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MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH <br />November 18, 2004 <br />Board of Health Minutes Transcription completed by Anne Miles Cassell 1November 18, 2004 <br />ORANGE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT MISSION STATEMENT: To enhance the quality of <br />life, promote the health, and preserve the environment for all people in the Orange County <br />community. <br /> <br />THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH MET ON November 18, 2004 at the <br />Government Services Center, Hillsborough, North Carolina. <br /> <br />BOARD OF HEALTH MEMBERS PRESENT: Alice White, Chair; Alan Rimer, Vice-Chair; Tim <br />Carey; Moses Carey, Sharon Freeland; Jessica Lee; Kate Wilder <br /> <br />BOARD OF HEALTH MEMBERS ABSENT: Matt Vizithum, due to meeting conflict; Chris <br />Harlan and Sharon Van Horn, due to illness <br /> <br />STAFF PRESENT: Rosemary Summers, Health Director; Angela Cooke, Dental Health <br />Services Division Director; Ron Holdway, Environmental Health Services Division Director; <br />Donna King, Health Promotion and Education Division Director; Wayne Sherman, Personal <br />Health Services Division Director; Anne Miles Cassell, Administrative Assistant <br /> <br />GUESTS PRESENT: Michael Gillespie, UNC School of Public Health <br /> <br />I. Welcome and Introductions <br /> <br />Alice White called the meeting to order at 7:00 P.M. <br /> <br />II. Approval of November 18, 2004 Agenda <br /> <br />Item VII.F. BOCC Annual Retreat Input was added to the agenda. <br /> <br />The motion to approve the Agenda of November 18, 2004 as amended was made by <br />Kate Wilder, seconded by Moses Carey, and carried without dissent. <br /> <br />III. Tostanoski Appeal <br /> <br />Edward Tostanoski appealed the staff’s decision to deny an Improvements Permit and <br />existing system authorization issued for a property he owns on Whitfield Road. The <br />decision to deny the permit and authorization was based on findings that the soil on the <br />site was unsuitable and the existing system was out of use as defined in Board of Health <br />approved rules. <br /> <br />The ACEH Committee held a hearing on October 25th and the transcript from the hearing <br />was distributed to board members. In a matter of an appeal the board must determine if <br />staff has applied the laws, rules, and/or policies correctly and fairly. There is no provision <br />in the laws or rules for variances or hardships. The Board has the authority to affirm, <br />modify or reverse the staff decision in the appeal according to NCGS § 130A-24. The