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HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93011_1142 (2)• Interns are on County Pay Grade 67 and Registered Sanitarians are on County Pay Grade 68. The county pay scale has 88 pay steps on each pay grade. • Merit raises cannot increase the salary higher than one dollar below the minimum salary of a Registered Sanitarian. • Each time there is a County Across—the-Board salary increase, the intern salary schedule will be adjusted by the same percent increase. • This proposal only applies to On -Site Waste Water Interns. 6. Request from the Health Department for Approval of a Co -Pay Fee: Health Director Donna Campbell requested permission to add a $3 fee for Code Pay03, a $5 fee for Code Pay05, and a $10 fee for Code PaylO to the Allied Health and Preventive Health Fee Schedules for use with IVC Health Choice. 7. Request from the Health Department for Approval of an Amended Fee Policy: Health Director Donna Campbell provided an amended fee policy and noted that a team of staff members had made the fee recommendations. The changes will be incorporated into the operations manual for the health department. 8. Request from the Health Department for Approval of a Flu Vaccine Supply Resolution: Health Director Donna Campbell requested approval of the following resolution. Influenza Vaccine Supply Resolution Iredell County Board of Health Iredell County Board of County Commissioners Iredell County, North Carolina Whereas, each year, a substantial proportion of vaccine -preventable diseases occur among adults, despite the availability of safe and effective vaccines; and Whereas, adult immunization levels continue to lag far behind childhood rates, and adult morbidity and mortality from vaccine -preventable diseases remain distressingly high; and Whereas, adults form the core infrastructure needed to respond to any emergent public safety and health need; and Whereas, the burden of and responsibility for vaccinating high-risk and vulnerable populations often falls upon public health departments and their public partners; and Whereas, public health is often unable to serve the high-risk and vulnerable populations within a community because of a lack of timely distribution of vaccine, especially influenza vaccine; and Whereas, commercial vaccinators make early bulk purchases of influenza vaccine and are able to offer mass flu campaigns before public health can vaccinate high-risk populations; and Whereas, the federal government and local medical providers look to the public health infrastructure to be prepared to respond to and coordinate the response of any communicable disease outbreak, including an influenza pandemic; and Whereas, the federal government has provided support for the childhood immunization program nationally that has resulted in dramatic reductions in childhood vaccine preventable diseases; and Whereas, an adult immunization infrastructure is needed prior to implementation of a national universal influenza vaccine recommendation. 20