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New area director outlines staffing changes and plans to retool extension meetings
Summary
Sarah Torbert, the new Area 9 director, updated the committee on hiring a shared 50% administrative assistant with the DA's office, the departure of a shared position (Steve Okenick), and plans to revamp meeting formats and revive Youth Government Day to better showcase extension’s county reach.
Sarah Torbert, who said she started as Area 9 director on Nov. 11, updated committee members on staffing and operational proposals. She said the extension office and the district attorney’s office plan to recruit a shared 50% administrative assistant; the planned schedule would place the assistant all day in the DA’s office on Mondays and in the extension office all day on Tuesdays, with split coverage Wednesday through Friday.
Torbert reported…
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