[0:04] To the flag of the United States of
America
[0:28] Here
[0:48] » I would accept a motion to approve the
agenda whenever we're ready. Make sure
[0:52] to approve the agenda. Second move and
seconded. All those in favor say I. I.
[0:57] opposed. Motion carried
[1:05] by the minutes. I accept the motion to
approve the minutes.
[1:10] » I'll make that motion.
>> Second. Been moved and seconded to
[1:13] accept the minutes as presented. All
those in favor say I.
[1:17] » I.
>> Opposed. Motion carried.
[1:21] » Uh, general public comment. Randy.
>> Y.
[1:26] Uh good morning. I have uh two items for
the board. First, last year it was
[1:31] publicly reported that the county would
file a motion seeking reimbursement of
[1:36] the legal cost and occurred to the
prosecutor versus Clare County lawsuit.
[1:40] The public has a right to a clear
written explanation of why that motion
[1:44] was never filed. I formally request that
the board provide that written
[1:48] explanation and place it in the public
record. Second, regarding the Clare
[1:54] County Airport, just prior to this board
voting on the grant acceptance, a
[1:58] representative from the Michigan Office
of Aeronautics stated that the airport
[2:02] had eight base aircraft with only half
of them airworthy. A couple of months
[2:08] later, the new airport manager did
survey the eight hanger lot leases. That
[2:13] survey revealed a clear discrepancy.
Only one airworthy aircraft. A few
[2:18] non-airworthy aircraft were being worked
on and several hanger lots with no
[2:23] aircraft at all. Prior to the grant
acceptance last year, at least one
[2:28] individual came before this board and
expressed interest in stating of
[2:32] business at the airport. It's now been a
year. Is there an update? I also note
[2:37] that the airport committee minutes on
the county website have recently been
[2:41] updated. They previously only showed
2023 records and do now include the 25
[2:48] agendas and minutes. I ask that this
continue consistently in a timely manner
[2:52] so the public can stay informed. And
finally, I request that the board not
[2:56] approve any budget increases for the
airport until all of the eight hanger
[3:01] lot leases are brought into full
compliance with their contracts.
[3:05] Taxpayers should not be asked to
subsidize non-compliant leases. Thank
[3:09] you.
[3:12] Yes.
[3:15] » I think all the airport haters should
leave.
[3:22] » Can I respond to that?
>> Sure.
[3:23] » No.
>> No. Okay. No problem.
[3:26] » You have another chance of getting your
handies.
[3:33] » Okay. Good.
[3:37] Wayne Rogers, manager.
So, I just may go over.
[3:45] » No.
>> Okay. Um, but actually
[3:48] » you you can give that as a report to the
road commission rather than just public
[3:52] com.
>> Can I do that? You want to do it now or
[3:55] no?
>> Yeah.
[3:56] » Okay. That that would be great. So that
was part of this discussion was I want
[4:01] to
um be more
[4:05] get a better communication between the
rogue commission and the county board.
[4:09] So if I if you guys would like a monthly
update I want to gladly do that if the
[4:14] bother I'll do it every so often.
However you guys feel
[4:18] » I think great
>> every month.
[4:20] » Sure.
>> And I can do that. Okay.
[4:22] » That was my first thing. Um
um I had some discussion with Mr.
[4:29] Kleinheart about some signs and speed
limit things. So I brought with me Brent
[4:35] Lynch is our sign shop foreman. He is
the um person that's going to be the
[4:42] direct contact for any sign questions,
speed limit issues, speed studies,
[4:48] traffic concerns. He's the guy. He um
has a cell phone and there's a link that
[4:56] to the front desk and transfer right to
his cell phone. He's always able to be
[5:01] tapped in. So, I wanted to introduce
him.
[5:05] That's how we're situated that um it's
been a very busy summer as you know.
[5:12] We're still in
process of completing the new building.
[5:18] Hopefully that's weeks away from grand
opening, but we don't have a solid date
[5:23] as things are final touches are wrapping
up.
[5:28] Um, as far as work we've done this year
in the county, uh, we've done work in
[5:34] Winterfield on Pine Road. Gravel project
we did paving project on Haskell Lake
[5:41] Road. Haves Township, we paved East
Temple Drive, Hamilton Township, we
[5:46] paved Springwood Lake Road,
and we did um the Dodge Lake drain
[5:53] project with the drain commission on the
water control structure.
