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BOND GETS FLEXIBILITY

All Aboard, Reps

Okay Hiring Of 3

For COVID Fight

By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com

Michelle Farwell
Heidi Bond

COOPERSTOWN – The county Board of Representatives voted unanimously today to give Public Health Director Heidi Bond the resources she may need.

Acting on a resolution from the floor presented by county Rep. Michele Farwell, D-Morris, the board approved three LPNs or three health workers, or a combination of the two, to ensure Bond has the resources she needs to continue combatting COVID.

At the board's Health & Education Committee last week, Bond reported her county Department of Health staff is "working overtime and weekends," adding "I haven't worked out what staff would be most beneficial."

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