Consolidation committee members named by mental health, drug boards

YOUNGSTOWN

The Mahoning County mental health and drug and alcohol addiction boards have named their representatives for the consolidation committee that will guide the two agencies toward becoming the Mahoning County Mental Health and Recovery Board.

The target date for consolidation is July 1, the start of the new state fiscal year, said Brenda Heidinger and Duane Piccirilli, executive directors of mental health and ADAS, respectively.

The consolidation committee will recommend policies and procedures and bylaws; members of the board for the combined agencies to the appointing authorities, the Mahoning County Board of Commissioners and the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services; when and where the board will meet and where the combined agency will be housed; personnel policies and table of organization; and recommend a director to the new board, which will appoint, said Heidinger and Piccirilli.

Read more about the merger in Saturday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.