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A staff speaker briefed the board on several state-level measures. He summarized a set of juvenile-justice reform recommendations sent to the Legislature and noted that multiple bills aim to reshape elements of juvenile detention and post-disposition placements. He also reported on a package of bills that would change how renewable-energy siting and permitting are handled: the draft language under discussion would transfer local siting and permitting authority to the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC), which, if enacted, would remove local zoning review for large renewable projects. The speaker asked the board to consider drafting a resolution opposing that transfer of local control and said he could draft one for the next meeting if the board agreed.

The speaker also noted personal-property-tax reimbursement bills moving to the governor’s desk to restore a reimbursement mechanism for local governments after the 2021 expansion of the personal property tax exemption; that expansion was described in the record as creating an estimated statewide revenue loss for local units. The meeting record shows a plan to monitor bills that had not advanced.

Separately, staff and commissioners relayed community-program and operational items: the county has an unaudited FY2023 ending fund balance reported in the meeting packet (reported in the record as about 20%–26% of expenses), an available ARPA balance of $865,000 for use in FY2024, and a $500,000 blight-remediation grant that staff hope to use on vacant or blighted properties. Animal control director Rudy was reported to have scheduled a county rabies clinic for Saturday, Nov. 4, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; the rabies vaccination was listed at $10 and county staff will sell 1-year and 3-year dog licenses at the clinic. The board was told the Veterans Freedom Park loan has been paid off.

Commissioners also received routine reports from county representatives on regional boards and associations (including MERS and MAC conference attendance), local township updates (master plans, airport board discussions, possible communications-tower negotiations) and a community-action agency staffing and grant update. Several commissioners said constituencies were concerned about the proposed state changes to renewable siting and septic inspection legislation and suggested pursuing a board resolution.

In public comment and follow-up, a resident raised concerns about extended ambulance response times and asked what the county has done since the issue was discussed earlier in the year. County officials explained that ambulance oversight and dispatch authority rest with a medical-advisory/dispatch authority (a regional MET control board) rather than the county board, and they advised the resident to raise concerns at that board’s meetings. The record names a county representative (Rick/ Greg Hanson referenced in the discussion) as having looked into response-time concerns; county staff said investigations were ongoing.

No formal board action on state legislation or ambulance services was taken at the meeting; commissioners asked staff to draft materials and possible resolutions for future consideration.

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The actions were routine items on the agenda but carry fiscal consequences: the equalization compilation confirms millages local units intend to levy and authorizes the county treasurer/clerk to spread the taxes for collection; the budget adjustments move funds within county accounts to cover planned disbursements.

Commissioners voted on each item by voice or roll call. Key formal actions recorded in the meeting record include:

- Agenda approval: The board approved the agenda as amended to strike a scheduled closed session. Motion and second recorded on the meeting record; the item passed by voice vote.

- Approval of minutes: The board approved the commissioners' minutes from September after a motion, second and voice vote.

- Equalization report and tax spread authorization: The board accepted the equalization report as presented and authorized staff to spread taxes for collection. The motion was made and seconded; roll-call confirmations in the record show multiple affirmative votes (recorded as “Yes” for several commissioners). The vote passed.

- September expenditures: The meeting record shows the board approved September expenditures for the general fund totaling $3,846,927.45. The figure was read into the record before the vote.

- Budget adjustments: The board approved budget adjustments including Adjustment No. 24-1, described in the record as a distribution of $267,000. A motion, second and roll call produced affirmative votes.

Where the transcript records individual roll-call responses by name (for example, “Gilmore? Yes,” “Amber Lewis? Yes,” and named affirmative responses elsewhere in the record), those are included in the official meeting minutes. The meeting record did not attach full roll-call tallies by name to every motion in the transcript excerpt provided; votes are recorded in the minutes as passed.

The approvals set the administrative groundwork for the county’s tax collection cycle and internal fund transfers. County staff noted that the equalization work remains subject to correction if valid issues surface before the November statutory deadlines and that assessors will receive updated materials for local review.

The board was given several routine administrative reminders before adjournment, including upcoming meetings in early November and community events listed in the county reports.

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Commissioners hear legislative updates, public-service reports and local program notes

Clare County commissioners approve agenda changes, tax-spread report and budget adjustments