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OKAY, I'M READY TO START. AND ALL THAT CRAP, MR. SAMSON. DAN! DAN! DAN! DAN! DAN. WE'RE
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GETTING READY TO START. THIS IS. THIS IS THE EQUITY, COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, HOUSING, HEALTH AND EDUCATION COMMITTEE. I'M THE CHAIR OF COUNCILWOMAN BARBARA SHANKLIN. MY VICE CHAIR HAS AN[Roll Call]
ABSENCE. STEWART BENSON. COMMITTEE MEMBER IS COUNCILWOMAN TAMMY HAWKINS, COUNCIL MEMBER AND SAM COUNCIL MEMBER. IS. I THINK HE'S GOING TO BE ON VIRTUALLY. HE'S VIRTUAL. AND COUNCILWOMAN JENNY WOOLRIDGE. OKAY. ALRIGHTY. WE HAVE TWO ITEMS ON THE. I'M SORRY, DID SOMEBODY SAY SOMETHING? WHO WAS? WE HAD TWO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TODAY. AND PART OF THIS MEETING IS BEING HELD PRISONER TO CARRY 611826 AND COUNCIL OF FIVE A RATING FOR. THE FIRST ONE, PLEASE. ITEM NUMBER ONE, A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ACCEPT $30,000 OF FUNDING FROM THE KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH THROUGH THE HEPATITIS GRANT PROGRAM, TO BE ADMINISTERED BY LOUISVILLE METRO PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLNESS SCREENING FOR. OKAY. THANK YOU.CONNIE, CAN YOU HEAR CAN YOU IDENTIFY YOURSELF FOR THE CLERK? THANK YOU. CONNIE MENDEL, CHIEF HEALTH STRATEGIST, LOUISVILLE METRO PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLNESS. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE NEED A MOTION IN A SECOND. SORRY ABOUT THAT. ALL RIGHT, SO I'M HERE TODAY REQUESTING FOR COUNCIL TO ACCEPT $30,000 FROM THE KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH TO PURCHASE HEPATITIS C TESTING EQUIPMENT. THIS WOULD BE POINT OF CARE. SO WITH A FINGER STICK AND UTILIZING THIS EQUIPMENT WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, PRIMARILY TO SERVE HOMELESS POPULATIONS WHO HAVE LEAST ACCESS AND CONCERNING AS FAR AS HIGH RISK OF HEPATITIS C, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? NO ONE. OKAY. ARE WE READY TO VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OKAY.
THIS WILL BE SENT TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. NUMBER TWO, PLEASE. ITEM TWO A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ACCEPT $14,232 OF FUNDING FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES THROUGH THE LANGUAGE ACCESS DEVICES FOR PREPAREDNESS EFFORTS GRANT PROGRAM TO BE ADMINISTERED BY LOUISVILLE METRO PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLNESS FOR. A SECOND. THANK YOU, MISS CONNIE. YES, CONNIE MENDEL, LOUISVILLE METRO PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLNESS. THIS IS A REQUEST TO ACCEPT $14,232 PROVIDED AGAIN FROM THE KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH, SPECIFICALLY INTO EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS. SO THIS WOULD PURCHASE SOFTWARE AND IPADS AND ACCESSORIES FOR LANGUAGE TRANSLATION. SO REAL QUICKLY, I'LL SHARE THAT ABOUT THREE FOURTHS OF THE WAY THROUGH 2024, WE HAD USED OUR LANGUAGE SOFTWARE OVER 320,000 MINUTES, WITH 20 OVER 22,000 CALLS, OVER 49 LANGUAGES. SO AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, PRIMARILY OF WHICH 77% WAS SPANISH BUT 6.2% KENYA AND RWANDA, AND 4.2 A LITTLE OVER 4% OF SWAHILI. SO THIS IS JUST AGAIN HELPING US SHARE IMPORTANT HEALTH INFORMATION WITH LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY. CLIENTS. OKAY, LET ME ASK THIS HOW HOW MANY COMPUTERS WOULD THAT PURCHASE? THIS IS WOULD PURCHASE 12. YES. 12. YEAH. AND THE CARTS AND BATTERIES AND THE ACCESSORIES TO GO WITH THAT. AND THEN THE HELP ALSO WITH THE INTERPRETATION SERVICES SOFTWAR. AND HAVING THAT ROLL BACK IN ALL THAT MANY LANGUAGES ON THERE ALREADY. COME ON THERE YOU GUYS PUT IT OUT THERE. AND WHAT WE WORK WITH A SERVICE. SO THE
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SOFTWARE HELPS US WORK WITH THAT SERVICE IN REAL TIME. AND THE LANGUAGES ARE FAIRLY UNLIMITED.SO WE'RE ABLE TO ACCESS VERY QUICKLY SPANISH. IT MAY TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME FOR THAT TO GET SOMEONE ONLINE THAT SPEAKS OTHER LANGUAGES, BUT WE'RE STILL ABLE TO DO THAT WITHIN THAT VISIT TIME. OKAY. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? WE'RE READY TO VOTE.
ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. NO ONE'S AGAINST IT. SO WE'LL SEND IT TO CLOSE TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE HAVE NO OTHER BUSINESS, SO WE ARE ADJOURNED.
NOW WE KNOW WHY MARK IS GOING TO BE ON OUR COMMITTEE. I SAID, WE KNOW WHERE MARK IS GOING TO BE ON MY COMMITTEE.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.