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MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH <br />November 18, 1999 <br /> <br />Board of Health Minutes <br />Transcription completed by Phyllis R. Privette 1 November 18, 1999 <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 THURSDAY, November 18, 1999 at the <br />Government Services Building in Hillsborough, North Carolina. <br /> <br />BOARD OF HEALTH MEMBERS PRESENT: Tim Ives, Rick Marinshaw, Barry Adler, Janet Southerland, <br />Beverly Foster, Jonathan Klein, Barry Jacobs, Mel Hurston, Barbara Chavious and Brenda Crowder- <br />Gaines. BOARD OF HEALTH MEMBERS ABSENT: Ron Cammarata <br /> <br />BOARD OF HEALTH MEMBERS ABSENT: Ron Cammarata. <br /> <br />STAFF PRESENT: Rosemary Summers, Health Director; Ron Holdway, Environmental Health Division <br />Director; Eileen Kugler, Personal Health Division Director, John Sauls, Animal Control, Division <br />Director; Eugene Sandler, Director of Dental Clinic, Angela Cooke, Dental Coordinator. Ann Hill, <br />Accounting Technician; Phyllis Privette, Administrative Assistant. <br /> <br />GUESTS PRESENT: Shama Patham, UNC nursing school student. <br /> <br />I. CALL TO ORDER AND INTRODUCTION OF GUESTS <br /> Dr. Ives called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. <br /> Barry Jacobs added a citizen concern he would like to address. Add this as item 6 and the <br />adjournment will be item 7. The December meeting decision will be part of item V-B-calendar decision <br />for 2000. <br /> <br />II. ADOPTION OF AGENDA (November 18, 1999) AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES (October 28, 1999) <br /> <br />A. APPROVE AGENDA (November 18, 1999) and MINUTES (October 28, 1999) <br /> <br />The minutes of October 28, 1999 were amended to complete the date on the second page <br />(September 23, 1999). <br /> <br />The motion to accept the minutes as amended was made by Janet Southerland and <br />seconded by Beverly Foster. <br /> <br />The motion to approve the Agenda of November 18, 1999 and approve the Minutes of <br />October 28, 1999 as stated above was made by Janet Southerland and seconded by <br />Beverly Foster, and carried without dissent. <br /> <br />III. HEALTH DIRECTOR’S REPORT <br />Dr. Summers informed the Board that the health department received an Honorable Mention plaque <br />from the 1999 Glaxo Wellcome Child Health Recognition Awards; in the NC Health Choice Enrollment <br />Recognition category. <br /> <br /> Dr. Summers reported that the reclassification request for the Dental Hygienist and Family Nurse <br /> Practitioner positions had been approved. <br /> <br /> Dr. Summers reported that on Friday, November 8th, the Health Department handled a communicable <br />disease incident. A local daycare center had a meningitis case. Approximately 60 adults and children <br />exposed were provided with prophylaxis on Friday evening.