[HISTORY: Adopted by the County Board of Stephenson County 11-10-1970 (Ch. 8, Art.
II, of the 1977 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
There is hereby established a full-time Health Department.
The County Health Department shall be managed by a Board of
Health.
[Amended 10-12-1982 by Ord. No. 82-30]
In accordance with the provisions of Section 1a of "An Act relating
to the care and treatment by counties of persons afflicted with tuberculosis
and providing the means therefor," approved June 28, 1915, as amended:
A.
The Tuberculosis Sanitarium and Board are abolished and the employees,
assets and liabilities of the Sanitarium and Board are transferred
to and assumed by the Board of Health;
B.
The Board of Health shall be increased to 11 members, one of which
shall be a County Board member. Each member shall be appointed by
the Chairperson of the County Board with the approval of the County
Board. Members not on the County Board shall serve for a term of three
years and until a successor is appointed; the County Board member
shall serve for a term that coincides with his or her County Board
term. He or she shall act as liaison between the Stephenson County
Board and the Stephenson County Health Department;
[Amended 2-16-2023]
C.
An additional tax for use by the Health Department is established
at the rate which shall not be increased at any time, and which is
equal to the rate that would have been necessary to raise the average
amount that has been spent annually pursuant to the aforementioned
act over the most recent five-year period; and
D.
The levy and extension for the Tuberculosis Sanitarium Fund is not
affected by this section.
