Sheridan County commissioners voted June 16 to approve staffing changes requested by Sheridan County Public Health.

Deborah, the county nurse manager at public health, told the board that the office coordinator position will be vacated at the end of the month and that the coordinator is the employee who handles billing and insurance. To maintain operations, Deborah proposed promoting the current medical receptionist into the coordinator role while hiring a 25-hour-per-week receptionist to fill the vacant medical receptionist duties. She said the change would save about $41,000 in benefits costs for the year.

Commissioner Haswell moved to approve the public health department’s request to shift the existing receptionist into the coordinator role and to hire a 25-hour-per-week part-time receptionist; Holly seconded. The motion passed on a voice vote. The clerk confirmed the change appears in the Option B packet provided to commissioners and that the figure lowers the department’s total from its original budgeted amount.

Ending: The board approved the staffing change; staff will reflect the change in updated budget option sheets.