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Votes at a glance: Clare County commissioners approve appointments, finance minutes, expenditures and contract extensions
Summary
At its Feb. 1 meeting, the Clare County Board of Commissioners approved several routine and budgetary items including committee reappointments, statutory finance committee minutes, monthly expenditures, a two-year consulting contract extension and retroactive recording of COVID downtime.
The Clare County Board of Commissioners approved multiple motions during its Feb. 1 meeting. The board recorded roll-call votes on appointments, finance minutes, expenditures and contract actions.
Key outcomes (motions recorded at the meeting):
- Soldiers Relief Committee: Motion to appoint Pete Spitzley to the Clare County Soldiers Relief Committee for a four‑year term — motion seconded and approved by voice vote.
- Construction Board of Appeals: Motion to reappoint Michael Jacobson, Terry Thayer, Scott Owens, Scott Miller and Bob Meester to the Construction Board of Appeals for two‑year terms — motion seconded and approved.
- Statutory finance committee minutes and payouts: Motion to approve the statutory finance committee meeting minutes of Jan. 23, 2023, including disbursements totaling $323,872.47 and specific payouts (for example, $5,918 to John C. Guthrie) — passed on roll call.
- Monthly expenditures: Motion to approve expenditures for January 2023 totaling $2,916,472.94, with general fund expenditures totaling $1,584,648.75 — motion carried on roll call.
- MGT Consulting agreement: Motion to extend the agreement with MGT of America Consulting LLC for the county cost-allocation plan for two years at the same rate of $7,500 per unit — approved by roll call.
- COVID downtime recording: Motion to approve retroactive recording of COVID downtime as income for all affected employees from 03/20/2020 to current date and forward — approved.
- Board rules: Motion to approve amended board rules — motion seconded and approved by voice vote.
Several of the motions passed by recorded roll call; the meeting transcript records “motion carried” for each recorded vote. Where roll-call details were read aloud the clerk recorded the affirmative responses. The board did not reject any of the motions presented during the session.
What’s next: Clerk and county finance staff will complete the follow‑up steps for expenditures and contracts, and staff will return to the board with implementation items as required for the extended contracts and administrative actions.
