Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Board Actions topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Votes at a glance: Isabella County commissioners approve payments, contracts and funding requests
Summary
At its Sept. 16 meeting the Isabella County Board of Commissioners ratified invoice lists, approved contract payments and staffing contracts, forwarded Saginaw Chippewa two‑percent funding requests, and adopted an exemption under Public Act 152.
The Isabella County Board of Commissioners took a series of procedural and fiscal votes at its Sept. 16, 2025 meeting in Mt. Pleasant, approving invoice lists, vendor final payments, a set of service contracts for the Commission on Aging, multiple budget amendments and several funding requests to be forwarded to the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan.
Major actions included ratification of invoice lists totaling $1,508,745.32 (Aug. 29 invoice list of $1,190,962.38 and Sept. 5 list of $317,782.94) and approval of the final payment to Pro Comm for $99,956.94 for the Central Dispatch Back Up Center console; Sheriff Main was present to discuss that item.
The board approved multiple Commission on Aging individual services contracts (effective Oct. 1, 2025 through Sept. 30, 2026) for named providers of activity services and an Active Living Newspaper editor, and approved an in-home personal services contract for a registered nurse. The board also approved contracts for bulk food delivery drivers; that motion passed with Commissioner Jerry Jaloszynski recorded as a Nay on that specific vote.
Other approvals included the Automated Clearing House (ACH) Policy #421 as required by state law, two FY25 budget amendments (2025-22BOC for General Fund and Other Funds), and forwarding semiannual two‑percent requests to the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe for presentation by the Sept. 30 deadline. The two-percent requests included: $587,196.00 for Commission on Aging programs and services; $87,500.00 for 911 tower maintenance; $134,256.57 for a roll-off recycling truck at the Material Recovery Facility; $86,800.00 and $56,800.00 for Isabella Conservation District hazardous waste and electronics recycling projects; $30,000 for Humane Animal Treatment Society shelter improvements; and $55,242.12 for prosecuting attorney case management software and equipment.
Separately, the board approved USDA Final Payment Resolution No. 2025-11 authorizing final payment to Clark Construction and approved State Tax Commission Form L-4029 affirming the county's millage rates. The board also passed Resolution No. 2025-09 electing the annual exemption under Public Act 152 of 2011 for the medical benefit plan coverage year Jan. 1–Dec. 31, 2026.
During the general public comment period Dorothy Marshall spoke about the Personnel Manual and employee retention. Robert Nagy expressed opposition to the proposed Recycling Center, saying he believes it is unnecessary and "will bring in too many people from different counties." The meeting adjourned at 6:08 p.m.
Votes recorded in the minutes were overwhelmingly unanimous where listed; individual roll-call Yeas were recorded on several motions and are noted in the board minutes.
