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CABARRUS COUNTY BOARDS, COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS AND AUTHORITIES The Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners makes appointments to a number of boards, committees, commissions and authorities. All citizens of Cabarrus County are encouraged to volunteer to serve on these boards /committees. To obtain an application for appointment or for more information, please contact Kay Honeycutt, Clerk to the Board, at the Governmental Center, 65 Church Street, SE, Concord, or call (704) 920- 2109. The application may also be downloaded from the County's website at www. cabarruscounty. us A listing of the boards /committees is as follows: ADULT CARE HOME COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE This committee seeks to maintain the intent of the Adult Care Home Residents Bill of Rights and to promote community involvement with the homes (homes for the aged, family care homes and homes for developmentally disabled adults). Members cannot be employed by an adult care home nor have any financial interest, directly or indirectly, in an adult care home. Immediate family of an adult care home resident in Cabarrus County cannot serve on the committee. Initial appointment is for a term of one year with successive appointments of three -year terms. ANIMAL PRESERVATION & PROTECTION ADVISORY COMMITTEE The committee's purposes are outlined as follows: (1) Review current operations of Cabarrus County Animal Control; (2) Provide educational materials in several languages to the Cabarrus County residents on Spay /Neuter, proper feeding, housing and healthcare for pets; (3) Establish a protocol for the availability for low cost spaying and neutering of pets belonging to indigent residents of Cabarrus County. Members serve two -year terms. CARDINAL INNOVATIONS HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS - Community Oversight Board By resolution as a result of new legislation, the Boards of County Commissioners of Alamance, Cabarrus, Caswell, Chatham, Davidson, Franklin, Granville, Halifax, Orange, Person, Rowan, Stanly, Union, Vance and Warren Counties agreed to be served by a single Area Authority operating as a Managed Care Organization with a governance structure that will function under existing law, as well as under the new governance legislation. It is in the interest of the public health and welfare to create an Area Authority to operate North Carolina's 1915(b)/(c) Medicaid Waiver as a Managed Care Organization and to manage all public resources that may become available for mental health, intellectual and developmental disabilities, and substance abuse services, including federal block Attachment number 1 1 -2 Page 274