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Chair signs waivers for equipment, services totaling $261,634

Berrien County Board of Commissioners Finance Committee · February 26, 2026
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Summary

The Finance Committee’s signed waivers list multiple vendor contracts and purchase requests, including a $180,000 marketing services waiver for the Health Department and several facilities and roads purchases; total listed waivers equal $261,634.

Chairperson Mamie L. Yarbrough signed a set of waiver requests presented to the Finance Committee on Feb. 26, covering equipment, maintenance, inspections and service contracts across departments. Key items included a $180,000 marketing and communications contract for the Health Department (SABO PR), a $19,406 service contract with Vertiv for UPS PM service, $12,500 for electronics recycling at Parks & Recreation events (Green Earth), and grader tires from Best One Fleet Service for $12,374.

Other waivers included controller and chemical feed pump purchases (ChemREADY $7,549; RW Lapine $5,340), loading dock doors ($8,665), GIS migration ($3,000), and annual fire suppression inspection ($12,800). The committee record lists the combined total of those waivers as $261,634. Where county policy requires (items valued over $5,000), a full‑board resolution is necessary to transfer or sell assets to other governments.