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MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH <br />January 22, 2004 <br />Board of Health Minutes Transcription completed by Anne Miles Cassell 1 January 22, 2004 <br />ORANGE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT MISSION STATEMENT: To enhance the quality of life, <br />promote the health, and preserve the environment for all people in the Orange County community. <br /> <br />THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH MET ON January 22, 2004 at the Century Center, <br />Carrboro, North Carolina. <br /> <br />BOARD OF HEALTH MEMBERS PRESENT: Alice White, Chair; Alan Rimer, Vice-Chair; Moses <br />Carey, Jr.; Tim Carey; Chris Harlan; Jessica Lee; Sharon Van Horn; Matt Vizithum; Lee Werley; <br />Kate Wilder. <br /> <br />BOARD OF HEALTH MEMBERS ABSENT: None <br /> <br />HEALTH DEPARTMENT STAFF PRESENT: Rosemary Summers, Health Director; Letitia Burns, <br />Central Administrative Services Division Director; Wayne Sherman, Personal Health Services <br />Division Director; Donna King, Health Promotion and Education Services Division Director; <br />Angela Cooke, Dental Health Services Division Director; Ron Holdway, Environmental Health <br />Services Division Director; John Sauls, Animal Control Services Division Director; Anne Miles <br />Cassell, Administrative Assistant; Maria Hitt, Healthy Carolinians Coordinator; Darryl Renfroe, <br />Home Visiting Supervisor; Louise Echols, Public Health Educator; Ellen Young, Public Health <br />Educator. <br /> <br />GUESTS PRESENT: Healthy Carolinians Board members - Sheila Sholes-Ross, CIS of Orange <br />County; Stephanie Willis, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools; Edwina Zagami, Chapel Hill Schools; <br />Mercedes Walker, UNC School of Nursing; Linda Foxworth, OPC Area Program; Alice Pettitt, <br />Cooperative Extension; Wendy Stewart, Orange County Schools; Robbie Roberts, UNC Hospitals; <br />Amy Sommer, UNC Chapel Hill; Myra Austin, Orange County Department of Aging; Michele <br />Rivest, Orange County Partnership for Young Children; Bev Foster, UNC Chapel Hill; Ned <br />Brooks, UNC Chapel Hill; Julie Sweedler, UNC Hospitals; Connie Mullinix, Women’s Center; <br />Tamara Dempsey-Tanner, Orange County Partnership for Young Children. Other guest <br />present: Margaret Brown, Orange County Commissioner; Gwen Harvey, Orange County <br />Manager’s Office; Jeff Casale, News of Orange County; Erin Gibson, Daily Tar Heel; <br /> <br />I. Welcome and Introductions <br /> <br />Alice White called the meeting to order at 7:23 P.M. following the 5:30 P.M. Healthy <br />Carolinians Board reception and presentation of the Orange County Community Health <br />Assessment and Action Plans by Maria Hitt, Bev Foster, Linda Foxworth, and Ned Brooks. <br />Alice White thanked the participants for an excellent and thorough presentation. Board of <br />Health members were given the opportunity for comment. The entire community assessment <br />is posted on the Orange County Healthy Carolinians website. <br /> <br />II. Approval of January 22, 2004 Agenda <br /> <br />The motion to approve the Agenda of January 22, 2004 was made by Kate Wilder, <br />seconded by Jessica Lee, and carried without dissent. <br /> <br />III. Public Comment for Items NOT on Printed Agenda <br /> <br />None <br /> <br />IV. Action Items on CONSENT Agenda