County official says regional mental‑health board agreed to withdrawal timeline; executive director to depart in June

A county supervisor told the board that at a meeting of the Mental Health and Disability Services of the Central Region, members agreed to a withdrawal timeline that the supervisor said would work ‘‘through September’’ to allow for an orderly transition.

The supervisor reported that the executive director’s last day with the regional board will be June 4 and that the group will discuss selecting an interim director from internal ranks at next month’s meeting. The board was told the region emphasized it would not rush the interim selection and that any new interagency (28E) agreements for access centers and other structures will require setup time.

Why it matters: the regional governance and staffing changes affect how central‑region behavioral‑health access and mobile crisis services are organized. During the meeting the supervisor highlighted that law enforcement liaisons and mobile crisis units are stabilizing many calls on‑site and that 77% of calls were stabilized without transport in the supervisor’s report to the board.

The county supervisor also relayed that the region wants to ensure employee and governing board protections are preserved during the withdrawal process and that additional administrative steps — including potential 28E agreements — will be needed to implement any new access‑center arrangements. The regional board plans further discussion of interim management and structural changes at its next meeting.