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Board holds closed session on union negotiations, then ratifies dispatch tentative agreement
Summary
The Board entered closed session under MCL 15.268(1)(c) to discuss collective bargaining and later ratified a tentative successor agreement with the FOPLC Leelanau dispatch bargaining unit, authorizing the chair to sign once the county attorney approves form.
The Leelanau County Board of Commissioners voted to enter a closed session at 7:21 p.m. on Oct. 14 to discuss strategy and negotiations for collective bargaining, citing MCL 15.268(1)(c). The motion by Commissioner William Bunek included County Administrator Dyer and Chief Deputy Clerk Jennifer Zywicki in the closed session and carried unanimously.
The Board returned to open session at 7:45 p.m., and Commissioner Mark Walter moved to ratify the total tentative agreement reached with the FOPLC Leelanau dispatch bargaining unit and authorize the board chair to sign the successor collective bargaining agreement upon County Attorney approval. The motion passed 7-0.
No detailed terms of the successor agreement were read into the record during open session; the Board authorized signature pending the County Attorney’s review of the agreement’s form. The closed-session action and later ratification followed the county’s typical practice of discussing negotiation strategy in a closed setting then recording formal outcomes in open session.
