Commissioner Representative; Tony Whitaker; Mike Carstens; Paul Chelminski; Matthew <br /> Kelm; Carol Haggerty; Michael Wood; Christopher Cooke. <br /> <br />BOARD OF HEALTH MEMBERS ABSENT: None <br /> <br /> STAFF PRESENT: Rosemary Summers, Health Director; Tom Konsler, Environmental Health Services <br /> Division Director; Carla Julian, Risk Management/Quality Assurance Director; Letitia Burns, Business <br /> Officer; Wayne Sherman, Public Health Nursing Director; Donna King, Health Promotion and Education <br /> Services Division Director; Aine Carney LPN; Lisa Smith, Administrative Assistant. <br /> <br />GUESTS PRESENT: <br /> <br />I. Educational Presentation: Pam Silberman, JD, DrPH NC Institute of Medicine <br /> <br />Pam Silberman, spoke on a topic currently of interest to the Board, “Health Care Reform and Public Health. <br />Ms. Silberman provided a power point presentation on Using the Affordable Care Act to Improve Population <br />Health. <br /> <br />Power point slides presented at this session are available on request <br /> <br />II. Welcome and Introductions <br /> <br />Anissa Vines, Chair, thanked Pam Silberman for the educational presentation and called the meeting to order <br /> at 8:00 P.M. <br /> <br />III. Approval of September 22, 2010 Agenda <br /> <br /> Chair Vines requested the addition of Item V.D. Accept Additional Funding to the agenda. <br /> <br />Motion to approve the Agenda of September 22, 2010 as amended was made by Tony Whitaker, <br />seconded by Carol Haggerty, and carried without dissent. <br /> <br />IV. Public Comment for Items NOT on Printed Agenda <br /> <br />V. Action Items (Consent) <br /> <br /> A. Minutes approval of September 22, 2010 meeting. <br /> <br />The Board is required to review and approve minutes of all meetings of the Board of Health. These minutes <br /> were for the regularly scheduled meeting held on September 22, 2010. <br /> <br />Tony Whitaker asked that his name be taken out and replaced with Michael Wood for the letter to the Human <br /> Rights and Relations Commission and Board of County Commissioners. <br /> <br />Motion to approve the minutes as amended of August 25, 2010 meeting was made by <br />Steve Yuhasz, seconded by Chris Harlan, and carried without dissent.