Resolution - Public Health Services: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute Amendment No. 2 to the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) Contract No. HHS000812700012, and all related documents, by and between the City of Lubbock, and the State of Texas acting by and through DSHS, to provide funding for COVID-19 activities.
Item Summary
The additional funding from Amendment No. 2 from the Texas Department of State Health Services will support ongoing COVID-19 activities of the City of Lubbock Health Department. The funding will be used to support the salary of existing staff, enhance laboratory, surveillance, informatics and other workforce capacity, strengthen and increase local laboratory testing capacity for COVID-19, and make improvements to the surveillance data system.
Amendment No. 2 will be extended through July 31, 2024.
Fiscal Impact
The total for Amendment No. 2 will not exceed $384,543.
Staff/Board Recommending
Bill Howerton, Deputy City Manager Katherine Wells, Director of Public Health