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MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH <br />March 4, 2004 <br />Board of Health Minutes Transcription completed by Anne Miles Cassell 1 March 4, 2004 <br />ORANGE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT MISSION STATEMENT: To enhance the quality of <br />life, promote the health, and preserve the environment for all people in the Orange County <br />community. <br /> <br />THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH MET ON March 4, 2004 at the Government <br />Services Center, Hillsborough, North Carolina. <br /> <br />BOARD OF HEALTH MEMBERS PRESENT: Alice White, Chair; Alan Rimer, Vice-Chair; Tim <br />Carey; Chris Harlan; Jessica Lee; Sharon Van Horn; Lee Werley <br /> <br />BOARD OF HEALTH MEMBERS ABSENT: Moses Carey, Jr. due to a conflict with BOCC <br />meeting; Matt Vizithum; Kate Wilder <br /> <br />STAFF PRESENT: Rosemary Summers, Health Director; Letitia Burns, Central Administrative <br />Services Division Director; Wayne Sherman, Personal Health Services Division Director; <br />Angela Cooke, Dental Health Services Division Director; Ron Holdway, Environmental <br />Health Services Division Director; John Sauls, Animal Control Services Division Director; <br />Anne Miles Cassell, Administrative Assistant <br /> <br />GUESTS PRESENT: Ginger Thompson Guidry, UNC School of Public Health <br /> <br />I. Welcome and Introductions <br /> <br />Due to inclement weather, the regularly scheduled Board of Health February 26, 2004 <br />meeting was rescheduled for March 4, 2004. Alice White called the meeting to order at <br />7:00 P.M. and introduced the guest present. <br /> <br />II. Approval of March 4, 2004 Agenda <br /> <br />Several changes were made to the original February 26, 2004 agenda under “V. Reports <br />and Discussion with Possible Action” due to rescheduling conflicts with presenters. <br /> <br />The motion to approve the Agenda of March 4, 2004 was made by Alan Rimer, <br />seconded by Jessica Lee, and carried without dissent. <br /> <br />III. Public Comment for Items NOT on Printed Agenda <br /> <br />None <br /> <br />IV. Action Items on CONSENT Agenda <br /> <br />A. Minutes approval of January 22, 2004 meeting. <br /> <br />B. Fee and Eligibility Policies <br /> <br />In fall of 2003, the PHEADS committee reviewed a Dental Cost Study to determine <br />the percent of cost recovery from fees. A larger discussion ensued relative to <br />fees resulting in a reassessment of OCHD’s Eligibility and Fee Policy. Staff <br />attended a State sponsored workshop in the Fall regarding establishing Eligibility <br />and Fee policies and used the information from that workshop to make <br />recommendations to update our current policy. The PHEADS committee also <br />discussed and recommended a method for the Health Director t o adjust fees <br />annually (Section III.G.)