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7.2.1.
Regular City Council Meeting
Meeting Date:
08/24/2021
Information
Agenda Item
Resolution - Public Health Services:
Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute Contract HHS001083000001, an Interlocal Cooperation Contract, and all related documents, with the Texas Department of State Health Services, for activities to establish, expand, train, and sustain the public health workforce in support of Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) response, and in alignment with the Public Health Crisis Response Cooperative Agreement for Emergency Response (Funding Opportunity Number CDC-RFA-TP18-1802) from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention.
Item Summary
The purpose of this contract is to establish, expand, train, and sustain the state, tribal, local, and territorial (STLT) public health workforce to support jurisdictional COVID-19 prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery initiatives, including school-based health programs. Public health agencies are expected to use available funding to recruit, hire, and train personnel to address projected jurisdictional COVID-19 response needs, to include hiring personnel to build capacity to address STLT public health priorities deriving from COVID-19.
Fiscal Impact
Total contract amount is $1,500,000.
Staff/Board Recommending
Bill Howerton, Deputy City Manager
Katherine Wells, Director of Public Health
Attachments
Resolution
Contract (r)- HHS001083000001
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