DATE: June 20, 2023
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: David Luchini, RN, PHN, Director, Department of Public Health
SUBJECT: Termination of Agreement No. 13-214 with the Internal Revenue Service
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
TITLE
Authorize the Director of the Department of Public Health, or designee, to provide sixty (60) days written notice to the Internal Revenue Service of its intent to terminate Agreement No. 13-214, pursuant to the Duration of the Agreement provision of the Agreement.
REPORT
There is no additional Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. Approval of the recommended action will allow the County to formally terminate evergreen Agreement No. 13-214 with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) which allows the County to transfer prophylactic medications and medical supplies made available from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Strategic National Stockpile (SNS), through the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) to IRS campus sites located in Fresno. The MOU enabled those campus sites to operate as Closed Points of Dispensing in the event of a bioterrorist event. Approval will also authorize the Director of the Department, or designee, to provide a 60-day written notice to the IRS of its intent to terminate the agreement. This item is countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Should your Board not approve the recommended action, the agreement with the IRS would remain in effect and would continue to consume a minimal amount of departmental staff time.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no increase in Net County Cost associated with the recommended action.
DISCUSSION:
On April 23, 2013, your Board approved Agreement No. 13-214 with the IRS, a no cost evergreen MOU designed to provide the three IRS Fresno Campus sites with prophylactic medications and medical supplies made available from the CDC's SNS in the event of a catastrophic biological incident or other public health emergen...
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