Archuleta County is accepting applications for qualified appointees to a public health task force for the purpose of ensuring that Archuleta County’s Public Health Department (ACPHD) is ready to be fully operational on January 1, 2024. The County is not describing this committee as ‘The Board of Health’ but the committee will presumably play a role in defining the future ‘Board of Health’.
The Archuleta County Transition Advisory Committee application is available here.
Archuleta County recently voted to withdraw from the local district public-health agency, San Juan Basin Public Health (SJBPH) by December 31, 2023. In doing so, the County will need to establish its own public health department and appoint members to its Board of Health. Such organizational actions may include but are not limited to selecting a public health director for the ACPHD, recommending a budget for the ACPHD to be included in the 2024 budget for Archuleta County, develop public and general policies for ACPHD, and securing such employees, property, contracts and leases as may be necessary to operate the ACPHD beginning January 1, 2024.
The BOCC is considering the most effective structure for its public health department.
For the Transition Committee, the Archuleta County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) will choose members of the public who live in Archuleta County and have the education, experience, or a combination of both in finance, public administration, public governance, or a public health discipline such as environmental health, health education, epidemiology, social and behavioral health, biostatistics, or public health administration.
Members of this advisory committee may or may not become members of the Board of Health beginning in 2024. The Board of Health structure will be one of the items that the transition advisory committee will research. Please be advised that this is a completely voluntary position; members shall receive no compensation for services, but shall be entitled to the necessary expenses, including travel expenses, incurred in the discharge of their duties.
Send applications to AdminP@archuletacounty.org, mail to PO Box 1507, Pagosa Springs, CO 81147 or hand deliver to the County Administration office at 398 Lewis Street, Pagosa Spring, CO 81147.
Interviews will be scheduled for late January or early February and conducted during an open public meeting. Interviewees will be offered the option of attending in person or via Zoom.
The BOCC reserves the right to appoint one, several, or none of the respondent candidates to the task force and may withdraw or terminate this invitation in its discretion for any reason, including its own convenience, at any time.
Materials provided to the County may be subject to public disclosure and candidate qualifications may be discussed in open public meetings. Archuleta County is subject to the Colorado Open Records Act, C.R.S. §24-72-101 et.seq., as amended (CORA). The BOCC is subject to and conducts its meetings in accordance with the Colorado Open Meetings Law, C.R.S. §24-6-401 et.seq. Records of its proceedings are kept and open to inspection by the public at all reasonable times pursuant to the Colorado Open Records Act, C.R.S. §24-72-201 et.seq.