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31 ATTEST: /s/ Frankie F, Small (SEAL) Frankie F. Small Clerk, Board of Commissioners Cabarrus County, North Carolina (See Page 612 of Minute Book 21) UPON MOTION of Commissioner Barnhart, seconded by Commissioner Carpenter with Commissioners Barnhart, Carpenter and Hamby and Chairman Simmons voting for, the minutes of December 3, 7, 14, 17, 18, 27, and 31, 1990 and January 7, 1991 were approved as written. Commissioner Payne arrived at 6:37 P.M. and was present for the remainder of the meeting. NEW BUSINESS Dr. Robert Lorish, Area Director of the Piedmont Area Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Authority, requested that the Board appoint a committee as outlined below to plan for human services in Cabarrus County for the 21st century. Nine-Member Committee with Report Due June 30, 1991 Chairman Appointed by the Board TASKS 1. Review operations of current publicly supported human services in Cabarrus County and make a recommendation on future capital needs. Methods of funding new capital projects should be made. In working on this issue, the committee should examine the feasibility of co-locating human service providers into a user friendly human services campus complex. 2. Make recommendations to the County Commission on future County funding for human services. In working on this task the committee should -- Which human services should be started or increased in the public school system. Examine service that may be preventative in nature. 3. Make a recommendation to the County Commission for a mechanism to do on-going planning for human services in Cabarrus County. Mr. James F. Cook, Jr., Social Services Director, supported the establishment of the proposed committee. However, he suggested that the Board include United Way representatives on the committee as that agency has recently completed a Family Issues Task Force process relative to human service needs in the county. UPON MOTION of Chairman Simmons, seconded by Commissioner Carpenter and unanimously carried, the Board moved to establish a nine-member Committee with a Chairman to be appointed by the Board for the purpose of planning for human services in Cabarrus County for the 21st century as proposed by Dr. Robert Lorish. The Board asked that each of the following agencies submit the names of three nominees for consideration of appointment to the Committee: Health, Social Services, Piedmont Area Mental Health, and Aging. Ms. Alice Hedt, Regional Ombudsman with the Centralina Council of Governments, presented the Annual Reports for the Nursing Home Community Advisory Committee and the Domiciliary Home Community Advisory Committee. Members of the Nursing Home Community Advisory Committee presentfor the meeting were Ms. Ora Pharr, Ms. Katie Foster, Ms. Ernestine Irvin, and Ms. Vessie Mae Belk. Members of the Domiciliary Home Community Advisory Committee present for the meeting were Mrs. Frances B. Long, Ms. Vickie Harris, and Mr. John Pharr. Chairman Simmons expressed the Board's appreciation to those members for their participation on the committees and for the volunteer services they provide to the residents of the domiciliary and nursing homes in the county.