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R-24-31 <br /> A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF THE FISCAL YEAR <br /> 2025 AGREEMENT WITH THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR <br /> FUNDING AND SERVICES OF THE PORTSMOUTH HEALTH DEPARTMENT. <br /> WHEREAS, the Virginia Department of Health provides annual funding for the <br /> Portsmouth Health Department; and <br /> WHEREAS, the estimated amount of funding provided and to be provided by <br /> VDH for Fiscal Year 2025 is $2,839,647; and <br /> WHEREAS, as a condition of receiving the state funding, the City is required to <br /> enter into an Agreement with the Virginia Department of Health to govern the funding and <br /> services provided, and to provide local matching funding; and <br /> WHEREAS, the estimated local matching funding required for Fiscal Year 2025 <br /> is $914,613, and the City has further agreed to provide $115,000 in non-match funding to <br /> help address opioid use, communicable diseases, and community outreach, all of which <br /> amounts have previously been appropriated in the FY 2025 General Fund Budget; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Portsmouth Health Department provides crucial health services <br /> for Portsmouth residents; <br /> NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of <br /> Portsmouth, Virginia approves and authorizes the FY 2025 Agreement with the Virginia <br /> Department of Health for Funding and Services of the Portsmouth Health Department in <br /> substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A; and <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Manager is authorized to execute <br /> and deliver the said Agreement and to take such additional actions as are necessary or <br /> desirable in furtherance of the purposes of this Resolution and the Agreement. <br /> ADOPTED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia at a meeting held <br /> on November 12, 2024. <br /> Teste: <br /> City Clerk <br />