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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Costa
FROM: William B. Walker, MD, Health Services Director
1� 200 County
DATE. December 3 V
SUBJECT: APPROVE AND AUTHORIZE APPLICATION FOR BIOTERRORISM
PREPAREDNESS FUNDS
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
APPROVE AND AUTHORIZE the Chair of the Board of Supervisors, or his designee, Wendel
Brunner, MD', Public Health Director, to sign the application for local Public Health Response
Preparedness and Response to Bioterrorism funds. These funds are allocated by the State of
California for the period of the contract July 1, 2003, to June 30, 2004.
FISCAL, IMPACT:
Approval of this applicationallows the County to apply for$1,454,610 to be used for public health
preparedness and response to bioterrorism. No county funds are required.
BACKGROUND:
The County is applying for this funding for the contract year July 1, 2003, through June 30, 2004.>
With funds from previous years, we have been able to initiate several new activities, including
bioterrorism exercises, training, education of the medical community, and budding of a Public
Health infrastructure to respond to health emergencies, including bioterrorism. Persons in existing
positions have had work assignments restructured and new activities assigned to be able to do
this work, and new personnel have been hired where need'ed'. These procedures are consistent
with the supplantation provisions of funder. The designated areas of funding (1) Planning and
Readiness, 2) Surveillance & Epidemiology, 3) Biologic Laboratory Capacity, 4) Health Alert
Network, 5) Risk Communications, and 6) Education and Training) are all being addressed
through this funding.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: yke NO SIGNATURE
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RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S):
ACTION OF BOARD ON r APPROVE AS RECOMMENDED OTHER AA
Also AUTHORIZED the Chair, or his designee, to sign the Certification Form
to certify that funds allocated by the State of California are not being
used to supplant existing County positions or activities, on a semiannual
basis for the period July 1 2002 through June 30 2007.
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
UNANIMOUS(ABSENT AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
AYES: NOES:
ABSENT: ABSTAIN.
ATTESTED
JOTiN SWEETEN,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
CONTACT: Erika Janssen,587 Center,#255,Mtz(3-6734)
CC: William B.Walker,MD HSD Director,20 Allen,Mtz
Wendel Brunner,MD,Public Health Director,at
587 Center,#200,Mtz
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