To: Charles Winfrey, Human Services Committee Chairperson
From: Michelle Estell, MPH, RS, Health Officer
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RE: Approval to enter into a grant agreement between Genesee County and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services to fund Environmental Health Services programs at the Health Department, in an amount not to exceed $9,000.00, for the period commencing June 1, 2025 through September 30, 2025; no additional general fund appropriation required
recommendation
BOARD ACTION REQUESTED:
Committee approval and referral to the Board of Commissioners. For the Period: June 1, 2025, through September 30, 2025, Amount: Not to exceed $9,000 Funding Account: State Participation - $9,000 Emerging Threats - 2210-626.07-558.000 - $9,000. Funding Source: Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) $9,000.
BACKGROUND:
This is a new contract for the Genesee County Environmental Health Division’s first season of vector monitoring through our newly developed Emerging Threats program.
DISCUSSION:
These grant funds cover monitoring and surveillance of various vectors, staff salaries and fringes, supplies and indirect costs.
IMPACT ON HUMAN RESOURCES:
The employees involved in these programs will continue to require the same human resources services that they’ve been receiving.
IMPACT ON BUDGET:
No additional general fund appropriation is needed. The budget amendment is attached.
IMPACT ON FACILITIES:
The employees involved in these programs will continue to use the same facilities that they have been using.
IMPACT ON TECHNOLOGY:
The employees involved in these programs will continue to use the same technology that they have been using.
CONFORMITY TO COUNTY PRIORITIES:
The Vector Borne Disease Surveillance (VBDS) program is designed to trap various species of ticks and mosquitoes for identification and disease testing. The program covered by this grant will help to make the residents of Genesee County aware of potential health threats thereby, promoting healthy and safe communities through environmental stewardship.
resolution
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, that the request by the Health Officer to authorize entering into a grant agreement between Genesee County and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) to fund Environmental Health Services programs at the Health Department, whereby Environmental Health will perform technical services related to Vector Borne Disease Surveillance (VBDS), for the period commencing June 1, 2025, through September 30, 2025, in an amount not to exceed $9,000.00 with no additional general fund appropriation required, is approved (a copy of the memorandum request and supporting documentation being on file with the official records of the June 11, 2025 meeting of the Human Services Committee of this Board), the Chairperson of this Board is authorized to execute the agreement on behalf of Genesee County, and the Chief Financial Officer is directed to record the attached budget amendment.