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MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH <br />June 26, 2003 <br />Board of Health Minutes Transcription completed by V. Anne Miles 1 June 26, 2003 <br />ORANGE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT MISSION STATEMENT: To enhance the quality of life, <br />promote the health, and preserve the environment for all people in the Orange County community. <br /> <br />THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH MET ON June 26, 2003 at the Government Services <br />Center, Hillsborough, North Carolina. <br /> <br />BOARD OF HEALTH MEMBERS PRESENT: Mel Hurston, Chair; Alice White, Vice-Chair; Barry Adler; <br />Alan Rimer; Jessica Lee; Martha Stucker; Lee Werley; Kate Wilder; Jonathan Klein <br /> <br />BOARD OF HEALTH MEMBERS ABSENT: Sharon Van Horn; Moses Carey, Jr. due to a BOCC <br />meeting conflict. <br /> <br />STAFF PRESENT: Rosemary Summers, Health Director; Letitia Burns, Central Administrative <br />Services Division Director; Wayne Sherman, Personal Health Services Division Director; Donna <br />King, Health Promotion and Education Services Division Director; Ron Holdway, Environmental <br />Health Services Division Director; John Sauls, Animal Control Services Division Director; Anne <br />Miles, Administrative Assistant <br /> <br />GUESTS PRESENT: None <br /> <br />I. Welcome and Introductions <br /> <br />Mel Hurston called the meeting to order at 7:15 P.M. <br /> <br />II. Approval of June 26, 2003 Agenda <br /> <br />Motion to approve the June 26, 2003 Agenda was made by Martha Stucker, seconded by <br />Jonathan Klein, 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 May 22, 2003 Meeting <br /> <br />Motion to approve the minutes of May 22, 2003 was made by Martha Stucker, seconded <br />by Barry Adler, and carried without dissent. <br /> <br />B. Environmental Health Policies <br /> <br />Staff has drafted formal policies in recent months for two areas of operational <br />processes within the Environmental Health Division. The first is an application/fee <br />policy for the onsite wastewater and well program areas. The second is a policy for <br />considering approval of existing wastewater systems for continued use of systems that <br />have not been used for some time. <br /> <br />The fee policy incorporates one of the tools the ACEH Committee recently discussed <br />for increasing collection of billed fees, as it will limit future service for some activities if <br />the client has outstanding balances. It also puts into writing some of the current <br />practices for fee assessment and collections. The proposed practices in the fee policy