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County commissioner reports donated radio tower, intercounty collaboration and a $13 million MERS shortfall
Summary
County Commissioner Tom Winarski told the Gladwin City Council the Michigan State Police donated a tower to improve radio communications, the county is collaborating with Clare County on services, and he reported a $13,000,000 unfunded shortfall in the county's MERS retirement program.
County Commissioner Tom Winarski updated the Gladwin City Council Dec. 15 on intercounty collaboration and infrastructure assistance, and flagged a significant county retirement funding shortfall.
Winarski said the Michigan State Police donated a radio communications tower to assist local radio coverage and that the county is working with Clare County on some services. He also referenced a Detroit News article and reported that "there is currently an unfunded shortfall at the county of thirteen million dollars ($13,000,000)," describing it as a material issue for county retirement funding.
The remarks were delivered as a delegation update; council took the information for the record and did not take formal action during the meeting. No additional fiscal measures or county requests were presented to the Gladwin City Council in the minutes.
The county shortfall cited by Commissioner Winarski was stated as an aggregate unfunded liability in the minutes; the transcript does not include further detail on the drivers of the shortfall, the timeframe for remediation, or whether county officials expect to seek municipal assistance. The council did not debate or vote on this matter at the Dec. 15 meeting.
