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Commissioners hire Human Services director, approve budget amendment; one commissioner records dissent
Summary
The board approved an employment contract for Bennett Connolly as the county's Human Services Director and a related budget amendment to allow him and a mental health coordinator to start June 2 to help transition services before the county mental health authority closes at month‑end.
St. Mary's County commissioners on May 20 voted to approve an employment contract for Bennett Connolly as the county’s new Human Services Director and a related budget amendment that would allow the director and a mental health coordinator to begin work June 2.
County leadership told the board the timing responds to the imminent closing of the county mental health authority…
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