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Votes at a glance: Bay County Committee of the Whole, May 6, 2025
Summary
The committee approved a series of routine contracts, grants and personnel actions by voice vote, including resource officer agreements with local schools, grant renewals, and the prison dog program renewal.
At its May 6, 2025, Committee of the Whole meeting, Bay County commissioners approved multiple routine items by voice vote, including grants, school resource-officer agreements, contract renewals and personnel hires.
Key approvals (voice votes, no roll-call tallies provided in the transcript):
- Resolution establishing procedures for resolutions and proclamations — approved. - Victims Rights Grant Agreement 2025–2026 — approved. - CARPEL case-management contract (see separate article) — approved. - M. Kohl’s CPE Pilot Program Grant 2025 — approved. - Legislative directive spending items grant, fiscal year 2025 — approved. - Lynnwood Elementary School resource officer agreement 2025–2026 (Pinkhampton Area Schools) — approved. - Bangor Township school resource officer agreement 2025–2026 — approved. - Bay City Public Schools resource officer agreement 2025–2026 — approved. - Westlaw Grama 2025 (Department of Criminal Defense) — approved. - MIDC grant renewal 2025–2026 — approved. - MDOC grant funds for Office of Community Corrections, 2026 — approved. - Letter of Intent with Region 7 for Department on Aging, 2026 — approved. - Banks Health Incorporated agreement 2025 — approved. - Care coordination agreements for the maternal infant health program — approved. - Prison Dog Program Agreement (Iron Paws) with Freeland Correctional Facility — approved; meeting remarks described program training periods of roughly 90 days to six months and noted adoption partnerships with veterans groups. - Temporary part-time kennel attendant position for Animal Services, 2025 (personnel) — approved. - WIC breastfeeding peer counselor/typist clerk positions (three positions) — approved. - Analysis of general fund equity 2025 — received. - Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting (GFOA) — received. - Revised county website agreement (Information Systems) — approved. - Payables — approved.
Most motions were made and supported with routine “aye/oppose” voice votes and little discussion recorded. Several items generated brief questions: a board member asked whether Saginaw participates in the prison dog program and staff confirmed the Freeland Correctional Facility participates. For the point-of-care testing contract described in the meeting, staff said point-of-care tests can return results in about an hour and the county expects implementation around June.
Announcements at the end of the meeting included an animal shelter adoption promotion (dogs $50, cats $25) and a free clinic for Bay County residents on May 24 from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. (microchipping and rabies vaccinations). A county official also announced Give Local Bay Day with the Bay Area Community Foundation.
