HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-18 - Res. FPHS Board of Health - 2018/11/27 Resolution Number 01-18
FPHS BOH Resolution
WHEREAS,the public health system in Washington provides the foundation for the larger health care
framework,working to prevent illness and disease while supporting the work of community partners; and
WHEREAS,tracking,,responding to,,and preventing costly food and water contamination and disease
outbreaks is essential to prr&ecting th&public.'s health; and
WHEREAS, state and local public health officials,together with local leaders,have identified an agreed
upon set of core public health services that should be available for every Washingtonian; and
WHEREAS, after a century of increasing life expectancies,today these gains are threatened by new and
more complex diseases, continued tobacco use and preventable chronic diseases,putting today's children
at risk of becoming the first generation to have shorter life expectancies than their parents; and
WHEREAS,the public's well-being is also threatened by public health's inability to meet is basic
responsibility to provide these core services due to changes in its funding structure, complex and new
diseases, and growing populations; and
WHEREAS,the motor vehicle excise tax was repealed in 2000, leaving the public health system without
an adequate and sustainable funding source; and
WHEREAS, Washington state's population has grown by more than one million residents since 2000,
and is expected to grow by another two million residents by 2025; and
l WHEREAS, over the last four years, state, local, and Tribal public health leaders have developed a plan
to modernize the state's public health system, ensuring core services are available everywhere and
designating others that can be effectively and efficiently shared between health jurisdictions; and
WHEREAS,without securing ongoing, stable,and dedicated funding for core public health services, our
communities are left unprepared for emergencies like hazardous air from wildfires, and vulnerable to the
spread of communicable diseases like mumps and whooping cough; and
WHEREAS,rebuilding and refocusing our public health services means we can better monitor and
coordinate emergency responses—keeping our families and communities safe,reducing costs for
taxpayers, and protecting our local economy; and.
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED,the Mason County Board of Health calls on the Washington
state legislature to recognize that public health is essential and provide the critical down payment to
support core services in all communities and allow public health to rebuild its statewide system with
added efficiency.
Signed,this 27'h day of November,2018
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ATTEST MASON COUNTY,WASHINGTON
BOARD OF HEALTH
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Mel s ,Clerk f the Board
Scott Hilburn,Hospital District#1
Kathy McDowell,City Commissioner
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Kevin Shu ,Co issioner
Randy eatherlin,Commissioner
Terri Drexler,Cominissioner
Peggy n Buskirk,Hospital District#2
Gary Plews,Fire Commissioner
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Ken Davidson, Shelton School Board
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