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Votes at a glance: Houghton County BOC approves remonumentation, compensation increases and other motions
Summary
At the April 8 Houghton County meeting the Board approved remonumentation funding, wage increases for appointed and elected officials, adopted a contract training repayment policy, and approved appropriations; the Board also changed public-comment time to three minutes (4-1 vote).
The Houghton County Board of Commissioners recorded the following formal actions at its April 8, 2025 meeting.
• Brownfield resolution: The Board adopted Resolution #25-05 approving the Skyline Commons Redevelopment Brownfield Plan (motion by Commissioner Glenn Anderson; second by Commissioner Roy Britz). Vote recorded YES 5, NO 0. (See Skyline Commons item.)
• Bills: The Board approved payment of submitted bills totaling $1,947,906.55 (recorded vote YES: Anderson, Janssen, Tikkanen, Keranen, Britz; NO: None).
• 2025 Remonumentation: The Board approved funding for the 2025 Remonumentation program totaling $78,419.00 (motion carried YES 5, NO 0).
• Appointed & elected compensation: The Board approved a 1.75% wage increase retroactive to Jan. 1, 2025 and an additional 0.75% increase effective July 2025 for all appointed and elected positions (recorded YES 5, NO 0).
• MDI training expense contract with Keweenaw County: The Board adopted a training agreement requiring 100% repayment of training costs if employment ends within six months of completion, 50% repayment if between six months and one year, and no repayment obligation thereafter (voice vote).
• MDI cost-share with Keweenaw County: The Board agreed to split training costs 50/50 with Keweenaw County (voice vote).
• Finance Committee appointments: Commissioners Anderson and Keranen were appointed to the Finance Committee; the committee will meet weekly until able to move to monthly meetings (voice vote).
• UPCAP conference attendance: Commissioners, the Clerk and the Administrator were approved to attend the UPCAP Spring Conference; Commissioner Janssen noted UPCAP will pay her hotel as a board member (voice vote).
• Travel: Administrator Chelsea Rheault’s travel to a MERS Roundtable in Marquette on May 6, 2025 was approved (voice vote).
• Appropriations: The Board approved a CCCMH monthly appropriation of $13,707.91 and an appropriation for the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department (voice vote).
• Public-comment time limit: The Board adopted a resolution changing public-comment time limits from five to three minutes for all meetings. Vote: YES — Britz, Anderson, Tikkanen, Keranen (4); NO — Janssen (1).
• Adjournment: The Board adjourned at 5:03 p.m. (motion carried by voice vote).
Where recorded votes are shown, they match the minutes as read into the record. Several motions were carried by voice vote and recorded in the minutes without roll-call tallies.
