Previously, the City Council approved a resolution for the mayor move forward on developing a program for the City of Texas City to turn over the Vitals Statistics services to the Galveston County Health District.  Staff of both entities have been working with the state on an implementation plan.  The plan is as follows.  The Galveston County Health Districts Local Registrar will become the Local Registrar for all of the County including Texas City (currently, she is already the Local Registrar for all of the other cities and the county with only the City of Texas City operating a Vital Statistic service outside of her authority).  The City of Texas City will continue to provide the service in City Hall and pay the County Health District $25/hour for roughly 2 to 4 hours of work the Local Registrar performs for the City.  The City will continue to collect fees and provide all other services with its personnel and pay or reimburse the State for the fees it charges to perform the Vital Statistics.  Once the County completes its new annex in roughly a year, the Health District will move into the new facility, which is located within the city limits of Texas City, and take over all operations and collect all fees and pay all fees to the State.  The City will officially be out of the Vital Statistic service arena and will no longer offer the services at City Hall, reducing duplicity with the county.