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MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH April 24, 2008 Board of Health Minutes Transcription completed by Anne Miles Cassell 5 April 24, 2008 Motion to move forward with the advertisement of Notice of Upcoming Rule Adoption – Orange County Wastewater System Rules was made by Jessica Lee, seconded by Sharon Van Horn, and carried without dissent. B. Adoption of 2008-2009 Health Department Budget, Fees, and Positions (March Agenda) The budget request was included in the March agenda packet but due to a lack of a quorum the Board was unable to take action on the request. The members at the March meeting endorsed the budget request. The budget request has been forwarded to the County Manager for consideration in preparing the total county budget request to the Board of Commissioners but is able to be altered by this Board’s action. Chris Harlan requested a discussion of the highlights of the budget request. Dr. Summers stated that a large part of the 15% increase is due to capital requests that have been requested in previous years but not funded. The other is new position requests that are not all revenue producing. Jessica Lee asked if it would be possible to modify the position description for the dental hygienist to maximize service possibilities. Sharon Freeland asked if the 15% increase is in line with the other departments. Dr. Summers replied that there is no way of knowing at this point. She commented that there were 64 new position requests submitted to the County Manager from the various county departments. The County Manager submitted 37 of those requests to the Commissioners. All of the Health Department position requests were included with those submitted. Chris Harlan said that the Board of County Commissioners should be aware of the department’s need for new positions from our reports and discussions with them of space needs to meet the growing demand for services. Three separate actions are needed for approval and submission of the budget to the County Manager and Board of Commissioners: 1. Approval of fee schedules as presented in the 2008-2009 budget request. 2. Approval of the budget request for fiscal year 2008-2009 3. Approval of new positions requested for fiscal year 2008-2009 with associated revenues, directing that if positions are not approved, revenues associated with earnings by these positions be removed from the budget. Motion to approve the fee schedules as presented in the 2008-2009 budget request and forward to Commissioners for approval was made by Sharon Freeland, seconded by Matt Vizithum, and carried without dissent.