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Board approves larger payment to Community Mental Health amid audit concern about statutory local match
Summary
The county approved the first of three increased payments to Community Mental Health, a move commissioners said is intended to bring the county closer to the local-match amounts called for under Michigan law. The motion passed with one commissioner recorded in opposition.
The Lapeer County Board of Commissioners on Jan. 23 approved an increased first payment to Community Mental Health (CMH) of $126,876.67, part of a three‑payment schedule that commissioners were told would total $380,630 for the year.
Brooke (last name not specified in the record), the CMH director, told the board the figure represents an increase from previous years and moves the county toward the local match required by the Michigan Mental Health Code. The director cited Michigan Mental Health Code section 330.1302 in describing the statutory method for calculating the…
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