[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.

08.19.2026 Board of Commissioners Meeting

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