(A) The City Council shall constitute a Board of Health and shall be capable of performing all the functions provided by state law.
(B) The Board of Health shall be under the supervision of the county’s Department of Health and the state’s Department of Health.
(C) It shall be the general duty of the Board of Health to examine and consider all measures necessary for the preservation of the public health of residents of the city and to see that all ordinances and regulations in relation thereto are observed.
(D) The City Manager shall appoint or designate the county’s Health Officer as the Local Health Official to carry out health programs and policies.
(2002 Code, § 37.11)