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Mhm.

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» Mhm.

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» Mhm.

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» All right, here we go. Here we are.
Ryan, just as we're killing it now, so I

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agree.
So, I will call this meeting to order of

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the Kent County Board of Commissioners
Policy and Operations Committee. Today

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is Tuesday, June 23rd. Um first item on
our agenda is public comment.

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Is there anyone that would like to
address the committee?

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Seeing no one, we will close that
portion of our meeting.

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Approval of the minutes. Can I have a
motion

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and support?
We have a motion by Commissioner DeBoer,

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supported by Morris. Any comments,
questions, changes?

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If not, all those in favor, please say
yes. Yes, all those opposed, last

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meeting's minutes have been approved. We
have a couple action items on our agenda

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today.
Our first item is brought to us by the

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17th Circuit Court. Can I have a motion
in support, please? Motion by Deboer,

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supported by Mars.
All right. Uh

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Al.
>> Yes, we do have someone from the Circuit

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Court to kind of explain the plan, so uh
Heather's here this morning.

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» Great. Thank you so much.
>> Good morning.

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Um I'm Heather Blodgett. I work for the
17th Circuit Court

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in Court Services and the Community
Corrections grant that we manage. Thank

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you.
>> You're welcome.

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» Uh so, as the action request state, a
board resolution is required um in order

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to submit our plan to the state, which
we've done and is in process right now.

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The whole goal of the Community
Corrections grant is to provide

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alternatives to incarceration for felony
offenders. So, through those grant

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dollars, which is going to be just under
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full amount [clears throat] this year,
we'll fund in whole or in part 12

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different programs um including
pre-trial services, probably four that

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target substance abuse disorders and
their related behaviors. We also um

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target cognitive behavioral um issues
and trauma-related behaviors that

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uh you know, cause crime and
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and uh that contribute to those
behaviors. And then we also have anger

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management, domestic violence, sex
offender treatment, and a jail re-entry

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program. And together, those things
provide, you know, services that would

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otherwise cause people to become
incarcerated for much longer. We see a

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lot of success. Our program providers
are wonderful. Um they meet our KPMs,

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key performance measures, regularly and
uh work with us very well. So, we

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appreciate your support. Are there any
questions?

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» Great, thank you, Heather. Uh
commissioners,

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I look at that thorough job you did.
Thank you. We knew today would be a kind

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of a quick meeting. So, uh this does go
to full board on Thursday. So, uh if

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there's no other questions, we do have a
motion in support. All those in favor,

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please say yes. Yes. All those opposed,
that has been approved and will go to

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full board
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Thursday.
Our next item on our agenda is brought

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to us by the board office. This is the
Community Mental Health Authority Board

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Network 180 appointment. Do I have a
motion in support, please?

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Motion by vice minority vice chair
Favor. You know, I'm going to I always

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struggle with that and supported by
Commissioner Hennessey. I think I had

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MVC one day. I think I might just stick
to the MVC. It might be the best thing.

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Uh commissioners, comments or questions?
Um I appreciate uh

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the folks that went over this uh
uh for us. That was Commissioner

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Halstead, Commissioner LeGrand. I I have
been trying to to the best of my ability

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to uh people that are on a certain board
or commission for us to kind of

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interview those folks. Maybe even if
those those folks aren't with us on this

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committee, I think people that are on
that committee just know a little bit

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more knowledge and have a little bit
more to do with it than we do. Um so,

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again, I appreciate them going over
that. I have a couple more two more

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appointments that we need to make, so
I'll be reaching out to some of you to

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uh help with those appointments.
Uh any comments or questions or

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concerns? Yes.
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Commissioner Halstead, Steck, and
LeGrand. Uh this

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it's been an open seat for maybe 6
months or so, so it's good to see it

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being filled. Um
I know part of our charge as a committee

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is going to be sort of getting and
ramping up for the next round of

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interviews, appointments, uh the whole
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I'll just state one of my
frustrations with that process has been,

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you know, where we have an open seat,
but an incumbent is lined up to

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fill it, and so it's not technically
really an open seat, and

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how do we kind of make sure that as we
put these out to the community as

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available opportunities for them to
engage in this amazing county

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uh, government that they're
uh, positions that are real and are

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something that we
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yeah, are open to them coming into. I
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sometimes our descriptions about these
open seats are very vague, and unless

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you click into the whole system, you
don't really know what you're signing up

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for. So, just as we prepare for uh, this
next round of appointments, uh,

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interviews, etc., um, I'd really like us
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articulate positions that are actually
uh, really open and available. Um, I

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know those incumbent positions are
technically open, but we kind of know

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how that goes.
Uh, and then second, that our

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descriptions about the qualifications
for these positions are

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more available on the very front end,
uh, so we don't have people having to

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register and sign in and go through this
process only to realize that it's not

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something that they're even eligible to
apply for. So, those are my comments.

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» I I appreciate that. Thank you. I know
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of that. We actually had a conversation
yesterday. She says, "Hey, we need to

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get together." cuz uh, she's already
planning for that, and I believe some of

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those uh, same issues are already in
Taylor's mind to to help uh, us along in

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that. So, I'm I'm looking forward to
that. I think this year will be a a very

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smooth, uh, easier process, um, even
like you're mentioning about incumbents

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and not getting folks hopes up. Uh maybe
this is for Al or Brian. Do we have a

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general rule of thumb where I know
I know coming from city government, uh

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we kind of had an unwritten rule, and it
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could be expanded cuz you don't have
somebody available that if somebody

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served for 20 years, 10 years, do we
have do we have a a number like that as

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far as a policy or anything's concerned?
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put a term limit in for boards and
commissions in Ottawa that where it

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wasn't regulated further by the state.
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» So, but here we don't have that.
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position we're just filling, I know our
police chief position that we filled uh

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here a couple weeks ago, those are such
tough positions to fill. I'd hate to put

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that on there, but obviously there are
some some folks that uh would probably

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like to get uh plugged in at different
times, but anyways, um

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just something to think about. All
right, any other comments or questions?

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This will go to full board this coming
Thursday.

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All right, seeing none, all those in
favor, please say yes. Yes. All those

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opposed,
that appointment has been approved. All

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right, commissioner comments.
Commissioner Boujack.

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» Thank you, Chair. I just want to
echo Commissioner Baber's comment.

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Excellent county government.
>> All right, any other uh

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» I hear nothing else, thanks.

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» [laughter]
>> Please hear that.

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» Look at this.
>> Whenever someone talks, do you hear

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excellent county
>> Any other commissioner's comments?

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All right, seeing none, meeting is
adjourned. Thank you so much.

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» That's That's what it's all about,
Wallace.

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» I love you, too.

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Mhm.