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,..'.Vitas Cou'n;v Public Health w aIti„ent To Protect and Promote the Health and the Environment of the People of Kittitas County In the 2025 Fiscal Year, KCPHD will consist of 31 total staff at 27.6 Full-Time Equivalent(FTE).The staff composition includes only FTE working in public health specific roles.Staff who are in a human services role are represented within the Human Services budget and accompanying budget narrative. Human Services In 2024,the Board of County Commissioners(BOCC) directed KCPHD to take on clerking, contract, and fiscal oversight of the Kittitas County Homelessness and Affordable Housing Committee.With this addition,the BOCC formalized their interest in KCPHD developing a Human Services division within the department. However, because categorical public health funding cannot be used to support human services activities, KCPHD has created a separate budget to encompass all human services staff, activities,funding, and contracts. Department Organization KCPHD consists of five divisions:Administration, Environmental Health, Health Promotion, Communicable Disease,and Public Health Infrastructure.The divisions are led by Division Managers and the Deputy Director who,along with the department Director,comprise the KCPHD Management Team. The Deputy Director position and Public Health Infrastructure Division were added to the organization in early-2024 after a reorganization process. Please refer to Appendix A for the full 2025 organizational chart. Position Changes and Vacancies KCPHD plans to make changes to three existing positions that are currently vacant. Health Promotion Specialist I One Health Promotion Specialist position will be eliminated from the Health Promotion team.Staff in that position resigned for personal reasons, and after budget analysis it has been determined that the best course of action is to not fill this position.This leaves three Health Promotion Specialists on the team who are funded with sustainable funds. If additional grant funding is secured in the future, KCPHD will request the addition of this fourth position through a budget amendment. Quality Improvement Coordinator The Quality Improvement Coordinator position is included in the 2025 budget as currently vacant. KCPHD management staff plans to assess the needs of the department and the Public Health Infrastructure team and update the position before rehiring.An emphasis on quality improvement now resides with the department's Deputy Director,therefore coordinator job duties may be adjusted to better reflect current department priorities, but the primary position elements such as team, pay grade, and FTE will remain the same. Community Health Project Specialist This is a temporary position funded through one time grant funding to support COVID-19 case investigation and data entry. For the 2025 budget year,this position will be reduced from 1.0 FTE to 0.3 FTE. If COVID-19 rates increase,the FTE of this position may be increased as funding allows. Kittitas County Public Health Department—2025 Preliminary Budget Narrative Page 2 of 15 9