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Bay County commissioners approve package of resolutions, authorize emergency purchase for jail
Summary
At a Dec. 9 special meeting the Bay County Board of Commissioners approved a slate of routine resolutions — including grant acceptances, vendor agreements and an emergency purchase of a convection steamer for the jail — with motions carried without recorded opposition.
Bay County commissioners approved a package of routine resolutions at a Dec. 9 special meeting, including grant acceptances, service agreements and an emergency procurement for the county jail.
The measures approved included Resolution No. 2025-238 (canteen services agreement extension); 2025-239 (remonumentation program); 2025-240 (MDHHS supplemental and local stabilization funds); 2025-241 (temporary medical examiner contract extension); 2025-242 (Thompson Riders agreement 2026); 2025-243 (jury management system 2026); 2025-244 (community corrections service provider agreements 2026); 2025-245 (Home Confinement Incorporated agreement FY2026); 2025-246 (acceptance of a Michigan Health Endowment Fund grant award for the Bay County Guardianship Diversion Project, 2026–27); 2025-247 (ESRI small municipal and county government enterprise agreement, 2026–28); 2025-248 (Civic Arena food supplies budget adjustment, 2025–26); 2025-249 (Flex Administrators HSA agreement 2026); 2025-250 (BCBS schedule 2026); 2025-251 (123.net fiber internet service agreement for the new Bay County Health Center, 2026); 2025-252 (authorize RFQ 2025-909 for a jail feasibility study and building assessment consultant); 2025-253 (payables); and an added Resolution No. 2025-254 to authorize an emergency purchase of a convection steamer for the Bay County Jail.
Most items were introduced and moved by Commissioner Crete, seconded and approved by voice vote. The record shows no recorded opposition on the motions and the chair announced that motions carried.
Why it matters: the actions together authorize contracts, vendor services and program funding that will affect county operations in corrections, courts, public health and county facilities. The added emergency purchase (2025-254) directs county procurement to proceed for equipment needed at the jail.
What happens next: the resolutions delegate procurement and contract authority to staff or to specific agreements as written in the individual resolutions; the record does not include specific implementation timelines or dollar amounts for most items. For the added emergency purchase, the board approved the authorization at the meeting. The record does not include roll-call tallies by member for each vote; motions were carried on voice votes.
