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■ The preliminary budget will be presented in September, with final in December.The department will present two budgets this year. ■ 3.86 million Public Health that includes: ■ 45 different funding sources. • Continued reduction of COVID specific funds. • Fee revenue decreasing slightly and reflects staffing changes with conservative volume estimates and fee consolidation and simplification. • FPHS funding makes up 46%of total funding. ■ 4.3 million Human Services that includes: • 11 different funding sources. • Vast majority of funding is subcontracted out to community partners (almost 4 million). o Includes Developmental Disabilities Administration, community services millage, 1/10th tax revenue homelessness and affordable housing tax and fee, and the opioid settlement. • Working closely with the Auditors Office to create a three year financial with capacity building plan. ■ Katie has done amazing work sorting out these two budgets and increasing accuracy in our time distribution planning for each individual fund source—56 in total! Division and Program Updates ■ Health Promotion: o Health Promotion recently was able to purchase a limited amount of child life jackets for families that qualify. Thirteen life jackets were distributed during the Community Connect Day event. Twelve more are being ordered soon. o After much success last year,the Health Promotion team is going to be setting up a nursing room located in the Armory during Fair and Rodeo.There was so much positive feedback from community members,and we are happy to be able to coordinate this much needed resource. • Some feedback from last year. "This room is amazing, hope it's here for years to come", "A distraction free area to nurse my baby so my family can stay longer at the fair." • Environmental Health: o EH is busy prepping for fair,thank you to staff who will work all weekend. o Jesse Cox is working to identity new funding streams to support EH activities outside of fee based. o Front desk staff and EH staff are tackling our first season of online food permit renewals. There are so many obstacles with this being a first ever, but everyone is jumping in and helping each other out through this process. Proud of our team! • Communicable Disease: o There is a COVID outbreak in local LTCF, with 21 positive cases between staff and residents.The CD team is monitoring and working closely with the facility. o School vaccinations will be provided at upcoming Bulldog Day(morgan middle school) August 28 to get middle schoolers up to date with vaccinations. • PH Infrastructure: o The department is having an Avian Flu table top this afternoon in partnership with Emergency Management. 5