White Plains Urban Renewal Agency

THE CITY OF WHITE PLAINS Official Proceedings of the Common Council Vol.106 City of White Plains,N.Y.,March16,2020 No.7 THE CITY OF WHITE PLAINS OFFICERS Mayor.................. THOMASM.ROACH Council President . . . . . . ... NADINEHUNT- ROBINSONCityClerk............... ANNEMCPHERSON COUNCIL MEMBERS: JustinBrasch John M.Martin NadineHunt-Robinson VictoriaPresser JohnKirkpatrick JenniferPuja A Special Meeting of the Common Council held Monday, March 16, 2020, called for four thirty o'clock in the Mayor's Conference Room. Mayor Roach presiding and the following members present: Mr. Brasch, Mr. Martin, Ms. Presser, Mrs. Puja and the Mayor. Absent: Mrs. Hunt-Robinson and Mr. Kirkpatrick. This Special Meeting was called to consider legislation in relation to the health and safety of a person or the public. As the legislation needing action was a First Reading Ordinance, both Councilman Kirkpatrick and Council President Hunt-Robinson signed docu- ments stating their consent to permit the Ordinance to be voted on without all members present. Communication from Corporation Counsel. 512 COMMONCOUNCILMINUTES March 16,2020 Mr. Martin moved that it/they be filed and spread in full upon the minutes. Mr. Brasch seconded the motion. Carried. TO THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMON COUNCIL The County of Westchester ("the County") has agreed to provide certain protected health information ("PHI") to the City of White Plains in order to prevent or lessen a serious and imminent threat to the health and safety of the citizens and the public in White Plains provided the City agrees to execute a non-disclosure agreement which provides that its employees will protect and safeguard any PHI received from the County and protect the privacy of any person subject to a Department of Health isolation order and which further provides that the City will indemnify the County for any and all administrative or legal actions that are based upon any unauthorized disclosure or dissemina- tion of PHI by the City or any of its employees. The County has requested that the agreement be executed by the Mayor and either the Commissioner of Public Safety or the Chief of Police. Any such agreement will be in a form approved by the Corporation Counsel. Accordingly, an ordinance authorizing the Mayor and either the Commis- sioner of Public Safety or Chief of Police to execute a non-disclosure agreement between the City of White Plains and the County of Westchester related to protected health information provided to prevent or lessen a serious and imminent threat to the health and safety of a person or the public is submitted herewith for your consideration. John G. Callahan Corporation Counsel Dated: February 27, 2020 Mr.Martinaskedunanimousconsenttoofferanordinanceentitled,"Ordinance of the Common Council of the City of White Plains authorizing the Mayor and the Commissioner of Public Safety or the Chief of Police to enter into a non-disclosure agreement between the City of White Plains and the County of Westchester related to Protected Health Information provided to prevent or lessen a serious and imminent threat to the health and safety of a person or the public." Unanimous consent granted. Mr. Martin moved adoption of the following ordinance. March 16, 2020 COMMON COUNCIL MINUTES 513 AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WHITE PLAINSAUTHORIZINGTHEMAYORANDTHECOMMISSIONEROFPUBLIC SAFETYORTHECHIEFOFPOLICETOENTERINTOANON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF WHITE PLAINS AND THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER RELATED TO PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION PROVIDEDTOPREVENTORLESSENASERIOUSANDIMMINENTTHREAT TO THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF A PERSON OR THEPUBLIC. WHEREAS, the County of Westchester ("the County")has agreed to provide certain protected health information ("PHI") to the City of White Plains in order to prevent or lessen a serious and imminent threat to the health and safety of the citizens and the public in White Plains provided the City agrees to execute a non- disclosure agreement which provides that its employees will protect and safeguard any PHI received from the County and protect the privacy of any person subject to a Department of Health isolation order and which further provides that the City will indemnify the County for any and all administrative or legal actions that are based upon any unauthorized disclosure or dissemina- tion of PHI by the City or any of its employees;and WHEREAS, the City finds that it would be in the best interests of the City of White Plains to obtain the PHI to be provided by the County; NOW,THEREFORE, the Common Council of The City of White Plains hereby ordains and enacts asfollows: Section 1. The Mayor and the Commissioner of Public Safety or the Chief of Police are hereby authorized to execute a non-disclosure agreement between the City of White Plains and the County of Westchester authorizing the disclosure of certain PHI by the County of Westchester upon the City agreeing to protect the privacy of the individuals involved and the City agreeing to indemnify the County for any unauthorized disclosure or dissemination of PHI by the City or its employees. Said agreement shall be in a form approved by the Corporation Counsel. §2. This ordinance shall take effect immediately. Mr. Brasch seconded the motion. Adopted by the following role call vote: Mr. Brasch, Mr. Martin, Ms. Presser, Mrs. Puja and the Mayor. Absent: Mrs. Hunt-Robinson and Mr. Kirkpatrick. On motion of Council President Hunt-Robinson, seconded and duly carried, the Common Council adjourned the meeting. Anne M. McPherson, CMC City Clerk