Health Department LS

MISSION: We are dedicated to serve all town residents, particularly the underserved, and to remote healthy people, healthy families, and a healthy environment through compassionate care, education, and prevention.

We will create needed regulations, set policy, hold hearings, and consider variances. Your health is our concern.

VALUES: Maintaining a balance between short-term benefit(s) to human life vs. long-term risk. Decision making priority is given to town/community needs vs. individual needs. Equitably protecting health, safety & security.

PLEDGE: 

• Be a diligent steward of the funds entrusted to our agency.
• Provide an environment for intellectual and personal growth and integrity.
• Base all public health decisions on the highest quality scientific data that is derived openly and objectively.

As Anytown's health department, we protect people from health threats. To accomplish our mission, we provide health information that protects our community against expensive and dangerous health threats, and responds when these arise.