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Votes at a glance: Van Buren County Board of Commissioners, May 13, 2025
Summary
The Board approved routine appointments, claims and budget adjustments, accepted financial reports and authorized several facility and equipment purchases during its May 13 meeting. Major votes included adoption of the county capital improvement plan and approval of claims totaling $5,672,344.85.
The Van Buren County Board of Commissioners on May 13 approved multiple routine and substantive items, including appointments, claims, budget adjustments, ARPA reporting and a county capital improvement plan.
The board voted on a series of motions presented during the meeting and carried each by voice vote or roll call as reflected below. Most motions were approved unanimously; several were approved by roll call during the capital improvement plan vote.
Key votes (motions summarized as recorded in the meeting): - Approve agenda as presented — motion carried (voice vote). - Approve minutes from April 22 — motion carried (voice vote). - Reappoint Cindy Compton and Kate Folger to the Brownfield Redevelopment Authority, three-year terms effective June 1 through May 30, 2028, pending Board of Commissioners final approval — motion carried (voice vote). - Appoint James (Jim) Weisley to the Brownfield Redevelopment Authority, three-year term effective June 1 through May 30, 2028, pending Board approval — motion carried (voice vote). - Reappoint Judy Jansen to the jury board for a six-year term expiring April 30, 2030, pending Board approval — motion carried (voice vote). - Approve a $15,000 amendment to the facilities master plan contract to add 3-D scanning of county buildings — motion carried (voice vote). - Approve use of Human Services West and DHHS parking lots for fair overflow outside business hours — motion carried (voice vote). - Approve miscellaneous finance items and travel reimbursements (three items reported) — motion carried (voice vote). - Approve claims for April totaling $5,672,344.85 — motion carried (voice vote). - Approve budget adjustments across funds (general fund, crime victims, veterans millage, capital improvement) increasing general fund revenue/expenditures by $63,900 and moving donations into the veterans millage fund — motion carried (voice vote). - Accept complete financial statement for April and place on file — motion carried (voice vote). - Accept ARPA quarterly update (reporting obligations and expenditures through March 2025) — motion carried (voice vote). - Approve the county capital improvement plan (CIP) schedule and authorize budget planning for listed projects (board briefings required for projects over $25,000); roll call: Commissioners voted yes (see action entry) — motion carried (roll call). - Approve a $7,264 change order to CPM construction for an ADA-compliant sidewalk on the public transit building project (to be paid from transit contingency funds) — motion carried (voice vote). - Approve purchase of a 2025 Ford F-150 for Animal Control (budgeted replacement vehicle), $42,083 — motion carried (voice vote). - Approve three‑year digitization project update acknowledgement and ongoing import of scanned records — motion carried (voice vote). - Approve submission of the FY2026 Michigan Office of Community Corrections grant application for $211,203.97 to continue pretrial services — motion carried (voice vote). - Approve adding a third supervisor position in 9‑1‑1 (promotion from within; associated budget impact described) — motion carried (voice vote). - Approve the recommended litigation strategy presented in closed session regarding ongoing corporate tax litigation — motion carried (voice vote).
The board recorded several other routine motions (consent agenda approvals, personnel and procedural items) that passed during the session. For items that will require later procurement or contract approvals (projects over $25,000), staff will return with board briefs as required.
Ending: The meeting adjourned after a closed-session item and a recorded motion to proceed with counsel’s recommended litigation strategy.
