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D
B
Almighty
God
our
Heavenly
Father.
We
come
before
you
this
afternoon,
asking
it
to
a
bless
this
session
of
the
County
Commission
Lord.
We
ask
that
you
will
give
to
its
members
the
courage
of
their
own
conviction
that
they
might
work
for
the
common
good
of
all
with
the
strength
and
confidence
placed
in
the
my
election
to
office.
So
your
divine
providence
guide
our
County
and
brings
dignity,
prosperity,
respect
in
order
to
every
citizen,
amen.
D
A
First,
up
on
the
agenda
minutes
off
for
1117
portion
of
route
support
discussion,
a
lot
of
favor
signify
by
saying
hi,
hi
post
motion
carries
next
on
the
agenda.
Citizen
input
does
anyone
from
the
audience
that
would
like
to
step
forth
and
speak
your
piece
to
the
Commission
and
the
public
in
general
we'd
be
glad
to
hear
from
you
anyone
at
all,
okay,
so
seeing
on
to
be
on
to
petitions
and
communications.
First,
my
agenda.
Basically
Civitan
club
60th
anniversary
resolution,
number
2017-18,
NATO's
motion
to
$1.
F
A
Discussion
all
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye,
aye
opposed
motion
carries
don't
play
this.
Anyone
here
for
the
Civitan
Club
is
there.
We
will
have
this
presented
to
them.
Thank
you.
Next,
on
each
end,
the
United
Way
to
Alice
report
that
we
postpone
until
it
for
the
date
employee,
see
okay,
so
we're
on
it.
We
won't
even
receive
at
this
time
next
up,
Chris
Pinter.
You
will
have
the
floor,
sir.
G
Thank
You
mr.
chairman
I
just
wanted
to
provide
the
Commission
an
update.
Approximately
a
year
ago,
I
came
and
talked
to
you
about
some
proposed
boilerplate
for
fiscal
year
17.
It
was
called
section
298
and
essentially
that
boilerplate
would
transfer
approximately
98%
of
the
commune
mental
health
funding
to
private
interests,
primarily
Medicaid
health
plans,
and
then
this
commission,
I'm,
proud
to
say,
was
one
of
the
first
statewide
that
actually
went
on
record
with
a
resolution
opposing
that
change.
It
was
filed
with
the
state.
G
Moving
forward.
I'm
also
pleased
to
point
out
in
your
information
I
left
for
you
that
I
had
the
executive,
summary
or
portions
of
the
executive
summary
from
the
governor's
report.
It
was
finalized
in
March
of
this
year.
It's
available
online
on
the
Department
of
Health
and
Human
Services
website,
but
I
wanted
you
to
kind
of
see
that
the
feedback
from
the
public
in
relation
to
that
last
year,
I
believe
led
to
a
more
effective
process
on
a
much
more
thoughtful
recommendation
and
in
fact,
in
your
packet
you'll
see
I
highlighted
a
few
things.
G
Statutory
change
and
so
I
was
pleased
to
see
that
the
worker
acknowledged
that
and
in
fact,
in
their
very
first
recommendation,
saying
they
would
recommend
not
taking
policy
positions.
That
would
require
legal
changes.
They
also
talked
about
because
they
received
about
43
proposals
related
to
financing
of
the
mountain,
including
number
four
for
me.
So
if
you're
going
line
to
the
website,
it's
number
four
has
my
name
right
on
there.
They
received.
G
So
many
of
those
they
recommended
that
of
this
work
group
continued
to
work
with
stakeholders
and
stakeholders
the
identifies
providers,
parents
and
persons
who
depend
on
mental
health
services
to
continue
to
work
on
that
and
come
up
with
models
and
ways
to
move
this
forward
and
it
much
more
effective
process.
I
included
a
couple
of
the
other
recommendations,
because
I
wanted
you
to
see
the
first
two,
the
recommendation
number
four.
G
Well,
if
we
gave
three
or
four
insurance
companies
all
the
money,
people
would
get
better
and
we
try
to
argue
actually
people
don't
get
better
from
company
and
Troy
or
Austin
Texas
or
wherever
they're
incorporated.
