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- Boosters are for patients ages 65 and older and residents of long-term care facilities, ages 18+
- They are authorized for patients ages 18 to 64 with underlying medical conditions
- They are also authorized for patients 18 to 64 who are at increased risk for COVID-19 exposure because of their occupational setting
- Boosters are solely for patients who received the Pfizer vaccine. Right now, boosters have not been authorized for the Moderna and Janssen vaccines.
- There must be at least six months between a patient’s second dose and the booster dose.
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As of Sept. 20, Missoula County’s COVID-19 hospitalization record, active case record and incidence rate record were shattered for the second week in a row as the latest wave of COVID-19 continues to batter local hospital systems. Health officials say this latest surge is showing no signs of slowing down. “This is the absolute worst we have seen it since the pandemic started,” explains COVID-19 Incident Commander Cindy Farr. “We cannot continue in this direction for the safety of the community.”
The COVID-19 vaccine is safe, effective, free and available to everyone 12 and older. Health officials say herd immunity would be upwards of 75% of all residents getting vaccinated. In addition to getting vaccinated, residents should wear a mask in public, wash their hands and keep their social circles small. These mitigation measures are proven to be effective at slowing the spread.
Find where to receive the vaccine at covid19.missoula.co or missoulainfo.com/vaccine-clinics.
I’m a doctor: Here’s why I trust our public health officials
Missoula Current
by Dr. James Quirk of Partnership Health Center
To keep staff and public safe during this rise of COVID-19 numbers, starting Thursday, Sept. 30, the Missoula County commissioners will revert to virtual-only meetings for all department, administrative and public meetings. For the time being, meetings will no longer be hybrid or take place in the Sophie Moiese Room of the Missoula County Courthouse. All meetings will happen via Microsoft Teams, and links to each meeting can be found on the individual meeting agendas found at http://missoula.co/bccmeetings. Contact 406-258-4877 or bcc@missoulacounty.us with any questions.
Missoula County commissioners in their Sept. 23 public meeting approved a resolution dedicating Missoula County to the “endeavor to create sanitary, safe and secure supported shelter areas for our unhoused population,” recognizing that “this solution is imperfect, yet far preferable to the unsanctioned, unsanitary and environmentally destructive encampments now plaguing population centers across the nation.”
Watch the public meeting.
Read the resolution.
Missoula County commissioners Wednesday morning publicly certified the municipal primary election results and signed the canvass of votes to finalize the election. The canvass is a process that ensures the number of ballots voted are the number of ballots counted and that no ballots are missing or counted more than once.
The following candidates have been issued a certificate of election and will continue to the Nov. 2, 2021, general municipal election:
Mayor: Jacob Elder and John Engen
City Council Ward 1: Jennifer Savage and Jane M. VanFossen
City Council Ward 6: Kirsten Jordan and Tom Taylor
If you missed your chance to register and vote in this election, don’t miss your chance to vote in the Nov. 2 general election! Visit My Voter Page at https://app.mt.gov/voterinfo to verify your voter registration status.
Important dates to remember:
- Monday, Oct. 4: Regular voter registration ends. Last day to register to vote or update your registration via mail or online.
- Tuesday, Oct. 5: Late voter registration starts. Voters must register or make changes to their registration in-person at the Elections Office at 140 N. Russell St.
- Wednesday, Oct. 13: Ballots mail
- 12 p.m. Monday, Nov. 1: Registration closes for all voters
- 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 2: Election Day. All ballots are due back to the Elections Office
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Missoula County commissioners spent time Thursday night at Imagine Nation Brewing to connect with constituents and talk about the local-option marijuana tax coming on the ballot this Nov. 2. There will be two questions on the ballot: One will be to vote for or against a 3% local-option tax on medical marijuana, and the other will be to vote for or against the 3% local-option tax on recreational marijuana. If voted in, the taxes would go into effect Jan. 31, 2022.Missoula County currently plans to put the potential revenue toward minimizing increases to property taxes, as well as toward addressing housing issues.
Read more at http://missoula.co/marijuanatax.faq
It might be because you're listing your name differently on your driver’s license/ID vs. your voter registration, which can result in being put in the jury pool twice, since the Clerk of Court receives names of potential jurors through both driver’s license/ID and voter registrations. This difference could be as small as writing out your full middle name or not (ex: “Jane Anne Doe” on your driver’s license vs. “Jane A. Doe” on your voter registration). To avoid or fix this, make sure to use the same variation of your name on each document.
Have questions? Contact the Clerk of District Court’s Office at clerkofcourt@missoulacounty.us or 406-258-4780.”
Parks, Trails and Open Lands Project Specialist Jackson Lee
“I joined the Parks, Trails and Open Lands team this June. This first summer on the job has provided a great window into the vital role of parks and trails within Missoula County communities. Our staff and program partners are dedicated people with a visionary spirit and who respond to the needs of community members who enjoy these local open spaces.
Some of the core responsibilities of my position are collaborating with community partners to advance improvement projects, administering applications for our Matching Grants and Trails Bond programs and responding to all kinds of oddities that arise in the world of parks (problematic trees, gates without keys and wayward irrigation, to name a few). One of my favorite parts of this work are the connections that come through organizing projects and events on public lands. Whether it is walking a site with an exuberant event sponsor, going on a trail tour with a long-time volunteer or painting park benches with a Youth in Restoration crew, the ability to witness on a daily level the value of our work is very fulfilling.
This winter, along with continuing to coordinate our active projects, I’ll be focusing in on preparing grant applications to help implement our 2022 project roster. We have some exciting initiatives on the horizon, with park accessibility, playground improvements and trail enhancements all on the docket!”
The Parks, Trails and Open Lands program is currently accepting applications for their 2022 matching grant cycle. More information on this funding program and applications can be found online at http://missoula.co/ptolgrants.
- Movie Presentation and Q&A with a Local Filmmaker
6:45 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 28 at the Missoula Public Library Cooper Room A – Level 4 - First Friday Reception with Home Resource
5:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 1 at the Missoula Public Library - Family History Bingo
Oct. 1-31 at the Missoula Public Library Tony Veazey Montana Room
Find more events this week on the County’s Event Calendar!
National Guard troops to aid Missoula County COVID efforts
Missoula County commissioners present details of marijuana tax proposal
Make an appointment at covid19.missoula.co, and share your experience on social media with the hashtags #endthepandemic, #vaccinatethe406 and #gotmyshot406.
Stay up to date with Missoula County's COVID-19 vaccine distribution success! Visit covid19.missoula.co/vaccine-information and click on the Vaccination Distribution Map and Dashboard blue button. The data is updated every Monday. If you would like to track data across Montana, visit the Montana Response page.
To join commissioner department, administrative and public meetings via Microsoft Teams and view the agendas, visit the Missoula County Commissioners’ Meeting Minutes and Agenda Portal. Please note that agendas for department and administrative meetings are published two business days before the meeting, and public meeting agendas are published the Friday before the meeting. Administrative and public meeting video recordings are available on the Missoula County YouTube page after the meeting, and MCAT plays the public meetings live on their Spectrum Channel 190. Email bcc@missoulacounty.us or call 406-258-4877 if you have any questions or comments on an upcoming meeting.
No department, administrative or public meetings are scheduled this week except for the Commissioners’ Administrative Public Meeting at 10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 30, which will be virtual via Microsoft Teams. The Missoula County commissioners are attending the Montana Association of Counties Annual Conference this week.
This press release was produced by the Missoula County Government. The views expressed here are the author’s own.