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APPROVED 4/6/2010 <br /> MINUTES <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> JOINT MEETING WITH BOARD OF HEALTH <br /> March 4, 2010 <br /> 5:30 p.m. <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissioners met for a joint meeting with the Board of <br /> Health on Thursday, March 4, 2010 at 5:30 p.m. at the Southern Human Services Center in <br /> Chapel Hill, N.C. <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Valerie P. Foushee, and Commissioners <br /> Alice Gordon, Pam Hemminger, Barry Jacobs, Bernadette Pelissier, and Steve Yuhasz <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Mike Nelson <br /> COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: John Roberts <br /> BOARD OF HEALTH: Dr. Anissa Vines, Chair; Chris Harlan, Vice- Chair; and BOH <br /> members Dr. Paul Chelminski, Mike Carstens, Christopher Cooke, Tony Whitaker, and Jim <br /> Stefanadis <br /> HEALTH DEPARTMENT STAFF PRESENT: Health Director Rosemary Summers <br /> COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Frank Clifton, Assistant County Manager <br /> Gwen Harvey, and Clerk to the Board Donna S. Baker (All other staff members will be identified <br /> appropriately below <br /> 1. Introductions <br /> Introductions were made. <br /> 2. Message from Board of Health (BOH) Chair <br /> Anissa Vines, Chair of the BOH, said that they are here to bring to the Board of County <br /> Commissioners' attention issues that are of concern to them in reference to public health issues. <br /> She went through the great works within the Health Department and spoke of the <br /> accomplishments of various staff. She said that Orange County has a lot to be proud of as it <br /> relates to public health. She said that the Board of Health wants to have an engaged discussion <br /> with the Board of County Commissioners. <br /> Christopher Cook said that one of the challenges in public health is how to talk about <br /> public health with the normal person who does not know the lingo. He said that they want to <br /> think about health from a collective health perspective and not just individually and within the <br /> family. He said that public health is a provider of last resorts for those who cannot afford <br /> personal health providers. He said that the Board of Health sees resources in public health as <br /> investments, such as prevention health measures, etc. He made reference to a handout that <br /> shows that a $10 per capita investment over several years in a series of prevention programs <br /> yields, in North Carolina's case, a return of 5.6 to the dollar invested. <br /> 3. Statistical Update from Department <br /> Health Director Rosemary Summers made a PowerPoint presentation. <br /> 2008-2009 Year in Review <br /> 2009-2010 Progress <br /> Overall Department Finances <br /> •Final revenue and expenditures were $7,348,586 for the year (inc. grants) <br /> •$456,500 in grant funded projects <br />