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Board approves consent calendar including tax-rate request and grants; committees report on bids, aging services and MIDC reporting
Summary
The Board approved the Consent Calendar (weekly bill pay, tax-rate request, grant acceptances including a Marine Safety grant and substance-abuse funds) and heard committee reports: Area Agency on Aging materials, three finance bids, and the Public Defender’s update about a 2027 grant and new monthly MIDC caseload reporting.
Commissioners voted to approve the Consent Calendar, which included weekly bill pay and road payables, the annual county tax-rate request, acceptance of a Marine Safety grant, and several public-health/substance-abuse related grants and mini-grants. Commissioner Jim Curran moved to approve the Consent Calendar, supported by Commissioner Chokwe Pitchford; the roll call was 11 yeas, 0 nays.
Committee reports noted the PHS Committee received brochures from the Area Agency on Aging describing local services; the Administration Committee heard from Chief Public Defender Scott Sanford that he is completing a 2027 grant application and that MIDC now requires monthly attorney caseload reports. The Finance Committee reviewed and approved three bids for departmental review due to meeting-schedule changes.
