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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: December 9, 2003 Action Agenda Item No. $-c~ SUBJECT: Agreement Renewal with School of Dentistry for Dental Director DEPARTMENT: Health PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Agreement Rosemary Summers, ext, 2411 TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968-4501 Durham 688-7331 Mebane 336-227-2031 PURPOSE: To renew the agreement between the Health Department and the UNC Dental School for the services of a Dental Director, BACKGROUND: The Board of Commissioners authorized the Health Department to move forward with recruitment of a full-time dentist in the spring of 2003. The Department recruited a dentist who, after accepting the position, backed out prior to actually starting with the County, The Department is currently in the second round of recruitment, this time nationally. Since there has not been a dentist hired full-time, Dr. Eugene Sandler has continued to provide direction and oversight to the dental program, The following agreement is the same as the one that was in force for all of the previous years of the County's operation with the Department of Dental Ecology of the UNC School of Dentistry. The School of Dentistry has provided this service since the inception of the Dental Program 23 years ago and has agreed to continue providing this service until the Health Department secures afull-time dentist. The Dental Director provides clinical oversight and consultation to health department staff and to the variety of dental attendings, residents, and students that provide actual clinical services to the program. The Dental Director develops dental policies and consults with the Health Director as requested. It is anticipated that the Health Department will need these services through the end of the fiscal year. The agreement is for $10,000 annually and has not increased, FINANCIAL IMPACT: The agreement is for $10,000 for the fiscal year 2003-2004 and will be paid from the lapsed salary funds that were reallocated to the dentist position, RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve the agreement and authorize the Chair to sign pending county attorney review.