Oscoda Township amends resolution and approves township manager job description; board authorizes interim superintendent to take employment actions with counsel

At its May 5 special meeting the Oscoda Township Board approved Resolution 2025-10 (an amendment to Resolution 2025-06), adopted a township manager job description and authorized personnel actions for the interim superintendent to take with legal counsel.

Trustee Ms. McGuire supported a motion by Trustee Mr. Cummings to approve Resolution 2025-10; the minutes record the motion as approved unanimously (YAYS: all trustees; NAYS: none). The board then considered and approved a township manager title and job description on a motion by Mr. Cummings supported by Trustee Jeffrey Linderman. The minutes record the job description as approved but contain an internal inconsistency in the recorded yea/nay list: Trustee Wygant is listed among both the yeas and the nays. The clerk’s official record should be consulted to confirm the final tally.

Later the board entered a separate closed session to consider an attorney-client privileged written legal opinion identified in the minutes as Attorney Agrusa's 5-2-2025 correspondence. After exiting closed session the board approved a motion authorizing the interim township superintendent, in consultation with the township attorney, to take necessary labor and employment action to clarify employment status and administrative roles of certain employees and to take any further actions advised by counsel. That motion was recorded as passing unanimously.

The minutes do not name the interim superintendent or the specific employees whose status will be clarified; they also do not detail the content of Attorney Agrusa’s correspondence beyond noting it was discussed under the closed-session authority cited in the minutes. The board’s action directs staff, with legal advice, to proceed with personnel clarifications and any recommended employment actions.