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