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MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH July 28, 2005 Board of Health Minutes Transcription completed by Anne Miles Cassell 5 July 28, 2006 result of an eight-month project that brought public health educators, land use planners, and senior services professionals together with senior citizens and other community members. The project team conducted five main tasks over an eight-month period, including: 1) receiving orientation and training from project staff; 2) reviewing existing plans for the project area; 3) conducting assessments of the pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure in the area; 4) identifying existing pedestrian and bicycle routes; and 5) developing recommendations for improving the pedestrian and bicycle network in order to help seniors and others be more physically active. In addition, the Project Team provided input on the site design of the Senior Center itself to help connect it with the surrounding pedestrian and bicycle network. This project was funded through a grant from PAN Community Grants Program, NC DHHS for $19,710. Partners in the grant were Orange County Health Department, Triangle J Council of Governments, and Orange County Department on Aging. C. Strategic Planning The Health Department has been working on elements of a strategic plan to cover the period 2005-2010. Based on input from the Board at the retreat in June, staff worked on revising the community focus areas portion of the strategic plan. The revised drafts were provided for Board review. The goal is to have a complete draft for review and approval by the Board at the September meeting. The goal would be to forward a complete copy to the Board of Commissioners for a possible joint meeting in October or early November. This would allow the staff to utilize the strategic plan for budget preparation beginning in December. The Board felt that the items in the packet were very strong and had no suggestions for improvements or change. It was agreed that if Board members had comments, they would forward them via email to the Health Director. D. Informational Items The approved 05-06 departmental budget was given to the Board for review. Significant cuts were made in dental operations for supplies and in operating capital. It is also unclear at this time, whether any additional capital items that were requested were funded as the county keeps that in a separate budget. Personal Health had several critical capital items that would support primary care and increased services in the chronic disease area. The county’s IT budget was severely curtailed by the Manager such that virtually no IT departmental requests will be fulfilled this budget year. One issue of concern is the needed software completion of the Accela system that Environmental Health has never been able to fully utilize for permitting purposes. The Manager has been directed to find another $800,000 to cut from the overall county budget and that has as yet not been identified. A legislative update was provided of legislation that the Board was interested in. Board