[5:57] Um, in Arthur Township, we finished up
the brand new bridge full replacement
[6:04] um on Brand Road. In Lincoln Township,
we did we just finished a gravel project
[6:10] on Browns Road. We did a gravel project
on Lincoln Road.
[6:14] In Freeman Township, we did a bunch of
paving on Monroe, Grass Lake, Ashard,
[6:19] and Large Trail. Then we did
townshipwide line striping.
[6:25] Grant Road we for Grant Township we
figured finished the gravel project on
[6:30] Eberhart road paving of Eerart and
Washington scheduled for September 1st
[6:36] 2nd 3rd. So that will be complete. We've
been replacing all the culverts there
[6:40] before we put the new pavement on. We
got a little bone issue we got to take
[6:44] care of there too. Um we finished paving
Tobacco Drive four miles from Beaverton
[6:50] to the Isabella County line. That was a
big project for us.
[6:55] We just finished four miles of Beaverton
doing like a um chip seal preparation
[7:02] that's scheduled to be paved the end of
September from Brand to Gladwin County
[7:07] Line.
We've been working on Clarin here and
[7:12] there, but that's part of the DTE solar
project thing. Um,
[7:19] we've done some work with Springwood
Lake
[7:23] Committee with some erosion control
issues off the side of one of our roads
[7:27] there. We dealt with the state of
emergency spring flooding. Um, that
[7:33] entailed a lot of culvert replacements,
road closures, road flooding,
[7:38] which led to a bunch more work we have
to do down the in the future. Um,
[7:44] we're going to crack seal the airport
soon. We did some railroad repairs for
[7:51] the village of Firewell.
We paved Davis Street in Reading
[7:56] and um, we just received a grant from
MDOT for next year where we're going to
[8:02] do a whole bunch of
sign new signage. They're going to pay
[8:07] for it and we're going to do the work
under like a force account situation.
[8:11] But we went through the county and a lot
of our paved roads where there's a sharp
[8:14] curve and you have that like one generic
directional arrow. We'll chevron around
[8:19] all those curves and it's just for a
safety grant.
[8:24] Um on top of all that, we've done
township brinding. We did brining for
[8:29] Grant and Hamilton this year out of our
own services. The other ones we played
[8:33] ahead of time. So we've we've been on
top of all that. Like this week we've
[8:37] got three townships brinding. So, it's
always a busy week to get ready for that
[8:42] on top of all the sign replacements,
trees down, emergency stuff we always
[8:48] take care of. So, that's kind of a lot,
but that's a update in a nutshell.
[8:54] Continuing. We're working on Forest Road
right now in Franklin Township. We're
[8:58] starting uh um Adams Road for Grant
Township at the Hen Township line.
[9:06] And like I said, we have the paving
stuff coming out in working on a box
[9:10] color project for strawberry.
That's kind of an update communication
[9:17] wise. Um
there was some happenings this summer
[9:21] that I don't weren't totally
communicated. So I want to be
[9:24] transparent with the board.
The Warner building behind the road
[9:29] Mission property came for sale.
It's that's been in the uh Warner
[9:36] family, I believe, for a very long time.
They're a big
[9:41] supporter of the community, I believe.
They've been part of the community. It
[9:45] felt like a once in a-lifetime
opportunity to possibly expand the road
[9:50] commission's footprint and prepare the
road commission for the future.
[9:56] When I say future, it's probably well
beyond my time here. could be 40 years
[10:02] from now, but at least
Clair County Road Commission is
[10:06] prepared. Or
if another salt bar ever needed to
[10:12] accommodate a higher traffic volume or
more sheds to store equipment, whatever
[10:17] the need may be, when I'm long gone,
hopefully it's available. So the road
[10:24] commission did purchase
28 acres with the Warner building. We
[10:31] did not want the Warner building, but he
would not separate that for the sale.
[10:37] So the whole 28 acres plus the building
was purchased.
[10:43] Part of the purchase was made with road
commission budget money. um our just out
[10:50] of our general fund money and then the
other part was purchased with bond
[10:57] money.
The plan is, and it's already in the
[11:01] works, is to split off the building with
6 acres and sell that and then keep 22
[11:07] acres that ties onto the south end of
our current property. And whatever
[11:13] happen, whatever the plan is in the
future for that, it's there. Um,
[11:19] currently, Warner is leasing the
building.
