To: Board of Supervisors
From: DHHS: Administration
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Public Health Requests to Allocate Regular and Grant Funded Positions and Requests Authorization of a Supplemental Budget (4/5 Vote Required)
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Allocate one full time equivalent (FTE) 1.0 Communicable Disease Investigator I/II regular position (salary range 350/378, class 0524A/B in BU 400;
2. Allocate one FTE 1.0 Epidemiologist regular position (salary range 422, class 0555) in BU 400;
3. Allocate three FTE 1.0 Community Health Outreach Worker I/II grant funded positions (salary range 342/370, class 0511A/B) in BU 400;
4. Allocate one FTE 1.0 Program Coordinator grant funded position (salary range 427, class 1425) in BU 400;
5. Allocate two FTE 1.0 Administrative Analyst I/II regular positions (salary range 387/420, class 0626A/B) in BU 400;
6. Allocate one FTE 1.0 Program Coordinator regular position (salary range 427, class 1425) in BU 400; effective beginning of pay period following approval; and
7. Approve the attached supplemental budget to supplement Fund 1175, Budget Unit 400 - Public Health Administration, Budget Unit 435 - Public Health Laboratory, and Budget Unit 455 - Public Health Emergency Preparedness for Fiscal Year 2020-21 (4/5 vote required).
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Public Health Funds (1175)
DISCUSSION:
On March 17, 2020 (Item K-1), your Board ratified a State of Emergency declared by the Humboldt County Health Officer in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. DHHS - Public Health has been responding to COVID-19 by conducting contact tracing, disease investigation, testing, and engaging in other prevention and control-related activities since the first positive case in Humboldt County in mid-February 2020. The Sheriff's Office, assigned staff from other county departments, volunteers from community organizations, and...
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