[0:00] for instance.
[0:14] » Yes, you do.
[0:15] » I do.
[0:18] [laughter]
[0:19] » Yes, ma'am.
[0:21] Board of Commissioners to order. Please
[0:24] have avocation.
[0:25] » Sure.
[0:27] Father, guide us in the decisions that
[0:29] we make today. Give us your wisdom and
[0:31] and the words to speak. Um protect the
[0:34] people of this community and uh all of
[0:37] our first responders
[0:39] in Jesus name. Amen.
[0:43] » And finance
[0:47] to the flag of the United States of
[0:49] America and to the republic for which it
[0:52] stands. One nation under God,
[0:55] indivisible, with liberty and justice
[0:57] for all.
[1:02] » All right,
[1:05] roll call, please.
[1:06] » Frederick, yes.
[1:07] » Yes.
[1:08] » Here.
[1:08] » Lewis,
[1:09] » Yes.
[1:09] » Moore,
[1:10] » Yes.
[1:10] » Mhler,
[1:10] » Yes.
[1:11] » Jameson is absent.
[1:15] » County president are both present as
[1:17] well.
[1:19] I get the reading of the rules for
[1:20] public comment, please.
[1:21] » Yes. Any person shall be permitted to
[1:23] address the meeting of the board of
[1:25] commissioners, which is required to be
[1:26] open to the public under the provisions
[1:28] of the Michigan Open Act. Public comment
[1:30] shall be carried out during two public
[1:32] comment periods noted in rules 5.3 and
[1:34] 5.4 of the rules of order in accordance
[1:37] with the following board's rules and
[1:38] procedures. During the first public
[1:40] comment section, comments can only be
[1:42] made with a reference to an listed to a
[1:44] listed agenda item. Members of the
[1:46] public wishing to comment shall raise
[1:47] their hand, state their name, and their
[1:49] township when called upon by the
[1:51] chairperson. No person shall be allowed
[1:53] to speak more than once on the same
[1:54] matter. You may address the board on
[1:56] matters or issues which are relevant to
[1:58] the county government as determined by
[2:00] the chairperson. The chairperson shall
[2:02] control the amount of time each person
[2:04] shall be allowed to speak, which will
[2:05] not exceed 3 minutes. The chairperson at
[2:08] their own uh discretion may be allowed
[2:11] an additional opportunity or time to
[2:13] speak if determined remain or necessary
[2:15] to the discussion. Board should not
[2:17] comment or respond to any person who's
[2:19] addressing the board. Silence or
[2:20] non-responsiveness by the board should
[2:22] not be interpreted as disinterest or
[2:25] disagreement by the board. Please be
[2:27] respectful and refrain from personal or
[2:29] political attacks.
[2:30] » Thank you.
[2:37] Do we have any public comment on the
[2:39] agenda item?
[2:44] » We can move on the motion for the
[2:47] minutes for August 13.
[2:49] » Make that motion approved. August
[2:55] discussion,
[2:58] please.
[2:59] » Yes.
[3:00] » Yes.
[3:00] » Lewis,
[3:01] » Yes.
[3:01] » Moore, yes. Moulder,
[3:02] » Yes.
[3:03] » Jameson is absent. Frederick. Yes.
[3:06] » You
[3:07] all right?
[3:09] Any any comments on the agenda?
[3:12] Motion to approve it.
[3:13] » I'll make a motion to approve the
[3:14] agenda. Support.
[3:17] » Any changes? Discussion.
[3:22] » Yes.
[3:22] » Lewis.
[3:23] » Yes.
[3:23] » Moore.
[3:24] » Yes. Mick.
[3:25] » Yes.
[3:25] » Jameson. Frederick.
[3:27] » Yes. Kosiki.
[3:28] » Yes.
[3:30] » Thank you. Uh, anybody have any public
[3:34] interest to the
[3:39] » Correspondence?
[3:40] Motion to accept correspondence.
[3:42] » A motion.
[3:43] » Thank you.
[3:46] » Okay.
[3:48] I'll I'll hold that on. Go ahead.
[3:49] » Motion to accept correspondence has been
[3:51] made. Need a second. Second. All right.
[3:54] Any discussion?
[3:57] » Mr. Here I'd like to pick up the uh
[3:59] correspondence on the committee on input
[4:02] from the community mental health.
[4:03] » I think we have a vote and then we can
[4:05] talk correspondence, right?
[4:08] » Yes.
[4:08] » Yeah. Let's have a vote to accept it
[4:10] when it's scheduled.
[4:11] » Okay. Um Lewis,
[4:13] » Yes.
[4:13] » Moore, yes.
[4:14] » Mhler,
[4:14] » Yes.
[4:15] » Jameson Frederick, yes.
[4:17] » Yes. Kish,
[4:18] » Yes.
[4:18] » Okay. Now you may bring it up.
