BUTLER TWP — The Irene Stacy Community Mental Health Clinic has fewer employees now that it has new management.

At midnight Jan. 1, Southwestern Pennsylvania Human Services took over Irene Stacy and Butler County’s mental health contracts.

Under the previous management, Irene Stacy had about 140 employees. Now it has 62 with 56 being former Irene Stacy staff members. About another dozen people have job offers that have not been accepted yet, said Luther Sheets, COO of SPHS.

“We have several positions that have not been filled yet, including those for outpatient clinicians, residential program workers, intake workers and clerical staff,” Sheets said.

He said SPHS plans to have 90 to 95 staff members there. Sheets said the reason for the fewer employees is there eventually will be positions in accounting, maintenance, information technology and human resources that will be handled by SPHS in its Washington County office.

The on-site, day-to-day administration of the facilities is being handled by Lyndsay Burrik, director of clinical operations, and Joe Hauser, director of residential programs. Hauser was the most recent executive director of Irene Stacy.

They are under SPHS CEO Jeff Mascara for now.

The change in management occurred after the county revoked its contracts with Irene Stacy because of concerns about its financial state. The contracts Irene Stacy had with the county totaled about $1 million and were about 70 percent of its income.

Irene Stacy served more than 2,000 clients.