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Bay County commissioners approve series of resolutions, contracts and appointments
Summary
At its Feb. 18, 2025 meeting the Bay County Board of Commissioners approved a package of resolutions, contracts, appointments and routine administrative items, including grants, equipment purchases and personnel actions; all items on the consent agenda were approved by voice vote.
Bay County commissioners on Feb. 18, 2025, approved a package of resolutions and administrative actions covering public-safety equipment, grant acceptance, contracts and personnel actions during a regularly scheduled meeting at the Bay County Courthouse in Bay City.
The approvals included grant acceptances, contract awards and routine personnel and financial items the board took as individual motions and carried by voice vote. Commissioners recorded no roll-call tallies in the public record; each motion was presented, seconded and approved with commissioners responding “Aye” and “Seeing none, motion carries.”
Among the motions approved were: Resolution recognizing the life and service of Mark Allen Smith (honorary resolution); resolution commending Delta College’s 2024 NJCAA Division III women’s soccer champions; a quarter‑4 report and spending update from Hay Bay City; the Region 7 Area Agency on Aging presentation and an accompanying Board of Directors appointment letter; notification of the City of Bay City’s appointment of Craig Coakley to the Bay County Land Bank Authority; adoption of the 2024 Master Adoption Plan; and a series of departmental, public-safety and administrative resolutions described below.
Votes at a glance (motion text as read at the meeting and outcome): • Resolution honoring Mark Allen Smith — motion to adopt; approved (motion carries). • Resolution commending Delta College women’s soccer team for the 2024 NJCAA Division III championship — motion to adopt; approved (motion carries). • Hay Bay City fourth-quarter metrics and county spending update (county share reported as $89,101.83) — motion to receive/report; approved (motion carries). • Region 7 Area Agency on Aging — presentation received; motion to receive the Region 7 Area Agency of Aging Board of Directors appointment letter — approved (motion carries). • Notification of appointment of Craig Coakley as City of Bay City representative to the Bay County Land Bank Authority — motion to accept; approved (motion carries). • Adoption of the 2024 Master Adoption Plan — motion to adopt; approved (motion carries). • Resolution 2025-19: American Heart Month — motion to adopt; approved (motion carries). • Resolution 2025-20: Marine safety grant program — motion to adopt; approved (motion carries). • Resolution 2025-21: MSU Extension agreement for services, 2025 — motion to adopt; approved (motion carries). • Resolution 2025-22: Replacement of mobile radios for the Bay County Sheriff’s Office — motion to adopt; approved (motion carries). • Resolution 2025-23: Purchase and maintenance of CrewForce licenses — motion to adopt; approved (motion carries). • Resolution 2025-24: Addendum F — direct care workers premium pay increase, fiscal year 2025 — motion to adopt; approved (motion carries). • Resolution 2025-25: Acceptance of funding for community health assessment activities for McLaren Bay Region — motion to adopt; approved (motion carries). • Resolution 2025-26: Tire shredding contract with Environmental Rubber — motion to adopt; approved (motion carries). During discussion staff explained the county has budgeted for annual scrap tire collections and is monitoring whether a usual grant program will be available to offset costs in 2025. • Resolution 2025-27: Light trap data contracts — motion to adopt; approved (motion carries). • Resolution 2025-28: 2025 control materials bids — motion to adopt; approved (motion carries). • Resolution 2025-29: Swim partnership agreement with Essexville‑Hampton Public Schools ($10,000) — motion to adopt; approved (motion carries). • Resolution 2025-30: Excess insurance for workers’ compensation (2025–2027) — motion to adopt; approved (motion carries). • Resolution 2025-31: New position — part‑time home‑delivered meals driver — motion to adopt; approved (motion carries). • Resolution 2029-32: Purchase of extended support with Dell MLM (as read in packet) — motion to adopt; approved (motion carries). (Number shown in the meeting packet/transcript: “2029‑32.”) • Resolution 2025-33: Payables — motion to adopt; approved (motion carries). • Resolution 2025-34: Approval for step increase from step 1 to step 3 for chief assistant prosecuting attorney — motion to adopt; approved (motion carries). • Resolution 2025-35: Hire qualified attorneys at a higher pay rate than starting pay on the PN‑10 pay scale — motion to adopt; approved (motion carries). • Resolution 2025-36: Travel request — National Association of County and City Health Officials — motion to adopt; approved (motion carries). • Resolution 2025-37: Travel request — 2025 NACCHO 360 public health conference — motion to adopt; approved (motion carries). • Resolution 2025-38: RFP bid award for Bay County Central Dispatch diesel generator replacement to Eskon Group — motion to adopt; approved (motion carries).
Several routine items also were received and approved, including committee reports, reports of the county executive and department payables. No individual roll‑call vote totals were read into the record; each item passed after the chair called for “All in favor?” and commissioners voiced assent.
Ending: Items approved at the meeting will be reflected in the official minutes and related contracts or grant documents will be processed by county staff.