[4:20] » I did pause for a second. This wasn't
[4:23] Okay. Um so they're looking for input uh
[4:28] having a public hearing on uh mental
[4:31] health. It can be in person or virtual
[4:33] or even a letter. And I was wanting to
[4:36] bring up from a discussion
[4:38] uh if anybody was interested in
[4:42] sending a letter to them um stating that
[4:48] we feel that we should still have um you
[4:52] know counselors come into the jail. Um
[4:57] and you know [clears throat] we could
[4:58] expand on that. Does anybody else want
[5:02] to support that?
[5:06] I think there's a perfect opportunity. I
[5:08] mean, they're in crisis. They're they
[5:10] need
[5:11] they need someone to talk to.
[5:14] » Certainly,
[5:16] » Mr. Chair. The only issue with that is
[5:19] the non-mandated service and and they're
[5:22] having trouble right now with their um
[5:26] their fund that that supports the
[5:29] non-mandated services. So, it's not
[5:32] Medicaid or Medicare
[5:35] um approved.
[5:37] So, um I spoke with Glenda Zeller
[5:41] last week on that very issue and um
[5:45] she's coming up with with some possible
[5:49] uh remedies for that. But yeah,
[5:51] certainly wouldn't hurt to have a
[5:53] sheriff at that meeting
[5:55] uh in support of
[5:58] of that request.
[6:00] Um, and Paul, you're very aware of the
[6:06] meeting that you had with her. So, it
[6:08] looks like right now we
[6:10] we as a county pay like 32,000 something
[6:14] 35. They're looking looks like they're
[6:16] looking for a small increase. Um,
[6:22] Grand Traverse County obviously is the
[6:23] big pay. They're like 600 some thousand.
[6:26] So they're they're kind of the hold up
[6:28] right now moving forward with with the
[6:31] increase in the non
[6:35] » The non-Medicare Medicaid funds. So
[6:39] that's that's the update on why they're
[6:41] not going into the jails. Yeah, there's
[6:43] no doubt that uh it's needed, you know,
[6:47] » Or a letter would be um helpful. Yeah.
[6:52] » And then um I don't know if
[6:56] Um, I don't know if the sheriff would
[6:58] want to join us on the letter or if he
[7:00] was just what his thoughts are if he
[7:04] » Yeah, I mean I'm in support, but I also
[7:06] might to talk.
[7:08] » Go ahead. Okay.
[7:09] » You've been asked
[7:10] » Um
[7:14] in in the service that they were
[7:15] providing us was good, but at the same
[7:17] point, we've had many discussions in
[7:19] regards to the fact that mental health
[7:21] is by far one of our biggest problems.
[7:22] And unfortunately, there's nowhere that
[7:25] they're being put for long term. So, so
[7:28] they're coming to us and we're
[7:30] responsible. So, we're actually going
[7:33] through the process right now just
[7:34] getting started applying for a federal
[7:36] grant to get a full-time uh mental
[7:39] health worker in the Crawford County
[7:41] Journal as a whole where it'll be just
[7:44] us with that person in there. So, um,
[7:48] [clears throat] there's a lot of whatifs
[7:49] when it comes to that, but we are trying
[7:51] to be proactive in and not only putting
[7:54] more services in the jail, but having
[7:56] somebody there full-time. So, I'm in
[7:58] support of the letter, but at the same
[8:00] point, just know that we are trying to
[8:01] do some stuff uh that if it doesn't work
[8:03] out that we have a a plan B,
[8:06] » Right? So, if we're working on multiple
[8:07] angles, hopefully something will pan
[8:09] out.
[8:10] » All right. So, you make a motion that we
[8:12] write a letter. I'd like to make a
[8:14] motion that we write a letter in support
[8:16] of having counselors come to the jail.
[8:19] » Awesome. Good. Any other discussion?
[8:23] » I'd like to add a couple things. Just
[8:25] it's it's I agree with Sean. We've had
[8:27] meetings as administrators with Linda.
[8:30] It's it's a funding issue and it's not
[8:31] going to be the service. Um,
[8:35] also Grant Travers pays a large amount
[8:37] because when we combined with Grant
[8:40] Travers, they brought a significant
[8:41] amount of debt to the agency. So they
[8:45] can vulg all they want but they created
[8:48] » Why they created the amount they're
[8:49] paying because of that they were they
[8:51] have joint or what they enjoy. So I just
[8:54] wanted to bring that out.
[8:57] » So did uh lean off.
[8:59] » Yes.
[9:01] » So if [clears throat] I can ask Paul a
[9:04] question. So would they uh
[9:08] so they had debt. So typic so they
[9:11] shouldn't be paying that amount. That's
[9:12] their fault that they're paying that
[9:13] amount, right?
[9:14] » Yes.
[9:15] » So, they should be paying something
[9:16] similar to what we're paying
[9:18] » Per no more. They would pay more just
[9:21] because of their population, right?
