Commissioners direct rewrite of public health, DES and safety job descriptions; public‑health duties narrowed to 10 hours weekly

Granite County commissioners and staff reviewed an existing combined job description that currently groups public health services, emergency management (DES) and workplace safety into a single position. Commissioners directed staff to separate the three functions into distinct job descriptions and to allocate about 10 hours per week for the county‑health duties previously performed by the combined position.

Current staff said the prior administrative arrangement had those duties lumped together; the county has since hired a county health nurse and the commissioners agreed that clinical public‑health responsibilities, patient billing and program reporting should sit with the county health nurse while administrative scheduling and limited public‑health support would remain in the 10‑hour weekly role. Commissioners asked staff to prepare a concise list of 10‑hour weekly duties so the board can finalize the public‑health job description next week.

Officials also agreed that DES and the county safety coordinator roles require fuller, separate job descriptions and likely represent more hours than previously assigned; staff will prepare separate drafts for commissioners to review. Commissioners asked Miranda to work with HR (Miranda) and the affected staff to redraft descriptions and return them for approval.