CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — On Tuesday City-County leaders came together to shake hands and solidify the changes to the Corpus Christi - Nueces County Public Health District.
A signing ceremony to commemorate the new partnership agreement between the two entities took place in council chambers.
Effective Tuesday, March. 1, the City of Corpus Christi will take full management authority of the existing health district.
In the final arrangement, the County will considered a customer.
Corpus Christi Mayor Paulette Guajardo said she was eager to see the potential the new health district has to offer Coastal Bend residents.
"We are redefining public health," Guajardo said. "And that means making services everything they can be. Making a health district more efficient and using those tax dollars to do that, even expanding services."
Corpus Christi Manager Peter Zanoni said that initially, for at least the first few weeks services offered by the health district will not change.
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