[9:23] » They pay 4% versus our 2%.
[9:25] [clears throat]
[9:26] » A long time ago, there was just the four
[9:28] counties and the four counties didn't
[9:29] have any debt. And then the state
[9:31] required the mental health authorities
[9:33] to have at least 20,000 Medicare
[9:36] Medicare Medicaid lives in within their
[9:38] jurisdiction. And we didn't have them.
[9:40] So we had to join larger counties. Okay,
[9:42] we we got that. But in the creation of
[9:45] how that equity was going to split up,
[9:47] Brent Travers had a significant amount
[9:49] of debt. They were bringing to the
[9:50] agency. So they that's why they paid for
[9:53] it. That's their debt. They're broad. So
[9:58] uh if we had one full-time person just
[10:02] for our jail,
[10:04] that amount would be somebody's salary
[10:07] and benefits.
[10:09] So currently all the counties are paying
[10:12] and there's they don't have enough money
[10:14] to have one person to travel.
[10:17] » Well, no, because they they're mandated
[10:19] by the state to [clears throat] to serve
[10:23] the three different categories and
[10:25] because of the funding has been cut back
[10:27] because of how the states allowed the
[10:30] calculation for funding. They they have
[10:33] last night was like a $2 million
[10:35] shortfall in the mandated services. So
[10:37] there's they're they're struggling to do
[10:40] what they're supposed to do by by
[10:42] statute versus anything that's not
[10:44] mandated. So I guess another question is
[10:47] if
[10:50] is this something that we could join
[10:53] Ross comment and have one full-time
[10:56] person between both counties. Is that
[10:58] would that be anything that would be
[11:00] feasible Paul or Sheriff? Yeah, I think
[11:04] I think any partnership is feasible if
[11:05] everybody's on board with it.
[11:08] » Is that something you would support,
[11:09] Sheriff? Or
[11:10] » Yeah.
[11:12] falling back on it, we're in need of it.
[11:15] » Yeah.
[11:15] » What whatever it takes to get us to get
[11:18] the our community members the help that
[11:20] they need and they're in support of
[11:26] that. And the other thing is that the
[11:29] opioid money, I know it's
[11:32] I'm guessing part of these some of these
[11:34] issues that are brought in mental health
[11:37] or drug related, but could we not use
[11:40] some of that opioid money to in support
[11:43] of this same program or
[11:46] » It's a good question. up for the good
[11:48] committee.
[11:49] » Well, I understand that, but they
[11:51] ultimately they make recommendations to
[11:53] us and and I know they have their bylaws
[11:56] and I'm not trying to circumvent all
[11:58] that. I just want to know if that's
[11:59] something that
[12:00] » We could look into that. I I don't know
[12:02] is a short answer, but certainly a lot
[12:05] of the mental health issues in the jail
[12:07] are drugreated, right? So I mean it's I
[12:10] don't know if we can I don't know to
[12:12] what extent we can use it but
[12:16] I just I mean I just see seems to me
[12:18] that there's a lot of money big pot of
[12:20] money that's sitting there
[12:23] where it's being used it where it should
[12:27] be. I'm just thinking that's that's we
[12:29] have 18 years of this money coming in.
[12:32] Seems like we have
[12:34] a pretty big [clears throat]
[12:37] just the jail
[12:39] a small portion of that but especially
[12:42] for sharing we're sharing those costs
[12:44] with the hood of their
[12:48] but I think that has is probably
[12:51] an avenue we need to look into is the
[12:53] opioid funds uh to support the
[12:57] opioid crisis that's affecting our jail
[13:01] via mental health. I I think the
[13:03] connection is there between mental
[13:05] health and and uh drug drug usage. So,
[13:13] » Mr. Chair, I I'm on the um sets
[13:15] committee and we haven't had a meeting
[13:17] um we have one coming up, but I did get
[13:19] an email um that they're applying for
[13:22] PA2 funding to extend Marissa's
[13:27] support in the jail currently. Uh so, it
[13:29] ends at the end of this year. So they're
[13:31] applying for that grant to extend for
[13:34] that position 2027 who is
[13:38] uh she meets with uh individuals across
[13:40] county jail who um have recovery
[13:42] services or need assistance identifying
[13:44] treatment recovery or other um community
[13:48] resources in preparation for their
[13:50] release. So it's not quite the same
[13:52] thing but there's some services or
[13:54] assistance there that's going to be
[13:56] likely extended into 2027 as well.
[13:59] » Good. All right.
[14:01] have a motion in support to write a
[14:02] letter support mental health going in
[14:05] jail. Any more discussion on that
[14:09] call
[14:10] » More? Yes. Mhler.
[14:11] » Yes.
[14:12] » Jameson Fredericki. [clears throat]
[14:14] » Yes.
[14:15] » Yes.
[14:17] » Okay. Thank you,
[14:18] » Mr.
