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Benzie County adopts five-year strategic plan; board approves multiple appointments and governance policies
Summary
The Benzie County Board of Commissioners voted Feb. 18 to adopt a five‑year strategic plan, appointed members to county authorities, and approved amendments to travel and credit‑card purchasing policies as part of routine governance business.
The Benzie County Board of Commissioners on Feb. 18 adopted a five‑year Strategic Plan for county administrative operations and approved several appointments and governance policy changes.
County Administrator Karl Sparks asked the board to adopt the proposed plan and to form teams to map and execute plan tasks. Commissioner Tucker moved to adopt the plan; Commissioner Carland seconded the motion. The roll‑call vote was unanimous.
The action directs county staff to organize teams to begin mapping implementation tasks associated with the plan; the meeting record does not list the teams’ membership or immediate deadlines.
During the same meeting the board approved appointments and reappointments to local authorities and committees. By unanimous vote the board appointed Edward Kowalski and Art Jeannot to the Brownfield Authority for three‑year terms ending April 1, 2018. The board also appointed Kenneth Laurence to a vacant seat on the Frankfort City/County Airport Authority for a four‑year term expiring March 1, 2019, and reappointed Tom Longanbach, Norman Campbell and Marcia Stobie to the Building Authority for three‑year terms expiring Dec. 31, 2017. Commissioners later reappointed Jean Bowers, Amy Bissell and Dawn Olney to the Benzie Housing Committee for five‑year terms expiring Dec. 31, 2019.
On procedural items the board removed the travel policy from the consent calendar for edits earlier in the meeting and then approved the Travel Policy as amended, changing the allowable travel‑claim window from one week to two weeks. The board also adopted Resolution 2015‑006, "Allow Purchase of Goods (or Services) by Credit Card," by unanimous roll call.
Other governance actions taken that evening included approval of two finance consent items, adoption of HR consent items (including hiring and performance management procedures and a revised County Administrator job description that clarifies reporting lines), and a routine vote to approve bills totaling $129,003.40.
The meeting record shows roll‑call votes for each motion and does not record dissenting votes on the items summarized here. The board adjourned to its next regular meeting on March 10, 2015.
