Opinion No. Oag 5-91, (1991)

MATTHEW F. ANICH, Corporation Counsel Ashland County

DAVID B. DEDA, Corporation Counsel Price County

You ask, in effect, whether all officers, employes and directors of entities that furnish human services to a county pursuant to section 46.23(5)(c) and (d), Stats., are precluded from serving on the county human services board.

In my opinion, the answer is yes.

The answer to your question depends upon how the term "public or private provider of services" contained in section46.23(4)(a)1. is defined. Section 46.23(4) provides in part as follows:

COUNTY HUMAN SERVICES BOARD. (a) Composition. 1. In…