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Board holds closed session on sheriff contract negotiations and creates ad hoc committee
Summary
The Lapeer County Board of Commissioners entered closed session April 23 to discuss contract negotiations with the sheriff’s department; Sheriff McKenna attended. The board later formed an ad hoc committee on sheriff contracts.
The Lapeer County Board of Commissioners entered closed session at 11:10 a.m. April 23 to discuss contract negotiations with the Sheriff’s Department, in a motion that permitted Sheriff McKenna to attend.
Commissioner Brad Zender moved to convene the closed session, seconded by Kevin Knisely; the motion carried on a roll call with seven ayes (motion 125-2026). The board reconvened and approved the closed-session minutes (motions 126-2026 and 127-2026).
Following the closed session, Chairman Gary Howell established an Ad Hoc Committee to consider policies regarding sheriff contracts and appointed Commissioners C. Ian Kempf, Brad Zender and Gary Howell to the committee. The meeting adjourned at 12:09 p.m. (motion 128-2026).
The transcript records the existence of contract negotiations discussed in closed session but does not disclose substantive terms or outcomes of those negotiations in open session; the board recorded only the actions to enter closed session, to exit it and to approve the closed minutes, and the establishment and membership of the ad hoc committee.
