Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Meeting Votes Roundup topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Votes at a glance: Ottawa County Finance & Administration Committee, Jan. 14, 2025
Summary
A roundup of motions, roll-call outcomes and key financial items approved at the Jan. 14 Finance & Administration Committee meeting, including general claims totaling $20,259,740.82 and the election of a committee vice chair.
The Ottawa County Finance and Administration Committee took the following formal actions during its Jan. 14 meeting. Where recorded on the transcript, roll-call votes and amounts are included.
• Election of committee vice chair — Motion: elect Doug Zylstra as committee vice chair (nomination and roll call conducted). Outcome: Doug Zylstra elected; transcript records “7 votes for Zylstra.”
• Remove agenda item 5 (wage study with Baker Tilly) — Motion: remove item 5 from today’s agenda to allow scope refinement. Outcome: approved by voice vote with support and a second.
• Add four position requests to agenda — Motion: amend the agenda to include four position requests (items 7–10). Outcome: motion carried by voice vote.
• Approve minutes from Dec. 3, 2024 Finance Administration meeting — Outcome: approved by voice vote.
• Statement of review — Suggested motion to approve the statement of review. Outcome: approved by voice vote.
• Accounts payable and general claims — Motion: approve general claims in the amount of $20,259,740.82 for Nov. 18, 2024 through Dec. 20, 2024. Outcome: approved by roll call (motion passes; roll call recorded on the record). Recorded amount: $20,259,740.82.
• Interlocal prosecution agreement — Motion: approve and forward to the Board of Commissioners an interlocal prosecution agreement between Ottawa County and Allegan County (discussion included clarification about a $15,000 general fund cost and an administrative signatory name to be adjusted). Outcome: approved by roll call (motion passes).
• FY 2025 budget adjustments — Motion: approve and forward FY 2025 budget adjustments per attached schedule (committee asked for details on emergency preparedness and family planning line items). Outcome: approved by roll call (motion passes).
• Multiple OCDPH position requests — See separate article: committee approved dental assistant hours increase (item 7), creation of a 1.0 FTE hearing and vision technician (item 8, $83,244), increase hearing and vision clerk from 0.5 to 0.8 FTE (item 9, $24,568), and creation of a 0.6 FTE substance-use-disorder educator (item 10, Lakeshore Regional Entity funded). Outcome: all approved by roll call.
Ending: The committee closed action items and proceeded to committee reports; no items were tabled or failed on Jan. 14.
