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Votes at a glance: Wayne County Commission actions April 3, 2025
Summary
The full commission approved multiple committee reports, proclamations, appointments and contracts, including a proclamation recognizing April 2025 as Arab American Heritage Month and the motion to approve several committee reports and appointments.
The Wayne County Commission on April 3 recorded approval for several routine and substantive items. Key outcomes recorded on the public meeting transcript include:
- Proclamation: The commission approved a resolution recognizing April 2025 as Arab American Heritage Month. The measure was moved by Vice Chair Pro Tem Baydoun and supported by Commissioner Kanesick; the clerk recorded “motion carries.”
- Committee reports: The commission carried multiple committee reports by roll call after committee chairs moved them forward. These included reports from Economic Development (7 items), Public Services (12 items), Health and Human Services (7 items), Audit (3 items), Public Safety/Judiciary/Homeland Security (9 items), and Government Operations (4 items). Committee motions were recorded as carried in the full commission session.
- Audit extension: The county’s external auditors (Plante Moran) reported that the county filed a state-approved extension and the auditor general stated the target to complete outstanding financial statement items was April 30, 2025. Commissioners were informed that the county is working to provide auditors with outstanding items and that the Land Bank audit is pending county statements.
- MOU retroactive funding: The commission discussed and approved a retroactive memorandum of understanding with Fair Michigan to cover an expanded program that funded an assistant prosecutor position for victims from the LGBTQ community; county staff said the funding would come from a non-departmental account (92501) and that corporation counsel reviewed the MOU.
- Testimonial resolutions and memorials: The commission approved 21 testimonial resolutions and certificates of appreciation and eight memorials; several commissioners added names to the memorial list before a moment of silence.
Votes on many individual agenda items were carried in bulk as committee reports were moved to the floor. The meeting transcript records motions as “carried” but does not include a full roll-call list for every item in the public minutes portion of the record.