They
get
better
because
when
they
see
their
doctor
in
Bay
City,
they
get
their
behavioral
health
and
their
medical
issues
addressed,
and
that
was
an
important
recommendation.
G
The
workgroup
came
up
and
stood
by
that
pretty
strongly,
and
it
was
important
for
people
to
listen
and
recognize
that,
because
I
think
most
reasonable
people
would
agree
with
that
and
so
I
also
included
in
your
information.
I
gave
you
at
page
14
as
what
it's
numbered.
This
was
the
very
first
recommendation
of
the
full
report.
G
That
recommendation
is
because
historically,
commercial
insurance
plans
have
not
prioritized
addiction
services,
they've,
not
prioritized
services
to
the
most
disabled
and
that
mentality
would
potentially
be
a
detriment
to
people
could
seek
new
to
access
public
mental
health
services
Michigan.
So
that
was
a
recommendation
from
the
workgroup.
G
In
the
meantime,
once
the
the
workgroup
started
closing
up
its
efforts
late
last
year,
the
Medicaid
health
plan
started
aggressively
lobbying
people
in
the
legislature,
basically
saying
that
this
was
all
rigged
it
sham,
and
these
are
words
that
they
use
so
go
on
the
cranes
and
pull
some
of
their
articles.
These
are
things
that
they
said.
G
There
was
too
many
parents
and
consumers
and
providers
on
this,
and
not
enough
health
plan
representatives
and
apparently,
what
are
those
folks
know
about
how
mental
health
services
should
be
delivered,
and
so
they
already
started
kind
of
a
some
political
momentum
around
getting
some
different
boilerplate
proposed
for
fiscal
year
18
and
so
in
the
last
page
of
your
information.
I
left
for
you,
I
highlighted
what
was
proposed
this
year
by
the
governor,
the
new
six
section
298
and
highlighted
on
the
top
talks
about
the
work
of
the
workgroup.
G
It
talks
about
continued
involved
stakeholders
and
making
those
policy
decisions
very,
very
positive,
built
on
all
the
work
for
the
last
14
months
was
very
respectful,
the
feedback
they
received
from
the
Commission's.
So
we
were
very
pleased
to
see
that
the
Senate
in
the
meantime
proposed
new
language,
section,
234
and
I
highlighted
the
key
part
of
section
234.
G
It
essentially
goes
back
to
well
we're
just
going
to
require
you
to
transfer
all
the
money
to
the
Medicaid
health
plans
by
2020
so
essentially
contradicts
both
the
governor's
language
and
what
was
in
the
workgroup
report
that
had
been
worked
on
for
the
last
14
months.
Then
the
house
language
came
out
a
few
days
later.
New
section
298,
dr.
Canfield,
was
very
thoughtful
of
person.
He
proposed
some
language,
which
was
pretty
good,
but
when
it
gets
to,
if
it
had
stopped
at
number,
three
we'd
have
been
fine.
G
Unfortunately,
in
the
full
Appropriations
Committee,
they
added
number
four,
which
I
highlighted,
and
essentially
it
mirrors
the
language
that
the
Senate
was
proposing,
which
was
to
ignore
the
the
section
recommendation
1.1
of
the
report
and
trance
begin
using
pilots
to
transfer
the
Medicaid
funds
to
the
private
health
plans.
So
we
were
disappointed
with
that
because
it
seemed
to
be
going
contrary
to
what
the
policy
discussion
had
been
for
the
last
year.
G
So
I
wanted
the
Commission
to
know
that
the
battle
isn't
over
next
week,
there'll
be
a
revenue
estimating
conference
and
the
conference
committee
members,
which
will
be
represented
from
the
House.
The
Senate
and
administration
will
sit
down
start
airing
out
their
differences
on
the
budget
surprisingly
this
year.
Our
difference
is
not
money.
It's
about
the
boilerplate
language.
Usually
it's
difference
is
about
dollars
and
cents
and
when
they
start
working
on
that,
they
will
eventually
come
up
with
some
kind
of
proposal
that
they'll
present
to
the
House,
the
Senate
for
fiscal
year
18.
