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Board authorizes chair to sign successor POAM corrections agreement consistent with stipulated award

6490760 · October 22, 2025
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Summary

After a closed session under MCL 15.268, the Board authorized the chair to sign a successor collective bargaining agreement with POAM corrections deputies consistent with a stipulated award, as approved by county legal counsel.

Following a closed-session discussion under MCL 15.268, Jackson County commissioners authorized the board chair to sign a successor collective bargaining agreement with the POAM corrections deputies, consistent with the terms of a stipulated award and subject to approval of form by county legal counsel.

The board entered closed session to discuss collective bargaining and litigation strategy, citing MCL 15.268; the motion to go into closed session carried on a roll call. After the closed session, Commissioner Kennedy moved “to authorize the board chair to sign this successor collective bargaining agreement with the POAM corrections deputies consistent with the terms of the stipulated 3 12 award upon approval as to form by the county’s legal counsel,” and Commissioner Baer seconded the motion. The board voted and the motion passed.

A roll call recorded commissioners’ yes votes for the authorization; the transcript records the motion and the roll-call approval. County counsel and the chair will finalize the agreement according to the stipulated award and legal review. The board did not read the agreement terms into the public record during the meeting.