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Bridgeport board swears in supervisor and treasurer, confirms deputies and appoints interim assistant fire chief
Summary
Clerk Lee Carpenter reported that Chad Evans and Patrick Nelson were sworn in Nov. 20; the board confirmed board and commission appointments, approved wages for Deputy Clerk Tom Welsh and Deputy Treasurer Tracy Bennett, and Fire Chief Smigiel designated Louis Wiegele as interim Assistant Chief during an extended medical leave for Assistant Chief Douglas Van Wormer.
Clerk Lee Carpenter told the board that Chad Evans and Patrick Nelson were sworn in on Nov. 20, 2024; Carpenter said Treasurer Patrick Nelson will assume control of the township’s bank accounts previously managed by Jim Secord at Huntington, United Financial Credit Union, LPL Financial, Frankenmuth Credit Union and Michigan Class.
The board approved the slate of board and commission appointments by motion. Clerk Carpenter also reported that Tom Welsh was sworn in as Deputy Clerk and Tracy Bennett as Deputy Treasurer on Nov. 20; the board voted to approve their current wages so they may continue their duties. The minutes record the motions and unanimous votes but do not specify the wage amounts.
Fire Chief Smigiel reported Assistant Fire Chief Douglas Van Wormer has been on extended medical leave. Chief Smigiel designated Fire Inspector Louis Wiegele as interim Assistant Chief; Smigiel said Wiegele has 17 years of combined firefighting and officer experience and prior managerial roles in the healthcare industry. The minutes state the interim Assistant Chief designation is solely a chain-of-command redesignation and is not a paid change in duties.
The minutes do not explicitly state whether "Admin. Asst. Bennett" listed in attendance and "Tracy Bennett" sworn as Deputy Treasurer are the same person; the record lists both forms in separate places without a stated connection. The board took no contested personnel votes during the meeting.
