WOODSTOCK – The McHenry County Mental Health Board will not vote to appoint a permanent executive director until new members are approved and seated by the McHenry County Board.

Mental Health Board President Lee Ellis reassured County Board members in a memo sent Thursday afternoon that final interviews and the selection process will be postponed to a date chosen by the Mental Health Board’s new membership – a membership that may not include Ellis.

“In an effort to ensure that the soon to be appointed McHenry County Mental Health Board members have the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the [board], understand their obligations and roles as board members, and intelligently develop their independent expectations for an executive director, the final interviews and selection process will be deferred to a future date determined by the newly established [Mental Health] Board membership,” Ellis wrote.