BOH Final Minutes of October 27, 2021

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MINUTES - Draft ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH October 27, 2021 A. November BOH Meeting — Hybrid Model Board Chair, Sam Lasris, led the conversation regarding having a hybrid Board meeting. Topics in the discussion included: • Legislative statute requirements • Social distancing and spacing concerns • Indoor mask wearing • Contingency plans for public not adhering to indoor masking policy • Who would attend in person Motion was made by Jessica Frega to have the November 171 meeting in a hybrid format, seconded by Alison Stuebe and carried without dissent. B. BOH Chair and Vice-Chair Slate The Board members shall elect a Chair and Vice-Chair by majority vote each year at the last meeting of the calendar year. It is customary for the current Vice-Chair to occupy the Chair position because of the experience gained as Vice-Chair. There was a nomination for Keith Bagby for Vice-Chair. Mr. Lasris informed the Board to email him if there are any other nominations. The vote for Chair and Vice-Chair will take place, next month, at the November 17th meeting. C. Health Director Annual Evaluation Ms. Stewart informed the Board that the County changed their performance evaluation process. All County employees will undergo a focal review. There will no longer be workplans. Position specific competencies and goals are to be uploaded into the new PERFORM system. Ms. Stewart's supervisor, chair of the Board, will need to go into PERFORM, grade her performance and then share it with the remainder of the Board. The offer of sharing feedback was given; although, it won't be in a written format. All County staff will have their focal review between October 1 st and December 1 st; no longer their anniversary date. A mid-point review will need to be completed in March. D. Health Director Report In addition to her report, some of items Ms. Stewart briefly highlighted are below. • A robust and complex public records request from NC Citizens for Constitutional Rights. Information was requested for the period January 2020 thru September 2021 and all COVID-19 related. As a result, the NC Association of Local Health Directors retained an attorney to work with their counsel to figure out what they truly wanted to see with regard to public records. Fortunately, most of the information requested has already been posted on public websites. There are still a few items the OCHD will need to gather to respond to the request. • LME/MCO transition date of Cardinal Innovations to Alliance has changed, at the request of Alliance to DHHS, from December 151h to December 1st S:\Managers Working Files\BOH\Agenda &Abstracts\2021 Agenda &Abstracts/ October Page 5