City of Corpus Christi taking inspiration from major cities' health departments

City of Corpus Christi taking inspiration from major cities' health departments

THERE’S NO WORD ON EVEN WHERETHEY CAN GO TO APPLY OR WHATPOSITIONS ARE AVAIBLLAAS WE JUST MENTIONED, THE CITYMANAGER SAYS THE NEW MODEL THEYPLAN TO ADOPT WILL ALIGN CORPUSCHRISTI WITH THE SEVEN LARSTGECITIES IN E THSTATE BYPOPULATION.{***DBL BOX**}ANDREW CHRISTIANSEN JOINS USIN THE STUDIO WITH MORE ON THATPLAN.{** W* PLASMA**}KATIA, THERE ARE STILL A LOTOF UNKNOWNS ABOUT HOW THE CITY’SNEW HEALTH DISICTRT MODEL WILLFUNCTION.I DID GET MORE DETAILS FROMTHE CITY MANAGER AND I ALSOREACHED OUT TO SOME TOFHOSESEVEN CITIES PETER ZANONIMENTIONED.HERE’S WHAT I FOUND OUT.{* **IN DEP ATHNIMATION**}{***PKG**}THE NUECES COUNTY CORPUS CHRISTIALHETH DISTRICT HAS BEEN AROUNDFOR ABOUT 40 YEARS.BUT INJANUARY GOING FROM ADISTRICT.TO SEPARATEDEPARTMENTS.{***SOT FULL**}Peter Zanoni/Corpus Christi CityManager/0:08"Part of it is we’ll heavaccountability that we don’thave today.

Under the model ,theres 2 bosses and when youhave 2 people in charge,nobody’s in charge."BUT THE CITY’S NEW MODELCITYMANAGER PETEZAR NONISAYS.TAKING INSPIRATION FROMMAJOR CITIES WHICH HE SAYS USEE-M-S AND FIREFIGHTERS.{***SOT FULL**}Peter Zanoni/Corpus Christi CityManager/0:05"We can use them in lieu ofusing staff in the healthdepartment."HE SAYS A PRIMARY FOCUS OF THECITY’S HEALTH DEPARTMENISTVALUE TO THE TAX PAYER.{***SOT FULL**}Peter Zanoni/Corpus Christi CityManager/0:06"Today our tax payers aresubsidizing this outdated modeland paying more than we shou."ldTHE CITY IS WORKING ON THE SPLITWITH NIM KIDD, THE CHIEF DOR THETEXAS DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCYMANAGEMENT.

IN A STATEMENT HETELLS US THEY WORK WITH MARJOCITIES AS WELL AS OTHER HEALTHAUTHORITIES WHETHER THEY’REINDIVIDUALLY OR JOINTLY MANAGED.ZANONI SAYS A SEPARATE SYSTEMWOULD ALLOW THE CITY TO FOCUS ONHEALTH ISSUES.{***SOT FULL**}Peter Zanoni/Corpus Christi CityManager/080:’We have a very high obesityrate, very high diabetes rate,we have we have an elyarmortality rate in some of thesections of the city."ZANONI SAYWHS ILE SOME OF THEPROGRAMS OFFERED BY THE CITY ANDCOUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT WILLSTAY THE SAME ON THE CITYSIDE.THEY’RE STILL WORKING ONNEW PROGRAMS.{***WX PLASMA**}I ALSO TALKED TO AREPRESENTATIVE FROM HARRISCOUNTY.

SHE TELLS ME HAVINGSPLIT COUNTY AND CITY HETHALDEPARTMENTS IS MORE CONVENIENTBECAUSE ABOUT HALF THE RESIDENTSOMFR HOUSTON GO TO THE CITY’SHEALTH DEPARTMENT WHILE THEOTHER HALF, RESIDENTS FROM OTHERSURROUNDING CITIES GO TOHE TCOUNTYEA HLTH DEPARTMENT.REPORTING IN CORPUS CHRISTI,ANDREW CHRISTIANSEN, KRIS 6NEWS.AS YOU’VE SEEN, THERE ARE ALOT OF MOVING PARTS TO THISST