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HR committee approves full‑time coordinator for Williamson County Mental Health Court
Summary
The Williamson County HR Committee voted 4–0 to approve a full‑time coordinator position for the county Mental Health Court, with the speaker saying the salary will be paid through a state grant and would not require county in‑kind expense.
The Williamson County HR Committee voted unanimously to approve a full‑time coordinator for the county Mental Health Court.
Tracy McKinney, who said she assists Judge Taylor with the Mental Health Court, told the committee the county previously relied on a treatment agency for the coordinator role but that agency is dissolving. "It will be paid for through the grant through the state," McKinney said, adding there would be "no in kind expense through the county" and that the position would be full time.
Committee members asked whether the position would continue if the grant ended; McKinney said the county's coordinator roles are commonly operated as grant positions and that this funding comes from a state grant administered by the Department of Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services, which she described as steady. The committee then called the question; the chair recorded the motion as passing 4–0.
The committee did not record a mover or second in the hearing record. The HR office indicated it can draft any implementing paperwork and will proceed following the committee's approval.
The resolution approving the coordinator was presented and approved during the meeting; no further action was recorded in the transcript about hiring timelines or a job posting. The committee adjourned at about 06:10.
