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� 0 CONTRACT BETWEEN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR OPERATION OF THE INDIAN RIVER COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT CONTRACT YEAR 20084009 This agreement ("Agreement") is made and entered into between the State of Florida , Department of Health ("State") and the Indian River County Board of County Commissioners ("County") , through their undersigned authorities , effective October 1 , 200-8-w - - - RECITALS 008: - - - RECITALS A . Pursuant to Chapter 154 , F . S . , the intent of the legislature is to "promote , protect, maintain , and improve the health and safety of all citizens and visitors of this state through a system of coordinated county health department services . " B . County Health Departments were created throughout Florida to satisfy this legislative - -intent -through - " promotion- - of the -public' s health , the control and eradication of preventable diseases , and the provision of primary health care for special populations . " C . Indian River County Health Department ("CHD ") is one of the County Health Departments created throughout Florida . It is necessary for the parties hereto to enter into this Agreement in order to assure coordination between the State and the County in the operation of the CHD . NOW THEREFORE , in consideration of the mutual promises set forth herein , the sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged , the parties hereto agree as follows : 1 . RECITALS . The parties mutually agree that the forgoing recitals are true and correct and incorporated herein by reference . 2 . TERM . The parties mutually agree that this Agreement shall be effective from October 1 , 2008 , through September 30 , 2009 , or until a written agreement replacing this Agreement is entered into between the parties , whichever is later, unless this Agreement is otherwise terminated pursuant to the termination provisions set forth in paragraph 8 , below. 3 . SERVICES MAINTAINED BY THE CHD . The parties mutually agree that the CHD shall provide those services as set forth on Part III of Attachment II hereof, in order to maintain the following three levels of service pursuant to Section 154 . 01 (2) , Florida Statutes , as defined below: a . " Environmental health services" are those services which are organized and operated to protect the health of the general public by monitoring and regulating activities in the environment which may contribute to the occurrence or transmission of disease . I