G
So
we're
hopeful
that
the
administration
will
continue
to
support
the
worker
process
that
it
commissioned
and
that
it
led
and
that
some
kind
of
language
will
come
out
of
there,
which
will
be
more
reflective
of
what
the
feedback
was
from
the
public
and
some
language
that
will
reflect
what
the
report
recommended
in
December
and
March.
Thank.
G
G
Okay,
then,
just
do
that
they
tried
to
leave
enough
in
there
to
make
it
sound
like
they
were
addressing
people's
concerns,
but
the
way
they
pay
for
that
is
by
cutting
Medicaid
by
eight
hundred
billion,
and
what
people
need
to
remember
is
that
II
hundred
billion
is
going
to
come
out
of
somebody's
care.
Sixty
five
percent
of
Medicaid
is
elderly
and
disabled
people.
It's
not
people
sitting
around
with
their
feet
up
getting
checks
from
the
government.
It's
not
illegal
immigrants.
G
It's
people
in
nursing
homes
of
elderly
people
whose
families
can't
take
care
of
them
at
home
and
they're
in
custodial
care
or
long-term
care.
That's
going
to
be
hit
by
that.
The
other
side
of
it
is
Medicaid
by
far
is
the
biggest
funder
of
addiction
services
and
there's
a
lot
of
public
acknowledgement
about
opiate
problems
and
think
painkiller
prescription
painkiller
abuse.
G
The
map
of
the
ten
regions
and
I
came
to
the
Commission
four
years
ago
was
kind
of
saying
we
didn't
really
like
this
map,
but
we're
kind
of
getting
our
arms
twisted
and
we're
kind
of
being
pushed
into
this
region.
Five,
so
we've
been
on
a
slow
growth,
I
should
say
actually
slow,
slow
reduction
of
expenses.
I
think
that's
going
to
go
up
exponentially
if
the
Medicaid
cuts
go
through,
because
sixty-five
percent
of
that
is
elderly
and
disabled
people
and
that's
who
we
serve.
H
The
Michigan
Association
of
counties,
Health
and
Human
Services
committees,
been
looking
at
298
for
the
last
couple
of
years
in
the
Senate.
You
know
we
got
from
the
post.
What
if
we
still
are
see
courage
here
with
us
today?
He
might
address
it
also,
but
we've
been
supposed
to
talk,
changes
and
thinking
out
of
the
local
hands
and
putting
at
you
up
HMO
type
system.
Thank
you,
I
would.
G
D
D
County
are
going
to
get
as
good
a
health
source
demands
that
they
can
possibly
get
I
hope
that
as
time
goes
on
and
these
issues
continue
and
to
98
or
the
the
repeal
of
Obamacare
that
you'll
still
take
the
time
to
come
back
before
the
board
and
the
public
to
make
sure
that
we're
getting
in
black-and-white
exactly
what's
going
on
and
how
it's
going
to
affect
us
positive
or
negative.
Absolutely
thanks
for
taking
the
time.
D
I
You
question
yeah
I
just
wanted
to
reiterate
what
commissioner
Krieger
has
said
and
Commission
Coonan
as
well
in
terms
of
how
well
and
concisely
you
explain
here,
but
we
need
to
have
more
of
the
public
understand
that
the
vast
bulk
of
Medicaid
funding
is
then
on
people
in
nursing
homes,
children
and
people
who
are
really
vulnerable.
Well,
not
not
people
that
sometimes
perception
is
about
that
go
ahead
again
and
as
a
former
member
of
the
community
helpful
subcommittee
in
the
Senate
and
Lansing,
very
familiar
with
that
and
I
applaud
is
do
the
commissioners.
I
Your
advocate
advocacy
on
behalf
of
people
who
need
health
insurance,
protect
themselves
and
families
and
we're
glad
rabbits
are
so
involved
at
state
level
as
well
person.
You've
done
an
excellent
job
for
may
inherit
counties
and
regret
that
you're
maintaining
a
high
profile
on
this
issue.
Statewide.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
A
Firstly,
this
last
Thank
You
Gaius
I,
also
I,
whistle
to
it
I
think
of
my
mother
when
she
was
in
nursing
home
and
she
had
my
mother
didn't
have
any
money
instances.
