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Cayuga County Legislature approves health-department staffing flexibilities, rabies contract and IT equipment purchase
Summary
The Cayuga County Legislature approved amended resolutions allowing flexible hiring for WIC and public-health educator positions, a contract for rabies specimen preparation, an increase in some environmental health fees, and purchase of 10 replacement laptops for DSS. Public-health staff reported lead-poisoning caseload and outreach activity.
The Cayuga County Legislature on Nov. 12 approved a package of public-health staffing authorizations, a rabies-services contract and an information-technology purchase, action county leaders said at the regularly scheduled meeting.
Legislators unanimously carried an amendment to an existing WIC (Women, Infants and Children) resolution that authorizes the county legislator and the public-health director to create and fill a WIC nutrition professional position under multiple, alternative job titles so the department can broaden recruitment without increasing headcount. "This is not a cut that is referenced in our proposed budget," the meeting chair said when introducing the amendment. Public-health staff said the change preserves the existing funded…
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