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Committee approves MOUs, a small immunization grant and a 2% transportation rate rise
Summary
The Government Operations committee approved three MOUs (Head Start; hospital 'baby cafe' with WIC), added a $1,100 immunization mini-grant to the 2026 budget, and authorized a 2% transportation contract rate increase effective Sept. 1, 2026.
The Washington County Government Operations committee approved several routine agreements and budget adjustments at its meeting. The committee granted permission to sign a Head Start Memorandum of Understanding, approved an MOU to allow WIC counselors to visit a hospital-based baby cafe monthly, authorized a 2% contractual increase for preschool transport services and agreed to add a $1,100 immunization action plan mini-grant to the county’s 2026 budget.
Why it matters: These approvals are administrative but affect service delivery for early-childhood nutrition and health programs, transportation contractors for preschool programs, and the county budget. The transportation increase is the contractually allowed CPI adjustment and takes effect Sept. 1, 2026; the immunization grant will be added to the 2026 appropriation.
What passed: - Head Start MOU: S4 said the Office must sign MOUs with community partners to comply with a new Office of Head Start requirement (“They have a new requirement, from the office of Head Start, that they need to create and have signed MOUs with any other community partnerships.”). The motion was seconded (second by Dana) and approved by voice vote. - Baby cafe / WIC MOU: S4 described a monthly WIC breastfeeding counselor visit to the hospital baby cafe to support enrollment and lactation support; committee members asked about frequency and staffing and then approved the MOU by voice vote. - Transportation rate increase: S4 explained the contract’s CPI clause and requested the maximum 2% increase effective 2026-09-01; members asked about budget impact and the motion passed by voice vote. - Immunization Action Plan mini-grant: S4 reported the office was awarded a mini-grant and asked that $1,100 be added to the 2026 budget; members moved the resolution and it advanced without recorded opposition.
Quotations and attribution: The Office official (S4) characterized the Head Start action as compliance-driven: “It is in their contract every year that we increase it based on the CPI… So we would be requesting to increase their rates by the 2%,” and described the immunization award as “$1,100.”
Next steps: Staff will execute the MOUs and adjust the 2026 budget to reflect the immunization grant; the transportation rate increase will take effect Sept. 1, 2026. No further public hearings were scheduled on these items.