[14:19] » Um the
[14:21] public hearing is September 10th. Um I'm
[14:24] wondering if we can have a letter heard
[14:26] there by September 10th.
[14:28] We need
[14:31] » It.
[14:32] That's commission.
[14:33] » That's up to you guys.
[14:37] Right. Had Lori sign out. We can do
[14:39] that.
[14:42] » Okay.
[14:42] » I'm okay with that.
[14:43] » Yeah.
[14:50] » Yeah. Corresponds. Let's see.
[14:55] I need them. All right. to the
[14:58] Department of Forest.
[15:01] » Morning everybody. Uh just quickly,
[15:05] we're applying for a federal grant in
[15:07] addition to the the grant that I just
[15:09] spoke of a little bit ago. That
[15:10] deadline's tomorrow. Uh and we'll be
[15:13] submitting that today. Hopes that it'll
[15:16] be helping not only the sheriff's
[15:17] office, but Crawford County as a whole.
[15:19] Um
[15:21] you can mark your calendars. It's not in
[15:23] Crawford County, but on September 11th,
[15:25] the 25th anniversary of 911, the
[15:28] sheriff's office uh has uh joined an
[15:32] organization called Unite. It's a it's a
[15:34] national organization and we're actually
[15:37] doing it with the Kasa uh County
[15:39] Sheriff's Office and the Kasa uh school
[15:41] district. They do normally have a
[15:43] guardian game around 911. It just so
[15:46] happened to fall on 911 this year, but
[15:48] we've uh paid some funds. Uh we each
[15:51] paid $500 to um have promotions put
[15:55] together and things of that nature to
[15:58] not only remember 911 but also try and
[16:01] get uh communities to get together uh
[16:04] just in general. So um I know it's in
[16:07] Kasa, but if you mark your calendars for
[16:09] September 11th evening that Friday,
[16:11] there is going to be a game where we're
[16:12] going to be putting out a lot of stuff
[16:14] on social media the coming weeks in
[16:16] regards to that event. Uh I know that we
[16:19] have our commissioner meeting the day
[16:20] before that and I will definitely have
[16:21] more information for you on that day. Um
[16:24] we have a meeting tomorrow regarding so
[16:26] I have more after that. Uh and then we
[16:29] have our opioid steering committee uh
[16:31] Monday at 3:30
[16:33] and we're going through the process
[16:36] process of reimplementing TIMS uh and
[16:38] jail tracker which is our report uh
[16:42] system and our uh jail management
[16:44] system. So other than that, we're busy.
[16:47] We're doing good. Trying to hang on to
[16:48] summer as long as we can. And um I be
[16:51] happy to answer any questions approved.
[16:54] » Mr. Chair, you happen to know what time
[16:57] that game is yet or is that now?
[17:00] » So the game uh is going to be a normal
[17:03] so probably 7 7:30. Um, I know that
[17:06] there's going to be a moment of silence
[17:08] before and they're going to have some um
[17:11] events during uh
[17:15] halftime at the I believe at the
[17:17] quarters and they they have really a
[17:19] whole thing that they're doing
[17:20] nationally. They're providing us with a
[17:23] lot of information and things to push
[17:25] out on what we what everybody else is
[17:27] doing around the country.
[17:28] » So, it's interesting to remember.
[17:30] » Yep. They start at 7 o'clock.
[17:34] » Okay.
[17:35] It's Val.
[17:36] » It is Val.
[17:37] » Yes.
[17:38] » Mer.
[17:42] » Thank you.
[17:42] » Thank
[17:46] you.
[17:47] » Um all thing I have to report is the
[17:49] auction was last week. All property sold
[17:52] as of right now and the auctioneer is in
[17:56] the midst of collecting all those funds
[17:57] and getting that information out to me
[17:59] in the leads. And I have any other
[18:02] questions I can answer those. But that's
[18:03] all for you.
[18:06] Thank you.
[18:10] » I do not have anything.
[18:14] » Good morning. Um I'm happy to report
[18:17] that um I applied for a self-help legal
[18:20] kiosk for the building. Um and we were
[18:22] awarded that. Um the implementation will
[18:26] be targeted around the October 1st time
[18:28] frame. Um the location will be in the
[18:30] basement and one of the rooms I spoke to
[18:33] Paul and got approval to uh place the
[18:35] unit there. Um and it'll allow patrons
[18:39] to utilize that for immediate self-help
[18:42] legal questions that they have or filing
[18:45] paperwork and and whatnot. Um which will
[18:49] kind of headline into when we do become
[18:52] a my file court. um patrons will be
[18:55] asked to file all of their pleadings um
[18:59] electronically and that will be one
[19:01] point of service that they'll be able to
[19:03] uh utilize. Um and then the district
[19:05] court is uh starting the implementation
[19:08] phase for my file just for uh civil
[19:12] cases and that'll be a projected go live
[19:15] date in December. So
[19:18] lots of technology stuff coming up. Does
[19:20] anybody have any questions?
