“It was stated that the process was complex, and it was recommended an external consultant be hired to identify efficiencies without sacrificing services," Hambley wrote on social media in August. The idea of an across-the-board five percent cut to all departments was floated at the county's finance committee in early August, but Gibbs told commissioners days later it was too big of an ask with not enough time left to finalize the county's budget. Nagy said there are deep concerns within the community that the health department is being specifically targeted by Moss and the political group he founded, Ottawa Impact, which espouses far-right fundamentalist views. "This is the type of information we wanted to bring forward, so people understand there's much more to the health department than they know," Nagy said. Health department members of Michigan's American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO 25, a union, will attend after 5 p.m. Those who've used the department's services.Rob Davidson, an emergency room physician and founder of the nonprofit Committee to Protect Healthcare "Our feeling is that the average guy on the street doesn't know all of the functions of the health department, including things like drain field inspections or restaurant inspections." That's because the health department is doing their job," Nagy said. If you go to a restaurant, you have a lovely meal, you go home and you're not sick. "If the health department is functioning, you're not aware of it. This week, after months of tense exchanges over the budget, Health Officer Adeline Hambley and her staff were locked out of the health department's social media accounts and sidelined in budget discussions, after Hambley said deep cuts proposed by Board Chair Joe Moss and Administrator John Gibbs would lead to long delays in basic services and likely the elimination of many other services and positions. "Because we want the services to stay in place." "We all are very concerned about the proposed cuts to the health department," said Kim Nagy, Ottawa Integrity founder and interim executive director. Organized by Ottawa Integrity PAC, the Zeeland Area Action Council and Progressive Lakeshore, the rally will include speeches on the vital services the department provides and how "proposed drastic cuts to the department budget threaten delivery of those services to the citizens of Ottawa County," according to a news release from Ottawa Integrity. 6, outside the OCDPH offices at 12251 James St. “Public Heart for Public Health” is planned as a support rally for the health department from 4:30-6:30 p.m. Learn more at COUNTY - The public plans to show its support for the Ottawa County Department of Public Health, which currently faces deep budget cuts, this week. Sign-up is required, but participation is free. Flags of all 193 member countries of the U.N. Individuals and families will carry the flag representing their homeland and that of their ancestors at the Parade of Flags, which is new this year. Subscribe: Get unlimited access to our local coverage West Michigan nonprofit organizations will share stories from their international work. Vendors will sell jewelry, clothing, housewares and folk art from around the world. The marketplace, called the Festival Mercado, will have food from India, the Middle East, Ireland, Scotland, the Caribbean, Mexico, the Philippines and Africa. “At the same time, the (marketplace) vendors, with their variety of delicious food and amazing goods, will help us experience the wider world.” “For this year’s festival, we wanted to shine the spotlight on the cultural traditions that make up our community, so we can better celebrate our friends and neighbors,” said Michael Cuellar, chair of the IRC.
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