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Board rejects $10,000 MPHI accreditation contract after debate about privacy and nonprofit roles
Summary
A proposed $10,000 contract with the Michigan Public Health Institute to prepare Ottawa County Public Health for accreditation failed after commissioners raised concerns about nonprofit contractors, privacy protections and ideological ties.
The Board of Commissioners voted on May 27 on a $10,000 contract with the Michigan Public Health Institute (MPHI) to support Ottawa County Department of Public Health work on performance management ahead of the county's 2026 accreditation cycle; the motion to approve the contract failed on a tie vote.
The county's epidemiologist, Dorel Glassauer, described the grant-funded work and said the primary purpose was staff training and support to meet state local public health accreditation requirements. "We have no intention under the umbrella of this contractor transmitting any PHI to MPHI or any other entity,"…
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