HomeMy WebLinkAbout1967-03 04-03 CCO ORDINANCE NO. 67 -3
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER DOES
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
• Section 1: Chapter 7 of the City Ordinances is hereby amended by
the addition thereto of the following:
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A BOARD OF HEALTH, AND PROVIDING
FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF HEALTH LAW, ORDINANCES AND ORDERS
Section 7 - 001. ESTABLISHMENT OF BOARD. There is hereby established
a Board of Health for the City of Brooklyn Center, consisting of six members.
Five members shall consist of the members of the City Council. One member
shall be a physician, licensed to practice in the State of Minnesota, who shall
be ap pointed by the City Manager and who shall serve as the City Health Officer
and executive officer of the Board of Health. The Health Officer shall be appointed
annually on or before the first day of January.
Section 7 - 002. DUTIES OF THE BOARD.
a. The duties of the Board of Health and the Health Officer shall be as
defined in the statutes of the State of Minnesota and the regulations of the
State Board of Health.
b. The Board of Health shall serve in an advisory capacity to the Health
Officer and City Manager in making recommendations concerning the general
public health proaram within the City. The Board shall have no authority to
incur any obligations, or make any expenditures without the approval of the
City Council.
c. The Board of Health, the Health Officer, or their duly authorized
representatives, shall have and shall exercise all powers to make such
investigations and reports and to obey such directions concerning communicable
diseases as the State Board of Health may require or give; and under the general
supervision of the State Board of Health, shall cause all Statutes of the State
of Minnesota. Regulations of the State Board of Health, and Ordinances of the
City of Brooklyn Center, relating to public health, to be obeyed and enforced.
Although it shall be the duty of the Board of Health and the Health
Officer to see that all Statutes of the State of Minnesota, Regulations of the
State Board of Health, and Ordinances of the City of Brooklyn Center are obeyed
and enforced, the actual enforcement of these laws, regulations and ordinances
shall be the duty responsibility of the City Manager or his duly authorized
representative. except as specifically forbidden by State Statute.
Section 7 - 003. MEETINGS OF THE BOARD. The Board of Health shall
meet at such times as it may deem necessary. The majority of the members
shall constitute a auorum. The Health Officer shall act as the executive
• officer of the Board. The Board shall make such regulations as they deem
necessary for their meetinasand for the conduct of their business.
Section 7- 004. ADMINISTRATION. The City Manager, or his duly
authorized representative, shall make such investigations and reports,
and obey such directions concerning communicable diseases as the Board
of Health may require or give; and, under the general supervision of the
Board of Health, they shall cause all Statutes of the State of Minnesota,
Regulations of the State Board of Health, Ordinances of the City of
Brooklyn Center relating to public health, and all lawful orders of the City
Council to be obeyed and enforced.
The City Public Health Sanitarian, for the purposes of this ordinance
and other ordinances pertaining to public health or environmental sanitation,
shall be an authorized representative of the Board of Health, Health Officer,
and the City Manager. The City Public Health Sanitarian shall be suitably
trained and experienced in environmental and public health. In addition to
his duties in administering the environmental health program, the City Public
Health Sanitarian shall coordinate all public health activities for the City.
Section 7 - 005. RIGHT OF ENTRY. For the purposes of performing
their official duties, all members, officers, and employees of the Board of
Health, the Health Officer the City Manager and their duly authorized represent-
atives shall have the right to enter any building, conveyance, or place where
contagion, infection, filth, nuisance, or source or cause of preventable
disease exists or is reasonably suspected.
i Section 2: This ordinance shall become effective 30 days following
its adoption and legal publication.
Adopted this 3rd day of April 19 67 .
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Published in the Official Newspaper March 23, 1967
Effective Date May 3, 1967
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