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Votes at a glance: Chippewa County Board approves staff positions, DA secretary and nonmetallic-mining ordinance
Summary
At its Aug. 12 meeting the Chippewa County Board approved several budget and personnel items, including the creation of new DHS positions, a part-time DA legal secretary, adoption of an ordinance second reading on nonmetallic mining, and two administrator appointments.
The Chippewa County Board took a series of votes on Aug. 12 on personnel additions, an ordinance second reading and administrator appointments. The actions below were taken during the regular meeting; most items were forwarded by the executive committee.
Votes at a glance
- Resolution 28-25 (create one full-time social worker in DHS/CLTS): Approved, ayes 17, nays 1. The resolution creates a full-time social worker position in the county Department of Human Services for the Children’s Long-Term Support (CLTS) program, to be funded by Medicaid revenue generated by the position. The resolution notes that if state or federal support is not available or is substantially reduced, the position will not be filled or may be eliminated by the county administrator. An amendment proposed to change the phrase “may be eliminated” to “will be eliminated” failed on a 5–13 vote; the resolution then passed as originally written.
- Resolution 29-25 (create…
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