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Lapeer County committee recommends parks plan submission, approves grants, contracts and budget amendments
Summary
At its March 12, 2026 Committee of the Whole meeting, Lapeer County recommended submission of a 5-Year Joint Multi‑Municipal Parks Plan to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and approved multiple grants, software contracts, budget amendments and transfers across county departments.
The Lapeer County Committee of the Whole on March 12, 2026 recommended that the full Board submit a 5‑Year Joint Multi‑Municipal Parks Plan to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and approved a string of grants, contracts and budget amendments affecting public health, mental‑health services, senior programs and county operations.
Chairman Gary Howell called the meeting to order at 9:05 a.m. and the committee moved quickly through routine business before opening a public hearing on the parks plan. Commissioner Greg Wise moved, with Commissioner C. Ian Kempf supporting, to recommend that the Regular Full Board accept the plan — developed jointly by Lapeer County with Elba, Goodland, Lapeer and Oregon townships and the City of Lapeer — and submit it to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources for consideration; the motion carried.
The committee…
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