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Ottawa County approves several public-health positions funded by state grants, including hearing and vision and substance-use roles
Summary
The Finance and Administration Committee voted to approve a set of position requests from the Ottawa County Department of Public Health (OCDPH) funded largely by state grants: increases to dental, hearing and vision staffing and a substance-use disorder educator tied to a regional grant.
The Ottawa County Finance and Administration Committee on Jan. 14 approved multiple staffing requests from the Ottawa County Department of Public Health funded by state grants and regional block grants.
Committee members voted to: expand a dental assistant position’s hours (funded by Essential Local Public Health Services funding), create a 1.0 FTE hearing and vision technician (cost $83,244, funded by ELPHS from the State of Michigan), increase a hearing and vision clerk from 0.5 to 0.8 FTE (cost $24,568, ELPHS-funded), and create a substance-use-disorder educator position (0.6 FTE, funded…
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