BOH Final Minutes of April 28, 2021 with edit

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MINUTES - Draft ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH April 28, 2021 ■ Make sewer service equitable for low-income residents. ■ Empower GC through community partnership and health education. The BOH members had questions that were addressed by Mr. Minta, Commissioner Hamilton and Victoria Hudson. VI. Reports and Discussion with Possible Action A. Health Director Report In addition to her report, some of items Ms. Stewart briefly highlighted are below. • Ms. Stewart spoke about the April 9t" virtual Town of Chapel Hill EOC Appreciation Celebration. Secretary Mandy Cohen attended acknowledging the OCHD team, the community partners, members and volunteers for our COVID response. • Ms. Stewart attended the Health Director Legal Conference where she also presented as a panelist on day 2 for a session titled "Lessons from the Field: Working with a Local University". The conference was held in half-day segments over a 3-day period. • The Family Success Alliance (FSA) received an award from the OC Housing & Community Development recognizing their assistance over the last year with the Emergency Housing Assistance (EHA) program. In 2020, the HOPE program and the EHA program served 1,245 households and provided over$4 million in financial assistance, which helped prevent evictions and homelessness to many of the residents in our community. • In May, it is planned that the NCALHD's Executive Committee will be held in person. There are also plans for June's Full Association meeting to be held in person. • OCHD personnel updates: o We're still recruiting for the Personal Health Services Director. The 1st round of interviews were completed; however, there weren't any viable candidates. The position will be reposted as this is a key leadership position and tough to fill. o The Medical Clinic's clinic manager position has been reposted as interviews were conducted but there weren't any viable candidates. o Medical Clinic staff are still positive and very motivated. Retention for the clinics has steadied. Clinic is a little down not just because of the vacancies but because some of them were pulled to assist with COVID tasks. We're in the process of determining how to slowly transition them back to their primary duties while also tackling COVID tasks. B. COVID-19 Update Quintana Stewart, Health Director, gave an update on the COVID-19 status in Orange County (OC) as well as took questions from the Board. Some highlights are below. • As of today, ■ In OC, there are 8,451 confirmed cases and 101 deaths in related to COVID. The percent positive is 1.1%. ■ There is one outbreak at a residential facility in OC. • Vaccinations— ■ In OC, 46.8% have received their 1st dose and 40% are fully vaccinated. S:\Managers Working Files\BOH\Agenda &Abstracts\2021 Agenda &Abstracts/ April Page 6