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Board authorizes sheriff to enter towing contract negotiations after 5-2 vote
Summary
Shiawassee County commissioners accepted the sheriff's recommendation and authorized the sheriff, county administrator and corporation counsel to negotiate a contract with the selected towing company; the motion passed 5-2 with Commissioners Holzhausen and Shepard dissenting. The selected company was not named in the minutes.
The Shiawassee County Board of Commissioners on May 21 approved a motion to accept the sheriff’s recommendation and authorize the Sheriff, County Administrator and Corporation Counsel to enter contract negotiations with the selected company related to a towing request for proposals.
Commissioner Garber moved the action and Commissioner Howard seconded. The motion passed on a 5-2 vote; Commissioners Holzhausen and Shepard voted no. The minutes do not identify the selected company by name.
The meeting minutes list several individuals and firms associated with the towing RFP as present during the meeting, including Rick Gokee (Owosso), Rob Lepley (Owosso), Chandler Buck (Owosso), Joe Audia (Perry), Dean Gaffner (Owosso), Richard Maurer (Owosso), Jim Brown (Durand) and PJ Daly of PJ’s Towing. The minutes record those attendees but do not record on-the-record presentations or verbatim remarks from them.
The board authorized county staff and counsel to begin contract negotiations; the minutes record only the authorization motion, the vote tally and the list of towing-RFP attendees. No contract award or contractor name is recorded in the minutes; follow-up action is administrative negotiation and potential contract finalization.
