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MINUTES
<br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH
<br />October 22, 1998
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<br />Board of Health Minutes
<br />Transcription completed by Patsy L. Bateman 1 October 22, 1998
<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.
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<br />THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH MET ON THURSDAY, October 22, 1998 AT SOUTHERN
<br />HUMAN SERVICES CENTER MEETING ROOM, CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA.
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<br />BOARD OF HEALTH MEMBERS PRESENT: Timothy J. Ives, Melvin Hurston, Barry Adler, Jonathan
<br />Klein, Margaret Brown, Brenda Crowder-Gaines, Barbara Chavious
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<br />BOARD OF HEALTH MEMBERS ABSENT: Janet Southerland, Richard Marinshaw, Beverly Foster,
<br />Ron Cammarata
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<br />STAFF PRESENT: Rosemary Summers, Health Director; Ron Holdway, Environmental Health Division
<br />Director; Eileen Kugler, Personal Health Division Director; Cornelia Ramsey, Health Education; Patsy
<br />Bateman, Administrative Assistant; Jerry Pipoly, Personal Health; Ruth Efird, Personal Health; Polly
<br />Swick, Personal Health; Diane Rocker, Personal Health; Leigh McFalls, Personal Health; Pam McCall,
<br />Personal Health; Evelyn Aabel, Personal Health; Melinda Schlesinger, Personal Health; Susan Rankin,
<br />Personal Health
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<br />GUESTS PRESENT: Geoff Gledhill, County Attorney; Trevor Gledhill; Lisa Vollmer, UNC Nutrition
<br />Dept.; Lara Bruce, UNC Nutrition Dept.; Sharon Dunn, UNC School of Nursing
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<br />I. CALL TO ORDER AND INTRODUCTION OF GUESTS
<br /> Dr. Ives called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. Rosemary Summers introduced the staff present.
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<br />A. SPECIAL STAFF RECOGNITION
<br />On the afternoon of 9/18/98 a child about 18 months old and its mother were at the DSS office
<br />here at SHSC. While the mother was on the phone after finishing her business, the child
<br />somehow managed to get access to very hot water in a coffee vending machine that was in the
<br />vending area in the lobby and the child was burned. Several health department staff reacted
<br />quickly and effectively to this situation. At this time please recognize Pam Petch, Jerry Pipoly,
<br />Jacqueline Dale, Evelyn Aabel, Sue Rankin, Pam McCall, Melinda Schlesinger, Polly Swick,
<br />and Eileen Kugler.
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<br />B. APPROVE OCTOBER 22, 1998 AGENDA
<br />The October 22, 1998 agenda was approved.
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<br />II. DISCUSSION ITEMS - PART ONE
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<br />A. ADVERSE PUBLIC HEALTH CONDITION (This section is primarily a direct transcription of the
<br />presentation by Mr. Gledhill.)
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<br />Geoff Gledhill was invited to answer questions of the Board of Health. Gledhill -- The County is
<br />trying to figure out what to do about extension of public water and sewer and probably even
<br />more generally trying to figure out what to do about the boundaries for the public sewer and
<br />water providers in the county. Out of that discussion, the idea of how to address failing septic
<br />systems has come up and also how to think about where public water and sewer is going to go.
<br /> One of the reasons that’s an issue is because the extension of public water and sewer is seen
<br />as something that drives development or that creates an opportunity for more intensive
<br />development than would exist otherwise. The other is that we have more than one public water
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