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Tuesday’s Hays County Commissioners Court meeting began with the declaration of September 2021 as Emergency Preparedness Month in Hays County.[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] News San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]
Hays County will host an after hours COVID-19 vaccine clinic starting Friday April 30. Emergency Services Director Mike Jones and Hays County Judge Ruben Becerra announced the new walk-up vaccine clinic that will be open from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Sinai Pentecostal Church. The new hours are intended to serve residents who work during the day and can’t attend the normal hours of vaccine clinics. The commissioners approved the extension of the Local Disaster Declaration for the fifth time, which will now expire on July 13, 2021. The declaration was originally proclaimed March 15, 202...
Tuesday, January 12, 2021 Hays County is in the planning phase of creating a vaccine “hub” model alongside Seton Hospital and other local partners with the goal of becoming more efficient with COVID-19 vaccine distribution, according to Hays County Emergency Management Coordinator Alex Villalobos. By creating a larger group, Hays County expects to be able to advocate for larger numbers of the vaccine and to distribute them in a more centralized manner. According to Villalobos, the hub model ran a trial in Austin with just over 10,000 vaccines distributed in a short period of time. The...