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Votes at a glance: Delta County Board of Commissioners, Jan. 21, 2025
Summary
Summary of motions and outcomes at the Jan. 21 Delta County commissioners meeting, including payments, contracts, personnel actions and policy items.
At its Jan. 21 meeting the Delta County Board of Commissioners approved a series of routine and substantive items. Below is a concise roundup of motions, outcomes and key details as recorded in the meeting minutes.
Bills and finance - Motion: Pay claims presented. Grand total of bills $592,887.11 and commissioner expenses $275.87. Outcome: Approved (roll-call vote recorded as unanimous).
Contracts and procurement - Motion: Accept and encourage signature of contract with Mead & Hunt for design of the snow-removal equipment (SRE) building. Outcome: Approved (voice vote). - Motion: Approve Mead & Hunt contract for airfield markings/marketing. Outcome: Approved (voice vote).
Personnel and employment - Motion: Accept resignation of corrections officer (last name recorded as Baldovski) with lump-sum payout and authorize filling the corrections position; send thank-you letter. Outcome: Approved (voice vote). - Motion: Accept LOA (collective-bargaining/Teamsters) insurance coverage and transfers for Road Patrol as updated following negotiations. Outcome: Approved (voice vote). - Motion: Approve LOA (ESPA) to adjust court reporter years-of-service increase to close gap between base and year 1 (requested by the judge). Outcome: Approved (voice vote).
Administrative and policy - Motion: Approve implementation trial of remote public comment via two voicemail phone numbers (one for agenda items and one for general public comment); board agreed to try the system (no formal roll call recorded, supported by commissioners). Outcome: Approved to trial. - Motion: Approve donation of sick leave from employees to another employee. Outcome: Approved (voice vote). - Motion: Waive building permit fees for an ISD project (amount discussed as $413.20; earlier transcript also referenced $123 for a different line — see clarifying details). Outcome: Approved (voice vote). - Motion: Amend defined contribution designations for MERS (employee retirement plan) to set maximum employer contributions by division as requested by HERS. Outcome: Approved (voice vote). - Motion: Table county personnel policy review to allow staff to prepare recommended changes; later the board approved a motion to add accessibility of finalized policy documents to the county’s internal web server for employee access. Outcomes: Tabled for full review; accessibility motion approved (voice vote). - Motion: Request a 10-day extension to respond to FOIA appeal 25-0-6 to allow legal review. Outcome: Approved (voice vote).
Other - Motion: Enter closed session under MCL 15.268(h) for an attorney opinion. Outcome: Approved by roll call; board later returned and stated no decisions were made in closed session.
Notes and clarifications - Several items were approved by voice vote with the board recording “Aye” and “Motion passed”; where a roll-call vote was used the clerk recorded members responding “Yes.” Where precise roll-call tallies for each vote are not listed in the transcript, this roundup records outcomes as presented at the meeting. - Dollar amounts and item descriptions are taken from the meeting record; some figures discussed in oral remarks differed (see clarifying details below).
