HomeMy WebLinkAboutIR 9178 INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 9178
MT To the Mayor and Members of the City Council January 26 , 2010
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0• SUBJECT: TARRANT COUNTY UPDATE
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At its January 19 meeting, the Commissioners Court did not consider any issue of specific impact
or interest to the City of Fort Worth. Should you wish to review the entire agenda for the January
19 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.
At the January 19 meeting, regarding the H1N1 issue, a briefing was provided to the
Commissioners Court by Lou Brewer, Director of the Tarrant County Public Health Department.
The details of that briefing are as follows:
• While the County is continuing to see new cases of H1 N1, presently, the number of cases
is less than that of last fall.
• The County is continuing its vaccination clinics in the public schools with the Fort Worth
ISD clinics beginning today. The schedule is as follows—4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on the
following dates and locations:
o January 19— Carter-Riverside and Arlington Heights High Schools
o January 20— South Hills and Diamond Hill-Jarvis High Schools
o January 21 — Dunbar High School
o January 22 — Eastern Hills and Paschal High Schools
o January 25— North Side and Polytechnic High Schools
o January 26—Trimble Tech and Southwest High Schools
o January 27—Western Hills and O. D. Wyatt High Schools
• The County is continuing its vaccination clinics at the 7 "clinic" sites and the 6 "store front'
sites. However, the "store front" sites will close after January 31.
• Additionally, thus far, the County is not experiencing a significant number of"seasonal" flu
cases but is continuing to observe this situation.
• Reminder children of the age of 9 years and younger should get the prescribed H1 N1
booster.
Please forward your requests for detailed information regarding any specific Commissioner's
Court agenda item, including the H1 N1 report, to Reid Rector(reid.rectorO-)fortworthQov.org) or at
(817) 392-1296.
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City Manager
ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH, TEXAS