7927-04 Funds to Address Bioterrorism

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RESOLUTION NO. 7927-04 By' . Corrigan. Demro. Dever. Dunn. FitzGerald. Madigan. Seelie. A RESOLUTION authorizing the Director of the Department of Human Services, on behalf of the City, to enter into an Agreement with the Cuyahoga County Board of Health to accept and expend funds for purposes of developing and maintaining a strong public health infrastructure to address bioterrorism and other public health threats. WHEREAS, the Federal Government set aside funding to develop and maintain State and local public health infrastructure capable of responding to bioterrorism, terrorism and other public health emergencies; and WHEREAS, the Ohio Department of Health issued a Request for Proposals with the requirement that all health jurisdictions in each county submit a single joint proposal; and WHEREAS, representatives of the four local health jurisdictions in Cuyahoga County (Cleveiand, Shaker Heights, Lakewood and Cuyahoga County Board of Health) convened the Cuyahoga County Public Health Collaborative and submitted a public health infrastructure proposal that was approved for funding for program year September 1, 2004 through August 31, 2005; and WHEREAS, Lakewood has been awarded $33,790.00 and must begin expending these funds immediately for communication systems, disease surveillance and mass vaccination and prophylaxis preparedness enhancement; and WHEREAS, this Council by a vote of at least five (5) members elected thereto determines that this resolution is an emergency measure, and that this resolution shall take effect at the earliest date possible as set forth in ARTICLE III, SEmON5 IO and 13 of the SECOND AMENDED CHARTER OF THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, and that it is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public property, health and safety, and to provide the usual daily operation .of municipal departments in that the project year begins September 1, 2004. Now Therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO Section 1. That the Director of the Department of Human Services is hereby authorized, on behalf of the City, to enter into an Agreement with the Cuyahoga County Board of Health to accept and expend funds in the amount 0 f$33,790 for purposes of developing and maintaining a strong public health infrastructure to address bioterrorism and other public health threats. Section 2. It is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning and relating to the passage of this Ordinance were passed in an open meeting of this Council and that all deliberations of this Council and any of its committees that resulted in such actions were in meetings open to the public and in compliance with legal requirements. Section 3. That this resolution is hereby declared to be an emergency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, property, health, safety and welfare in the City and for the usual daily operation of the City for the reasons set forth and defined in the preamble to this resolution, and provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least five (5) of its members elected to Council, this