To: Martin L. Cousineau, Finance Committee Chairperson
From: Pamela B. Hackert, MD, JD, MPH; Medical Health Officer
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RE: Create, post and fill one (1) Secretary Position
recommendation
BOARD ACTION REQUESTED:
Approval to create, post and fill one (1) Secretary Position
BACKGROUND:
COVID-19 is a program that performs communicable disease investigation and outbreak response activities for COVID-19. The program conducts ongoing outreach to high-risk settings to assess COVID-19 communicable disease reporting and existing infection prevention resources, policies, practices, processes and provides facilities with best practice recommendations for infection prevention. The program currently has Health Educators, Epidemiologists, and a MPH Intern.
DISCUSSION:
The Health Department has been awarded additional funding from the State to support the local COVID-19 response. This position will provide case investigation, contact tracing and testing support activities. The secretary will help to ensure appropriate COVID-19 documentation and thousands of files be input into our ECW/EPIC (electric medical record) system. With the emergence of variants, in preparation of increasing case rates, and renewal of COVID-19 funding for the 2023-2024 fiscal year, there is need for this position.
IMPACT ON HUMAN RESOURCES:
Any necessary actions to create, post and fill new position.
IMPACT ON BUDGET:
This will be paid out of account 2210-605.02-702.00 and related fringe accounts for FY 23/24. No County Appropriations are needed.
IMPACT ON FACILITIES:
There would be no impact on facilities.
IMPACT ON TECHNOLOGY:
Any necessary steps for a new County employee.
CONFORMITY TO COUNTY PRIORITIES:
Several of the ways in which the COVID-19 program and this position contribute to our county’s values is 1) Communicating available COVID-19 resources and services to our residents, 2) Performing data input and collaborating with our schools to create safer and healthier communities, 3) Maintaining COVID-19 response activity paperwork and files to aid in data-based decision making and planning.
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TO THE HONORABLE CHAIRPERSON AND MEMBERS OF THE GENESEE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:
BE IT RESOLVED, by this Board of County Commissioners of Genesee County, Michigan, authorizes the Medical Health Officer to create, post, and fill (1) Secretary position to be funded from account 2210-605.02-702.000 and related fringe benefit accounts for FY 23/24, said position to be funded starting October 1, 2023, is approved (a copy of the memorandum request and supporting documents being on file with the November 29, 2023 meeting of the Finance Committee of this Board).