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MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH <br /> February 28, 2018 <br />S:\Managers Working Files\BOH\Agenda & Abstracts\2018 Agenda & Abstracts/ February Page 5 <br />• Continued exploration of Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment <br />(SBIRT) options for medical clinic. <br />• Ric Bruton will present on Cardinal Innovations annual report on the use of <br />county dollars in March 2018. <br />• BOH Strategic Plan Manager continues to participate on the Jail/Mental <br />Workgroup and Justice Advisory Council. <br /> <br /> Engagement <br /> We’ll continue to monitor other Boards and present an update twice a year. The next <br />update will be given at the April BOH Meeting. <br /> <br />Lastly, Ms. Scurry stated that she’s working with Susie Green, referred by Susan Elmore, to <br />assist with cleaning up/updating the current Strategic Plan. <br /> <br />D. Outside Agency Review Process <br /> <br />La Toya Strange, Administrative Assistant II, summarized the Outside Agency Review process <br />and the assignments required of Board of Health members for evaluating applications. The <br />Health Department received ten applications to review. Board members are to review the <br />applications assigned to them, record scores on the appropriate scoring cards and send the <br />completed scoring cards back to Ms. Strange by March 22nd. <br /> <br /> <br />VI. Action Items (Non Consent) <br /> <br />A. 2018-19 Budget <br /> <br />Quintana Stewart, Health Director, began by acknowledging staff and division directors for their <br />hard and creative work. <br /> <br />Rebecca Crawford, Financial and Administrative Services Director, presented the Board with a <br />summary of the proposed FY 2018-2019 budget for the Health Department which shows an <br />increase in expenditures of $150,750 from the FY 18-19 Base Budget; $97,364 of which are <br />expenditure increases related to increases in permanent staffing (1.0 FTE Dental Hygienist, full <br />supported by fees for service) and temporary staffing (Environmental Health Specialist, Graphic <br />Designer, Dentist, and Foreign Language Interpreter).The remaining $53,386 of the expenditure <br />increase is related to service levels increases for the Family Success Alliance and enhanced <br />medical services. This also includes budget increases approved during the FY 17-18 budget <br />process for the Formerly Incarcerated Transitions (FIT) and Youth Tobacco grants. Staff <br />projects a $150,750 increase in revenues for FY 18-19, which will fully offset the expenditure <br />increase. The Health Department will request level county funding for FY 18-19. The proposed <br />total budget is $10,251,749. <br /> <br />In relation to new staff requests, the Health Department requests a 1.0 FTE Dental Hygienist, <br />which will decrease patient wait times for routine cleanings from nine months to the industry <br />standard of care of six months. This position will be fully funded by self-pay, Medicaid, and <br />Commercial Insurance reimbursements for our fees for services. The department also requests <br />to make our time limited 1.0 FTE Property Development Tech a permanent employee, funded <br />by Environmental Health fees for services. Finally, the department requests to have an ongoing <br />line item for Environmental Health Specialist temporary employees. The EHS temps used in the <br />current fiscal year to help with an increased number of WTMP inspections have also helped