Board of Health Hires Collins as Health Agent

Board of Health · Meeting of September 22, 2026

Groveland Board of Health hires Collins as health agent after 14-month vacancy. The three-member board voted unanimously Tuesday to offer the job to a candidate identified in the meeting as Rudianne Collins, a longtime volunteer board member who holds Title 5 septic inspector and soil evaluator licenses. Board members said the position has sat empty for 14 to 15 months, and members said Collins will lean on a Salem-based regional training grant to get up to speed on septic plan reviews.

The board also cleared backlogged minutes from April 16 and July 15 by 3-0 votes and flagged that its written regulations have not been updated since 1997, including an outdated private-well water test. Wright reported the region remains at "moderate risk" for West Nile virus, with ticks "still a major issue" heading into fall.

In the full story:

• Backlogged Minutes Cleared
• Health Agent Search Ends: Board Picks Collins
• Rules and Regulations Review Surfaces Gaps — Well Water and the Right-to-Farm Question
• Public Health Nurse's Report: Ticks, West Nile and a Measles Watch
• Other Business
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report: 2,381 words

Source: the Board of Health meeting of September 22, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript. It was corrected where it differed.