To: Board of Supervisors
From: DHHS: Administration
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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Ratification of Memoranda of Understanding with Various Community Partners Regarding the Deployment of COVID-19 Testing and Vaccination Operations throughout Humboldt County
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve, and ratify the Department of Health and Human Services - Public Health Director's execution of, the attached memoranda of understanding with various community partners regarding the deployment of COVID-19 testing and vaccination operations throughout Humboldt County;
2. Authorize the Department of Health and Human services - Public Health Director, or designee thereof, to sign any and all subsequent amendments, and any other documents directly related, to the attached memoranda of understanding, after review and approval by County Counsel, Risk Management and the County Administrative Office;
3. Direct the Clerk of the Board to return one certified copy of the Board order pertaining to this item to the Department of Health and Human Services - Contract Unit.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Public Health Fund (1175)
DISCUSSION:
On March 11, 2020, the Humboldt County Health Officer declared a Local Health Emergency in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Thereafter, on March 26, 2020 (Item D-1), the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors adopted Resolution No. 20-25 which authorized department heads, or designees thereof, to execute agreements related to a declared emergency with the requirement that such agreements be subsequently ratified by the Board of Supervisors. Pursuant to Resolution No. 20-25, the Department of Health and Human Services - Public Health (DHHS - Public Health) Director executed the attached memoranda of understanding with various community partners in order to allow for the development of COVID-19 testing and vaccination operations throughout Humboldt County.
On Oct. 26, 2021 (Item D-15), t...
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