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Votes at a glance: Bay County Board approves series of routine items, receives road commission facility report
Summary
At the Sept. 9 meeting the Bay County Board of Commissioners voted to receive the Bay County Road Commission report and approved a series of departmental motions including authorization to publish notice of intent to issue bonds for a pool project and multiple procurement and contract items.
At its Sept. 9 meeting the Bay County Board of Commissioners recorded voice votes on a sequence of departmental items and received a presentation from the Bay County Road Commission. The board approved each motion by voice vote as recorded in the meeting transcript; specific individual roll-call tallies were not recorded in the transcript.
Votes and formal actions (as recorded in the meeting transcript):
- Petitions and communications — Road commission presentation: Motion to receive the report from the Bay County Road Commission regarding current facility conditions and needs. Motion moved and supported; board voice vote recorded as "aye" and the motion carries.
- Item B — Resolution authorizing publication of notice of intent to issue bonds for the Bay County pool project: Motion to approve. Motion moved and supported; voice vote "aye," motion carries.
- Bay County Sheriff's Office — Change to fee schedule to add live-scan electronic fingerprints: Motion to approve change to fee schedule. Motion moved and supported; voice vote, motion carries.
- Bay County Sheriff's Office — Approve purchase of a jail transport van: Motion to approve purchase. Motion moved and supported; voice vote, motion carries.
- Environmental Affairs / Community Development — Revised resolution to receive work program and authorize application for and acceptance of a materials-management planning grant: Motion to approve. Motion moved and supported; voice vote, motion carries. A staff member noted the county is pursuing the grant as a single-county applicant rather than a multi-county consortium.
- Health Officer — Agreement with McLaren Bay Region for purchase of rabies vaccine and immunoglobulin: Motion to approve. Motion moved and supported; voice vote, motion carries.
- Health Officer — Agreements with print and broadcast advertising companies for clinical promotion: Motion to approve. Motion moved and supported; voice vote, motion carries.
- Personnel Director — Ratified collective bargaining agreements, 2025: Motion to ratify agreements. Motion moved and supported; voice vote, motion carries.
- Recreation and Facilities — Approval to purchase and trade in golf carts for the Bay County golf course: Motion to approve. Motion moved and supported; voice vote, motion carries.
- Information Systems — Service maintenance contract for Vertiv cooling unit with Access Michigan: Motion to approve. Motion moved and supported; voice vote, motion carries.
- Finance / Payables — Multiple motions to receive reports and approve payables: Motions moved and supported; voice votes recorded as "aye," motions carry.
- Office of Assigned Counsel — July 2025 report: Motion to receive the report. Motion moved and supported; voice vote, motion carries.
Meeting closure: The board heard announcements (a POW-MIA ceremony Sept. 19; a free vaccine clinic Oct. 11 and other outreach events), then adjourned by voice vote.
Notes on vote recording and attribution: The transcript records motions as "moved" and "supported" and records voice votes with "aye" and "motion carries." Individual roll-call votes, individual yes/no tallies and named movers/seconders were not provided in the transcript for these items; the summaries above reflect the motions and outcomes as recorded in the meeting audio transcript.
