14 - Covid-19 Vaccine Clinic Update PresentationItem No. 14
Memorandum
TO: Mayor & City Council
Grayson Path, City Manager
FROM: Russell Thrasher, Interim EMS Director
SUBJECT: COVID-19 VACCINE CLINIC UPDATE
DATE: April 12, 2021
BACKGROUND: In late December 2020/early January 2021, The Mayor and City Manager
requested that City Staff begin developing a county wide registry as a method to identify, inform,
register and vaccinate the senior population of Lamar County. The creation of an online
database and telephone call center were part of the initial requirements.
STATUS OF ISSUE: After 11 weeks of vaccinations at places such as PrimeTime, PJC, PHS
and Love Civic Center, staff from the City of Paris, Paris Lamar County Health District as well
as volunteers from PJC Nursing School and staff, CERT, COP program and others have given
more than 16,500 vaccinations to residents in Lamar County and as far away as New Orleans,
Oklahoma City, South Padre Island and San Antonio. While large initial registrations have
dropped dramatically, we are still having several hundred sign-up per week. We anticipate this
to drop below requiring mass vaccination levels by April 30, 2021.
BUDGET: CARES CRF Funding and EMS Budget.
RECOMMENDATION: This is a presentation only,