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Changes Coming to O.C. Health Department Building

Building, constructed in the 1970s, beginning to show its age, officials say

There will be some changes made next year to the Ocean County Health Department headquarters on Sunset Avenue in Toms River to make them more user-friendly and comfortable for visitors and employees, according to Public Health Coordinator Daniel Regenye.

He spoke after the county Board of Health agreed to seek bids for work that will replace a balking electrical system, heating, ventilating and air conditioning system, and make the building universally accessible to the handicapped.

Regenye said the building was built in the 1970s and some of its systems are showing their age. Renovations set to begin next spring will cure the problems with the electrical system and replace the heating, ventilating and air conditioning system with one that will allow the staff to warm and cool sections of the building independently.

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In addition he said offices providing services used most often by clients will be moved to the front of the building, instead of being scattered throughout it, as is now the case.

The building is owned by the county and leased to the Health Department.

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In other business Wednesday the Board of Health:

  • Accepted a $332,289 public health emergency preparedness grant just two days after its Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Advisory Committee hosted a well-attended emergency preparedness seminar at First Energy Park in Lakewood. Local, county, state, and federal officials spoke on a number of challenges. Dr. Joseph Albanese of the Yale-New Haven Center for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response spoke of reacting to a nuclear emergency.
  • Accepted a $92,736 grant for the fiscal year to focus on HIV prevention and AIDS care and treatment.
  • Got a $114,250 grant for special child health services.
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