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Montcalm County commissioners elect chair, settle vice chair after multiple ballots; adopt bylaws and committee rosters
Summary
Montcalm County commissioners elected Pat Carr as chair, selected a vice chair after repeated roll-call rounds, approved 2025 meeting dates and multiple committee appointments, adopted updated bylaws and formed an ad hoc hiring committee.
Commissioner Pat Carr was elected chair of the Montcalm County Board of Commissioners in the board's organizational meeting; commissioners also completed several routine organizational actions, including adopting bylaws, approving committee appointments and forming an ad hoc committee to review hiring practices for department directors.
The meeting began with nominations for chair. Miss Clark nominated Commissioner Pat Carr, saying, “I nominate Commissioner Carr for the chair.” The board approved Carr by voice vote. After several rounds of roll-call voting to fill the vice chair position, commissioners elected Commissioner Peterson as vice chair (final roll-call rounds were used to break earlier ties). The board then approved the proposed 2025 meeting dates and times, keeping meetings at 4 p.m. with adjustments to avoid Monday holidays and a single December meeting in mid-December.
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