Public Health

Mission & Primary Goals

The Public Health Department promotes and coordinates programs that focus on an integrated approach to encourage healthy eating, more active lifestyles, and the reduction of harmful habits such as smoking and alcohol use. Public Health is also responsible for infectious disease surveillance, and institutes reporting, prevention and mitigation response when needed.

The overall mission of the Public Health Department is to “make the healthy choice, the easy choice” for everyone in the community. This can only be achieved by creating an environment conducive to healthy choices through policy, funding, and legislation.