[19:23] serves me.
[19:25] » Thank you.
[19:25] » Thank you, Mr. Chair. I don't know if I
[19:28] ever had warning. Sorry for missing
[19:31] Julies. I didn't realize one meeting in
[19:34] the month. I walked in the room. I'm
[19:35] like, this is odd. But anyway, so I got
[19:39] that fixed on my yearly calendar. Um,
[19:41] Supervisor Pete came last meeting and
[19:43] said he didn't have anything to report
[19:44] back for me. First of all, the canoe
[19:47] races my first year. It was absolutely
[19:49] amazing. I had a great time. Crews did.
[19:52] um you didn't see the news that we did
[19:54] when Facebook was pretty cool. So the
[19:57] the staff is uh pretty excited about
[19:59] that. I did think it was funny that in
[20:01] the business relay email females had
[20:04] second place finish but they both female
[20:07] teams beat their men's group. So there's
[20:10] been a lot of bragging rights it sounds
[20:12] like. But all in all the community, it
[20:13] was it was a great event and working
[20:15] with the different municipalities and
[20:17] entities and stuff and I can definitely
[20:19] see the close commitments in the
[20:21] community. It was really really awesome
[20:22] to be a part of that. My staff had
[20:25] talked about it and talked about it and
[20:26] I got to see it so I wanted to be a part
[20:28] of it. So I appreciate that. Um couple
[20:31] things that we're doing. We got two new
[20:33] trucks that are going to be delivered
[20:35] here soon. So we're going to replace
[20:37] some of the fleet. those trucks are
[20:39] going to go down for remount and uh the
[20:41] chassis will get new boxes put on them.
[20:43] So u it's good for them. We're also
[20:45] getting the echo units so the supervisor
[20:47] will be able to respond solo in that
[20:49] echo unit when staffing allows to to
[20:52] respond to um like a if an EMT or a
[20:55] basic truck is on scene requires higher
[20:57] level care they can do that and then
[20:59] also make themselves more available
[21:00] throughout the area.
[21:03] Friday, we are going up to the ATIGO
[21:07] dispatch center MSP. We're going to go
[21:10] through that course with the new
[21:11] dispatch system that's going to be put
[21:13] put on our tablets so we can get more
[21:16] information and make the crews be able
[21:18] to communicate better with with Crawford
[21:20] Central and gives them some of that
[21:22] information when addresses change or
[21:24] patients, you know, change in their
[21:26] status. So, that's going to be pretty
[21:28] helpful. Uh we also last week deployed
[21:31] the new life pack 35 systems. We spent
[21:33] $7 million as a company to integrate the
[21:36] new uh cardiac monitors. It's the newest
[21:39] and greatest technology can communicate
[21:40] with all the hospitals detect STEM usies
[21:43] or heart attacks a lot better especially
[21:45] on longer transfers. Um it's just the
[21:48] greatest and newest thing. So these
[21:50] Crawford staff was the first ones to
[21:52] implement it throughout all 17 counties.
[21:54] So they're pretty excited about all
[21:56] that.
[21:58] um transfers and call volume. Uh last
[22:00] month we transported 119 patients out of
[22:04] hospital, 58 out of Oiggo, and then the
[22:06] Crawford units also helped with 16
[22:08] transfers out of Traverse City. Uh 43
[22:12] 911 calls and five of those are
[22:14] refusals. The rest resulted in
[22:16] transports.
[22:17] Um
[22:19] I think that's about it unless anybody
[22:22] has anything for me. All in all, it's
[22:25] pretty good. We got some new EMT start
[22:26] as well.
[22:28] » Mr. Chair, please.
[22:29] » So, uh, last month, uh, Frederick MMR
[22:34] and South Branch all responded to what
[22:37] we believed at the time was mass mass
[22:39] casualty incident,
[22:41] » Right,
[22:41] » At the camp. We worked together
[22:45] to
[22:46] facilitate treatment of 60 patients. uh
[22:50] only six of them we ended up
[22:52] transporting to the hospital for by
[22:55] blood analysis. But we we all worked
[22:57] very well together to uh to accomplish
[23:00] that mission and and uh take care of
[23:03] those 60 patients.
[23:05] » We potentially had 3,100, but
[23:08] » We [clears throat] we were able to uh
[23:11] not have to go through that whole
[23:12] process.
[23:15] » A lot of self-care during through the
[23:17] military, but we all worked well and and
[23:20] and mitigating that issue.
[23:23] » I was going to bring it up, but I
[23:24] figured it was really old old news at
[23:26] this point, but you know, it was it was
[23:28] good. Get that phone call and um talk to
[23:31] Doug on the way here and get things
[23:33] figured out, but we got there and it
[23:35] seamless process and it worked out well.
[23:37] Better than um we could have been.
