To: Board of Supervisors
From: DHHS: Public Health
Agenda Section: Consent
Vote Requirement: Majority
SUBJECT:
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Health Officer Agreement Amendment for Fiscal Year 2024-2027
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the attached Health Officer Agreement Second Amendment with Candy Stockton-Joreteg for period of July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2027.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Public Health Funds 1175-400
DISCUSSION:
Pursuant to Health and Safety Code section 101000 and Government Code section 24000, subdivision(s), counties are required to maintain a Health Officer. The Health Officer is required to enforce and observe 1) Board orders and ordinances pertaining to public health matters, quarantines and regulations; 2) orders, including quarantine and other regulations prescribed by the California Department of Public Health; and 3) statutes relating to public health. The Health Officer is further required to implement measures to prevent the spread of communicable diseases such as tuberculosis, or other widespread communicable diseases.
On April 15, 2022 in Closed Session (Item C-4), your Board selected Dr. Candy Stockton-Joreteg, to be designated and employed by the County as the new Humboldt County Health Officer.
On May 24, 2022 at the regular meeting (Item D-19), your Board approved the execution of the Agreement with Dr. Candy Stockton-Joreteg as the Humboldt County Health Officer.
On April 4, 2023 at the regular meeting (Item D-23), your Board approved the First Amendment of the Agreement with Candy Stockton-Joreteg as the Humboldt County Health Officer, amending the term and updating the compensation rate aligned with the County compensation rate changes.
This Agreement Amendment before your Board today authorizes DHHS to maintain Dr. Stockton- Joreteg's services as Humboldt County's Health Officer through June 30, 2027.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Expenditures (1175...
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