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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2018
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Executive team takes leadership of Umatilla County health
By PHIL WRIGHT
STAFF WRITER
Umatilla County approved a
plan to keep someone in charge of
its public health department. Actu-
ally, two people.
The department’s last adminis-
trator, Jim Setzer, resigned a month
ago, marking the third person to
helm the department in five years,
according to the county, plus Com-
missioner George Murdock filled
in twice.
The county was not expecting
Setzer to depart after a year-and-
half in the role, and Murdock said
he had no desire to take on interim
duties again. He asked health
department staff to craft a plan for
a more sustainable organizational
model. The plan’s unveiling came
Tuesday during the county board’s
meeting with staff, and the vote in
favor followed Wednesday morn-
ing in Pendleton.
Rather than hiring a new admin-
istrator, the county set up an exec-
utive team consisting of a director
and a new deputy director posi-
tion. The county board appointed
Joseph Fiumara as director and Ali-
sha Southwick as deputy director.
Fiumara was the environmen-
tal health supervisor and over-
saw the on-site septic system pro-
gram, which the county took over
from the Oregon Department of
Environmental Quality. South-
wick is a registered nurse and over-
saw school health and community
wellness.
Fiumara continues as the boss of
the septic inspections and told com-
missioners he intends to expand the
work into Morrow County. He also
will supervise the front office staff
and work with Southwick, who will
oversee multiple department roles,
including health education and a
new community health supervisor.
The county appointed Amanda
Walsborn to take on that role. She
was the health department’s pre-
vention education specialist.
The reorganization added one
equivalent full-time job to pub-
lic health, caused the need for
some back-filling of positions and
required an additional $1,800 from
the county’s general fund. Even so,
Fiumara told commissioners, the
plan will “curb the revolving door
that we’ve had at the administra-
tion level.”
Murdock praised the team for
the approach, and he and fellow
Commissioner Larry Givens voted
in favor. Commissioner Bill Elfer-
ing could not attend the meeting.
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