ADOPTED - JUNE 26, 2007

Agenda Item No. 23

Introduced by the Human Services, County Services and Finance Committees of the:

INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A

COMMUNITY HEALTH REPRESENTATIVE II POSITION WITHIN THE

HEALTHY SMILES UNIT OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT

RESOLUTION #07-151

WHEREAS, the Health Department operates a Healthy Smiles Pediatric Dental Center that provides primary and preventive dentistry to low-income, Medicaid and uninsured children; and

WHEREAS, the Department has an agreement with the University of Michigan School of Dentistry (UMSD) that provides rotations for dental interns to rotate through the Department’s dental operations, with these interns providing dental care under the direction of a Health Department dentist; and

WHEREAS, the Deputy Health Officer for Community Health Care Services has advised the Health Officer that the personnel needs of the Department’s Healthy Smiles Pediatric Dental Center will need to increase in order to support the UMSD dental students and consequential increased operational service delivery capacity; and

WHEREAS, the Health Officer has recommended that the Board of Commissioners establish a Community Health Representative II position (UAW D) within the Healthy Smiles Pediatric Dental Center in order to support this unit’s increased operational service delivery; and

WHEREAS, the Health Officer has advised that the additional patient based revenues from third party payers resulting from additional services provided by the UMSD students in conjunction with Health Department dentists are adequate to support the cost of the new position.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Ingham County Board of Commissioners authorizes a 1.0 FTE Community Health Representative II position UAW D ($28,374 - $34,048) within the Healthy Smiles Unit of the Health Department as recommended by the Human Resources Department.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this action is effective July 1, 2007.

HUMAN SERVICES:  Yeas:  Hertel, Grebner, Schor, Soule, Severino

Nays:  None             Absent:  Bahar-Cook        Approved   6/18/07 

COUNTY SERVICES:  Yeas:  De Leon,  Nolan, Copedge, Soule, Severino, Dougan

Nays:  None          Absent:  None       Approved 6/19/07

FINANCE:  Yeas:  Celentino, Weatherwax-Grant, Hertel, Tennis, Dougan

   Nays:  None          Absent:  Grebner       Approved 6/20/07