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MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH November 20, 2008 Board of Health Minutes Transcription completed by Anne Miles Cassell 7 November 20, 2008 H. Nominating Committee Report According to the Board’s operating procedures, the Nominating Committee makes recommendations at this meeting regarding the Chair and Vice-Chair for the next calendar year. Anissa Vines stated that typically the Vice-Chair has moved into the Chair role and a new Vice Chair is selected to serve one-year term but there is no requirement in the operating procedures regarding that. Also, many members will be rotating off the Board at the end of June 2009. The actual vote takes place the following month (December) assuming that is the last meeting of the calendar year. Due to the December meeting being cancelled, the nominating committee presented several alternatives to the board members. One alternative offered was to extend the terms of office of the current Chair and Vice- Chair another year if they are willing to serve. Another alternative submitted was to submit nominations of volunteers to serve as Chair and Vice-Chair. After discussion the Board agreed by consensus to extend the terms of the current Chair and Vice-Chair for 2009. A separate voice vote was taken for Chris Harlan to serve as Chair and Anissa Vines to serve as Vice-Chair for an additional year. Both were unanimously elected to serve an extended term as Chair and Vice-Chair. I. Inventory of Services Report The County Manager and the Budget Office began a new process this year to begin to define core services provided by county departments in anticipation of a different budgeting process than previous years. Each department was asked to complete an inventory of essential services in priority order that also assigned staff equivalencies and budgetary figures to each service. There were many challenges in completing this since many of our clinical services are integrated across categorical program lines and there are also several efforts that cross divisional lines. Wayne Sherman reported that the Health Department completed work on this project in September but has not heard any feedback on anticipated uses. The staff felt it was important for the Board to review and have a chance to ask questions about and make comments on the completed inventory. Jessica Lee commended the staff for their work on realignment of staff assignments to accommodate the new guidelines without disruption of services. J. Pending and Recurring Items Review The pending and recurring items review allows the Board members to plan future agendas and direct the staff on special work items. Two new non-recurring agenda items were added for January. The Budget presentation will be given in January as there is no information to date from the budget office. Tim Carey asked about the status of forthcoming budget cuts. Donna King replied that Smart Start funding will be cut by 5%. It is anticipated that the County will request the department reduce its budget by 10%.