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Residents urge transparency on Board of Public Health appointment and raise data-center health concerns
Summary
Multiple residents urged transparency in a recent Calhoun County Board of Health appointment and raised public-health worries about a proposed data center south of Marshall during Citizens' Time; the board recorded the comments but took no appointment action at the meeting.
Several residents used Citizens' Time at the Calhoun County Board of Commissioners meeting on June 18 to press for transparency in a recent public-health board appointment and to raise concerns about a proposed data center south of Marshall.
Battle Creek resident Karen Weideman said she was concerned about a recent appointment to the Calhoun County Board of Public Health. Barry Wayne Adams of Marshall raised public-health concerns related to the proposed data center south of Marshall. The transcript does not record the board taking immediate action on either matter at the session.
Later in the meeting, residents from Battle Creek and Homer expressed support for Dr. Rob Lyerla to fill a vacant position on the Calhoun County Board of Health and asked that the appointment process be handled transparently. The meeting record includes multiple public-comment entries on the subjects but does not show a formal nomination or vote related to the Board of Health during the June 18 meeting.
Commissioners also heard separate, related comments during Citizens' Time about the county's proposed Artificial Intelligence policy and the potential intersections between technology projects and public health. No board motion to change the appointment process or to take direct action on the proposed data-center project is recorded in the transcript.
The transcript records public concern and requests for transparency; it does not document any official response from county staff or a formal reconsideration of the appointment during the session.
