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Bay County Committee of the Whole approves contracts, budget schedule and ARPA reallocation
Summary
At its April 1 Committee of the Whole meeting, Bay County commissioners approved multiple contracts and routine items by voice vote, received budget and policy updates, and agreed to reallocate unspent ARPA funds to the county’s Health and Human Services Center project.
The Bay County Committee of the Whole met at 4 p.m. April 1 and approved a series of contracts, agreements and routine agenda items by voice vote, including a Blue Cross Blue Shield inmate services contract for 2025–26 and a resolution to reallocate unspent American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to the Health and Human Services Center ARPA project.
The approvals covered a mix of procurement and administrative actions intended to maintain county operations: a Blue Cross Blue Shield inmate service contract for 2025–26; a friend-of-the-court agreement with MGT Impact Solutions, LLC; a Clear Services contract for 2025; health department care coordination agreements for children’s special health-care services; release of an RFP for morgue rental services; a Mosquito Control 2025 Eagle Scrap Tire Cleanup grant; Constellation New Energy pooled natural gas pricing for 2025; receipt of an Analysis of General Fund Equity 2025; updates on executive directive 2007-11; the 2026 budget schedule; a motion reallocating unspent ARPA funds to the Health and Human Services Center ARPA project; a Raymond Ronson change order and budget adjustment tied to GASB 101 compensated absences; Cisco Capital and CDW Government enterprise agreements for Information Systems; a central dispatch uninterrupted power supply replacement award to Eskon Group; and approval of general payables. All motions were approved by voice vote with the chair announcing "motion carries."
A staff member noted that the National Association of Counties (NACo) and Michigan Association of Counties (MAC) are continuing work to secure Medicaid coverage for certain inmate services before cases are adjudicated; the staff member said that effort is ongoing and will likely return to the board for further updates. Finance staff provided an update on reallocating ARPA funds and said the county is working with departments and grantees to confirm spending; the speaker referenced a figure stated in the meeting transcript as "12.31" but did not specify units or whether that was dollars, thousands, or millions. The board received the update and approved the ARPA reallocation motion to avoid the need to return funds.
Most items were approved without discussion beyond clerical or informational remarks. The meeting also included brief announcements and recognitions in the miscellaneous section: attendees described a recent Vietnam veterans event and a community banquet where Commissioner Kathy Nemec received an award for volunteer service; Commissioner Lawson and others congratulated Nemec.
The committee adjourned after approving the final motions and hearing announcements.
