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Ontonagon County commissioners adopt resolution to opt out of Michigan’s PA 152 for 2026
Summary
On Nov. 18, 2025 the Ontonagon County Board of Commissioners voted 5-0 to adopt Resolution 2025-12, electing the annual exemption option under 2011 Public Act 152 for calendar year 2026, exempting the county from the Act's health-insurance contribution limits for that year.
The Ontonagon County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously on Nov. 18, 2025 to adopt Resolution 2025-12, electing the annual exemption option under 2011 Public Act 152, the Publicly Funded Health Insurance Contribution Act, for calendar year 2026.
Resolution 2025-12 explains the three compliance options in the Act — Section 3 ("hard caps"), Section 4 (the "80%/20%" option requiring an annual majority vote) and Section 8 (the annual exemption by two-thirds vote) — and states the board's choice to elect the annual exemption for the county's medical benefit plan coverage in 2026. The motion passed on a roll call vote recorded in the minutes as Ayes: Cane, Bourdeau, Store, Nousiainen and Nykanen; Nays: none. The resolution was declared adopted.
Board Chair Carl R. Nykanen placed the resolution on the record and the board approved it as presented; the minutes record the full text of the options described in the Act. The resolution takes effect as adopted at the Nov. 18 meeting and governs the county's choice of compliance under the statute for calendar year 2026.
The action does not detail subsequent changes to employee premiums or county contributions; the resolution indicates selection of the exemption option only. Any operational or benefit changes that require implementation or further administrative steps were not specified in the recorded motion.
