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Court crafts stopgap for health‑inspection office after two departures; hires and contract inspectors in place
Summary
After the department head and a long‑time sanitarian left, the court approved temporary reassignments, retained a contracted inspection firm for on‑site inspections, and confirmed an administrative hire starting June 1 while continued recruitment for a sanitarian continues.
Kendall County Commissioners discussed staffing gaps in the Health Inspection Department after two senior sanitarians left unexpectedly. Commissioner Chapman described an interim plan that splits administrative intake and fee collection to the treasurer’s office, assigns temporary permit handling to staff and uses a contracted third‑party firm for on‑site inspections. The court authorized the temporary arrangements and asked staff to continue recruiting; one administrative hire accepted an offer but cannot start until June 1, while an offered sanitarian declined and another interview was scheduled March 30.
Commissioner Chapman and staff said the interim approach has so far allowed permit issuance to continue without reported service loss. The court agreed to keep the item on future agendas for updates and asked HR and general counsel to refine communication protocols to avoid inadvertent public‑information requests and “walking quorum” issues while managing multi‑member engagement.
