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Boards push county administrator to broaden commissioner job description to cover public and mental health integration
Summary
Members of the Tompkins County Community Services Board urged county HR and the administrator to broaden a proposed job description for an integrated public-health/mental-health commissioner so the posting does not limit the candidate pool to applicants who meet only traditional public-health minimums.
Members of the Tompkins County Community Services Board reviewed recent committee work on a proposed county commissioner job description that would integrate public health and mental health leadership and urged county staff to ensure the posting does not restrict the candidate pool by relying solely on public-health minimum qualifications.
Board members described a job-description committee that met repeatedly and drafted a summary statement and proposed edits. Committee members said they had met with the Board of Health leadership and…
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