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Houghton County board delays action on WUPHD environmental health code after questions and public comment

Houghton County Board of Commissioners · March 1, 2026
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Summary

The board heard a presentation from WUPHD on a revised Environmental Health Code and postponed final action after a commissioner said he had not received a printed copy; public commenters urged the board to vote against the proposed code.

County health officials presented a multi-decade revision to the local environmental health code and the Houghton County Board of Commissioners deferred final action for further review on March 14, 2023.

Tanya Rule of the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department (WUPHD) summarized the code rewrite—described in the meeting materials as the first comprehensive update in roughly 20 years—and provided the…

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