You
know
she
has
to
help
all.
But
but
it's
scary,
the
statistics
are
scary.
You
know
they.
Basically
they
just
are.
You
know
like
and
I
agree
with
what
you
said
that
you
know
a
lot
of
people
think
Medicaid
is
people
are
just
sitting
around.
There
are
nothing
but
Medicaid
and
Medicare
to
a
lot.
A
They
give
a
lot
of
help
to
people
who
need
help,
and
so
it's
scary,
I
mean
I,
have
trouble
watching
the
news
that
night
in
Portugal,
because
it's
just
that
just
I'd
rather
watching.
You
know
reruns
of
anything
in
the
news,
because
everything
to
do
nothing
good
happening
right
now
and
I
want
something
good
to
happen,
but
I'm
grateful
that
you
bring
the
information
to
us
because
and
that
people
that
are
watching
on
TV.
A
A
J
You
mr.
chairman,
and
thank
you
for
having
me
here
this
afternoon
was
a
great
drive
up
here.
We
finally
look
like
they've
got
some
good
weather
I've
got
a
little
presentation
for
you
that
we
put
together
for
the
staff
put
together
for
you
kind
of
goes
through
summary,
quick
summary
on
the
first
two
pages
of
you
know
what
your
fees
for
service
are.
J
What
are
some
of
the
programs
at
the
Association
just
to
highlight
something
on
the
second
page,
people
could
see
revenue
sharing
from
2016
to
2017
you'll,
see
that
there
was
about
$20,000
increase
in
county
revenue
sharing.
We
did
get
a
in
last
year's
budget,
a
1%
increase
in
county
revenue,
sharing,
we're
happy
to
say
today.
We've
got
a
1%
recommendation
from
the
Senate
on
top
of
that
one
percent
from
last
year,
and
it
sounds
like
that.
The
the
house
is
going
to
agree
to
that.
J
One
percent
as
well
so
stay
tuned
on
that,
but
we're
pretty
pleased
to
be
able
to
be
in
front
of
today
and
say:
hey.
We
got
a
1
percent
increase
last
year
and
1
percent
increase
this
year
getting
into
the
presentation
I'm.
The
bottom
of
page
1,
there
you'll
see
the
my
county
matters
org
website.
That
was
something
we
put
together
about
a
year
ago.
J
Last
April
April
is
a
County
County
awareness
month
and
we
put
that
together
to
better
educate
folks
on
what
counties
do
what
we
found
that
the
Association
is
that
many
people
don't
understand
what
County
is
doing
all
the
services
that
we
provide,
whether
it
be
public
health
or
the
Sheriff's
Department
or
the
courts.
Many
people-
don't
don't
understand
that.
So
we
put
this
together
for
people
to
go
to
that
site.
Learn
about
it
for
you,
folks
to
use.
J
If
you're
going
around,
you
know
talking
to
a
school
group
or
something
about
what
counties
do
you
can
use
that
we
have
fliers
that
you
can
request
from
us
and
we
can
send
you
some
flower
Flyers
to
hand
out
if
you're
doing
any
sort
of
presentation,
so
I
encourage
you
to
go
to
that
website
and
check
it
out
on
the
top.
Page,
too,
is
just
one
of
the
services
that
we
offer.
We
administer
work,
Michigan
County's
worker
compensation
fund
at
Mack
office.
It's
a
non-profit
member
own
pool
dividends.
Last
year,
totaled
3.1
million
dollars.
J
We
have
more
than
80
members
in
the
fund
and
we're
proud
to
say
that
since
2014
we've
given
out
125,000
dollars
in
loss
prevention
grants,
so
it's
not
necessarily
something
that
you
guys
participate
in
at
this
point,
maybe
something
you
want
to
look
at
in
the
future,
but
we're
pretty
proud
of
that
program.
Final
page,
two
kind
of
goes
through
a
bunch
of
the
other
services
that
we
offer
I'm
not
going
to
spend
too
much
time
on
that.
J
But
if
you're
ever
interested
feel
free
to
reach
out
and
give
me
a
call,
the
top
of
page
3
references,
a
CRC
report
that
recently
came
out.
