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Kalkaska County adopts resolutions opposing MDHHS procurement plan and backing Amtrak service extensions
Summary
The board passed Resolution 2025-19 opposing a competitive procurement process for MDHHS PHIP privatization plans and adopted two resolutions supporting proposed Amtrak service extensions to Mackinaw City from Grand Rapids and Flint.
Kalkaska County commissioners approved three resolutions in a late-morning block of business. The board adopted Resolution 2025-19 opposing a competitive procurement process for Michigan Department of Health and Human Services PHIP privatization plans, and passed Resolutions 2025-21 and 2025-22 expressing support for proposed Amtrak service extensions from Grand Rapids and from Flint to Mackinaw City.
Each resolution was presented and approved by consensus with no recorded opposition. During discussion of Amtrak support, Chair Kohn Fisher noted that other organizations were involved in the concept and preliminary steps for rail consideration were under way.
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