Amelia Clark, the woman who has been the administrative head of Spokane’s public health district, will leave the organization later this year.
The district announced Wednesday that Clark will take a job out of the state when her contract expires in September.
Clark was hired in 2019. A little more than a year later, she fired then-health officer Bob Lutz. The circumstances surrounding Lutz’s firing and whether it was it carried out legally generated public criticism and formed the core of the lawsuit Lutz filed against Clark and the health district last year.
The Washington Board of Health is still investigating the firing. A preliminary probe a year ago found evidence Clark may have violated state law. A formal hearing before a judge has been repeatedly delayed.
