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Votes at a glance: key approvals and outcomes from Alpena County Finance Ways & Means, March 10, 2026
Summary
The committee approved transfers, contracts, and budget adjustments including a $5,000 siren maintenance transfer, shredding contract, cellphone tower lease, courthouse grant application, auditor invoice, AED pad replacement, insurance deductible payment, and temporary parking for Sunrise Mission; a Flock camera purchase failed and a proposed Prisoner's Board transfer was rescinded.
The Alpena County Finance Ways & Means Committee recorded the following formal actions on March 10, 2026. Vote counts and outcomes are drawn directly from the minutes.
- Bills to pay: General & other funds $91,283.24 — Approved (AYES: LaHaie, Ludlow, Bray, Fournier, Britton, Konarzewski, Kozlowski).
- ACTION ITEM #3: Transfer $5,000 from Ambulance Millage (210) to 911 revenue line 261-325-699.004 for severe weather siren maintenance — Approved (7–0).
- ACTION ITEM #4: Approve FY25 Operation Stonegarden Grant Application for $100,000 with no county match — Initially approved, then rescinded; committee later authorized Sgt. JP Ritter to accept final grant terms without flock cameras and report back (rescission approved 7–0).
- ACTION ITEM #5: Approve Flock camera agreement ($30,250 purchase, $24,000 annual) funded by Stonegarden — Failed (AYES: Bray, Kozlowski; NAYS: LaHaie, Ludlow, Fournier, Britton, Konarzewski).
- Prisoner's Board $40,000 budget adjustment to cover food costs for additional inmates — Motion made then rescinded; no transfer approved.
- ACTION ITEM #8: Michigan Confidential Document Destruction service agreement (two-year term; $2,250 for 2026 prorated) and budget adjustment — Approved (AYES: LaHaie, Ludlow, Bray, Fournier, Britton, Konarzewski; NAY: Kozlowski).
- ACTION ITEM #9: Land lease with Horvath Towers VI, LLC — $200,000 for 75 years to site a cellphone tower at the county jail — Approved (7–0).
- ACTION ITEM #10–#12: Ballot language approvals: Veterans millage (0.21 mill, 4 years) for Nov 2026; Youth & Recreation (0.50 mill, 4 years) and Older Persons (0.55 mill, 4 years) for Aug 4, 2026 — All approved (7–0 each).
- ACTION ITEM #13: Offer Sunrise Mission up to eight temporary parking spaces at the annex — Approved (AYES: Bray, Fournier, Britton, Konarzewski, Kozlowski; NAYS: LaHaie, Ludlow).
- ACTION ITEM #14: Pay $1,000 deductible and cash insurance recovery $14,190.99 for cut fiber on M‑32 — Approved (7–0).
- ACTION ITEM #15: Approve 2027 Community Funding grant application (Alpena County Courthouse Security Part 1) for $526,829, no county match — Approved (7–0).
- ACTION ITEM #16: Pay Straley, Lamp & Kraenzlein invoice #43751 for $3,895 — Approved (7–0).
- ACTION ITEM #17: Decrease contingency by $1,500 and increase Defibrillator Maintenance to purchase replacement AED pads — Approved (7–0).
- POLL VOTE ACTION ITEM #1: Appoint Rick Fluharty to the Veterans Affairs Board, term to 12/31/2029 — Approved (AYES recorded including Commissioner Peterson).
- Closed session: Committee met in closed session to discuss an Alpena Rink Management surcharge letter and returned to open session; minutes record the closed session but no board action is disclosed.
These outcomes reflect the committee’s recommendations and recorded roll-call votes in minutes; final approvals may require full board ratification where applicable.
