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MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH March 23, 2000 Board of Health Minutes Transcription completed by 3 March 23, 2000 This issue is considered volatile and has already prompted five counties to make a public statement. An article in the Burlington newspaper regarding this issue as well as the controversy as it seems to be developing motivated it being brought before the board. Alamance County has now passed the resolution to recommend that the State legislature repeal this piece of legislation, making a total of six counties that have passed this resolution. The outcome will affect not just minors, but Title X funding for the health programs. Federal regulations require that if the state passes a legislation mandating minors must have parental consent the state loses all Federal Title X money. That impacts not just services to minors, but also our family planning services to low income women. The impact goes far beyond services to minors. This is an issue we would like to bring to the Board of Commissioners and/or legislature. The possible consequences include the increase in incidences of various diseases, the costs of treating bad outcomes (premature babies for teens) would be something to be reckoned with then thirdly that we philosophically feel that teenagers have this right. C. Animal Control and Environmental Health Committee 1. Report on APS Shelter Contract Review Several procedural changes have been made including adoption guidelines for outdoor dogs and an appeals process written for people who are turned down for adoption. The contract has been reviewed and we are waiting for response from the ATS on the changes we wanted to make. The next meeting is April 7, 2000 and committee recommendations will be brought to the Board on procedures, funding applications, and the contract at the next meeting. It was pointed out that Solid Waste in Chapel Hill is co-located with the animal shelter, on property owned by the University under a lease that expires in the 2006. As the town of Chapel Hill gets out of solid waste management they are looking for a different location for their trucks for that operation in anticipation that the university is not going to renew the lease. If the university doesn’t renew the lease for the animal shelter we will need to find a new location for the animal shelter and perhaps a new building. Also, it was brought to the attention of the board members the current difficulty in obtaining euthanasia serum because of FDA shut down of many of the serum manufacturers. Board Member Comments Rubella: We have vaccinated 600 individuals over the course of the outbreak. There are no new cases and no new suspects, so we are limited and confined to the original 4 that we had. Other cases and contacts from surrounding counties have also been eliminated. The one case that had been reported in Alamance County was retested by the state lab and reported negative for rubella. The Health Department sent a letter to every school child in this county, 9600 in Chapel Hill and 6600 in Orange County systems. The private schools were contacted by phone. VI. Adjournment The motion to adjourn the meeting was made by Mel Hurston, seconded by Martha Stucker and unanimously passed. A Board of Health Work Session will be held on April 14, 2000, at 12 noon at the Government Services Center in Hillsborough N.C.