Board votes to post county public health director job internally with salary range $45,000–$51,750

The Dolores County Board of Health voted to post the county public health director position internally for 10 days, closing March 11, 2026, with a salary range of $45,000 to $51,750.

Staff recapped that Mono County has changed its decision about serving as the county’s acting public health director, leaving Dolores County statutory responsibility to fill the role. "By statute ... you’ll need to hire that public health director position," a staff member told the board during the agenda item discussion. The board discussed whether to advertise internally or publicly and weighed timing to allow the county to have candidates in place before the March 15 meeting in RICO, when members said they would consider hiring.

Julie, a health department staff member, described current department operations, saying the clinic held Thursday “was very well attended and went very, very fast,” and noted recent vaccination activity among high school seniors. The board discussed recruitment details and asked staff to prepare the posting and related materials for review.

A committee member moved to advertise the position internally for 10 days, with a salary range of $45,000 to $51,750; another member seconded the motion. The motion passed by voice vote.

The board also agreed to have staff forward the finalized posting to be circulated to board members for review, and members said they expect to take further hiring steps at the March 15 meeting in RICO. Public comment was opened and no speakers were recorded online before the meeting adjourned.

What the vote changed: the board authorized staff to publish an internal job posting closing March 11, 2026, for the county public health director position with the stated salary range; no hiring decision was recorded in the transcript at this meeting.