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Delta County board reviews personnel moves, awards survey contract, tables salary and vendor contract decisions

Delta County Board of Commissioners ยท January 6, 2026

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Summary

Board accepted a re-monumentation contract and placed the administrator's report on file, accepted claims for payment, upheld several FOIA denials, and tabled a proposed emergency management salary increase and a receipting contract pending additional review.

The Delta County Board of Commissioners handled a range of administrative and fiscal items at its reorganizational meeting, approving some contracts and motions while deferring others pending additional information.

Administrator updates and personnel changes: The board read a resignation statement from Chief Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Beth Wickwire (effective 12/31/2025). The administrator also reported that the county will begin using a new timekeeping system (iSolve), that the MIDC indigent defense partnership with Iron County has started, and that FOIA requests rose to 294 in 2025. The administrator's report was placed on file by motion.

Contracts and claims: The board approved claims totaling $2,136,237.58 for payment. The board accepted a 2026 re-monumentation contract with Davis Wanick Surveyors after County Surveyor Terry Wanick reported progress on corner monumentation and the shift to perpetual maintenance of markers. The board also approved routine personnel items including filling a juvenile diversion caseworker position and approving a lump-sum payout for a retiring employee.

Salary and vendor contract debates: Commissioners debated a motion to set the emergency management coordinator's base salary at $72,000 (mover cited square-mileage and duties comparisons) versus a finance-committee recommendation of $69,000. Multiple commissioners requested a wage study and job-description comparisons before final action; the board tabled the item pending those materials. Separately, a proposed contract with BSA for county receipting services drew concern over its dispute-resolution clause; commissioners voted to table the contract so legal staff can review suggested language that would keep disputes in Michigan courts.

FOIA appeals: The board heard several FOIA appeals; after legal review and discussion with the prosecuting attorney, motions to uphold multiple denials were carried and one appeal was scheduled for a follow-up meeting within the board's required timeline.