Board committees advance MOA, grants and multiple park/landfill contracts; landfill SEP timeline flagged
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Committees moved an MSU Extension MOA to the full board, approved a veterans grant and library digital-media referral, and advanced several park and landfill contracts; commissioners were reminded of a July deadline to submit a landfill SEP proposal to EGLE to convert penalties into a local project.
Across several committee sessions the St. Clair County Board advanced routine business including contract approvals, a veterans grant and a referral of an MSU Extension memorandum of understanding.
Human Services: Commissioners voted to forward an amendment to the MSU Extension memorandum of understanding that would transition the county 4-H program coordinator to an MSU-paid position after the incumbent's retirement. MSU staff told the committee the change would save the county approximately $900 during an initial two-week overlap and around $17,000 annually thereafter; commissioners asked how hiring and discharge authority would be handled, and staff said a local search committee would be part of the process. The motion to send the MOA amendment to the full board carried on a roll call (one commissioner recorded 'No').
Judiciary/Public Safety: Committees moved a contract extension for inmate pharmaceuticals and placed a thermal-net agreement and intervention-center cooling-tower cleaning retrofit on the agenda for final action. The Judiciary committee also logged extensive public comment about an unrelated animal-control shooting (see separate article).
Environmental/Public Works: Commissioners heard a citizen request to recertify Starville Road (China Township) and discussed the landfill Supplemental Environmental Project (SEP) tied to a $175,000 penalty; staff said a SEP proposal must be prepared and submitted to the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) by the county’s deadline (discussed in-session as a July target). The committee approved or forwarded multiple park and landfill contracts — including park mulching, herbicide/seeding, North Channel Park renovations, electrical work, airport pavement crack and marking repairs, hangar leases and landfill vendor agreements — to the full board per standard procedure.
Ways & Means: The committee advanced a corrections sergeants’ wage reopener correction, designated authorized county signatories and forwarded staffing revisions for sheriff’s office positions. Commissioners recorded roll-call votes on several items.
Taken together the committee actions were largely procedural but included a handful of items (the MSU MOA and the landfill SEP timeline) that commissioners said need follow-up and formal board action.