Kent County commissioners approve package of resolutions including park expansion, millage levy and multiple grants

The Kent County Board of Commissioners adopted resolutions Sept. 11 approving a series of funding and policy actions, including appropriations for county operations and parks, acceptance of state and foundation grants, approval of a tax sharing agreement and allocations from opioid settlement proceeds.

The bulk of the work was handled by voice or roll-call vote during a meeting that opened with a county commemoration of the Sept. 11 attacks. Commissioners voted to adopt a consent agenda and then moved through Resolutions 66–76; most passed unanimously, while several opioid- and grant-related items recorded one dissenting vote.

Highlights of actions taken include an appropriation of $50,000 to the Registered Deeds Automation Fund (Resolution 66); approval of a tax sharing agreement between Kent County and Byron Township (Resolution 67); acceptance of funding for senior-center staffing through the Area Agency on Aging (Resolution 68); acceptance of a donation from the Kent County Parks Foundation for a Millennium Park entry sign and landscaping (Resolution 69); purchase of a residential parcel within Millennium Park to expand the park…