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Supervisors pause hiring of environmental health and land-use administrator after concerns about wells, septic experience

6490732 · October 15, 2025
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Summary

A hiring committee recommended Andrea Morris for the combined environmental health and land-use administrator post at a $94,000 starting salary; supervisors raised concerns about her wells and septic experience and moved to postpone further action and meet the candidate.

The Board of Supervisors reviewed a hiring committee recommendation to hire Andrea Morris as the county’s combined environmental health and land-use administrator with a proposed starting salary of $94,000 and an anticipated start date of Nov. 10.

Board members and several meeting participants raised concerns that Morris’s resume did not demonstrate direct experience with wells, septic systems and time-of-transfer inspections — functions that supervisors and local contractors described as high-liability and essential for immediate day-one operation. One…

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