2 Board of Health reappointments blocked - Rockford, IL - Rockford Register Star

Boone County Board Chairman Bob Walberg is questioning the motives of six County Board members whose votes blocked two of his three Board of Health reappointments.

Those people who were opposed are always screaming about open meetings and being transparent, but it was pretty obvious there was a lot of communications between those six people ... done outside of an open meeting,” he said.

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Mr. Walberg  thinks that there are  no problems at the Board of Health. Perhaps he need to read the minutes of the Health Department:   See below from the March 17 open session portion of the Board of Health Meeting.  Basically the entire medical staff submitted a written grievance against Ms. Crawford, who after closed session discussion resigned and was award 90 days severance.  Ms Crawford was employed by the department approximately one year.

closed session at 12:10 p.m. for the purpose of
discussing grievances that have been submitted against Stephanie Crawford, the Assistant Administrator, and a disciplinary action appeal. The grievance was submitted by a group consisting of Cristina Cintora, Nancy Reagan, Carmen Rodriguez, Chris McKibben, Siobain Daughenbaugh, Sue Magyar and Ellen Genrich. The other disciplinary action had been submitted separately by Susan
Karras and involved Nancy Reagan.

The Board of Health returned to open session at 1:05 p.m. All staff returned to the open session.Allen requested that Paul Larson update the staff concerning what had transpired.
• Effective immediately Stephanie Crawford has resigned as the Assistant Administrator.

A motion was made by Paul Larson to expunge both Susan Karras and Nancy Reagan’s record…effective immediately. Motion was seconded by Dr. Conder. Motion carried. A motion was made by Paul Larson to update both Susan Karras and Stephanie Crawford’s file to reflect that they resigned their position but would be eligible to be rehired by the Boone County
Department of Health.

A motion was made by Paul Larson to compensate Stephanie[Crawford with a 90 day severance package, paid out in one lump sum. Motion was seconded by George Sprecher. Motion carried.