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MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH October 28, 1999 Board of Health Minutes Transcription completed by Phyllis R. Privette 2 September 23, 1999 V. Discussion Items: A. Intensive Livestock Operations At the September 23, 1999 Board of Health work sessions, the Board began an exploration of issues surrounding the development of Intensive Livestock Operation Rules. Because of time constraints at the work session, it was agreed that further discussion would occur at this Board meeting. The Board discussed how to proceed with this initiative. Rick Marinshaw felt that if a report or decision were to go forward, a deadline should be established to put parameters around the project for the staff. Questions were raised as to whether the Commissioners must approve this effort or whether this was informational. Both Commissioner Jacobs and Rosemary Summers stated that the Commissioners need to be kept well informed and a part of the development process since this is anticipated to be a volatile community issue. Jonathan Klein offered a motion with a second from Barry Adler that a report on the intensive livestock operations be forwarded to the Board of Commissioners with the notification that an ad hoc work group will be formed to further study this issue and make specific recommendations to the Board of Commissioners and the Board of Health. Composition of the work group would include but not be limited to representatives from the Board of Commissioners, Board of Health, Planning Department, Cooperative Extension Service, Soil and Water Conservation Board, and the Agricultural Preservation Board. Environmental health staff will coordinate the work of the ad hoc work group. The motion to approve was made by Jonathan Klein, seconded by Barry Adler and carried without dissent. B. Videotaping Board Meetings Board members in general expressed mixed reactions to the idea of televising board of Heath meetings. There was a general desire on the Board’s part to increase citizen participation and/or knowledge about the health department’s activities. In a straw vote half of the members present were for taping and half were against. The Board agreed that it would like to hear more options discussed by the Commissioners’ committee. C. Legislative Agenda Development The Board briefly reviewed the final status of bills identified as high priority last year. The health director was asked to bring back a proposal for Board consideration of legislation to support in the short session. D. Board of Recruitment Roles/Elections Beverly Foster suggested that “Board of Health Member Responsibility” be categorized into several areas: policy development, advocacy, administrative work of the board to get better clarity around responsibilities. The director will re-draft and bring back. There was some discussion regarding the need for board members to play more active advocacy roles but there was lack of agreement as to exactly how that would be defined.