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MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH <br />June 29, 2006 <br />Board of Health Minutes Transcription completed by Anne Miles Cassell 5 June 29, 2006 <br /> <br />Motion to approve cancellation of the Board of Health meeting on July 27, 2006 was made by Alan Rimer, <br />seconded by Tim Carey, and carried without dissent. <br /> <br />E. Addendum to Medical Director Contract for School Nursing Services <br /> <br />Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools (CHCCS) has again requested medical supervision of one of its <br />School Nurses, who is a qualified Nurse Practitioner, to provide limited nurse practitioner <br />services in the Head Start Program. This is a similar request to one several years ago that was <br />not funded. The School Nurse Coordinator, Stephanie Willis, anticipates that funding will <br />become available this year to support the cost of Medical Director supervision of Jill Kerr, NP <br />($2,892). The agreements outline the expectations of each party and the cost and payment of <br />such service. <br /> <br />Motion to approve Addendum and forward to the Board of Commissioners for action was made <br />by Alan Rimer, seconded by Moses Carey, Jr., and approved without dissent. <br /> <br />F. Informational Items <br /> <br />a. Budget Update <br /> <br />Rosemary Summers provided an update to the Board of the approved 06-07 Budget. She <br />reported that the Health Department operational budget with the exception of line items cut <br />last year did remain intact. The remaining funding for the Healthy Carolinians was approved <br />and the Environmental Health WTMP staff member was approved. The food & lodging <br />supervisor was not approved. $50,000 will be put into a reserve fund earmarked for the <br />water resources initiative. The Commissioners directed that a meeting be set up for the <br />Chairs of the two Advisory Boards, the Chair and Vice Chair of the BOCC, the Department <br />Directors and the County Manager to discuss the direction of this position. Medical Reserve <br />Corps did receive partial funding for the position for the rest of the year. <br /> <br />Jessica Lee thanked Moses Carey for his support during the budget process. <br /> <br />b. Pandemic Flu Community Forum <br /> <br />Board members were given copies of the flyers for the forum. Rosemary Summers discussed <br />the upcoming Pandemic Flu Forum. Dr. Leah Devlin, State Health Director, will be the <br />keynote speaker. Panel members will include Dr. Heidi Swygard, PHRST team; Dr. Jeff Engel, <br />Section Chief Epi, and Dr. Kelley Jeffers, State Veterinarian. Food Lion Corporation <br />representatives will talk about the plan Food Lion has developed. Duke Energy will also send <br />someone for the panel and Dr. Ray Hackney will represent UNC. Dr. Fletcher Barber <br />Cooperative Extension Director, will share the local agricultural plan. <br /> <br />G. Tracking Form Review <br />