ADOPTED - DECEMBER 12, 2006
Agenda Item. No. 27
Introduced by the Human Services Committee of the:
INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
RESOLUTION TO APPOINT AN INTERIM INGHAM COUNTY HEALTH OFFICER
RESOLUTION #06-329
WHEREAS, Bruce Bragg will retire from his position as the Ingham County Health Officer effective January 19, 2007; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary for the Ingham County Health Department to have a Health Officer, to act as the administrative head of the Health Department, and to carry out the Health Department’s delegated functions to protect the public health and prevent disease; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to MCL 333.2428(1), the Board of Commissioners has the responsibility to appoint a new Health Officer to succeed Bruce Bragg; and
WHEREAS, a national search is being conducted to identify a permanent replacement; and
WHEREAS, Dean Sienko, M.D. is qualified for appointment as an Interim Administrative Health Officer for the Ingham County Health Department.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Ingham County Board of Commissioners hereby appoints Dean Sienko, M.D. as the interim full-time position of Ingham County Health Officer, with all the duties and responsibilities inherent in that position, at a salary grade as established by the Human Resources Department, effective January 20, 2007, until a permanent Health Officer has been appointed.
HUMAN SERVICES: Yeas: Grebner, Bahar-Cook, Hertel, Severino
Nays: None Absent: Dedden, Schor Approved 12/4/06