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District Health Department No. 4 Health Officer Denise Bryan talks to county commissioners on the health board Tuesday at St. John Lutheran Church off of County Road 441 in Rogers City.
ALPENA The District Health Department No. 4 Health Board on Tuesday agreed to hire more temporary employees to help offset the workload Health Department employees are experiencing because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Health Officer Denise Bryan told the board the Health Department received $432,000 from the state, which can be used on COVID-19-related expenses through Sept. 30.
Bryan recommended the funding be used to retain its temporary contact tracers and hire up to three part-time clerical employees, a North emergency management supervisor and an information technology supervisor, also on a temporary basis.