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Missoula County health director seeks staffing and operations increases across six requests
Summary
Missoula County’s health director presented six new budget requests including managerial restructuring, two community health workers, support for the foster child health program, an animal shelter attendant, a communications funding gap, and a new sanitarian tied to higher license-fee reimbursements.
Missoula County’s health director presented six new budget requests to maintain and expand public-health services, asking the county to share ongoing personnel costs while noting the department is pursuing one-time grants to offset some positions.
The six requests presented were: 1) split a single administration director role into two manager positions (a business manager and a cross-divisional programs manager), 2) two full-time community health worker positions, 3) half an FTE to fully staff the foster child health program, 4) one additional animal shelter attendant for Animal Services, 5) a small county share to cover an overrun for a communications officer currently grant-funded, and 6) one new sanitarian position funded by expected increases in state reimbursements after House Bill 853 raised license fees.
Key details and cost-sharing: The presenter said the change to two manager positions increases personnel costs by about $60,000 compared with the prior FTE…
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