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Colfax Township supervisor urges removal of sections from county address ordinance; resident warns of 'tyranny' in public comment
Summary
In public comment, the Colfax Township supervisor asked commissioners to remove three subsections from the county address ordinance that address home-size limits; a local resident later urged commissioners to adopt a 'liberty preservation' stance and voiced broader political concerns.
During the public-comment period, a Colfax Township supervisor said the simplest fix to a contested address ordinance is to remove three subsections (section 7 items 3, 6 and 7) that the speaker said go beyond what surrounding counties include and duplicate zoning rules on minimum home size.
"All you need to do is remove section 7 items 3, 6, and 7. And I go away," the supervisor said, urging the board to rely on existing zoning rules rather than the address ordinance to handle minimum-home-size issues.
A second commenter, who identified himself as Josh Meyer of Cadillac, urged commissioners to consider a "liberty preservation" or medical-freedom resolution and raised broad concerns about federal and international mandates. His remarks mixed a request to correct the previous meeting's minutes with wider political commentary about public-health measures and international agreements.
Neither public commenter presented a formal proposal for immediate board action during the meeting; the address-ordinance comment identifies a specific, narrow change the speaker asked the board to make and the supervisor said he had compared ordinances in neighboring counties. The transcript does not record an immediate response that changed the ordinance; the item remains a topic for future board consideration or staff follow-up.
