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Grant funds are sufficient to support the salary and benefits of a public health educator and to provide operational support such as personal mileage, training, and office supplies, 3. Coordination with EMS Both positions would be working closely with Emergency Management personnel to ensure that efforts are coordinated and in concert with overall County plans as contained in the Orange County Multihazard Plan. There will be close coordination of the Medical Reserve Corps with the Community Response Teams and the Immigrant Emergency Communisations efforts that are already underway. The Health Department is already involved in those efforts with Emergency Management, Attachment 5 is a diagram that provides a visual view of the relationship between various emergency planning efforts underway in the County, Emergency Management is fully supportive of the need for both of these positions. FINANCIAL IMPACT: Two positions are proposed and will be fully funded through two sources of funding, The Public Health Preparedness Coordinator position will be funded through a recurring federal allocation to the state in the amount of $69,199 for Orange County and the Volunteer Coordinator will be funded through athree-year federal grant in the amount of $50,000 for each year. The Volunteer Coordinator position funding is for three years duration, after which the Board of Health and the Board of Commissioners will review the evaluation of the grant and decide whether the effort merits continuation, Position Salary & Benefits Operational Cost Total Cost Funding Available Net Cost to Count Preparedness 66,240 2,959 69,199 $69,199 0 Coordinator Volunteer 46,042 3,958 50,000 $50,000 0 Coordinator Should these positions be approved, the budget staff will prepare the appropriate budget amendments far action at a BOCC meeting in December.. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board: • accept the additional allocation of funds from the North Carolina Division of Public Health in the amount of $69,199 for public health preparedness and response, • accept the $50,000 grant award from the US Department of Health and Human Services Public Health Service for development of a Medical Reserve Corps in Orange County, • authorize a permanent full-time public health nurse position to fulfill the duties as the Public Health Preparedness Coordinator effective December 1, 2003, and • authorize a permanent full-time public health educator as the Volunteer Coordinator effective December 1, 2003 to fulfill the duties associated with creating a Medical Reserve Corps in Orange County, subject to the continuation of grant funds, (Any continuation of the position beyond the period covered by grant funds will require the advance approval of the Board of Commissioners.)