Thursday, August 9, 2012

Health Department Director On Paid Leave

{Manchester, Kentucky}...Cumberland Valley District Health Department, a health department that serves Clay, Jackson, Rockcastle and Harlan Counties in eastern Kentucky and has one of the largest budgets in Kentucky, is being investigated by the state auditor's office. Board members of the health department have place long-time director Kathy Fields on paid administrative leave. Fields is paid $91,494 annually. Fields has a staff of about 245 people and an annual budget of $20 million, one of the largest health department budgets in the state