[23:40] » Yes.
[23:40] » Yeah. So, they did have some units that
[23:43] responded from other areas to help
[23:45] supply. We had seven trucks on their way
[23:46] here. So within an hour there were seven
[23:49] extra ALS trucks plus the Crawford
[23:50] truck. So it worked out worked out good.
[23:54] » Yes, it worked out great. Uh MMR ended
[23:56] up taking that call in Frederick
[23:58] Township for us that night. Right.
[24:00] » All of our units were dedicated at the
[24:02] camp. So it was one of their their
[24:04] outside units. They came here that
[24:06] responded to Frederick. South Branch was
[24:09] on standby to cover the city along with
[24:11] Mark. Uh it really was a a fabulous
[24:16] horrible for the people that were
[24:17] involved but for us it showed a great
[24:19] working uh environment together. So we
[24:22] are supposed to.
[24:24] » So any questions for me?
[24:26] » Good job please.
[24:29] » All right. Thank you.
[24:30] » Thank you.
[24:36] » Unless you wanted to say
[24:39] » You don't want to talk. today. My name
[24:41] is Dorothy Mun. I am the new interim
[24:44] district director for district 4. I um
[24:47] have been on staff with MSU Extension
[24:49] for 31 years. I've spent 28 of those in
[24:52] Okinawa County. Um and in that time,
[24:55] I've worked at the county, regional, and
[24:57] state level and various roles with
[24:59] extension. So, I'm really excited to be
[25:01] working with um district 4 across all of
[25:04] these districts and supporting. Um, one
[25:06] of the roles that I had previously was a
[25:09] supervising educator for the 4 program,
[25:11] which I worked with Crawford County at
[25:13] that time. So, it's nice to be back and
[25:15] working with our staff. And our staff
[25:17] that we have locally is Jamie Greer, our
[25:19] support staff person, Nicole
[25:21] Weatherington, who is our health
[25:22] educator and been on staff for quite a
[25:24] long time, and Shane Jobson, who is our
[25:26] for program coordinator and doing lots
[25:28] of exciting work. So, any questions that
[25:31] you have for me?
[25:34] Welcome aboard. Thank you.
[25:35] [clears throat] Thank you.
[25:39] » Yeah.
[25:42] » No, I really don't care.
[25:44] » It's so
[25:45] um
[25:47] [clears throat] we went to the meeting
[25:49] in Marquette for the trust fund grant
[25:51] for Bush Corner. There were eight
[25:54] presenters uh six from the UDP and and
[25:58] Benzy County and ourselves. It seemed to
[26:00] go really well. Uh they have
[26:05] This year they have 84 applications
[26:07] with a total of 64 million requested.
[26:11] Last year they awarded 45 million. So
[26:15] who knows?
[26:17] They were all nice to us and they like
[26:19] the preservation. Um road division is
[26:23] we're talking again. We've requested
[26:25] mediation that is getting scheduled.
[26:28] Uh ASA has requested
[26:32] they would like to hold a corn cornhole
[26:35] tournament fundraiser on the property
[26:39] which is not a big deal. Then they said
[26:41] we have alcohol present.
[26:44] » Now I told him I'd ask you the we have
[26:47] leases with the agencies out there and
[26:50] on all our leases we say no alcohol. But
[26:52] I said I'd ask
[26:59] It was it's a BYOB basis. They aren't
[27:02] selling or providing things.
[27:05] Want to let people bring it if they
[27:06] choose to.
[27:09] Anybody have any opinions or thoughts on
[27:11] it?
[27:14] Where where do they want to hold the
[27:15] second as far as complex?
[27:21] » Mr. Chair G.
[27:22] » Yes. Ask him of the sheriff's opinion.
[27:25] » Sure, sheriff.
[27:27] [laughter]
[27:29] » You let him know once and next thing you
[27:31] know people carry on
[27:33] » As a cornhole player not have but to
[27:37] play the game with that beer.
[27:40] » You got a counterbalance.
[27:41] » I guess that's my two cents.
[27:42] » Yeah.
[27:43] » But you got we don't allow alcohol on
[27:47] the property.
[27:48] » I know that we've tried it. I think
[27:51] that, you know, they're trying to come
[27:52] up with new ideas for fundraising, which
[27:54] is great.
[27:54] » Yeah.
[27:55] » But we've also tried pretty diligently
[27:57] to cut down on the tobacco and marijuana
[28:00] use on there because we're having issues
[28:03] on the football field and the baseball
[28:05] field and we've put some signage up
[28:07] recently last year to try and deter
[28:11] that. So,
[28:13] you've also had in the past library
[28:15] asked to do a wine tasting at their
[28:18] center which should have said no. I
[28:20] mean, it's pretty across the board. It's
[28:23] with historical society and library and
[28:26] point you do.
