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Board to consider renewing joint-powers agreement to make school sites available as emergency dispensing locations
Summary
District administration briefed the board on a joint-powers agreement with Dakota County Public Health to designate district facilities as open points of dispensing for mass public-health response; administration said the arrangement is typically no-cost and operational costs are covered by the county or billed for utilization.
Administration asked the board to continue a long-standing partnership with Dakota County Public Health to make Lakeville schools available as open points of dispensing (OPODs) for large public-health responses. The presenter described the agreement as a cooperative relationship in which the county would use school spaces only with prior coordination and typically cover operational costs; the district would bill for any utility or utilization costs.
Board members asked whether the district receives funding; the presenter said the arrangement is usually provided at no cost to the district and that user fees or utility-use charges could be billed back in some instances. The presenter cited prior practice with Lakeville South and stressed coordination requirements (space dimensions, staffing, and operations) before a public-health partner could use a facility.
The OPOD joint-powers agreement is slated for the consent agenda at the next regular meeting, per administration instructions.
