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To the Mayor and Members of the City Council October 27, 2009
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SUBJECT: TARRANT COUNTY UPDATE
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Of specific interest, at its October 20 meeting, the Commissioners Court: (1) presented to State
Representative Charlie Geren the Texas Association of Counties' Friend of County Government
Award, (2) approved the tax abatement agreement for the Omni Convention Center Hotel, (3)
approved Amendment No. 1 to the tax abatement agreement with Bank One, N.A. as previously
assigned to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., and (4) approved renewal of the interlocal agreement
with the City of Fort Worth for rabies control/animal control services. Should you wish to review
the entire agenda for the October 20 meeting, it can be accessed at www.tarrantcounty.com and
click on COMMISSIONERS COURT AGENDA. The agenda for each Tuesday's Commissioners
Court meeting is posted Friday of the previous week and can be viewed at the website indicated
above.
Regarding the H1 N1 issue, a briefing was provided to the Commissioners Court by Lou Brewer,
Director of the Tarrant County Public Health Department (TCPH). The details of that briefing are
as follows:
Monday, October 19, Tarrant County received 500 additional doses of vaccine —these are
the injectable type. These additional doses are being distributed this week to school health
nurses and emergency health responders.
• The State of Texas is working to target "private providers" as far as its distribution of H1 N1
vaccine and the public should contact these providers for information regarding availability
of the H1 N1 vaccine.
* Tarrant County has been advised that larger shipments of the H1 N1 vaccine are to be
expected in November with additional shipments continuing in December and even
January. The County has initially ordered 25,000 doses. Ms. Brewer noted that the 1,000
doses (500 nasal and 5070 injectable) received thus far were not a part of this order.
* In response to a question from Judge Whitley, Ms. Brewer stated that she could not
provide the details in terms of the number of people who have contacted Tarrant County
for the HIN I vaccine.
* Finally; Ms. Brewer reported that there is still an adequate supply of the seasonal flu
vaccine with a steady,, flow of citizens seeking these injections.
Finally, County staff provided an update regarding the expansion of the medical examiners office-
* Construction plans have been prepared and submitted to the City for review and approval. '
* In a November-December tirnefrarne, the County will advertise for bias.
* Projected completion: of the expansion is early 2011.
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INFORMAL. REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 9140
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Please forward your requests for detailed information regarding any specific Commissioner's
Court agenda item, including the H1 N1 report, to Reid Rector(reid.rectorC�fortworth og v.orq) or at
(817) 392-1296.
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Dale A. Flsseler, E.
City Manager
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