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Commissioners debate splitting Administrator and CFO roles, approve advertisement to replace combined position
Summary
After debate over whether to split the County Administrator and CFO roles, the board voted 6–1 to advertise to replace the combined Administrator/CFO position, with Commissioner David Comai dissenting and arguing the roles should be split.
The Kalkaska County Board of Commissioners debated whether to split the Administrator and CFO duties before voting to replace the combined Administrator/CFO position. Commissioner David Comai said the roles should be separated, contending the county remained dependent on external accounting because the combined role had not met an expected 3–6 month timeline for handling CFO responsibilities.
Comai said it was a conflict to hold administration and CFO duties in one person; he offered a flash drive with supporting materials but no one requested to examine the drive during the meeting. Commissioner Robert Baldwin defended Schaeffer’s work, noting reductions in outside accounting costs and better pre-meeting financial materials. On the motion by Baldwin to replace the Administrator/CFO as previously advertised, the board voted 6–1, with Comai recorded as the lone dissenting vote.
The minutes note the county is "down $100k" in unspecified accounts and reference that the accounting budget was reduced from $95,000 to $30,000 during Schaeffer’s year. The decision to advertise does not finalize whether the county will keep the roles combined; it directs staff to proceed with recruiting under the existing combined position description as advertised.
