Lewis and Clark County Health Department faces budget cuts, service reductions

The Lewis and Clark County Department of Public Health plans to cut positions and reduce services as the county works to balance its budget.  County commissioners last fall directed the health department to cut about $400,000 for the upcoming year’s budget. The plan includes eliminating six staff and administrative positions and cutting back on immunization and health inspection services. “We are looking at a pretty significant budget shortfall with ongoing increases in fixed expenses in particular due to inflation. So rent, IT, personnel, those expenses are growing faster than our reve