3. Announcements 5 min.
· “In Touch with Durham County,” the Durham County Television show, airs on Cable TV Channel 8 at 8:30 a.m. and 12 noon daily, 4:00 p.m. on Mondays, and 6:30 p.m. Tuesday – Sundays. Our County Commissioners’ meetings are also rebroadcast on Thursdays at 2:00 p.m., Saturdays at 9:00 p.m., and Sundays at 9:00 p.m.
4. Minutes
5 min.
August 2, 2010 Worksession
August 9, 2010 Regular Session
5. Recognition of Health Department Communicable Disease Staff
5 min.
The Board is requested to recognize staff of the Public Health Department for being the recipients of the “Best Practice in Outbreak Response Award” from the North Carolina Division of Public Health, Epidemiology Section, Communicable Disease Branch at the 1st Annual NC Communicable Disease Conference.
Comments made included: “Durham County displayed an exemplary performance in the face of multiple simultaneous outbreaks involving norovirus and hepatitis transmission in long term care facilities and a retirement village/ rare rural rabies/listeria issue on a farm; restaurant associated salmonella and general communicable disease case management. Durham County Health Department has a lot thrown at them all at once and did a wonderful job not dropping anything important.”
In addition, the Durham County Health Department received a nomination as a “Best Practice in Public Health Marketing Award” for the Knowing Is Sexy (KISS) Program. “KISS has effectively promoted sexual health education through a text messaging campaign for college and high school students in Durham County.”
Resource Person(s): Gayle Harris, Public Health Director
County Manager’s Recommendation: The County Manager recommends that the Board congratulate Public Health staff for the award and recognition from NC Division of Public Health.
6. Proclamation – September as Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month in Durham County
5 min.
The Board is requested to adopt the attached proclamation designating September as Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month in Durham County.
Resource Person(s): Ellen Holliman, Area Director, The Durham Center
County Manager’s Recommendation: The Manager recommends that the Board adopt the attached proclamation.
7. Proclamation for Women’s Equality Day 2010
5 min.
August 26 of each year is designated in the United States as Women's Equality Day. This year, women of Durham will join women across the county to commemorate the passage of the 19th Amendment, the Woman Suffrage Amendment to the United States Constitution, which gave women of the United States full voting rights in 1920. Women’s Equality Day is designated as a time to recognize the many valuable contributions women have made to pave the way for all women to assume leadership roles and positions politically, socially, and economically.
The Commissioners Community Circle Award, created by the Durham Board of County Commissioners (BOCC), recognizes community organizations and county departments for the extraordinary services they provide to the citizens of Durham.
Every year, Durham’s Partnership for Children works closely with Durham County Government to identify the needs of young children and their families in the Durham community. Since 1994, Durham’s Partnership for Children, has worked with children from birth to age five and their families to ensure that all children are prepared to succeed upon entering kindergarten.
The BOCC celebrates Durham’s Partnership for Children for successfully implementing and maintaining programming that gives children a healthy start. Durham’s Partnership for Children’s drive to guide children toward a bright future through its Docs for Tots Program, Kindergarten Health Assessment and Early Childhood Faith Initiative are applauded by the BOCC this evening.
Resource Person(s): Ms. Angelica Oberleithner, Assistant Director of Durham’s Partnership for Children.
County Manager’s Recommendation: The Manager recommends that the Board present the Commissioners Community Circle Award to a representative from Durham’s Partnership for Children.
20 min.
a. Approve the transferring of the Home Health Agency proceeds ($3,400,000) to the Community Health Trust Fund;
b. Approve the revisions to the Audit Oversight Committee By-Laws; will be submitted in September;
c. Approve Budget Ordinance Amendment No. 11BCC000002 for the Department of Social Services to recognize LIEAP and CIP Administration revenue ($93,633.00);
d. Approve the amendment of the contract with One Source in the amount of $1,241,797 for the Document Imaging Project;
e. Approve Capital Project Amendment No. 11CPA000003 – Durham Public Schools General Obligation Bond Project Budget Adjustments – moving $1,672,000 of available 2007 GO Bond funds to the City of Medicine Academy;
f. Approve the contract and authorize the Manager to execute the subject contract for solid waste and recycling collection services with Republic Services in an amount not to exceed $270,000.00;
Approve the contracts and authorize the Manager to execute the subject contracts for solid waste and recycling collection services with Republic Services of NC, LLC in an amount not to exceed $150,586.00 and with Waste Industries, LLC in an amount not to exceed $120,389.50;
g. Approve Budget Ordinance Amendment No. 10BCC000089—Bethesda Fire District in the amount of $54,407 to appropriate fire district fund balance for the Bethesda Fire District in order to satisfy the final payment to the General Fund and Benefits Plan Fund in the amounts of $49,113 and $5,294 respectively, for reimbursement of volunteer salaries and benefits, and decreasing the transfer to General Fund in the amount of $3,490 and increasing the transfer amount to the Benefits Plan Fund by the same amount for the Lebanon Fire District in order to satisfy the final payment to the Benefits Plan Fund for reimbursement of volunteer benefits;
h. Approve an amendment to the FY 2010-2011 Budget Ordinance to include the vaccines and fees as presented by the Health Department;
i. Approve the Agreement with the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) related to the installation of a traffic signal at the intersection of Roxboro and Dillard Streets in conjunction with the County’s construction of the New Durham County Courthouse and Parking Structure and authorize the Manager to execute the agreement;
j. Approve the attached comments for the Falls Lake Rulemaking which were submitted to the NC Division of Water Quality;
k. Approve the Chair as voting delegate and the Vice Chair as alternate voting delegate for the NCACC Conference in Greenville NC, August 26-29, 2010;
l. Approve the contract with United Way or the Greater Triangle for RBA Coordination and Administration and authorize the County Manager to execute the amendment;
m. Approve the Single Family Rehabilitation Grant Assistance Policy as recommended by L. E. Wooten, consultant for the program.
30 min.
Commissioner Bowser has requested that the Board review this project. Representatives from the North Carolina Department of Transportation will be present to review the project with the Board and respond to questions.
Resource Person (s): Joe Bowser, County Commissioner; Wally Bowman, Division Engineer, Division 5, North Carolina Department of Transportation
County Manager’s Recommendation: The Manager recommends that the Board receive the presentation, discuss the item and advise the staff if additional information or action is necessary.
The North Carolina Association of County Commissioners has launched its process for the approval of Legislative Goals for the 2011 Session of the General Assembly. Any statewide legislative goals that Durham County wishes for the NCACC to consider must be submitted to the Association by September 15, 2010.
Resource Person(s): Mike Ruffin, County Manager
County Manager's Recommendation: The Manager recommends that the Board review and discuss recommended goals authorize staff to submit agreed-upon goals to the NCACC for its consideration.
