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Cuyahoga County committee confirms multiple board appointments, including workforce and mental-health nominees
Summary
The Human Resources Appointment and Equity Committee on April 15 approved a series of county board appointments and reappointments — confirming Alan K. Neville to the workforce development board and Hallie R. Israel and Norman A. Bliss to the county mental-health services board — mostly by voice vote under second-reading suspension.
CLEVELAND — The Cuyahoga County Human Resources Appointment and Equity Committee on April 15 confirmed a slate of appointments and reappointments to county boards and commissions, approving nominees for workforce development, mental-health services, community-improvement and department review panels.
The committee confirmed Alan K. Neville to the City of Cleveland/Cuyahoga County workforce development board to fill an unexpired term ending June 30, 2026. Chris Alvarado, speaking on behalf of the county executive, said the workforce board recently moved from a state entity to a nonprofit that operates as Greater Cleveland Works and that Neville will occupy a workforce seat focused on health care. "This is literally a diamond in the rough," Neville said of Cleveland, arguing the county must "match up talent to all the different opportunities" and use "nontraditional ways" to recruit and retain workers.
Two nominees were confirmed to the county's alcohol, drug addiction…
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