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Cloud County shifts roughly $30,000 to cover de-obligated public-health grant projects
Summary
Health Department Administrator Tonya Sulanka told the Board the state de-obligated PHIG funds; the Board appropriated approximately $30,000 from County General Capital Outlay and noted Republic County would serve as WIC parent agency.
Tonya Sulanka, Cloud County Health Department Administrator, informed the Board that the state has de-obligated the Workforce - Public Health Infrastructure Grant (PHIG) that had been funding certain projects. Sulanka said Republic County is willing to act as the parent agency for WIC services and that the county had already ordered a Generax unit last week.
To keep the previously planned work on track, the Board appropriated approximately $30,000 from the County General Capital Outlay fund to be used for projects that had been paid by the PHIG. The appropriation was recorded as a budget adjustment during the meeting; the minutes do not show an itemized spending plan tied to the appropriation.
Sulanka’s report alerted the Board to the grant de-obligation and the Board acted to provide local funding to continue project work. The minutes do not record any further detail about the terms of Republic County’s role as parent agency for WIC or a timeline for transferring services; the Health Department Administrator provided the contact for the Kansas Health Institute ranking report (info@KHI.org) referenced elsewhere in the meeting.
The Board did not set rates or adopt additional policy changes for WIC or PHIG-funded services at the meeting; staff follow-up and any required budget adjustments would be handled in subsequent administrative actions.
