County supervisors plan this week to discuss dismissing the current public guardian and appointing an interim replacement.

The discussion comes as the public guardian is moved into the county Health Care Agency and public administrator into the district attorney’s office.

The public guardian oversees the estates of sick and elderly people who have no one else to look after them.

The current public guardian, Lucille Lyon, started in that position in July 2011.

The supervisors’ discussion is scheduled for Tuesday’s closed session.

Curious what else is happening this week? Click here to check our rundown at On the Agenda.

Please contact Nick Gerda directly at ngerda@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter: @nicholasgerda.

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