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<br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH
<br /> January 22, 2025
<br /> ORANGE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT MISSION STATEMENT: To promote and protect
<br /> health, enhance quality of life, and preserve the environment for everyone in Orange County.
<br /> THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH MET ON January 22, 2025, online on Microsoft
<br /> Teams owing to inclement weather.
<br /> BOARD OF HEALTH MEMBERS PRESENT: Alison Stuebe — Chair, Tony Whitaker—Vice
<br /> Chair, Keith Bagby, Bruce Baldwin, Commissioner Amy Fowler, Aparna Jonnal, Davia
<br /> Nickelson, Lee Pickett, Shielda Rodgers, and Rachel Royce.
<br /> BOARD OF HEALTH MEMBERS ABSENT: Brian Crandell.
<br /> STAFF PRESENT: Quintana Stewart, Health Director; Erica Pettigrew, Medical Director;
<br /> Victoria Hudson, Environmental Health Director; Carla Julian, Public Health Nursing Director;
<br /> Ashley Rawlinson, Compliance Manager; Frederick Perschau, Financial and Administrative
<br /> Services Director; Libbie Hough, Communications Manager; Thomas Privott, Environmental
<br /> Health Supervisor; Alex Rimmer, Environmental Health Supervisor; Amber Benner, Nutrition
<br /> Program Manager; David Gahary, Health Informatics Manager; and Jean Phillips-Weiner, BOH
<br /> Strategic Plan Manager.
<br /> GUESTS/VISITORS PRESENT: Dayana Estephanie Bermudez, Elizabeth Kathleen Branch,
<br /> Victor Brozovsky, Supriya Marina Caton, Farhan Chowdry, Michaela Jones, Annmarie Li-
<br /> Yedica, Timothy Meade, Victoria Vivi Nguyen, Charlie Miller Roethling, Vivi Santana, Gustavo
<br /> Panduro Vargas, Claudia Vial, Alan Haosheng Zhao, Annmarie, and Jackie.
<br /> I. Welcome New Employees
<br /> Quintana Stewart, Health Director, shared that there were no new employees in attendance this
<br /> evening.
<br /> II. Public Comment for Items NOT on Printed Agenda:
<br /> Jean Phillips-Weiner, Board of Health Strategic Plan Manager, shared that the FDA is
<br /> considering lowering the nicotine levels in combustible tobacco products, including cigarettes,
<br /> cigars, and pipes, and the FDA will have a public comment period going until September 15t"
<br /> 2025. She asked the board to consider submitting something during the public comment period
<br /> in support of lowering nicotine levels, which would help reduce the addictiveness of combustible
<br /> tobacco products. She also shared that Vision Zero Chapel Hill will be holding an event
<br /> tomorrow evening at 6:00 PM at the Chapel Hill Public Library to discuss the new Bolin Creek
<br /> Greenway and Estes Drive Extension Bike and Pedestrian Projects.
<br /> III. Board Comments:
<br /> Dr. Bruce Baldwin
<br /> Dr. Baldwin commented that ABC News featured a story about school cell phone bans,
<br /> specifically focusing on one school which had implemented using special locking pouches to
<br /> store phones during the school day. He shared that they interviewed various people from the
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