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Residents and board members spar over role, funding and transparency of St. Clair County CSCB
Summary
Public commenters and several board members debated the Community Services Coordinating Body’s role and finances after residents accused the medical director of derogatory remarks; CSCB leaders defended the collaborative, described longstanding history and a $72,400 2025 budget and agreed to provide more specific audit and grant records when requested.
Several public commenters and board members at the St. Clair County Health Advisory Board’s April meeting clashed over the Community Services Coordinating Body (CSCB), a long-running county collaborative that coordinates human-service providers.
During the public-comment period, Michael McCartan said he was "concerned" by remarks the county’s medical director made at a prior meeting, which McCartan summarized as calling the CSCB a "pseudo-governmental operation" that "usurps the authority of the medical director." McCartan said such statements, if unsubstantiated, "undermine trust" in public officials and the health department.
Speakers who followed offered sharply different perspectives. Several residents urged the board to defend the CSCB’s record; for…
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