BOC Passes Motions

HARRISON – The Clare County Board of Commissioners passed the following motions at its April 15 meeting. The Board moved to:

• Regular Board of Commissioners Meeting Minutes of March 18,2026
• Approve the contract with Mann Construction, Inc. in the amount of $206,905.24
• Adopt Resolution 26-07 and accept the equalized value recommendation presented by the County Equalization Director of $2,500,584,834.
• Approve the State Tax Commission Assessment Roll Certification, County Board of Commissioner, CBC L-4037 and allow the Chair to sign.
• Approve the Personal and Real Property totals, L-4024 and allow the Chair to sign.
• Adopt Resolution 26-08 approving the special assessment roll as presented by the Drain Commissioner.
• Approve the Contract with Resource Recycling Systems, Inc. (RRS) to provide professional consulting services to support Clare County’s participation in the Heartland Multi-County Management Plan (MMP) process, as authorized under Part 115 of the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act (MCL 324.11571-324.11587) in the amount of $42,404.
• Approve Statutory Finance Committee meeting minutes of March 16, 2026, in the amount of $101,446.30 and minutes of March 30, 2026, in the amount of $120,754.06
• Approve the expenditures for the month of March 2026 in the amount of $2,140,926.19 with the General Fund expenditures totaling $1,353,034.22
• Approve the purchase of BS&A Cloud Software and Services in the amount of $256,340 with $195,185 of grant funding, $14,955 from the Building Department and $46,200 from the General Fund.
• Appropriate $100,000 from the General Fund to the Child Care Fund.
• Approve adjustments to administrative and non-union wages consistent with the findings of the compensation study, as recommended by the Personnel Committee.
• Move $280,000 from the ending Fund Balance into the restricted fund for Capital Improvements.
• Allow the County Clerk to sign the Enhanced Voting contract for election night reporting to our constituents. [Lone dissenting vote cast by Commissioner George Gilmore.]
• Approve the Budget Calendar for FY2027.
• Provide a letter of support for GFL’s proposed transfer station/recycling center in the Industrial Park, which would be contingent on approval by the Department of Environment Great Lakes and Energy. [Commissioner Gabe Ambrozaitis later retracted his support after having learned more about the proposed project.]
• Adopt Resolution 26-09 stating Clare County Board of Commissioners opposition to the transfer of local zoning decision-making control to the state. [Dissenting votes cast by Commissioners Ambrozaitis and Jacob Gross, based on their not having had the opportunity to read the three bills in question: HB 5581-5582 and HB 5585.]

A failed motion proposed by Commissioner George Gilmore to reduce the Clare County Road Commission from five commissioners back to three through end-of-term attrition, saw dissenting votes from the remaining eight commissioners.