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Eaton County honors retiring treasurer and six outgoing commissioners with resolutions
Summary
At its Dec. 18 meeting the Eaton County Board of Commissioners adopted resolutions recognizing Treasurer Robert Robinson and six commissioners leaving office, highlighting accomplishments including a county land bank, demolition projects and long tenures of service.
The Eaton County Board of Commissioners on Dec. 18 adopted resolutions honoring Treasurer Robert Robinson and six commissioners who are leaving office.
Robert Robinson, the county treasurer since Jan. 1, 2013, received a formal resolution commending a 12‑year tenure that commissioners said included modernizing the treasurer’s office, creating a land bank and initiating energy‑efficiency financing through a PACE district. At the meeting, Robinson said the office’s work — including a new foreclosure governmental unit and the land bank’s demolition of three derelict buildings in Sunfield — added taxable value and supported community revitalization. “My pleasure has been all mine,” Robinson said. “I have had a … tremendous honor and a special privilege, really, for 12 years of being treasurer of Eaton County.”
The board also adopted resolutions recognizing the service of Commissioners Brian Lawsonhiser (10 years), Barbara Rogers (10 years), Terrence Augustine (12 years), Blake Mulder (16 years), Joseph (Joe) Brailler (36 years) and Brian Lottenhiser (resolution read earlier in the meeting). Each resolution recited committee assignments and boards on which the commissioners served and commended long service to the county.
Commissioners and guests spoke in tribute. “You have to work together, and you have a little over a 100,000 people to serve,” Lawsonhiser said in brief remarks. Terrence Augustine reflected on his 12 years and the sacrifices of family life, saying, “If you put the time in, if you do the work, it’s a commitment.” Long‑time commissioner Joe Brailler, who described a 36‑year tenure beginning in 1988, said he was honored to have had the trust of his district.
Why it matters: The recognitions mark an unusually large turnover on the board. Controller Connie Sobe noted that six commissioners are leaving, amounting to many years of institutional experience departing at once; she called the day “historic” for the county board.
Ending: The board attached copies of the resolutions to the county’s permanent records and hosted brief public acknowledgments. Robinson said he planned to retire to a private office in his barn after Dec. 31.
