2011 budget summary - St. Louis County

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTHMAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS Throughout 2009 and into 2010, the Division ofCommunicable Disease Control Servicessuccessfully implemented a coordinated,regional response to the 2009 H1N1 pandemicby successfully disseminating information,antivirals, and H1N1 vaccine throughout thecommunity. This effort also included stagingpublic H1N1 vaccination clinics for the residentsof St. Louis County on three different dates. In 2009 and 2010, the department applied forand was awarded a $7.6 million grant by theCDC as part of the CDC’s Communities PuttingPrevention to Work program. The money willbe used by the department to educate youngpeople about the dangers of smoking, educatethe general population about the dangers ofsecondhand smoke, and to inform smokersabout resources they can access to help themquit. The Division of Environmental Healthsuccessfully worked with the more than 1,000public pools and spas in St. Louis County to helpthe vast majority of them achieve compliancewith the Virginia Graeme Baker Act – a federallaw that requires all pools and spas to meetspecific safety requirements regarding theirdrains. The new rule will mean that childrenwill be at a reduced risk of becoming trappedunder the water and being either seriouslyinjured or killed.2011 BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS The Department of Health developed areduction budget for fiscal year 2011. This wasachieved by decreases in operating costs andfiscal efficency:o $100,000 in additional reimbursementfor administrative costs on grants.o $427,000 reduction in operating costsin the health centers. The budget also contains $1.1 million forrequired debt service payment for $20.4 millionof Public Health Campus Special ObligationBonds issued in June 2010.County Executive Charlie A. Dooley welcomes Health andHuman Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to St. Louis Countyat an event highlighting the $7.6 million grant awarded to St.Louis County to fight tobacco use.$70.0$60.0$50.0$40.0$30.0$20.0$10.0$0.02007Expend5‐Year Summary of Resources2008ExpendFunding ($ in millions)2009Expend2010 AdjApprop.2011AdoptedApprop.16.0%14.0%12.0%10.0%8.0%6.0%4.0%2.0%0.0%% of Operating Budget- 151 -FISCAL YEAR 2011ADOPTED BUDGET