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Board names Centra Wellness appointees; executive director reports on 2025 litigation
Summary
The board appointed Teresa (Terry) Pechacek to the Centra Wellness Board and Commissioner Janice McCraner to the board for three-year terms beginning April 1, 2026; Centra Wellness Executive Director Chip Johnston provided a litigation and 2025 outcomes update.
The Manistee County Board of Commissioners appointed Teresa (Terry) Pechacek to the Centra Wellness Board for a term April 1, 2026 through March 31, 2029. The motion to appoint Pechacek was moved by Commissioner Karen Goodman and seconded by Commissioner Shayne Machen; the motion carried with four yeas.
Separately, the board appointed Commissioner Janice McCraner to serve as the county's commissioner representative on the Centra Wellness Board for a three-year term beginning April 1, 2026 and expiring March 31, 2029 (moved by Machen, seconded by Goodman). Centra Wellness Executive Director Chip Johnston also appeared before the board with updates on litigation and outcomes from 2025; the minutes record the appearance but do not include detailed litigation outcomes in the public record.
