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Board reviews bidding plan for lake-level control structures amid resident concerns about lake levels
Summary
The board reviewed a public bidding process for Lake Level Control Structures, with Vice Chair Wolfsen suggesting an engineering firm act as project manager and Commissioner Milburn requesting public access to the bidding process; residents raised repeated concerns about Higgins and Houghton Lake levels and USGS gauges.
Vice Chair Rex Wolfsen reviewed plans for bidding county Lake Level Control Structure (LLCS) projects and suggested the engineering firm serve as project manager; Commissioner Marc J. Milburn requested the bidding process be made available to the public. Commissioner Kim Morley raised questions about potential conflicts of interest and agreed to a statewide posting. Administrator/Controller Jodi Shaltz clarified that the bid open date should be posted and that the bid opening will be public; the Board placed the item back on the agenda for two weeks for further progress.
Residents raised lake-level and water-management concerns during both public comment periods. Ken Melvin and Eric Ostergren spoke about Higgins Lake water levels; Craig Cotterman and Dave Bisbee addressed Houghton Lake levels and the USGS gauge, and Jeff Zabel raised concerns about the number of entities that control water in the county. The Board and Administrator discussed next steps for procurement transparency and public posting of bid information.