[11:23] He did not want to displace his current
employees that are there. So there has
[11:28] been an agreed lease with him to keep
the employees there. So it's business as
[11:34] usual for them. We just own it and the
intent is to still sell it and that
[11:41] lease will go with the new owner of the
building. So that's the future goal. Um
[11:47] there was a lot of work to be done to
make that happen, but all everything
[11:52] legalitywise was checked. Um tees were
crossed, eyes were dotted to make sure
[11:58] all everything was legitimate in what we
were doing. So
[12:03] communication wise, I never really said
anything because it actually happened
[12:08] extremely fast. Believe it or not, there
was obviously my board was having
[12:13] discussions in our public meetings,
but there was no reality because there
[12:19] was negotiating.
He he wasn't gonna sell, then he was.
[12:23] Then someone else was gonna buy it. Then
they didn't. Then it was like then it
[12:27] went quiet for like four months. And
then literally it was like he accepted
[12:33] your deal and within a week papers were
signed. We had to have like a special
[12:38] board meeting and all that stuff
happened very quickly. In the meantime,
[12:43] it was like in between you guys'
meetings. So I didn't like have that
[12:47] update. but or kind of fill you in on
what was going on. So,
[12:53] that is where the road commission sits.
Um,
[12:59] I'm excited for the new building and I
think the county is going to have an
[13:06] amazing road commission for a lot of
years. Things keep going.
[13:12] We work our butts off.
But I hope that's that's
[13:30] anyone else who had public comment.
[13:34] » Okay.
Um
[13:38] we're prepared for mutual administrator
report.
[13:43] We don't have any legislative updates at
this time. Um,
[13:47] just a few things. The Heartband
materials management groups, we
[13:51] completed the work on our materials
management plan. Rick, Keith, and I have
[13:56] worked closely with the planning group
and the consultant throughout this
[14:00] process,
identifying Clare County goals and
[14:03] objectives, and compiling a significant
amount of information needed to develop
[14:07] this. We completed our final work with
the consultant this week. Um it's been a
[14:13] considerable undertaking involving data
collection, review of the existing
[14:16] services, infrastructure, identification
of future needs and development of goals
[14:21] and action items for the council. This
is the 10 10ear plan.
[14:26] The completed materials management plan
will be brought before the board at the
[14:30] September meeting for approval. It is on
the agenda for the approval for approval
[14:37] at the Hartman meeting which is going to
be this Friday.
[14:41] The county's fiscal year is ending
September 30th. I've been spending a
[14:45] significant amount of time working on
year end budget revisions and
[14:49] projections while continuing to finalize
the seven budget. It's always a busy
[14:54] time of year and we work close we work
to close out the current fiscal year
[14:59] while preparing road maps. I'm available
to meet with any commissioner who has
[15:04] questions regarding the proposed budget.
I think I put that out there a few
[15:08] times. I encourage you to contact me if
you would like to review any department
[15:12] bond or budget in greater detail.
We will need to schedule a special
[15:18] meeting of the board of commissioners
for September 2nd to complete any final
[15:23] budget discussions and address any
changes. We need to have the 27 budget
[15:29] substantially finalized at that meeting
so that we can complete the required
[15:34] publication, make the proposed budget
available to the public for the required
[15:40] period prior to the public hearing. The
27th budget public hearing and proposed
[15:45] adoption will take place on September
16th at the regular board meeting.
[15:51] We're currently preparing for
employee health insurance open
[15:56] enrollment. It will begin September 7th.
It's required a significant amount of
[15:59] work due to the expiration of a previous
two-year health insurance arrangement
[16:03] and the competitive bidding process
undertaken to obtain the best
[16:07] combination of coverage and cost.
Information regarding the new plan and
[16:12] enrollment process will be distributed
to employees prior to open in May.
[16:16] I'm also working on the county's annual
liability insurance renewal. It is due
[16:22] at the beginning of October. We are
reviewing all information and coverage
[16:26] needs to ensure everything is in place
prior to the beginning of the fiscal
[16:29] year.
The request for proposals for the
[16:34] county's contracted information
technology services has been released.
[16:39] It's on our budget or I'm sorry on our
website
[16:45] um and it has been provided directly to
vendors who previously expressed
[16:49] interest in the opportunity. Proposals
are due are due August 26 on the once
[16:55] the responses have been received. We
will review the proposals and evaluate
[16:58] the services experience and costs and
the county's future technology needs
[17:03] before bringing a recommendation to the
board. Please contact me with any
[17:08] questions. decap on the budget again.
And that's all I have for now.
[17:13] » Thanks.
