The Oakland County Economic Development & Infrastructure Committee voted to forward several departmental recommendations to the county Finance Committee.

Key items recommended to Finance included:
- Renewal of a lease with the Road Commission of Oakland County for 6,540 square feet in the county IT building (annual rate cited at $19.19 per square foot).
- Selection of Frank Rewald & Sons as construction manager for the county's new public-works building; staff said the firm was chosen after an RFP and interviews of qualified proposers.
- A short-term contract with the Charter Township of Commerce to continue billing services and SCADA (remote systems-monitoring) through the end of the third quarter to allow a planned transition of township systems.
- Acceptance of a Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency grant to support veterans resource fairs and vouchers; staff described changes in state allocations and county mitigation strategies to sustain programming.
- Acceptance of a $156,000 IIJA/MDOT grant to clear trees in a runway approach at Oakland Southwest Airport as part of a longer-term airport safety project.
- A land-lease addendum with Mr. Hanger LLC for less than a quarter-acre to provide about 20 additional parking spaces adjacent to the Oakland Southwest airport terminal at the county's standard airport land-lease rate (cited at $0.31 per square foot).

Why it matters: These routine but consequential administrative and contracting items advance infrastructure, operations and services for county departments and partner agencies. Several items required technical follow-up (e.g., project scheduling, contract extensions) that staff said they would provide to Finance.