Bay County commissioners approve wide set of resolutions, contracts and proclamations

The Bay County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday approved a broad package of resolutions, contracts and appointments covering grants, service agreements, school resource-officer memoranda, procurement and proclamations recognizing May observances.

The actions, taken during the May 20 meeting and moved largely without debate, include grant agreements, contract authorizations and administrative appointments that affect county operations and local partners. The board also approved a closed-session recommendation from the Bay County Treasurer related to the status of certain claims and any related budget adjustments.

Key items the board approved (resolution numbers and descriptions as read into the record):

- Resolution 2025-579: establishing procedures for resolutions and proclamations. - Resolution 2025-580: Scribe victims-rights grant agreement 2025–2026. - Resolution 2025-81: Carpal Solutions contract. - Resolution 2025-82: M. Kohl's CPE pilot program grant 2025. - Resolution 2025-83: legislative-directed spending items grant for fiscal year 2025. - Resolution 2025-84: Pincannon Area Schools Resource Officer Agreement 2025–2026. - Resolution 2025-85: Bay City Public Schools Resource Officer Agreement 2025–2026. - Resolution 2025-86: Bangor Township and Bangor School Resource Officer agreement 2025–2026. - Resolution 2025-87: Westlaw agreement 2025. - Resolution 2025-88: MIDC grant renewal 2025–2026. - Resolution 2025-89: MDOC grant funds 2026. - Resolution 2025-90: Region 7 letter of intent (2026 stated in packet). - Resolution 2025-91: Binks Health agreement 2025. - Resolution 2025-92: care coordination agreements for the maternal infant health program. - Resolution 2025-93: Michigan Department of Corrections Prison Dog Program Agreement. - Resolution 2025-94: temporary part-time kennel attendant position for 2025. - Resolution 2025-95: WIC breastfeeding peer counselor and typist clerk 3 position hired at a one-year rate. - Resolution 2025-96: revised website agreement (board member questioned spelling of vendor name during discussion). - Resolution 2025-97: payables. - Resolution 2025-98: proclamation recognizing May as Community Action Month and honoring Mid Michigan Community Action Agency. - Resolution 2025-99: proclamation recognizing May 2025 as Mental Health Awareness Month in Bay County. - Resolution 2025-100: reports to the county executive (April 2025). - Resolution 2025-101: Motorola Solutions service agreement for central dispatch. - Resolution 2025-102: Office of the Highway Safety grant application 2026 (Sheriff's Office). - Resolution 2025-103: course snack shop contract for 2025, Recreation and Facilities (to restore snack shop service at the golf course). - Resolution 2025-105: child-parent legal representation and guardian ad litem grants 2026 (for the courts). - Resolution 2025-104: treatment court grants 2025 (treatment courts; speaker recommended attending graduations to see successes). - Resolution 2025-106: waiver of ordinance adoption process suspended through Dec. 31, 2025, connected to corporation counsel retirement (agenda items 9 and 10 were connected, per discussion). - Resolution 2025-107: amendment to Bay County Employees Retirement System ordinance (Road Commission multiplier/corporation accounts for retirement). - Resolution 2025-108: Summer L-429 Form 2025 from Equalization. - Resolution 2025-109: appointments to the Bay County Brownfield Redevelopment Authority for 2025 (appointments made by the county executive). - Resolution 2025-110: DRaaS (Disaster Recovery as a Service) contract with CSI for the Register of Deeds. - Resolution 2025-111: authorize signature for a community project funding grant through HUD for Recreation and Facilities.

After a closed session held pursuant to statutory citations read by counsel, the board voted to follow the Bay County Treasurer's recommendation on the status of certain claims (described in closed session) and approved related budget adjustments "if required," as was moved on the floor. The motion carried as recorded in the public meeting after the board returned to open session.

Most items were moved with the wording "I move this resolution" and the recorded response was "Aye" with no opposed votes announced in the public transcript. Several items had no discussion; a few had brief remarks (for example, a commissioner asked about vendor name spelling in the revised website agreement and another commissioner noted treatment court graduations as evidence of program success).

The meeting adjourned after the board completed the agenda and approved the closed-session recommendation.