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After closed session on BC/BS case, Benzie County commissioners accept counsel recommendation; Warsecke votes no
Summary
The board entered closed session to discuss case 14-398-GC (BC/BS of Michigan vs. Benzie County Inmates) and, on returning to open session, accepted counsel's recommendation. The vote was 6 in favor and 1 opposed (Commissioner Warsecke).
The Benzie County Board of Commissioners entered closed session Aug. 11 to discuss litigation in case 14-398-GC (Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan v. Benzie County Inmates) and, upon returning to open session, voted to accept counsel's recommendation on the matter.
Chair Vance Bates moved the board into closed session at 10:06 a.m. for discussion of case 14-398-GC. Attorney Lisa Vogler, County Administrator Karl Sparks, County Clerk Dawn Olney, Sheriff Schendel and Jail Administrator Dan Smith were present for the closed-session consultation, per the meeting record. The board returned to open session at approximately 10:30 a.m.
A motion to accept counsel's recommendation in case 14-398-GC passed on a roll-call vote: Ayes recorded were Bates, Carland, Griner, Sauer, Tucker and Walterhouse; Commissioner Warsecke voted no. The transcript records the board's acceptance of counsel's recommendation but does not specify the substance of that recommendation or further actions to be taken.
During the same meeting the board approved payment of bills totaling $1,261,551.26 for the period July 29 to Aug. 11, 2015, and approved HR consent-calendar items that included changing the status of Jaime Croel from exempt to non-exempt effective Oct. 1, 2015 and continuing the county's association with MMRMA rather than pursuing alternative risk-management arrangements. Those routine approvals preceded the closed-session vote.
The board adjourned after accepting counsel's recommendation and setting the next regular meeting for Aug. 25, 2015.
