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APPROVED 6/5/2001 <br />MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />SPECIAL MEETING <br />February 20, 2001 <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners met at 5:30 p.m. in meeting room "D" at the Southern <br />Human Services Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Stephen H. Halkiotis and Commissioners Margaret <br />W. Brown, Moses Carey, Jr., Alice M. Gordon and Barry Jacobs <br />COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill, Harmony Whalen <br />COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager John M. Link, Jr., Assistant County Manager Rod <br />Visser and Acting Deputy Clerk to the Board Buck Tredway (All other staff members will be identified <br />appropriately below) <br />ADULT CARE HOME COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT: <br />Chair Cherie Rosemond, Charron Andrews, Laura DeLoye, Tracy Diefenderfer, Carol Gunther-Mohr, <br />Margaret F. Hudson, Ruth Monnig, <br />ORANGE COUNTY NURSING HOME COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS <br />PRESENT: Chair Jack Vogt, Becky Bradley, Barbara Ording, Sheila White <br />OTHERS IN ATTENDANCE: Jill V. AI-hafez, Triangle J Ombudsman; Kate Barrett, Orange County <br />Department on Aging; Renee Bynum, Gay Eddy, representing Congressman David Price; Orange County <br />Social Services; Jerry Passmore, Orange County Department on Aging; Gwen K. Phillips, Department of <br />Social Services; Denise C. Shaffer, Orange County Social Services; Florence Gray Soltys, Advisory Board <br />on Aging; Vibeke Talley, Orange County Department an Aging; Carol Teal, Friends of Residents in Long <br />Term Care; <br />LEGISLATORS PRESENT: Senator Ellie Kinnaird, Representative Verla Insko, and Representative <br />Joe Hackney <br />1. Joint Meeting with Orange County Adult Care Home Community Advisory Committee, Orange <br />County Nursing Home Community Advisory Committee, and Orange County Legislative Delegation <br />Chair Halkiotis welcomed everyone. <br />Commissioner Brown welcomed the legislators and thanked the committee members. <br />I. Introduction and Welcome: Ruth Monnig, ACHCAC <br />Ruth Monnig, from the ACHCAC, said that one of the purposes of this meeting was to open up a <br />dialog. She said that the committees go to facilities and see things that are failing. <br />At this time, introductions were made. <br />I1. Description of Committees and their purpose <br />Cherie Rosemond, Chair of the ACHCAC, gave a description of the Adult Care Home Community <br />Advisory Committee. She said that members of the committee make quarterly or annual visits to adult care <br />homes and facilities. The primary interest of the committee is to advocate the patient bill of rights. The <br />committee does work with a County adult care home specialist. The committee also works with the <br />Ombudsman and the Department on Aging. There are five adult care homes offering services to 29 County <br />