Okay, we have a special presentation
[17:17] from community mental health. Brian and
Sarah, you're up.
[17:21] » You got to hand out.
Thank you.
[17:32] » Thank you.
[17:43] Thank you once again for having us. The
annual occurrence give an update for
[17:51] community mental health for central
Michigan. We are a six town mental
[17:57] health board across Michigan. um which
are established as a developmental
[18:03] authority provided to uh Mitch's
counties. In addition to Clair counties,
[18:09] we have Gladlin, Isabella, Masta,
Midland, and Ocola counties that we that
[18:17] we cover. We'd like to thank
Commissioner Gilmore for his membership
[18:22] and participation from the directors. We
also have a community member, Joseph
[18:27] Phillips, who serves on our board. Our
makeup of the board is 14 members. Uh,
[18:35] and we have two uh members for each
county,
[18:41] Vivan, and three members each.
We provide a wide array of
[18:49] evidence-based
practices and treatment to individuals
[18:54] with intellectual and developmental
disabilities, adults with serious and
[18:59] persistent mental illness, and children
with serious emotional disturbance. Our
[19:05] vision is communities where all
individuals experience healthy and
[19:09] meaningful lives. again through uh
community participation, inclusion,
[19:15] uh through the comprehensive integrated
supports and services and Sarah will be
[19:20] able to talk a bit more about some of
the services that do occur particularly
[19:25] here in the county.
Last year, our organization served uh
[19:33] just over 10,000 individuals again
across the six counties. At any point in
[19:38] time, we're serving about 5,000 people.
And the annual report that you have uh
[19:45] on page 16 or so has data about the
numbers of individuals served.
[19:51] About 1,500 people receive services in
Click County.
[19:56] Across our six counties, CH funding
supports over 2,000 jobs. Uh we directly
[20:03] employ about 450 staff. Uh and then the
remainder are staff who are working for
[20:10] contracted provider organizations. And
these are individuals who are uh working
[20:16] to help a person with activities of
daily living uh in adult foster care
[20:22] settings that are licensed or also uh
just in their own individual independent
[20:27] settings. they do own a home or uh have
an apartment but they need support on a
[20:34] daily basis and regarding supporting the
care staff that are providing that care.
[20:43] We are accredited by the joint
commission that's a national accrediting
[20:47] body we have been for going on 30 years.
Uh next month we are expecting to have
[20:55] our onsite survey the three-year cycle
for those surveys to happen. And so this
[21:01] September we will have that. So we're
we're in the middle of preparing for
[21:06] that.
Our um budget uh for the fiscal year
[21:10] that we're in right now that will be
ending of September is $154 million.
[21:18] uh allocated in Clare County with $16.2
million. Most of that is funded by
[21:24] Medicaid. It's about 92% of our dollars
uh come from Medicaid
[21:31] source of tunes.
Fair County uh contributes $139,000
[21:37] to our budget. Uh and that's been a
consistent uh amount for uh well since
[21:43] 1997 when those uh the authority status
[21:49] I wanted to give a brief update. Uh last
year around this time we were working
[21:54] through uh what we called the PIHP the
prepaid inpatient health plan request
[22:01] for proposal that the state put forward.
that request for proposal had uh
[22:10] opposition to it and I appreciate this
board adopting a res
[22:17] and through a lawsuit court of claims
hearing the request for proposal as
[22:23] written was deemed to be in conflict
with the Michigan's mental health code
[22:29] and the court called the state to either
revise that or resend that do something
[22:36] different. But what was submitted as a
request for proposal was not allowed to
[22:40] go through. The state subsequently did
resend the request for proposal which
[22:46] was good news
and yet they did end it there. There is
[22:53] the expectation that a new request for a
proposal will be coming out. believe
[22:59] currently on the Department of
Technology Management Luggage website
[23:03] where they have their procurement
projects, there's uh PIP procurement
[23:08] listed as one of those projects and it
had a date of August of 2026 for a
[23:14] release date. Obviously, we're getting
towards the end of the month and rumors
[23:18] are that it's it won't be ready to come
out in August, but perhaps. So, we're
[23:24] we're watching that and certainly will
be carefully reviewed to see that it is
[23:29] in fact not the same but different
substantially from what the request did
[23:36] prior. The court's ruling really all the
central function of community mental
[23:40] health services programs across the
state to both directly provide services
[23:46] and contract out for services to fulfill
their state candidate obligation to care
[23:51] for our vulnerable citizens. And so
we're expecting that any new RFP will be
[23:57] reflected above that uh that rule.
