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Commissioner seeks approval for $341,339 emergency-preparedness contract with state partners
Summary
A county commissioner asked the panel to authorize a $341,339 contract with the New York State Department of Health and Health Research Inc. for the public health emergency preparedness program covering 07/01/2026–06/30/2027; the board approved the authorization by voice vote.
A Department of Health commissioner asked the panel to authorize an agreement with the New York State Department of Health and Health Research Inc. to fund the county's public health emergency preparedness program. The commissioner said the contract "is in the amount of $341,339 for the period of 07/01/2026 to 06/30/2027," and described the program's uses, including training, exercises and support for a medical reserve corps.
The commissioner told members the program pays for improvements to emergency-response capacity and gave recent flooding and an air-quality event as examples of when those resources are deployed. Chair moved the authorization, with Baskin making the motion and Miller seconding; the Chair called for the vote and members answered "Aye." The transcript records no opposition.
The authorization covers a single-year contract period that the commissioner said the department had already anticipated in the budget, and the county intends to use the funds for planning, training and volunteer support rather than for a new ongoing staffing commitment. The panel recorded the voice vote approving the authorization; no roll-call tally was provided in the transcript.
