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MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH December 14, 2006 Board of Health Minutes Transcription completed by Anne Miles Cassell 2 December 14, 2006 The Board of Health’s operating procedures call for the Board to adopt a regular schedule of meetings on an annual basis. This facilitates public notification as required by the open meetings law. The Board has traditionally met on the fourth Thursday of each month (except for November and December). The Board of Commissioners has asked Boards to consider altering their schedule if a conflicting meeting of the Board of Commissioners has already been scheduled. Avoiding these conflicting meetings allows the Commissioner representative to attend the Board to which they have been delegated. Board members provided feedback via email on the draft schedule prepared last month. The proposed meeting schedule preserves the fourth Thursday meeting slot whenever possible and continues to alter locations between “north” and “south”. There were three identified conflicts with Board of Commissioner meetings that made it necessary to meet on Wednesday evening. D. Acceptance of Strowd Roses Funds for Leadership Training Susan Clifford, Senior Health Educator has conducted a number of sessions training Latino Health Promoters over the last 5 years. A number of the promoters have indicated that they would like to have training that would enable them to feel more comfortable in leadership roles. The original proposal also included the information of a Latino Health Coalition and involvement with the NC Center for International Understanding’s Latino Initiative. Ms. Clifford applied for $15,000 and received $7,500 in funding from the Strowd Roses Foundation. The funds must be spent by November 1, 2007. A scaled down project will be funded by this grant award. The Board is asked to accept the funding and forward to the county commissioners for approval of a budget amendment. E. Primary Care Grant Funds Acceptance An opportunity arose to apply for primary care expansion grant funds in late summer 2006. There were numerous reports that low income clients were experiencing long waiting times for appointments at UNC Clinics and periods of time when Carrboro Community Health Center was not accepting new appointments. Since expansion of primary care to the Chapel Hill Clinic at Southern Human Services Center was recommended in the 2003 Primary Care Needs and Feasibility Study and was also in the approved 2006-11 OCHD Strategic Plan, a grant application was submitted. On November 20, 2006 the department received notification that we had been awarded the full amount. The department projects to serve 80 clients with 128 primary care encounters within this start-up period of which 45% of clients will be self-pay on the sliding scale. The funding, $70,370, will be added as primary care revenue to the Health Department FY 06-07 budget. These funds will be used for temporary personnel, operating expenses, office and medical supplies, pharmaceuticals, lab services and interpreter costs. $25,001 is available for new equipment, office furniture and minor renovations to the SHSC facility. It is anticipated that