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Josephine County OKs public-health hours change; question raised over health-officials membership fee
Summary
Public health director requested restored hours to better match community needs; board directed staff to adopt the hours. Commissioners asked for more detail and public input on a separate $11,000 invoice from the Oregon Coalition of Local Health Officials (CLO) and moved that item to the weekly business session.
The Josephine County Board of Commissioners on July 22 directed public-health staff to restore operating hours that align with community demand after a written request from Public Health Director (interim) Caitlin Fredrickson.
Lede — The board agreed without objection to let Public Health set hours that better match community needs, including additional evening appointment availability for programs such as WIC; the change excludes the animal shelter and the jail clinic, which…
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