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Board hears first readings for Black Maternal Health Week proclamation and for support of MEC BEAD application

2498122 · March 5, 2025
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Summary

Commissioners read and recorded first readings of a proclamation designating April 11–17 Black Maternal Health Week and of a resolution supporting Midwest Energy and Communications (MEC) in the state BEAD broadband funding process; both items will return for formal vote at a future meeting.

The board heard two first readings March 4: a proclamation recognizing April 11–17 as Black Maternal Health Week in Kalamazoo County, and a resolution supporting Midwest Energy and Communications’ (MEC) application for state BEAD (Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment) funds to expand fiber service.

The nut graf: Both items were presented as first readings only;…

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