Commissioners Get Public Health Update
Commissioners each received a Red Cross personal safety kit at Wednesday's meeting.
Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners (May 6, 2009): At Wednesday’s meeting, commissioners got an update on how the county is responding to the swine flu threat, plus a bonus: Every commissioner was presented with a Red Cross personal safety kit. The implicit message was that the county is prepared for emergencies, be it virulent viruses or something else entirely. Dick Fleece, interim director of the county’s public health department, assured commissioners that funding for the kits came from the feds, not the county’s general fund budget.
Commissioners also discussed a federal grant aimed at helping track purchases of pseudoephedrine. [Full Story]