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MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH <br />January 22, 2004 <br />Board of Health Minutes Transcription completed by Anne Miles Cassell 4 January 22, 2004 <br /> <br />Alan Rimer, Vice Chair, will make any comments the Board of Health wishes to <br />emphasize on January 31, the day of the retreat. Commissioners may not choose to <br />hear from Board representatives at the retreat, but if they do, Mr. Rimer will attend. <br /> <br />VI. Board Comments/Announcements <br /> <br />Ron Holdway gave an update to the Board regarding a community meeting of an <br />environmental water quality issue that the Health Department is participating in. Residents of <br />Oak Grove Community in western Orange County have requested a study be done of disease <br />rates for that populace that they feel is higher than normal when compared to statistics for <br />statistics of other areas. The main concern of the residents is a bio-solid (residuals or <br />byproducts of wastewater treatments plants) agricultural application that is being used in <br />their area. These products come from the City of Burlington. Permits for these applications <br />are issued at the state level, therefore the county cannot regulate these, but can monitor for <br />water quality upon individual homeowner request. A follow-up community meeting was held <br />this week. Community members were presented with the results of the well water quality <br />study done by the department. The department has offered to do a further study of the <br />surface waters after a future application. Rosemary Summers has contacted the State Cancer <br />Registry about doing a GIS survey of area roads of what they have in the cancer registry to see <br />if it can determined if the statistics are higher than usual. We will also inquire whether the <br />state or CDC might be willing to do a health survey in that area, which would involve bringing <br />in a team that would canvas each resident in person. Those studies are generally difficult to <br />formulate and provide only limited information. <br /> <br />Alan Rimer informed the Board of sludge application information that is available. <br /> <br />VII. Adjournment <br /> <br />Motion to adjourn the meeting was made by Lee Werley, seconded by Jessica Lee, and <br />carried without dissent. <br /> <br />The next Board of Health meeting will be held on February 26, 2004 at the Century Center, <br />Room 21, in Carrboro, North Carolina at 7:00 PM. <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted, <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Rosemary L. Summers, MPH, DrPH <br />Health Director <br />Secretary to the Board