[24:03] I will now turn over to Sarah. But I
would like to thank all of you for their
[24:09] service and your participation or the
better county and those that we served.
[24:16] We really appreciate your support.
>> Good morning everyone. Thanks for having
[24:21] us. I'm Sarah Msali Swanson. I'm the
chief clinical officer here at this
[24:25] county office. And echo what Brian says.
I want to thank you all for your ongoing
[24:29] support and the support that you provide
us allows us to continue to do the work
[24:33] to help most vulnerable members of our
community really grow and learn and heal
[24:38] and it's a really amazing job. Um in
Clare County we are currently serving
[24:43] approximately 700 children and adults
who meet our priority and definitions.
[24:48] The largest population that we serve are
adults with severe and persistent mental
[24:52] illness. And then the second largest
today will be children who are
[24:56] classified as having severe emotional
disturbance.
[25:00] I could spend hours talking your ears
off about the services that we provide,
[25:04] but in the interest of time, I just want
to highlight a few of the partnerships
[25:07] that we have that help the community.
Um, we continue to be really proud of
[25:12] our partnerships in the fire county
jail. Since October 1st, our jail staff
[25:16] has provided support to 70 employees.
This can include emergency screenings
[25:21] for mental health crises and then
ongoing supports for resources. Um this
[25:26] year we continue to provide what's
called thinking matters groups. Thinking
[25:30] matters to identify is an evidence-based
cognitive behavioral curriculum used in
[25:35] jails to help inmates identify and
change destructive thought patterns that
[25:39] lead to parental activity. Participants
in the group are taught how to replace
[25:43] antisocial attitudes with pro-social
decisions.
[25:46] I'll be good feedback from inmates who
participate in the group on how it's
[25:51] helped them think about the things that
they've done differently and how they
[25:53] can move forward in this way. I am super
excited to announce that in early
[25:58] September, we're going to begin offering
a nurturing parenting program
[26:01] facilitated by our jail staff and our
supervisor who's a trained trainer and
[26:06] nurturing parenting to jail inmates. Um
to reduce the time that it takes to
[26:10] complete, our supervisor has selected
six sessions that highlight the impact
[26:14] that substance use has on the parent
child relationship and teaches
[26:17] strategies currently repairs and that
parent child relationship. Participants
[26:22] who complete the group or provide a
certification. We've already piloted
[26:26] this in fellow county jails and have
received really phenomenal feedback from
[26:30] inmates about how helpful the group has
been and helping them think about their
[26:35] parenting differently and to start
talking about the changes they want to
[26:38] make and how they parent less so
um we continue to work in collaboration
[26:45] with the cloud and rd and also directly
schools between these two contracts we
[26:50] provide Harrison and Farwell schools
with five CHCM meal health professionals
[26:55] who are assigned and buildings across
school districts. Uh this collaborative
[26:59] also continues to support a school-based
mental health supervisor. Holly Nash who
[27:03] fills this role not only supervises the
mental health professionals employed by
[27:06] CFHC but she also provides ongoing
clinical supervision for any mental
[27:11] health staff that try to file school.
Holly and the RSV were actually invited
[27:17] to speak at the 2025 CH board conference
as an example of how schools and CHS can
[27:23] collaborate and work together to
services to um this work well this past
[27:29] school year not this month but that
school year um Holly is very proud of
[27:33] work to develop what's called parapro
network this was piloted at Larson
[27:37] Elementary as an approach to training
and supporting para professionals um as
[27:42] they looked at the structure of our
school systems I noticed that the
[27:45] professionals who spend the most time
was a lot of our most vulnerable kids
[27:49] get the least amount of training and
support. This often can lead to an
[27:52] increase in behavioral situations
between professionals and the use of
[27:55] their youth they are working. Due to
this, they put together a curriculum
[27:59] based in dialective behavior therapy
skills to assist in giving the gosh the
[28:05] paraprofessional tools to not only help
to teach and reinforce for the youth but
[28:10] also to be able to use in their own
times of disregulation to help them
[28:14] more. It also created a networking
opportunity for par professionals to get
[28:18] solution focused consultations to
difficult situations and there's a lot
[28:22] of really good about how much help in
those
[28:27] Uh during the last year, our CNHDM
schoolbased therapy served approximately
[28:32] 170 different children and most
this is just a count of those that
[28:36] basically were ongoing mental health
support and doesn't include kids that
[28:40] might pop in because they're having a
bad day or in a moment of I like to
[28:44] highlight that that's 170 kids that are
not enrolled in CHDM services that have
[28:50] mental health students.
