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Finance committee backs veterans and infrastructure grants, $2.7M USDA joint application, budget adjustments and pauses emergency-manager hire
Summary
At the May 13 meeting, the committee recommended approval of a $22,635 veterans grant, endorsed a joint $2.7 million USDA application with NMMMA (one dissenting vote), approved credit-card policy changes and three new county cards, several budget adjustments, personnel actions and a temporary hold on filling the Emergency Management position.
The Alpena County Finance Ways & Means Committee on May 13 recommended a slate of grants, budget adjustments, policy changes and personnel actions and approved forwarding several items to the Board of Commissioners.
Grants and major funding: Veterans Affairs Director Dan Perge presented a FY26 County Veterans Service Fund application requesting $22,635 with no county match for marketing and outreach; the committee recommended approval. Separately, NMMMA Chair Cindy Johnson requested that the county resubmit a joint application so the Northeast Michigan Materials Management Authority can receive an awarded $2.7 million USDA appropriation; the committee recommended the joint application and authorization for the chairman to sign paperwork. The minutes record one dissenting vote (Commissioner Brenda Foumier) on the NMMMA recommendation.
Budget adjustments and housekeeping: The committee approved several budget changes: a $1,663.22 reimbursement to Public Conservator Nicki Janish for client lodging (with associated line-item adjustments); Home Improvement program revenue and expenditure increases including adjustments to HPG and MSHDA MI-HOPE lines and a…
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