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Mackinac County commissioners approve full-time maintenance post, millage ballot language and roughly $1.6 million in bills
Summary
At their March 12 meeting in St. Ignace, the Mackinac County Board of Commissioners approved converting a vacant part-time maintenance position to full time, cleared ballot wording for a Community Action millage for the August election, confirmed animal-shelter staffing and committee appointments, and approved regular and additional bills totaling about $1.6 million.
The Mackinac County Board of Commissioners on March 12 voted to convert a vacant part-time maintenance position into a full-time post and to approve ballot language for a Community Action millage to appear on the August election ballot.
County Clerk Hillary Vowell presented an estimate that moving the maintenance position to full time would increase costs by approximately $12,000 annually; Commissioner Austin Kimberling moved the change and Commissioner Daryl Schroeder seconded it. The board approved the personnel change on a roll-call vote: Yes — Kimberling, Kling, Schroeder, St. Louis-Scott; Absent — Patrick.
The board also approved Community Action Director Joe Nolan’s proposed millage ballot wording for placement on the August ballot. Commissioner Judy St. Louis-Scott moved the motion, Commissioner Kimberling seconded, and the motion passed by voice vote.
Nut graf: The meeting’s substantive decisions focused on personnel and near-term finance items—shifting a maintenance job to full time, advancing a local millage question to voters, confirming staffing and appointments at the county animal shelter, and approving routine and additional bills that together total roughly $1.6…
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