um breaking silos to ensure we're
[28:54] working together with community partners
as a collaborative in a collaborative
[28:58] way is something we really focused hard
to maintain and improve. Um we focus on
[29:02] our partnership in DHS which includes
monthly meetings with supervisors to
[29:06] ensure collaborating in the best way
possible. We participate as part of a
[29:09] multid-disciplinary team through
Michigan alliance for children our child
[29:13] advocacy center. Um in there not only
can we make relationships with our MDT
[29:18] partners but we can also it provides us
opportunity to provide trauma education
[29:22] and advocacy.
Um at the end of fiscal year 25 our
[29:27] pilot of our family stabilization
program for children and families
[29:30] experiencing any sort of mental health
or behavioral crisis reached the end of
[29:34] its grant funding. However, we saw so
many successes in the utilization of
[29:38] this program and it align so well with
the future of crisis stabilization
[29:42] services who continue to fund this
program through the last fiscal year. Um
[29:46] our bachelor's level stabilization
specialist was one of the first at our
[29:50] agency to train state student crisis
professional and children crisis
[29:53] professional training and our parent
crisis peer um attended the first state
[29:58] pilot of parent crisis peers. um they
were super interested in the support and
[30:03] how we structured our program to help
them with even after the crisis occurred
[30:07] until they reach their
in closing CIC and the CLA staff work
[30:12] hard every day to provide support,
empowerment, advocacy and fulfilled life
[30:16] building for some of our most vulnerable
adults, children, families. Um I would
[30:21] love to share a ton of success stories
but to be brief I'll say that every day
[30:24] we work to increase the skills people
have to live independently to work hard
[30:28] to recover from mental illness and
substance use disorders. So whether it
[30:31] be to employment to find selfworth to
further their education and to develop
[30:36] that self-confidence to effectively
parent or advocate for their children.
[30:41] While it can be hard work, our work um
the work that we do takes our vision of
[30:46] communities where all individual
experiences healthy and meaningful lives
[30:48] from being on a page and they take
actions to
[30:55] » anyone have questions for Ryan or
they're here.
[31:01] » Okay. Thank you so much.
[31:10] Okay.
Okay.
[31:15] » Mr. Chair, are they here? DHS.
[31:21] » Okay. Uh then I'll decline to
[31:27] Could you read the motion for us,
please?
[31:32] » I make a motion to appropriate $130,000
from the general fund to the child care
[31:37] fund.
been moved and second. Is there any
[31:41] discussion?
[31:45] » And just so you know, that money doesn't
get moved unless it's absolutely
[31:51] necessary. We just don't know how many
kids we will be taking care of between
[31:58] now and September 30th, whether they're,
you know, um institutionalized or off.
[32:05] » I understand that. I just wish they
would have been here in the past. They
[32:08] have uh board.
[32:15] » Okay. Roll call, please.
[32:19] » Yes.
>> Yes.
[32:24] » Yes.
>> Yes.
[32:29] » Yes.
[32:32] » No.
[32:36] » Yes.
[32:39] Okay. Motion carryation
[32:47] motion
L-9600
[33:00] package.
[33:05] Roll call, please.
[33:08] Yes.
[33:13] » Yes.
>> Yes.
[33:20] » Yes.
>> Yeah.
[33:25] » Yes.
>> Yeah.
[33:29] Motion carried.
Uh Jay,
[33:35] » I move to approve statutory finance
committee m minutes of July 20th, 2026
[33:44] in the amount of $81,086
[33:49] and minutes of August 3rd, 2026 in the
amount of $95,3264.
[33:58] Session moved and seconded. Any
discussion?
[34:04] Roll call, please.
>> Yes.
[34:09] » Yes.
>> Yes.
[34:17] » Yes.
>> Yes.
[34:21] » Yes.
>> Motion carried.
[34:25] » Yeah. I move to approve the expenditures
for the month of July 2026 in the amount
[34:29] of $2,89,10.77
[34:35] with the general fund expenditures
totaling 1,495,5878.
[34:45] » Been moved and seconded. Any discussion?
>> Roll call, please.
[34:52] » Yes.
[34:56] Yes.
>> Yes.
[35:03] » Yes.
>> Yes.
[35:07] » Yes.
>> Motion carried.
