Prowers commissioners to consider $43,598 public-health preparedness amendment
The July 28 agenda includes a proposed one-year PHEP extension, quarterly child-health funding and regional EMS/trauma letter ratifications.
Prowers County commissioners are scheduled July 28 to consider a proposed $43,598 amendment to the county’s Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment agreement. The amendment would extend the contract through June 30, 2027, for local emergency preparedness and disease-surveillance work. The July 28 agenda packet lists the action as proposed and does not document a final vote or approval.
The State Fiscal Year 2027 amendment would replace the agreement’s statement of work and budget and raise its three-year maximum to $130,252: $43,409 for 2025, $43,245 for 2026 and $43,598 for 2027. The funding is identified as Public Health Emergency Preparedness, or PHEP. The work plan includes updating the county’s local public-health response plan by Sept. 30, 2026; maintaining disease-surveillance and investigation data; participating in statewide epidemiology and foodborne-illness coordination; and maintaining 24/7 response capacity for public-health emergencies. The record does not provide a line-item budget or identify specific funded positions.
The agenda also asks commissioners to authorize Public Health Director Meagan Hillman to release first-quarter Child Fatality Prevention System funds and execute an updated statement of work. The annual CFPS allocation is $4,500, paid in four quarterly installments of $1,125. The first quarter ends Sept. 30, and updated scope and budget materials are due Aug. 20. The fiscal 2027 scope also adds Maternal and Child Health funding, including a first-quarter allocation of $4,339.25. The materials do not specify additional local uses for either program.
Commissioners are also scheduled to ratify letters approved through July 16 polls supporting regional emergency-medical and trauma funding. The letters address Southeast Regional Emergency Medical and Trauma Service Advisory Council grant funding, a San Luis Valley RETAC automated external defibrillator program and membership and funding for the Southeast Colorado Regional Emergency Trauma Advisory Council, or SECRETAC. The SECRETAC letter says about $15,000 would be available for allocation among regional entities, but the agenda does not specify a grant term, a Prowers County contribution or a particular local service expansion.