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Appoint Sara Hollie as Hennepin County Community Health Services Administrator and approve appointment of Sara Hollie as Director of Hennepin County Public Health, effective 06/16/24
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Resolution:
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BE IT RESOLVED, that the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners, in its role as the community health board in Hennepin County, appoints Sara Hollie as Hennepin County Community Health Services Administrator, effective June 16, 2024; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that as the Community Health Services Administrator, Sara Hollie is authorized to act as an agent on the community health boards behalf and exercise the powers and duties of a community health board as outlined in Minn. Stat. § 145A.04, under the general supervision of the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners approves the appointment of Sara Hollie as director of Hennepin County Public Health, effective June 16, 2024.
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Background:
Under Minn. Stat. § 383B.102(c)(3) and the County’s policy on Open and Unclassified Service Appointments, the county board approves appointments of personnel in the unclassified service.
Under Minn. Stat. §§ 145A.02 and 145A.03, the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners is the community health board in Hennepin County. Under Minn. Stat. § 145A.04, subd. 2, a community health board must appoint, employ, or contract with a community health service (CHS) administrator to act on its behalf. Under Minn. Stat. § 145A.04, subd. 2, the community health board shall notify the Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Health of the CHS administrator’s contact information and submit a copy of the resolution authorizing the CHS administrator to act as an agent on the community health board’s behalf, which resolution must specify the types of action or actions that the CHS administrator is authorized to take on behalf of the community health board. Under Minn. R. 4736.0110, the CHS administrator must have certain training, experience, and skills.
Following an extensive national recruitment process, the County Administrator is recommending Sara Hollie be appointed the Hennepin County Community Health Services Administrator and Director of Hennepin County Public Health.
Ms. Hollie meets all requirements of a CHS administrator with more than 20 years of experience in Public Health, most recently as the Ramsey County Public Health director where she provided leadership over a broad array of public health core services and programs.
Prior to her role as director, she worked in Ramsey County’s Racial and Health Equity Administration where she led work to advance racial and health equity with an emphasis on community engagement with residents who experience race/ethnic disparities in outcomes.
Ms. Hollie also has experience working within the Minnesota Department of Health in numerous roles including managing and coordinating grants, as a maternal and child health specialist, as an African American/African-born community liaison, as an adolescent health coordinator and in other communications and media roles.
Ms. Hollie holds a Master of Public Health and Administration from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health.
As required by the Open and Unclassified Service Appointments Policy, a list of final applicants who interviewed for this position is on file with the Clerk of the County Board.
Current Request: The County Administrator requests the board appoint Sara Hollie as Hennepin County Community Health Services Administrator and approves the appointment of Sara Hollie as Director of Hennepin County Public Health, effective June 16, 2024.
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Recommendation from County Administrator: Recommend Approval