[35:12] » Mr. Gross. Make a motion to approve
budget adjustment 26-123
[35:19] in the amount of 72,6695.
[35:26] 26134
in the amount of $91,977.
[35:33] 26-143
in the amount of $39,766.
[35:40] 26-144
in the amount of $170,210
[35:46] and 26-148
in the amount of $145,000.
[35:54] Second moved and seconded. Any
discussion?
[35:57] » Mr. Correction on 134. That's 91,677.
>> Yes. Thank you.
[36:04] » Okay. Roll call, please.
>> Yes.
[36:11] » Yes.
>> Yes.
[36:16] » Yes.
Yes.
[36:21] » Yes.
Yes.
[36:25] » Motion carried.
>> Hey, David, would you be willing to do
[36:29] the land bank motion?
>> Of course, Mr. Chair.
[36:33] » Uh motion to appoint Gayla Randall to
the land bank board representing Baral
[36:37] Area for term expiring September 30th,
2027.
[36:41] » Second.
>> Moved and seconded. Any discussion?
[36:45] » All those in favor say I. I.
>> Opposed?
[36:49] » Motion carried.
Jenny, you're up.
[36:54] » Morning. Um in front of you the statuto
finance report showing the current
[37:01] investment of balances. Just a quick
note, you'll see that the general fund
[37:05] is starting to go up. This is our
biggest quarter when our revenue starts
[37:10] coming in. Um we did have the county's
um public land sale Thursday and all the
[37:18] property sold. Um, we only had 26 in. We
haven't gone through everything to make
[37:25] sure yet.
We're just starting to get all the
[37:28] records for that. Um, and then just on
the land bank side, the demolition
[37:34] projects are already finished. Um, but
we are just about complete with the
[37:39] rehabilitation project and that's out in
Lincoln Township on the corner of Arthur
[37:43] Road and Pine. It's the old um,
schoolhouse. So you guys are over in
[37:48] that area, you should check it out. It's
um this comes along really fast and it
[37:52] just they've done a really great job. Um
but that's it for me unless you guys got
[37:59] any questions.
[38:03] Thank you.
[38:08] » Okay. Uh I don't have much to report for
my meetings at one.
[38:23] Uh I only have a couple things. Uh I
attended the Mid Central Michigan
[38:29] Medical Control Authority Advisor Board
meetings. So that uh uh Bill used to
[38:34] attend. It was u meeting out in Mount
Pleasantly
[38:39] fashion. Really the biggest thing is
they pulled out some uh new information
[38:44] about the fibrillators that I have here
[38:49] version. Um also um myself and Emerson
John we met with Eric Johnson CTE in an
[38:59] attempt preliminary discussions with the
CTE to stand up an aviation maintenance
[39:04] program for the high school students
within the five high schools.
[39:09] preliminary.
We have the curriculum. We have the
[39:13] instructors now for the equipment and
then u projected start date in September
[39:21] 12th next
[39:25] we're working by that
group high school. So that's why I
[39:32] » thank you Gabe.
>> Yes.
[39:34] » Did uh you reach out maybe to Michigan
works too. They may be able to help with
[39:39] that. They're a big supporter of Kleta
Air which does that and internships and
[39:43] stuff. So that
>> Kleta Air may be very interested in that
[39:46] also.
>> Anybody I need to see there?
[39:49] » Talk to Mark Brennan. Thank you.
>> I can get you his number after the
[39:51] meeting.
>> Okay. Thank you.
[39:55] » Uh David,
>> thank you Mr. Chair. Uh so this month
[40:00] the uh LAPC uh local emergency planning
commission uh discussed the uh fiscal
[40:06] year 25 grant and the upcoming fiscal
year 26 grant uh with the shifting
[40:13] tensions and stuff in the state and
federal governments. Uh when it comes to
[40:17] fiscal sub those two grant years are
going to be in a rapid succession. Uh
[40:23] there have been significant delays in
the fiscal year 24 grant cycle. Uh just
[40:29] for your awareness the grant cycles go
uh 20 years
[40:36] uh after what we are typically because
we are currently in 206 but the years of
[40:42] the grants for the DHS can be three
years behind. Uh we discussed the
[40:49] potential of getting trauma kits for our
local police departments and fire
[40:54] departments. These kits help
stabilization before ambulance or AMS
[41:00] can arrive.
