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Board approves Microsoft 365 renewal; carves out small Copilot AI pilot and requests policy

Grand Traverse County Board of Commissioners · October 1, 2025
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Summary

IT director Cliff Dupuy corrected subscription pricing and the board authorized renewal of Microsoft 365 with an agreement to pilot Copilot on a small, limited set of users while staff develop an AI acceptable‑use policy and guardrails.

The Board of Commissioners approved renewal of the county’s Microsoft 365 subscription and directed IT to limit Copilot deployment to a small pilot while a formal AI policy and guardrails are developed.

Cliff Dupuy, the county’s IT director, told the board his earlier packet contained incorrect numbers and provided corrected figures: the annual Microsoft subscription renewal was presented at roughly $398,083.80 and the optional Copilot add‑on was estimated at $36 per user per month. Dupuy said the…

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