Altman replacement to be discussed Monday

YOUNGSTOWN

Replacing Neil Altman, retired city health commissioner, is expected to be discussed when the Youngstown City Health District Board of Health meets Monday, said Dr. Douglas Lewis, board member.

The board’s meeting is at 8 a.m. at the health district’s offices in Oakhill Renaissance Place.

Altman, 63, longtime health commissioner who has been on sick leave since last July, retired effective Monday. His annual salary was $71,660. He was named 2010 Champion of Public Health in the Public Health Practitioner category by Ohio State University College of Public Health.

Dr. Lewis said today that he was not sure what the process for hiring a commissioner is but that it probably would be sorted out Monday.

The new health commissioner should not be under civil service, said Youngstown Law Director Iris T. Guglucello, who said she has researched the issue.

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