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<p>Michael Donahue was appointed Tuesday night as Luzerne County&#8217;s new human services division head.</p><p>County Manager C. David Pedri announced during the county council meeting that his second division head nominee &#8212; Gregory Briggs, of Johnstown, for correctional services &#8212; contacted him Monday night to withdraw from consideration. Pedri did not specify a reason.</p><p>Pedri said he and others on an interview team will meet to discuss options, with the goal of submitting another nominee to the council within a month.</p><p>The council unanimously voted to confirm Donahue&#8217;s nomination.</p><p>A Black Creek Township resident, Donahue is a King&#8217;s College graduate and has worked in the human services field for about 35 years.</p><p>Currently the county&#8217;s drug and alcohol executive director, Donahue also has been serving as interim human services division head since early April.</p><p>He has headed the county&#8217;s drug and alcohol department, which also serves Wyoming County, for 14 years, supervising dozens of employees and working closely with the state&#8217;s Department of Human Services, Pedri said. He is a state-certified alcohol and drug counselor.</p><p>The position would be filled at $87,000, the same compensation paid to prior division head David Schwille, who retired in April.</p><style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Jennifer Learn-Andes</p><p>jandes@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Jennifer Learn-Andes at 570-991-6388 or on Twitter @TLJenLearnAndes.</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Luzerne County has new human services division head