Meeting Notes 6-14-22

Meeting Notes from the June 14 Meeting of the Ottawa County Board of Commissioners.

Meeting Packet: https://www.miottawa.org/appImages/Calendar/1654894365766-packet.PDF

Meeting Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omFxh57SN_8

Social Media Policy on Second reading: The Board approved 9-1 the revised Social Media Policy for review and comment. The new Social Media Policy moves responsibility for Ottawa County Social Media Policy from the previously established Social Media Committee, chaired by the Communications Director, to the County Administrator.

While I trust that the Administrator will work to be as judicious as possible in administrating Social Media Policy, I voted no because I believe the proposed policy has the strong possibility of infringing on employee’s first amendment rights. I would prefer a more consensus, norm-driven approach to how we balance first amendment rights and the responsibility that all of us have as representatives of the County to the public.

Information Security Policy on Second reading: The Board approved the revised Information Security Policy for review and comment. The only change was to emphasize that Ottawa County does not store credit card information within County systems.

West Michigan Enforcement Team 2021 Annual Report: The Board accepted for information the West Michigan Enforcement Team 2021 Annual Report.

Approval of 2022 Millage Rates: The Board approved the 2022 millage rate for County Operations of 3.9 mills, E-911 of .4195 mills, Parks of .3163 mills, Community Mental Health of .2859 and the Road Commission of .4767 mills.

Senior Resources Annual Implementation Plan: The Board approved and authorize the Board Chairperson and Clerk/Register to sign the Resolution for Senior Resources.

Post-Execution Ratification of Contracts: The Board approved the above Contracts under the post-execution ratification list from the previous month.