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APPROVED FEBRUARY 1 1988 1 <br />~' - <br />MINUTES <br />- ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />BUDGET SESSION <br />JUNE 22, 1987 -.7;30 P.M. <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioner met on June 22, 1987 at 7:30 <br />p.m. at Lincoln Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina for the purpose of <br />holding a budget work session. <br />BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Chair Shirley E. Marshall and Commissioners <br />Moses Carey, Stephen Halkiotis, John Hartwell and Don Willhoit. <br />STAFF MEMBERS PRESENT: County Manager Kenneth R. Thompson, Assistant <br />County Manager Albert Kittrell, Finance Director Gordon Baker, Clerk to <br />the Baard Beverly A. Blythe, Deputy Finance Office Ken Chavious, Social <br />Services Director Marti Pryor-Cook, Health Director Jerry Robinson, Budget <br />Analyst Donna Wagner and Personnel Director Beverly Whitehead. <br />M:~NTAL HEALTH <br />Bill Baxter, Area Director, made the presentation. <br />the use of charts an overview of his total budget with specifics wfor <br />orange Caunty and emphasis on the proposed new program for this year. <br />The new program "Crisis Emergency Service" would be established to <br />provide a new emergency service in Chapel Hill which would provide <br />.coverage from 8'5 every day. The cost would be $178,000 minimum. The <br />total budget requested from Orange County this year is $230,104. <br />Th.e Crisis Emergency Service would serve in a cost effective way <br />'those people in crisis who need immediate help. The -program would serve <br />_; as a referral resource for many of the, agencies in the County. The <br />County's share would be 17~ of the total amount needed and they would <br />receive 83~ return for this money. <br />Ken Thompson stated that the Manager's recommended budget includes <br />everything as requested with the exception of the Crisis Emergency <br />facility. He noted that there will be proposals for State action in this <br />area and that the County could go head of that and fund such a unit on a <br />single county basis or wait to see what the State will do on a regional <br />funding basis. <br />Discussion ensued with Baxter answering questions from the.Board. The <br />Board agreed that the service is needed and placed on the markup list for <br />later considerion the amount of $178,000. <br />HUMAN SERVICES ADVISORY COMMISSION <br />HEALTH DEPARTMENT <br />Ruth Royster did both presentations. She spoke about three areas <br />which had been deleted from the Health Department's requested budget. with <br />reference to personnel, the proposed budget includes one part-time health <br />educator position to begin January 1, 1988. Because of program priorities <br />and objectives two fulltime health educator positions are needed instead <br />of the one part time as recommended by the Manager. This recommendation <br />has the endorsement of HSAC. She emphasized the importance of providing <br />preventive measures for teens. There is also a need for one additional <br />.public health nurse 2. State funding may be available for this position <br />but that is not known at this time. The Health Department, because of the <br />increase in the workload, does need one additional sanitarian. With <br />reference to equipment that was not included in the Manager's recommended <br />budget, there are two offices - in Carrmill Mall without any furniture. <br />one additional two-way radio is`needed for use by the sanitariars and five <br />new typewriters are needed for use by the staff who must .keep a lot of <br />