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Residents urge new board to restore trust, prioritize transparency and employee morale
Summary
During the public-comment period, multiple residents urged the newly elected Ottawa County commissioners to rebuild trust with county employees, ensure transparent processes, reduce partisanship and include diverse viewpoints in policymaking.
Dozens of residents addressed the Ottawa County Board of Commissioners during the meeting’s public-comment periods, many urging the newly seated board to rebuild employee trust, increase transparency and avoid partisan or factional governance.
Sheila Detloff of Holland Township urged commissioners to govern according to the political makeup of individual districts rather than assuming a uniform partisan mandate. "At the very most, district 2 currently leans about 3 and a half points Republican, which is not much," Detloff said, and she asked commissioners to "govern according to the actual makeup of your district and not according to your own…
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