Primary Department: Public Health Services
Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Leah Barton ─ Interim Executive Director
Secondary Department: N/A
Secondary Department Head/Elected Official:
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Financial Authorization
Project ID (if applicable): N/A
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): N/A
MWBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): N/A
MWBE Current Participation (if applicable): N/A
Justification for 0% MWBE Participation Goal: N/A - Goal not applicable to request
Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable):
Justification for 0% Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable): N/A - Not a grant item
Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request for approval to use the department’s procurement card in an amount not to exceed $50,000 for light refreshments, food, and related items for various community-based meetings and events from October 1, 2025 - September 30, 2026.
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Background and Discussion:
Request for FY26 Food Expenditure for Public Health Department via Purchasing Card Harris County Health (HCPH) hosts a variety of essential community outreach programs, seminars, conferences, wellness events, trainings, emergency incidents, and various health initiatives that constitute the purchase of food and light refreshments. Under the discretion of Public health Executive Leadership, such congregations will be determined where provisions would materially enhance the furtherance of gathering objectives. We respectfully request permission for the use of Harris County Public Health procurement credit card (P-Card) to pay for light refreshments, food, and related items for various community-based HCPH meetings, outreach programs, emergency responses, seminars, conference, wellness events, and various health initiatives and employee appreciation events. The items will be purchased from October 1, 2025 - September 30, 2026, in an amount not-to-exceed $50,000.
Expected Impact:
Harris County Public Health request to provide attendees of public health programs with food and refreshments to foster participation and engagement in such programs and thereby serve the public purpose of promoting public health in Harris County in line with Chapter 122 of the Texas Health and Safety Code.
Alternative Options:
N/A
County Strategic Plan Goal: 4. Improve physical and mental health outcomes across all communities.
County Strategic Plan Objective:
Justice/Safety Initiative (Goal 1):
Infrastructure Initiative (Goal 2):
Economy Initiative (Goal 3):
Health Initiative (Goal 4):
Climate/Resilience Initiative (Goal 5):
Housing Initiative (Goal 6):
Additional notes related to the Strategic Plan:
Prior Court Action (if any):
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Action Taken |
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N/A |
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Location:
Address (if applicable): N/A
Precinct(s): Countywide
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Fiscal and Personnel Summary |
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Service Name |
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Current Fiscal Year Cost |
Annual Fiscal Cost |
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Labor |
Non-Labor |
Total |
Recurring Expenses |
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Funding Sources |
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Existing Budget |
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$ |
$50,000 |
$50,000 |
$50,000 |
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$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Total Existing Budget |
$ |
$50,000 |
$50,000 |
$50,000 |
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Additional Budget Request (Requires Fiscal Review Request Form) |
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$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Total Additional Budget Request |
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Total Funding Sources |
$ |
$50,000 |
$50,000 |
$50,000 |
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Grants - Proposed Budget (To be filled out by Grants staff only) |
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Labor |
Non-Labor |
Total |
No. of Grant Years |
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Local Match Source - Existing Budget: |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Local Match Source - Additional Budget Request: |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Grant Funds Applied for/Awarded (Total) |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Personnel(Fill out section only if requesting new PCNs) |
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Current Position Count for Service |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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Additional Positions Request |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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Total Personnel |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Anticipated Court Date: August 26, 2025
Anticipated Implementation Date (if different from Court date): October 01, 2025
Emergency/Disaster Recovery Note: Not an emergency, disaster, or ARPA related item
Contact(s) name, title, department: Richard Williams, Deputy Chief Finance Officer, Public Health Services
Attachments (if applicable): 2026_Food Expenditure for Public Health Memo