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Board limits interim administrator’s authority, sets $10,000 purchase threshold
Summary
The Ionia County Board of Commissioners agreed on Feb. 11, 2025, that Interim County Administrator Chad Shaw will not have authority to hire or fire and noted a $10,000 purchasing limit for budgeted funds.
The Ionia County Board of Commissioners agreed at its Feb. 11 meeting that Interim County Administrator Chad Shaw does not have authority to hire or fire county employees. The board also discussed and recorded a $10,000 purchasing limit on budgeted funds for the interim administrator.
The decision was made during new-business discussion of administrator duties after the agenda was amended to allow the item to be heard earlier. Commissioners raised the scope of executive powers while the board continues its administrator search; no formal motion to change the county’s charter or personnel code was recorded during the discussion.
