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Emmet and Palo Alto boards discuss expanding shared services and planning-and-zoning options
Summary
County officials said they already share a joint county engineer and an environmental health technician and discussed possibilities for sharing planning-and-zoning services; Palo Alto currently uses part-time planning at 20 hours/week with a projected FY27 rate of $24/hour.
Officials from Emmet and Palo Alto counties reviewed existing shared services and explored expanding collaborations. Minutes note the counties "already sharing county engineer and environmental health technician," and officials discussed that planning and zoning "may be an option for future sharing." Emmet uses contracted planning and zoning services; Palo Alto currently provides planning and zoning on a part-time, hourly basis.
Palo Alto's planning-and-zoning position was described as 20 hours per week with a projected FY27 pay rate of $24 per hour. Joint county engineer Walter Davis-Oeth suggested updating the 28E intergovernmental agreement to reflect shared positions, a step officials said would clarify responsibilities if more sharing proceeds.