[28:28] » So, it's that
[28:30] » I don't
[28:32] » I appreciate I agree with with the
[28:35] sheriff as far as it's, you know, these
[28:37] agencies have to do fundraisers and
[28:39] they're trying to get creative about it.
[28:40] But I also agree with what you said.
[28:42] Once you open the door, you've got a
[28:43] hard time shutting it.
[28:45] » So, they could technically hold the
[28:48] fundraiser somewhere else. Correct. And
[28:49] not not that I'm encouraging that, but
[28:52] if they want to have alcohol, they can
[28:54] find a different spot. It's not a
[28:56] different venue that allows also.
[29:03] » So
[29:04] I would my opinion, no.
[29:08] » Does anybody have a guess?
[29:10] » Yeah.
[29:12] Okay.
[29:14] » Um, they also said they'd like to come
[29:16] and talk to you about a a permanent
[29:18] restroom facility on the site, which is
[29:22] always a great idea, but I would
[29:23] represent it to they go through the
[29:25] trust fund grant starting the next
[29:28] cycle. That would be the, you know, but
[29:30] if they do that and then they come for
[29:33] the health matching grant money, that
[29:36] might be worthwhile.
[29:38] Um, I think all the agencies could
[29:40] benefit from a permanent facility there.
[29:44] Um,
[29:46] and then they also brought up they want
[29:48] to run water into the concession stand
[29:52] and I told them that's fine. They just
[29:53] have to use license contractor pull out
[29:56] the necessary.
[29:58] So they have a water out there right
[30:02] now. So any questions on any of that?
[30:07] Okay,
[30:07] » I'll ask one question. So, what about
[30:09] weatherization in the winter time?
[30:11] » They take care of that. They have
[30:14] there's there's a an air an irrigation
[30:17] well for that both football and soccer
[30:21] use. Um there's portable water source
[30:24] that both football and uses and little
[30:27] lake has irrigation well as well and all
[30:29] the agencies take care of their own. So,
[30:33] okay. We do we do pay for water testing.
[30:38] So they required my health department to
[30:39] do the water testing for portable water.
[30:41] Thank
[30:44] um
[30:46] we I got a total for household hazardous
[30:49] waste. I think it's the the total the
[30:51] only things outstanding is the scrap
[30:53] tire, but they seem that we had invoice
[30:56] by now if they open the gran. So
[30:59] assuming we don't have anything
[31:00] outstanding there, the household
[31:02] hazardous waste total was $62,825.39.
[31:12] » That's all I have unless you have any
[31:13] but hope. And I gave you some general
[31:15] fund budget amendments I'd love you to
[31:17] take a look at. Be happy back to answer
[31:19] any questions.
[31:23] I'll make a motion to support the
[31:26] general fund budget amendments as
[31:28] presented.
[31:30] » Second
[31:33] motion support. Any questions?
[31:40] » Mhler.
[31:40] » Yes.
[31:41] » Jameson Frederick.
[31:44] » Yes.
[31:45] Yes.
[31:45] » Yeah. Yes.
[31:50] » Who's the report next? I miss somebody.
[31:52] I missed the one department.
[31:57] Go first.
[31:59] » Um the Department of Health and Human
[32:01] Services. Um their teaming pods are up
[32:05] and running and they have money Monday
[32:07] morning outlook and daily updates. Um
[32:11] they look to see how they can assist one
[32:13] another resulting in reduction in
[32:15] emergency placement
[32:18] increases in communication and more
[32:21] upbeat environment.
[32:23] Medicaid has some changes. Um it's
[32:25] reviewed every six months now. Um unless
[32:28] you are an exemp or are exempt and
[32:30] there's a list of exemptions. Um, you
[32:33] must complete 80 hours of work or other
[32:36] activities in one six month of the six
[32:39] months leading to your renewal. You may
[32:42] use any combination of these activities
[32:44] to meet the requirements and that would
[32:45] be working a job, going to school, job
[32:48] training or volunteering and doing or
[32:50] doing service.
[32:52] The road commission has received two
[32:54] safety awards in the last year. Um,
[32:57] Goolang award and then workman's comp
[32:59] prevention award. Third quarter safety
[33:02] meeting had good energy and support for
[33:05] the people on the floor.
[33:08] Really recre recreational authority.
[33:11] It's working on updating the strategic
[33:14] plan. Um NKA uh the school school
[33:17] success program which helps prevent
[33:22] absenteeism, tardiness among other
[33:24] things. um for the 2026 2027 school
[33:29] year, majority of the funds were
[33:31] diverted to another state program and
[33:35] um it's not been traceable. Um they're
[33:38] working with legislators to educate on
[33:40] the value of this program. Um the Pace
[33:43] Center in Alpena, which is the adult day
[33:45] program, has been success more
[33:48] successful than anticipated. Not only
[33:51] can adults u 55 or older come in for
[33:55] activities during the day, but um and
[33:59] medical appointments and prescriptions,
[34:01] they can also have services at their
[34:03] home for chores they can no longer do.
