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Votes at a glance: Clare County commissioners approve contracts, grants, appointments and budget adjustments
Summary
The Clare County Board of Commissioners approved multiple items including contracts, grants, committee minutes, expenditures, appointments to the board of canvassers, a budget adjustment and set a special meeting to ratify union contracts.
At its meeting, the Clare County Board of Commissioners approved a series of motions by voice vote or roll call. The board’s recorded actions included contract awards, grant acceptance, committee minutes, budget adjustments, appointments and authorization for a special meeting to ratify labor agreements. Key outcomes recorded during the meeting follow.
Votes at a glance
- Approve agenda and meeting minutes: The board approved the agenda as presented and approved minutes for prior meetings by voice vote.
- Appointment to public guardian replacement: Motion to allow the replacement of the public guardian (reason given: retirement) was approved by voice vote.
- Hire part‑time nurse in Clare County Jail: Motion to allow hiring a part‑time nurse for the county jail was approved (roll call recorded).
- Senior services grant: Approved acceptance of a Regions Southern Area Agency on Aging grant in the amount of $272,585 for fiscal year 2026. County match: none, per the senior services representative.
- Extension services agreement (MSU Extension): Approved an extension agreement for MSU Extension with an initial amount of $150,230 (roll call recorded).
- Airport lighting contract: Approved contract with J Rank Electric Inc. in the amount of $207,375 (roll call recorded). See separate story for procurement clarification.
- Finance committee minutes: Approved finance committee meeting minutes (08/18/2025 amount $127,499.07; 09/02/2025 amount $36,130.29).
- Expenditures for August 2025: Approved expenditures totaling $2,912,591.29, with general fund expenditures of $979,993.39 (roll call recorded).
- Annual foreclosing governmental unit report: Accepted and approved the annual report on real property foreclosure sales (roll call recorded).
- Fiddler Technologies land records lifecycle five‑year extension: Approved and authorized the clerk to sign (roll call recorded). See separate story for clerk comments on cybersecurity and negotiated renewal terms.
- Board of canvassers appointments: Appointed Kara Emendorfer (Democrat) and Gina Gehr (Republican) to four‑year terms on the county board of canvassers (terms beginning 11/01/2025, ending 10/31/2029); appointments followed clerk recommendations and party interviews.
- Budget adjustments: Approved budget adjustments for fiscal 2025–2026 involving $226,987 (roll call recorded).
- Special meeting set to ratify labor contracts: Set a special meeting for Wednesday, Sept. 24 at 9 a.m. to ratify units 3, 4 and 5 contracts.
Most roll‑call votes recorded in the transcript were unanimous; where a roll call was taken the motion was recorded as carried.
