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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 2022-2023 This contract 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, 2022. State and County are jointly referred to as the "parties". RECITALS A. Pursuant to Chapter 154, Florida Statutes, 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 the "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 created County Health Departments. D. It is necessary for the parties hereto to enter into this contract to ensure 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 is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows: 1. RECITALS. The parties mutually agree that the foregoing recitals are true and correct and incorporated herein by reference. 2. TERM. The parties mutually agree that this contract shall be effective from October 1, 2022, through September 30, 2023, or until a written contract replacing this contract is entered into between the parties, whichever is later, unless this contract is otherwise terminated according to the termination provisions outlined in paragraph 8. below. 3. SERVICES MAINTAINED BY THE CHD. The parties mutually agree that the CHD shall provide those services as outlined in Part III of Attachment II hereof, 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 that are organized and operated to protect the health of the general public by monitoring and regulating activities in the environment that may contribute to the occurrence or transmission of disease. Environmental health services shall be supported by available federal, state, and local funds and shall include