Approved Minutes of September 24, 2025

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MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH September 24, 2025 discussion, the board agreed to revise the language to read as "a threat to public health." Dr. Royce added that the term "public health interventions" at the end of the resolution is not defined; Dr. Stuebe mentioned that the intent of this comment was to suggest public health approaches should be used instead of punitive measures, as the committee did not want this resolution to be received as a suggestion to make people experiencing homelessness less visible through incarceration. Mr. Whitaker added that the phrase was meant to invoke that the issue of affordable housing should be treated with similar urgency to other public health issues, for example the COVID-19 pandemic. The group revised the phrase to read "best treated by developing holistic and comprehensive public health interventions." The Connections to Community Support Committee will revise the draft resolution based on this feedback and share it for further input in advance of the October meeting, where it will be presented for a vote. Ms. Phillips-Weiner invited board members to send any additional feedback to her by October 20t" to allow time to compile and present to the full Board at the time of the vote. C. BOH Policy Review and Approval Ms. Phillips-Weiner presented the Board of Health Policies for review and approval. Dr. Royce recommended a revision to I.C., Community Assessment Policy, suggesting following the lead of Chatham County in implementing a scientific advisory committee of at least three members, likely volunteers, to advise on the community health assessment process. In response to Dr. Stuebe's question about the implications of creating such a committee, Ms. Stewart said that staff would need to research this and recommended that Dr. Royce share her suggested edits to the policy with Ms. Phillips-Weiner to prepare for a future vote. Mr. Whitaker requested that the suggested edits include a short explanation of the reasons why implementing this committee would be better than the current approach. Motion to approve the proposed policy modifications, excluding policy LC, was made by Commissioner Amy Fowler, seconded by Dr. Davia Nickelson, and carried without dissent. The approved policy changes are as follows: 1.0 Mission Statement and Scope of Services • No Changes. I.A. — Requests for Environmental Services and Assessments • Some minor updates throughout for readability. • Contemporized Environmental Health to focus this policy on the matters Environmental Health can address as opposed to every kind of possible environmental issue. • Updated formatting to align with the formatting of the policy on policies. I.B. — Fee and Eligibility Policy • Some minor updates to wording and punctuation throughout, including substituting the word "client" for"patient". • Section III.A.4.b: Updated income verification details for Family Planning services. S:\Managers Working Files\BOH\Agendas &Abstracts\2025 Agenda and Abstracts/ September Page 5