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MOTION by Commissioner Stewart to approve the following seven (7) consent agenda
items.
VOTING: Ayes - 5; Nays - 0
1. REQUEST TO APPLY FOR A MARCH OF DIMES GRANT: The health
department requested permission to apply for a $15,454 grant to be used in the Breast
Feeding Peer Counselor Program. During the briefing, the health director said the
program appeared to be working because in 1996 there was a 39.2% rate of women
enrolled in the WIC program (breast feeding), compared to 55.1% in 1997.
2. REQUEST TO APPLY FOR A MINORITY HEALTH GRANT: The health
department requested permission to apply for a $10,000 grant that would be used to work
with the Healthier Iredell County Initiative to address Hispanic/Latino health strategies.
3. REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF BUDGET AMENDMENT #9 IN
CONJUNCTION WITH THE SUMMER FOOD PROGRAM GRANT: The health
department is eligible to receive $903.20 in federal monies to reimburse the
environmental health division for the inspection of 16 summer food program sites. The
funds will be placed in the departmental supplies line item for assistance with costs
incurred by the renovation of the Statesville environmental office.
4. REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF BUDGET AMENDMENT #10 FOR THE
NORTH CAROLINA HEALTH CHOICE FOR CHILDREN (health insurance)
PROGRAM: The health department is eligible to receive $2,542 to provide outreach
activities (posters, videos, place mats, billboards, notices on the back of grocery store
cash register receipts, and newspaper ads) to educate the public about the availability
of low cost health insurance for children. Health Director Ray Rabe advised during the
agenda briefing that North Carolina officials had estimated there were 971 children
eligible in Iredell County. As of August 1999, 513 children had been enrolled.
The funds will be used to try to locate the other 400 children and advise their
parents/guardians about the insurance.
5. REQUEST FOR APPROVAL, OF CHILD HEALTH (school health) BUDGET
AMENDMENT #11: Additional funding in the amount of $2,277 is available from
the state to aid local health departments in supplying children's dental services. Rabe
said the funds would be targeted towards kindergarten through 12°i grade children who
are enrolled in the "Free Lunch Program."
6. REQUEST FOR FULL-TIME POSITION AT THE 901 TRANSFER STATION
(This position would replace two part-time positions.): The solid waste director
advised during the agenda briefing that he was requesting to replace two part-time
positions with one full-time position. The transfer station would then have two full-
time employees who could share the 73.5 hours of work. Each employee would work
37 hours and this would entitle the person to have full benefits and about 90% of leave
time earned.
7. REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF THE VOICE DATA SOLUTIONS
CONTRACT: The two-year contract will allow county citizens to pay taxes by
credit card. Voice Data Solutions will write a software program. (It will be
about six more weeks before the project is completed.)
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