Meeting Notes 9-14-21

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

Meeting Packet: https://www.miottawa.org/appImages/Calendar/1631304326300-packet.PDF

Meeting Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QP_1uQ1V2F0

News Pieces: You can read more about the new Public Comment rules here, here and here.

GCSI Update: Bob Devries presented the Board the most recent update on State government, including budget talks and redistricting.

FY 2022 Budget Presentation: Karen Karasinski presented the Board with the FY2022 Budget which can be found here.

Post-Execution Ratification of Contracts: The Board voted to authorize all contracts on the ratifiction list, as shown above.

Draft of Proposed 2022 Board Rules: The Board voted to receive a report from the Rules Committee on the draft of the proposed 2022 Board Rules.

Summary:

The Rules Committee met on August 30, 2021 and is recommending two rules to the Board Rules. The Rules Committee is proposing to clarify that correspondence shall not be read out loud into the record at a Board meeting as well as proposing new Public Comment rules. The Board Rules won’t be voted on until the first meeting of the new year.

Public Comment Rules: The Board Chairman set new rules for Public Comment, which you can view here.