Uh for the 911 board, they discussed the
[41:05] radio consoles. They having some issues
with calls coming in and out uh towards
[41:11] the end of receivers. Uh they swapped it
to internet connection and it helped to
[41:16] a little bit. Uh they also discussed the
remnants server. Uh the chairman of that
[41:22] board is going to be giving a letter for
the board's proposal and acceptance. Uh
[41:30] for cross township there has been a
change to the board. The treasurer has
[41:35] stepped down and new treasurer has
stepped in place and a new trustee has
[41:40] filled the trustee position. Uh they
also had a couple months of discussion
[41:46] with the transfer station for Cross
Township and they have accepted a
[41:53] contract with waste management to do the
empty bed that container.
[41:59] They also replaced member on the long
lake board for the late approvement.
[42:06] Uh Summerville Township is going to be
holding a community cleanup in
[42:09] September. They are also in the process
of moving their website to a bus site
[42:14] that need
all I have.
[42:17] » Thank you,
>> J.
[42:21] I attended the MAC meeting in Bos County
and there was a presentation by Shabboen
[42:30] County
by Jeff Lawson about countyw
[42:35] and about the benefits of it
from their point of view. and uh he said
[42:42] about 20 counties in Michigan had some
form of countywide zoning and planning
[42:49] their countywide planning commissions.
Uh they also reported on the state
[42:56] budget which uh was kind of a whirlwind
at last and they passed it on. Uh there
[43:06] was some damn safety regulations and
some things. They said they broke away
[43:11] from the from the budget hearings to
present some bills that some of the
[43:18] legislators wanted to get in. They
talked about the dam safety and new
[43:24] regulations that becoming true to all of
us
[43:31] that have dams in the county.
Um
[43:36] the big thing was when we talk about the
budget, they said that next year is
[43:42] going to be very critical for Michigan.
They think they're going to have to cut
[43:47] between one to$2 billion dollar state
budget.
[43:52] And when I asked, they said because of
federal money that's not coming in, lack
[43:59] of revenue, all it's dumbing. And they
said, "Well, which combination of
[44:04] everything?" The federal money, there's
been significant cuts of money coming
[44:10] into Michigan government, plus the
regular revenue that comes in through
[44:18] state taxes and things,
sales tax, and things are going to be
[44:24] lower. They said the biggest effect on
us more than likely will be revenue
[44:30] sharing and they expect significant cuts
in our revenue sharing which the
[44:37] townships I think have reform revenue
sharing coming in. They'll probably be
[44:42] safer than what the county got.
Oh, and for the road commission people,
[44:50] they talked about the so-called weed
tax, you know, the marijuana tax, and
[44:58] they don't understand why that's being
held up. And I guess there's lawsuits
[45:03] and things involved on that. You know,
at the time when they pass the increase
[45:09] taxes on the marijuana, it just seems
the reason that that there would be lack
[45:17] of people buying legal marijuana, don't
you think? And so they're pushing it a
[45:24] little bit back underground.
Well, we'll see
[45:30] when the courts finally decide what
they're going to do with that road
[45:34] condition getting some extra money. And
I think their revenue from the sale of
[45:42] gasoline and that link will probably
tell you that is probably a little bit
[45:47] weak right now with cost of all
anything.
[45:53] » Thanks Jeff.
>> Um uh Taylor Irwin took over this month
[45:58] as our health officer for our regions
and
[46:04] Harrison has a street fair coming up
this weekend. And that's all I got.
[46:09] Jacob,
>> uh, today I'm going to be heading down
[46:12] at uh, for the meeting down for the
substance use disorder policy oversight
[46:16] board uh, with Midstate down in Lancing.
And other than that, that's that's all I
[46:21] got.
>> Thanks.
[46:24] Uh, public comment, any additional
public comment?
[46:27] » Yeah, Randy,
>> I'll just keep this brief. I I am
[46:32] definitely not an airport uh, Haven. I'm
a Clair County resident and a taxpayer
[46:37] who asks basic questions about
transparency,
[46:40] contracts, and compliance. When the only
reply is to leave, it tells you
[46:44] everything you do not need to know about
how some people want local government to
[46:48] operate.
Oversight is not hate, it's citizenship.
[46:55] Any other public comment?
[47:01] Okay.
No unfinished business.
[47:05] » We need to set a meeting for um
>> September 2nd.
[47:09] » 9 a.m.
>> 9:00 a.m.
[47:13] » Second move and second. All those in
favor say I.
[47:16] » Opposed. Motion carries.
[47:22] Any new business?
[47:26] If not, we stand adjourn
947. Right.