At its Oct. 7 Committee of the Whole meeting the Bay County Board of Commissioners moved, by voice vote, to approve or receive a series of administrative items, contracts and reports. Most items were approved with no discussion recorded in the provided transcript.
Key approvals and receipts recorded in the meeting record included:
- Designation of the Bay County Office of Soil Erosion and Sediment Control as the county enforcing agency and reclassification of a civil engineer position (Item C) — motion approved.
- Bay County Road Commission Michigan Transportation Fund Bonds, Series 2025 (Item D) — motion approved.
- Road Patrol township contracts for fiscal year 2026 (Item E1) — motion approved.
- Addition of OWI reimbursement to the Bay County Sheriff’s Office fee schedule (Item E3) — motion approved.
- Bay County Drain Commissioner 2025 Assessment Rules (Item F) — motion approved.
- Health officer / local health department and Medicaid health plan care coordination agreements for case management (Item G) — motion approved.
- Tuition reimbursement for Jason McCoolen, Personnel Director (Item H) — motion approved.
- Mosquito control budget adjustment and purchase of replacement truck (Item I1) — motion approved.
- Health Department conference room designated as a polling location for specified elections (Item J1) — motion approved; board clarified early voting locations remain at the community center for August and November elections.
- Lamity Lounge advertising and lease agreement (Item J2) — motion approved.
- Analysis of general fund equity 2025 (Item K1) — received.
- Update regarding Executive Directive 2000 and Seven-Eleven (Item K2) — received.
- Purchasing: bid award notification for RFQ 2025-53, design professional for Bay County pool facility (Item K3) — motion approved.
- Purchasing: bid release for RFQs for assessment of juvenile home financials (Item K4) — motion approved.
- Payables — general (Item L) — motion approved.
- Office of Assigned Counsel August 2025 report (Item M) — received.
All motions listed above were moved, supported and passed by voice vote as recorded in the meeting transcript; the transcript does not provide roll-call tallies for these items.