[34:06] Hot Lake is having a peace center built
[34:08] to serve a multi-county area and it'll
[34:11] be open by the end of this year. Um the
[34:14] best way for clients to learn about the
[34:16] service is by word of mouth. Um Jeff
[34:21] Meen the executive director of Alpena
[34:24] the model to come and present for us.
[34:26] You guys do that and then um I just have
[34:30] an announcement for later.
[34:34] Thank you,
[34:35] » Mr.
[34:40] So August 8th, myself and state
[34:42] representative Ken Burton presented Eva
[34:45] Halbert with congratulatory letter
[34:49] board of commissioners. Ken presented
[34:50] one from the state
[34:54] for all the great things that he has
[34:56] done over the years. That's that's all I
[34:58] have.
[35:04] My turn. Sure. Go ahead. We've already
[35:06] discussed uh what I had to put out
[35:09] today, but the public meeting September
[35:12] 10th, 111 for DHS over 204 Meadows
[35:16] Drive.
[35:18] Same day as our commission.
[35:21] That's it.
[35:24] » Okay. Thank you.
[35:26] » That's the thing that happened at COA.
[35:28] They've um established a bylaws for the
[35:31] friends of COA and they're looking to
[35:32] build their membership. So, go sign up
[35:36] for Friends of COA. Um, the VFW
[35:40] has disbanded and it's really sad, but
[35:44] their members have aged out and they
[35:49] [clears throat] they deeded the property
[35:51] of the garden on Madison Street and that
[35:54] property goes all the way back to the
[35:56] church, if you know what I'm talking
[35:58] about, at the end of the street. Um, so
[36:00] they deed that back to COA.
[36:04] So, um, that was kind of exciting news
[36:07] for us. But I'm [clears throat] sad to
[36:09] see BFW. Um, so they've turned
[36:12] everything over to the American Legion,
[36:14] » What they've done with that.
[36:16] » Um, they're hoping to start Bingo. Um,
[36:18] they're trying to get a license, but it
[36:20] takes like six months to get that
[36:22] license. So, um, they were
[36:25] » Supposed to Jason Thompson was going to
[36:27] go talk to Rotary and see if Rotary
[36:30] wouldn't um, initiate that bingo plan
[36:32] [clears throat] so they have a license
[36:34] to do it.
[36:35] Um Dorothy Dunn took my presentation
[36:39] with MSU Extension. We're really welcome
[36:41] at that. Um and then last meeting I
[36:45] provided Jamie with the the two uh
[36:49] classes for having mindfulness for
[36:51] better sleep and chronic [clears throat]
[36:53] disease path and it's on your last
[36:55] meeting agenda and I can pass it over to
[36:58] Jamie for notes. Thank you. Thank you.
[37:03] Uh I attended the Northern Michigan
[37:05] Counties Association. Um and the
[37:07] majority of the presentation was about
[37:09] countywide zoning, which doesn't apply
[37:11] to us, but there's three counties in
[37:12] there. Just discussing countywide
[37:14] zoning, some of the benefits as well as
[37:16] some of the um challenges, but the
[37:18] presentation was by the administrator
[37:20] for county.
[37:23] Oh, thank you.
[37:26] [clears throat] Thank you. Um okay,
[37:29] mission works. have a meeting this week.
[37:32] We haven't been boarded. No,
[37:36] we just just let you know the original
[37:38] agreement that's that established the
[37:43] 8 county admin board for Michigan
[37:45] Workers Region was signed in 1983.
[37:49] » And that was on the board and they were
[37:50] seen agreement. So they actually sent it
[37:53] out to us so we could review it
[37:54] automatically. We nothing we need to do
[37:56] with it per se. We're just looking it
[37:58] over to see what what it says we're
[38:00] supposed to do and what we're on the
[38:02] hook for.
[38:05] That was interesting. 1983
[38:09] uh word of health uh
[38:12] we're we're meeting tomorrow, but uh
[38:14] budget or finance committee met Monday.
[38:16] We talked budgeting it to the board
[38:20] where their budget budget should be
[38:22] done.
[38:23] library board uh it's going good also
[38:26] had a they have a strategic plan meeting
[38:29] this week we're just looking at maybe
[38:32] updating strategic
[38:34] but that was all we had
[38:40] new business is next and it's
[38:44] 11
[38:46] also blame
[38:49] extended public comments next wish to
[38:51] speak an extended public
[38:56] Great. Any announcements, Mr. Freder?
[39:00] » Um, next month I'll be gone on a trip.
[39:03] Um, so his second meeting next month, so
[39:06] once they'll attend a trip for us.
[39:08] Excited about
[39:10] Scotland and Ireland.
[39:12] » Y
[39:16] announcements.
[39:19] Motion to adjurnn.
[39:21] » Motion to adjurnn.