Taylor County Commissioners approve up to $10K to help staff vaccine hotlines
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and last updated 2021-02-05 17:43:36-05
TAYLOR COUNTY, Fla. (WTXL) â Taylor County commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday night to approve funding to help the county's health department staff their COVID-19 vaccine hotlines.
Thomas Demps, Chairman of the Taylor County Board of County Commissioners from District 5 told ABC 27 that the health department was approved for up to $10,000 but they might go up to $15,000.
The funding will be coming from the county's CARES Act money, Demps confirmed to ABC 27.
The Taylor County health department requested $7,500 from the commission to help staff the phone lines in order to help move vaccines within the county said Jamie English, a Taylor County commissioner from District 1.