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MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH <br />January 21, 2009 <br />Board of Health Minutes Transcription completed by Anne Miles Cassell 1 January 21, 2009 <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 January 21, 2009 at the Southern Human Services <br />Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. <br /> <br />BOARD OF HEALTH MEMBERS PRESENT: Chris Harlan, Chair; Anissa Vines, Vice-Chair; Jim Stefanadis; <br />Tim Carey; DeWana Anderson; Michael Wood; Sharon Freeland; Jessica Lee; Ernie Dodson <br /> <br />BOARD OF HEALTH MEMBERS ABSENT: Matt Vizithum, out of town <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; Anne Miles Cassell, <br />Administrative Assistant; Jaymin Patel, Environmental Health Specialist <br /> <br />GUESTS PRESENT: Christopher Burns, graduate student at UNC School of Public Health <br /> <br />I. Welcome and Introductions <br /> <br />Chris Harlan, Chair, called the meeting to order at 7:00 P.M. <br /> <br />I. Approval of January 21, 2009 Agenda <br /> <br />Rosemary Summers requested Item IV.E. NACCHO Funding Grant Acceptance be added to <br />the Agenda. <br /> <br />The motion to approve the Agenda of January 21, 2009 as amended was made by Jim <br />Stefanadis, seconded by Jessica Lee, and carried without dissent. <br /> <br />II. Public Comment for Items NOT on Printed Agenda <br /> <br />None <br /> <br />III. Action Items on CONSENT Agenda <br /> <br />A. Minutes approval of November 20, 2008 meeting. <br /> <br />B. Funding Application Renewals for Smart Start Projects for 09-10 <br /> <br />The Health Department has three projects/programs funded with Smart Start funds <br />allocated by the Orange County Partnership for Young Children (OCPYC). All three <br />projects (Dental Preschool Screening Project, the Families in Focus Program, and the <br />Child Care Health Consultant/NAPSACC Program) have received multi-year funding <br />approval from the Partnership. Despite the multi-year approval, each fiscal year the <br />projects must submit a renewal application and final funding for the upcoming year is <br />determined based on the allocation received by the local Partnership from the State of <br />NC’s allocation to local Smart Start Partnerships. This year, the renewal applications <br />were asked to prepare two budget scenarios, on a flat budget based on the amount