Lapeer County adopts Health Department fee schedule and renews software, grants and contracts
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Summary
The Lapeer County Board of Commissioners adopted the Health DepartmentFY2026 fee schedule and authorized renewals and contracts including Nightingale Notes software ($34,864), a $35,000 KOHA subcontract, a $4,000 Medicaid Navigator grant, and membership dues of $3,695.
The Lapeer County Board of Commissioners adopted the Lapeer County Health Departmentrevised fee schedule for fiscal year 2026 and approved several program renewals and contracts at its meeting Feb. 26. The board voted to adopt the fee schedule (Motion 37-2026) and authorized the Health Department to renew the Nightingale Notes electronic health-record license for 25 users at a cost of $34,864 to be paid from the departmentSubscriptions line (Motion 38-2026).
Why it matters: The renewals and contracts keep county public-health services and school-based oral-health screening programs operating for the coming year and preserve the departmentsoftware and partnership relationships it uses for reporting and billing.
In addition to the software renewal, the board authorized a $35,000 subcontract with Great Lakes Bay Health Center to provide oral-health assessments and dental services for the Kindergarten Oral Health Assessment (KOHA) program for FY2026 (Motion 39-2026). The board also accepted a $4,000 Medicaid Navigator grant agreement with the Thumb Community Health Partnership to provide resources to county families (Motion 40-2026), and approved payment of annual dues of $3,695 to the Michigan Association for Local Public Health for 2026 (Motion 41-2026).
The motions were introduced as departmental renewals and carried by the board; minutes do not record roll-call tallies for these items. Health Department representatives presented the items as budgeted and payable from specified departmental line items. The board did not add new general-fund obligations for these approvals; funding lines were cited in the motions.
Whatcomes next: With approvals in place, the Health Department will proceed with contract signings and license renewals through standard county procedures and budget accounts. Any substantive changes to program scope or funding would require further board action.
Attribution: Health Department renewal motions were moved by Commissioner C. Ian Kempf and supported by Commissioner Greg Wise per the meeting record.