Politics & Government
Douglas County Gets To Work On Forming New Health Agency
The county has voted to leave the Tri-County Health Department.
DOUGLAS COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4)– Douglas County Commissioners met Tuesday night to vote on forming the county’s own health agency. This comes after last week’s vote to formally leave the Tri-County Health Department.
That agency oversees Adams, Arapahoe and Douglas counties. Last month, the Tri-County Health Department issued a face mask mandate for everyone in schools and childcare settings regardless of vaccination status. That public health order also prevents individual counties – Adams, Arapahoe and Douglas – from opting out of public health orders.
The commissioners voted at a work session last week to immediately start the process to leave Tri-County Health as was initially announced as an intention on July 11, 2020.
