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MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH <br />July 25, 2002 <br />Board of Health Minutes Transcription completed by V. Anne Miles 2 July 25, 2002 <br />agenda for the Board of Commissioners on June 4, 2002. Those residents made <br />additional requests regarding the policy and other issues involving the quarry <br />operation. <br /> <br />The Board of Commissioners approved the No Fault Well Repair Fund Policy as it <br />was presented at its meeting on June 4th. They did not take action on the <br />additional policy change requests by the quarry area residents, but instead <br />referred the matter back to the Board of Health for review. Staff prepared a <br />memo to the BOCC detailing the requests for the June 4th meeting. Since that <br />time, Empowerment Project, Inc., who is coordinating the community efforts, <br />withdrew the request to change the effective date and keep it as it was approved <br />in the policy. (This Empowerment is not to be confused with the Empowerment, <br />Inc. that works with housing.) <br /> <br />Empower ment also made a request to the Health Director regarding the $15,000 <br />per year OWASA fund that is separate and apart from the NFWRF monies. They <br />asked that the money be used to fund a community organizer and also that the <br />fund be administered by the Healt h Department. <br /> <br />Motion was made to authorize staff to work with the quarry community in further <br />considering how to present their needs to OWASA and the Board of Commissioners by <br />Mel Hurston, seconded by Kate Wilder, and carried without dissent. <br /> <br />Motion was made to monitor area wells as would be done in other parts of the county, <br />support the citizens’ pursuit of other options and remedies, and support the <br />development of expanded studies outside the 3,000 ft. zone that would evaluate quarry <br />operations affecting wells contingent on funding by Alan Rimer, seconded by Alice <br />White, and carried without dissent. <br /> <br />B. PHEADS Committee <br /> <br />1. Medical Director Contract Expansion and Renewal with UNC <br /> <br />OCHD has had a contract with UNC Family Practice for Medical Director services <br />for a number of years. Dr. Neva Bartholomew served as Medical Director until <br />March 2002 at which point Dr. Mike Fisher assumed interim duties. <br /> <br />The new contract is with UNC Family Practice specifies Dr. Mike Fisher as <br />Medical Director, with Dr. Valerie King service as his back up. The Medical <br />Director will continue to work in clinics 20 hours per week with 8 hours of <br />dedicated administrative time. The contract is expanded this year to include <br />medical supervision of a Head Start nurse Practitioner with Chapel Hill – <br />Carrboro City Schools. The School system will be fiscally responsible for the <br />additional expense. The cost to OCHD for Medical Director services remains the <br />same as last year. <br /> <br />Motion to approve the expanded contract with UNC Family Practice for Medical Director <br />services and forward it to the Board of Commissioners for approval was made by Mel <br />Hurston, seconded by Lee Werley, and carried without dissent. <br /> <br />2. Healthy Carolinians Micro-grant Awards <br /> <br />The Department of Health and Human Services made available micro-grants to