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Votes at a glance: Gratiot County board approves recruitment, search contract, airport maintenance and appointments
Summary
A summary of formal motions and outcomes from the Gratiot County Board of Commissioners meeting, including authorization to recruit a finance director, approval of a $28,000 executive search contract, approval of an airport maintenance agreement, consent to a hangar lease assignment and the reappointment of a veteran affairs representative.
At its meeting, the Gratiot County Board of Commissioners took the following formal actions (motion language is summarized from the meeting record):
1) Approve amended agenda (moved by unnamed, supported by Steve). Outcome: approved (motion carried).
2) Approve consent calendar (moved by Steve, supported by Tim). Outcome: approved (motion carried).
3) Authorize administration to move ahead with recruitment of a financial services director “as outlined” (moved by Steve, supported by Tim). Outcome: approved (motion carried).
4) Authorize the board chair to execute an agreement with the Michigan Municipal League to conduct an executive search for a county administrator at a price of $28,000, with appropriate budget amendments (moved by Steve, supported by Jan). Outcome: approved (motion carried).
5) Authorize the board chair to execute an agreement with J Rank Electrical (Mount Pleasant) to provide electrical maintenance at the airport for 2025 (moved by Steve, supported by Tim). Outcome: approved (motion carried).
6) Consent to assignment of a private hangar lease pursuant to the lease terms (moved by Steve, supported by Jan). Outcome: approved (motion carried).
7) Reappoint Timothy Aplin to the Veterans Affairs Advisory Committee (moved by Steve, supported by Jan). Outcome: approved (motion carried).
8) Authorize payment of bills and conclude finance committee items (moved by Steve, supported by Tim). Outcome: approved (motion carried).
9) Adjourn (moved by Tim, supported by Jan). Outcome: approved (motion carried).
Where specific vote tallies were not announced, the board recorded motions as carried after the roll call; when a roll call was given earlier in the meeting there were five commissioners present. The meeting record did not show individual recorded yes/no votes per commissioner for each motion; minutes record passed motions with standard "aye"/"nay" calls and the chair declaring motion carried.
