Wexford County commissioners approve survey, inmate housing and wage agreements

At its meeting, the Wexford County Board of Commissioners approved multiple intergovernmental and vendor agreements and authorized the vice chairman to sign them.

The board approved a monumentation surveyor agreement with CC Land Surveying and related entities after Unidentified Speaker 5 moved the measure and a roll-call vote recorded affirmative responses from the commissioners present. The board also approved a peer review survey agreement naming consultants Bill Sickman, George Smith, Brent Cloud and Craig McBean, with Unidentified Speaker 3 moving the action and the vice chairman authorized to sign.

Separately, the board approved an inmate housing agreement between Wexford County (the sheriff's office) and Kalkaska County to cover Jan. 1, 2025, through Dec. 31, 2026; the motion was presented by Unidentified Speaker 10 and approved by roll call. The board also approved a letter of understanding with the TPOAM general unit addressing Article 26 (wages) for 2025 and authorized the vice chairman to sign.

All contract and agreement motions described above were moved, seconded (recorded as "Support" in the transcript) and approved by roll-call votes in sequence. Individual roll-call segments in the transcript show commissioners answering "Yes" when called; the meeting record indicates the items passed with affirmative votes from those present.

The board did not discuss specific dollar amounts for the survey agreements or the inmate housing contract in the public portion of the meeting packet presented at this session. The inmate housing agreement includes an explicit coverage period (Jan. 1, 2025'Dec. 31, 2026) as read into the record.

The county manager's report noted ongoing operational impacts from a recent cyber attack and that temporary staffing had been approved for the registrar's office to maintain services while recovery continues; the manager said there was no firm timeline for full restoration.