HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2331 A Resolution
SUPPORTING THE NEW STRUCTURE FOR
PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES IN TARRANT COUNTY
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WHEREAS a Blue Ribbon Panel on Public Health composed of policy-makers and staff
from the City of Fort Worth, Tarrant County the Tarrant County Hospital District and local, state,
and national public health experts was created and met in October of 1996 to assess the
services and structure of the Fort Worth/Tarrant County Public Health Departments; and
WHEREAS the Blue Ribbon Panel studied the community's future public health needs
and recommended a more comprehensive approach to providing health services,and
WHEREAS in February of 1997 each governing body issued resolutions directing staff
to work jointly to develop an implementation plan related to public health functions,
consolidation and governance issues, and
WHEREAS an intergovernmental implementation team, appointed by the participating
governmental entities, reached consensus as to the restructuring of the public health system
and developed a new organizational structure, attached as Exhibit A and incorporated by
reference herein, and
Now therefore, be it resolved that the City of Fort Worth, Tarrant County and the
Tarrant County Hospital District support the new structure for public health services in Tarrant
County- and
Be it further resolved that the staff of the City County and Hospital District be
directed to move forward with implementation of the new organizational structure for the public
health system.
ADOPTED this 40 day of September 1997
Kenneth Barr
Mayor
ATTEST . APPROVED
CITY COUNCIL
SEP 4,, 1997
Alice ChurchRJ
City Secretary
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