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Monroe County Council approves transfer for possible mobile health unit and sends health‑department nurse positions to classification review
Summary
Council moved $500,000 from supplies to capital to allow purchase of a refrigerated, exam‑capable mobile unit and created an equipment line; the vote passed 6–1. Separately, council approved sending job‑description changes and a proposed new communicable‑disease nurse position to the county classification/WIS process (6–1).
Monroe County Council on Oct. 28 approved a categorical budget transfer of $500,000 from the Health Department’s supplies line to a new capital equipment line to allow purchase of a mobile health unit (or equivalent refrigerated, exam‑capable vehicle/equipment), and separately advanced a package of revised job descriptions and a single new communicable‑disease nurse position to the county job‑classification review process.
Health Department leadership described the proposed unit as an outreach tool: it would include a temperature‑controlled refrigerator for vaccine handling, an exam room for nursing assessments and secure storage for outreach supplies. Health Officer Dr. Sarah Reiterband and department director Lori Kelly said the unit would be used…
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