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MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH <br />June 28, 2007 <br />Board of Health Minutes Transcription completed by Anne Miles Cassell 1 <br /> June 28, 2007 <br />ORANGE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT MISSION STATEMENT: To enhance the quality of <br />life, promote the health, and preserve the environment for all people in the Orange County <br />community. <br /> <br />THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH MET ON June 28, 2007 at the Southern Human <br />Services Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. <br /> <br />BOARD OF HEALTH MEMBERS PRESENT: Chris Harlan, Vice-Chair; Tim Carey; Jim <br />Stefanadis; Jessica Lee; Ernie Dobson; Moses Carey, Jr.; Sharon Freeland; Anissa Vines; <br />DeWana Anderson <br /> <br />BOARD OF HEALTH MEMBERS ABSENT: Sharon Van Horn; Matt Vizithum, out of <br />town/vacation <br /> <br />STAFF PRESENT: Rosemary Summers, Health Director; Wayne Sherman, Personal Health <br />Services Division Director; Tom Konsler, Environmental Health Services Division Director; <br />Donna King, Health Promotion and Education Services Division Director; Letitia Burns, <br />Business Officer; Anne Miles Cassell, Administrative Assistant; <br /> <br />GUESTS PRESENT: Nikie Sarris, Senior Public Health Educator; Kaitlyn Stubblefield, <br />Landon Hawkins, Shannen Jacobs, Tonisha Lashley, TRU members; Delores H. Clark, <br />citizen. <br /> <br />I. Welcome and Introductions <br /> <br />Chris Harlan, Vice Chair, called the meeting to order at 7:00 P.M. and introduced the <br />guests. <br /> <br />II. TRU (Tobacco Reality Unfiltered) Presentation <br /> <br />TRU is a national organization of high school students working to educate their peers <br />and middle school students on the health risks of smoking. Each of the TRU members <br />discussed their own personal reasons that compelled them to join TRU and some of the <br />projects they had worked on during the school year. They also responded to questions <br />from Board members. <br /> <br />III. Approval of June 28, 2007 Agenda <br /> <br />The minutes were amended after Board of Health packets had been mailed to include <br />information on the Man for Health Presentation and therefore moved from the Consent <br />Agenda to V. Reports and Discussions with Possible Action. <br /> <br />The motion to approve the Agenda of June 28, 2007 as amended was made by Jim <br />Stefanadis, seconded by Jessica Lee, and carried without dissent. <br />