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MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH August 24, 2006 Board of Health Minutes Transcription completed by Anne Miles Cassell 6 August 24, 2006 Health benchmarks and activities for accreditation. There are several options for the Board to consider: • Option 1: Schedule September meeting (9/28) to begin at 5 pm and devote 2 hours for review of the benchmarks (dinner included); • Option 2: Schedule September (9/28) and October (10/26) meeting to begin at 6 pm and devote 1 hour each for review of benchmarks (dinner included); • Option 3: Schedule a separate additional meeting on an alternate evening for this purpose. After discussion the Board agreed that Option 2 would work the best for most members. Motion to approve Option 2 schedule was made by Alan Rimer, seconded by Chris Harlan, and carried without dissent. G. Tracking Form Review The tracking form allows a monthly review of upcoming agendas and a quick view of the status of high priority projects. Rosemary Summers reported a change in the status of the Contract for School Nurses item. The Health Department will again administer the school nurse contract for this school year, and this item will be on next month’s agenda. Also Environmental Health rules review will most likely be deleted as this item is waiting for the state’s changes prior to proceeding. H. Workforce Collaborative Funding The Health Department is engaged with 9 other counties in a collaborative arrangement called an “incubator.” The legislature designated $2 million dollars of the budget to go to public health incubators. The concept of incubators is that they are a regional collaborative to assist health departments in those regions to do projects that they could not do on their own. Our collaborative chose to focus on workforce development to improve the recruitment and retention of our workforces to do succession planning because some of our key staff are approaching retirement age. We had an initial grant from the Institute of Public Health to do the planning around workforce development. The committee reviewed the application for year 2 funding and decided against funding. Rosemary Summers distributed copies of a letter received recently from Guilford Board of Health to the institute addressing the funding refusal as an inappropriate decision. Board members were asked for recommended actions. Alan Rimer suggested that a letter be written on behalf of the Board by Jessica and Dr. Summers emphasizing the need to outline review criteria for proposals ahead of time and provide a copy of the letter to members at the next Board meeting. VI. Board Comments/Announcements