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21ST CENTURY CO)~ITTEE ~y 28, 1991 Meeting The Con~nittee me: at 7:30 p.m. on May 28, 1991 et the Health Department Attending the meeting were Marcha Macon, Dick Synder, Rod Duncan, Angela Ferguson, Herb Smith, Hob Sessu~, Yernice ~organ, Cail Linker, Betty Jewel1, Fred Pilkington, Jan 0dell, Bob Lorish and Jim Cook. Minutes of the May 13 meeting were distributed. ~o changes were Chadian Herb Smith asked for presentation of the data on n~bers of persons served during the previous year, the percentage of the populatio~ represented, and the {~p) plotting of locations of samples of clients ~erved by each of the four public agencies. J~ Cook presented data for Social Services. Me indicated approx~tely (different) individuals had received some service or assistance from the Department during the past yemr. (~ts n~ber as exclusive of info~a~ion and referral contacts.) ~is number represented 11.2~ of the total county population of 98,935. A map with a s~ple of Social Semites clients wms premen~ed. Clients were most heavily concentrated in the Concord and Kannapolis areas with roughly a third of clients located in the remainder of the County. Fred Pilkington next made a p~esentation on the Health Department. c~bined the demographic data requested by the Co~ictee with a presen~ation on the Department which h~d also been plamned for the meeting.) A copy of ~he matertml presented is at~ached. ~e HealKh Department presentation followed an outline which Herb Smith had worked out with Fred P~lkington for use in all such presentations by agencies. Areas covered were: history, mandated semites, pstients and where they c~e from, interrelationships with other agencies, and critical needs. The Health Depar~ent had se~ed some 11,597 persons during the past year. was ~1.7% of the County's population. Clients were concentrated in the Concord and Kannapol~s areas. The most critical need of the Health Department Is for a 2&,000 square fov~ bu~la~ng ~ere was much discussion of access and availability issues. Fred Pilkington indicate8 tha~ scarcity of resources is forcing health department prodra~ statevide to become more clinically oriented. Also, ~any services cannot be *'taken outlying comuuities easily because of equipment requirements, He indicated the Health Department voula need to add about ~0 staff persons in the comin& l0 years to meet comunity needs but that space ~ould be requited if any additional staff is to be added.