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MINlITES OF BOARD OF HEALTh - March 14, 1979
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Present: Dr. William Eakins, Chairman; Mr. R. E. Carter; Mrs. Vivian Wright;
Mr. Deother Melvin; Mrs. Roma Lee Hall; Mr. Richard Reeder; Dr. Larry
Neal; Mr. Dan Eller, County Manager; and IIr. James C. Fox, COImty
Attorney
Absent:
Dr. Murray Seidel, Mr. J. R. Reaves
Minutes of the February meeting were approved as presented.
Report from Committee to Organize Symposium on Sewage Disposal:
Dr. Eakins reported that at least eighteen groups are involved in studies dealing
with water and sewage disposal. This committee has also met with Mr. Steve Steinbeck,
Soils Specialist with Division of Health Services; Mr. Bob Benton, Director of
Shellfish Sanitation--DHS, Morehead City; and Mr. Charlie Jackson, District Sanitarian
Shellfish Sanitation Section. This committee will present specifics for the symposium
at the next meeting.
Dr. Eakins also read the reply from Mr. Dan Eller to his letter of February 9,
in which he was asked to respond to four questions concerning sewage disposal.
letter was referred to Mr. Reaves and his committee on septic tanks for study.
1979,
This
Report from Budget Committee:
This committee is made up of Dr. Murray Seidel, Mr. Richard Reeder, Mr. Deother
Melvin, and Mrs. Roma Lee Hall. Mr. Reeder presented the report which is as follows.
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BUDGET COMMITTEE REPORT
Present: Dr. Murray K. Seidel, Mr. Richard Reeder, Mr. Deother Melvin, Mrs. Roma
Lee Hall, Dr. James Finger and Mrs. Mabel Price.
The Committee reviewed the Annual Budget Estimate including Revenues and Expenditures
and basically approved the Annual Budget as submitted for fiscal year 1979-80 except
for the following recommendations and questions (5):
1. That no Merit Raises be awarded to an individual if such Merit Raise
will increase the raise to ~% or above the Federal Guidelines.
2. The requested items were reviewed and the Committee recommended that no
reclassifications as requested be approved, that the new position for
Sanitarian I be approved, that the new position for Practical Nurse I not
be approved. Auto Allowance, Telephone & Postage, Printing, Travel, Meetings
and Schools, Supplies and Materials be approved. That the Embosser, Typewriters,
Calculator, Dictating Equipment, File Cabinets, Water Bath and Thermometer
be approved.
The Committee recommended that in the Drainage Budget an additional $20,000
be requested so that in the event that a used backhoe is not available in the
immediate future that this extra money can be added to the allocated $60,000
that was made by the Commissioners in the 1978-79 budget for the backhoe so
that the aggregate total sufficient to purchase a new backhoe be available
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immediately. The Committee also approved the Insect and Rodent Budget request
including the ULV ~mchine.
3. The Committee strongly suggests that a consulting firm be asked to study
the Department of Health to determine efficiency and personnel performance
before another budget year passes.
4. That a re-evaluation of comparative salaries for similar positions of re-
sponsibility and work load be done to compare the Department of Health to
private industry and similar health care positions in non~governmental agencies.
This report should be done to coincide with the consulting study before the
next budget year.
5. That the County Manager's Office and Council of Governments be consulted to
determine if there is any way for the Board of Health to modify State mandated
changes in salary ranges for Department of Health employees.
Murray K. Seidel, M.D.
Chairman, Budget Committee
Board of Health
Mr. Melvin made a motion that next year the budget include a summary sheet with
percent of increases shown and that the pages be numbered for quick reference.
Mr. Reeder seconded the motion. Motion carried.
Mr. Melvin made a motion that the Board accept the committee report and the budget
as presented with amendments as stated in the report. Motion was seconded by Mr.
Carter. Motion carried with all present voting "yes" except Mrs. Wright. (Mrs.
Wright abstained due to the fact that she will be voting on the budget as a
Commissioner.)
Information:
Dr. Eakins read a letter from Dr. Sarah Morrow, Secretary of the Department of
Human Resources regarding the bill that has been introduced to stagger terms of
Board of Health Members.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.
Respectfully Submitted,
Approved April 4, 1979
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