Commissioners discuss staffing gaps in Health Inspection Department; interim plan adopted
Following resignations and retirements, commissioners discussed an interim operations plan for the Health Inspection Department that relies on divided duties across staff, a contracted third‑party inspector and continued recruitment; court agreed to monitor and revisit the issue.
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Commissioner Chapman briefed the court on an unexpected loss of staff in the Health Inspection Department after two long‑tenured employees left in quick succession, leaving the office temporarily without its full complement of sanitarians. The court described an interim operating plan that assigns temporary tasks to county staff, uses a contracted third‑party inspector for on‑site inspections and centralizes permit intake and fee processing to avoid service interruption.
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