Number
260831
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
Resolution authorizing the Commissioner of Health to enter into an agreement with the State of Wisconsin Department of Health Services to place dedicated staff in the Health Department for emergency preparedness support.
Analysis
This resolution authorizes the Health Department to enter into a 5-year agreement to host one assigned staffer from the US Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Strategic Preparedness & Response. The assigned staffer will assist MHD in preparing for future public health emergencies, as well as refining and updating plans for large-scale public health responses. All costs for the hosted staffer are paid by US H&HS, and the opportunity is brokered by the State of Wisconsin in its role as lead coordinator of public health and emergency response with the Federal government.
Body
Whereas, the city of Milwaukee is a large, urbanized community with a population over 500,000 and the hub of a 7-county metropolitan region; and,
Whereas, public health emergencies as well as natural or man-made disasters impacting large urban regions require extensive planning and partnership between local, State, and Federal agencies; and,
Whereas, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Strategic Preparedness & Response (ASPR) operates the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS); and,
Whereas, the SNS is a critical part of large-scale local and national emergency planning for State of Wisconsin and City of Milwaukee officials; and,
Whereas, the State of Wisconsin and U.S. Department of Health & Human Services assign staff funded by ASPR to assist state and local partners in planning emergency response and large-scale distribution of medication and other critical items; now, therefore be it
Resolved, by the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that the Commissioner of Health is authorized to enter into an agreement substantially similar to t...
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