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Votes at a glance: Clare County board approves expenditures, budget adjustments and airport appropriation
Summary
The Clare County Board of Commissioners approved several routine and fiscal items on June 16, including May expenditures, budget adjustments and a $7,000 airport appropriation. A motion to move into closed session failed for lack of a second.
At its June 16 meeting the Clare County Board of Commissioners recorded several formal actions. Key results:
- Agenda changes: The board approved the meeting agenda as presented with amendments. The motion was moved and seconded and the board voted verbally in favor; the chair declared the motion carried.
- Minutes: Commissioners moved and seconded approval of the minutes from the prior meeting; the motion carried.
- Closed session motion: A motion was made to move into closed session to discuss collective bargaining negotiations under MCL 15.268(c). That motion did not receive a second and therefore did not proceed.
- Resolution 25-13 (Crooked Lake): A commissioner moved to adopt resolution 25-13 for Crooked Lake pursuant to the cited statutory authority; a roll-call vote followed and the resolution was adopted.
- Finance committee minutes and expenditures: The board approved statutory finance committee meeting minutes and approved expenditures for May 2025 in the amount of $1,548,617.89 (general fund expenditures reported as $695,762.67). The board also approved budget adjustments 25-104 and 25-117 in the amounts of $245,384.46 and $70,000, respectively.
- Meetings and travel: The board approved attendance at the Sixth District regional meeting with David Greenberg.
- Airport appropriation: The board approved an immediate appropriation of $7,000 to the airport for the hiring of an airport manager; staff said they expect to request $30,000 in next year’s budget for ongoing funding.
Why this matters: These actions finalize routine financial authorizations required for county operations and reflect the board’s near-term budget and staffing priorities. The closed-session motion failed procedurally because it lacked a second.
All actions above were recorded during the meeting transcript and taken by majority vote as documented; where a second and roll-call were recorded the board’s votes were unanimously in the affirmative in the transcript roll calls presented.
Ending: Staff will carry forward approved budget adjustments and the airport appropriation; the board scheduled a special budget review meeting for July 14.