If
you
read
our
Mac
conference,
I
was
highlighted
there.
It
kind
of
goes
through
looking
at
services
and
what
services
are
being
delivered
and
how
are
those
services
being
delivered?
The
report
shows
that
maybe
there
there's
a
better
way
or
more
efficient
way
to
deliver
services
from
the
county
level,
rather
than
some
of
the
smaller
townships
or
smaller
cities
or
villages.
J
J
Now
the
bottom
page
three
kind
of
talks
about
a
new
County
Commissioners
forum
we
just
put
together
it
was
it
came
about
from
our
president
Shelley
Taub
suggestion
from
her
to
encourage
County
Commissioners
to
kind
of
collaborate
a
little
more
that's
one
of
the
big
feedbacks
we
get
from
our
conferences
as
folks
like
to
get
together
and
talk.
So
we
took
advantage
of
technology
and
put
together
a
county
commissioners
forum,
or
you
can
go
on
there
and
get
a
login.
The
entity
instructions
are
on
your
flash
drive.
J
We
can
just
ask
questions
about
what
other
county
commissioners
are
doing
across
the
state.
So
if
you
have
ammonia,
I
encourage
you
to
sign
up
getting
into
the
legislative
update
on
the
top
of
page
4.
If
you
look
at
the
highlight
there,
on
the
house
side,
there
are
25
former
county
commissioners
in
the
house
and
11
former
county
commissioners
in
the
Senate.
That's
a
pretty
high!
Pretty
high
number
we've
not
seen
that
before
I
think
that's
attributed
to
term
limits
and
the
county
commission
becoming
a
stepping
stone
to
the
state
legislature.
J
So
now
our
challenge
is
to
make
sure
they
don't
forget
where
they
come
from,
usually
after
about
a
year
and
year
and
a
half
and
Lansing,
they
start
to
forget
the
challenges
that
they
had
on
the
county
board.
So
that's
part
of
our
drive
is
to
make
sure
that
they
don't
forget
the
things
that
you
have
to
deal
with
on
a
daily
basis
when
they're
making
legislative
decisions
bottom
of
page
4
and
top
of
page
five
kind
of
goes
through
the
leadership.
J
Obviously,
the
Senate
leadership
didn't
change
because
there
wasn't
an
election
there
bottom
of
page
five
talks
about
the
House
committees.
The
red
indicates
an
ex
county
commissioners
chair,
the
blue
indicates
a
former
county
commissioner
as
a
member,
so
you
can
see
we're
well
represented
on
on
many
of
a
V
House
committees.
The
top
of
page
six
again
goes
through
the
Senate
committees.
There's
a
county
former
county
commissioner
represented
on
all
committees
except
the
Judiciary
Committee.
So
again,
we're
very
pleased
with
that
and
hope
those
folks
continue
to
remember
where
they
came
from.
J
Finally
getting
into
some
of
our
legislative
priorities
in
this
list
is,
and
by
no
means
exhaustive,
but
the
first
item
on
there
kind
of
gets
at
local
government
financing,
I'm
sure
you've
heard
about
the
the
governor's
task
force
that
he's
put
together
to
kind
of
look
at
the
OPA
and
pension
liabilities
that
local
units
of
government
have
out
there.
We
are
represented
represented
on
the
on
the
task
force
they're
expecting
to
have
their
draft
or
their
final
report
out
by
the
end
of
this
month.
J
To
be
honest
with
you,
I
wouldn't
expect
too
much
out
of
it.
I
think
you've
got
two
very
diverse
groups
on
that
board
that
are
never
going
to
come
to
any
sort
of
agreement,
so
you're
going
to
see
kind
of
two
contrasting
the
positions
on
there
so
it'll
be
up
to
legislators
now
to
see
what
they
want
to
do
with
that
sort
of
recommendation
or
that
task
force
report.
J
What
we've
been
doing
and
trying
to
beat
the
drum
is
that
it's
not
just
an
expense
tissue.
We
cannot
continue
to
look
at
this
as
we
can
cut
cut
cut
our
way
out
of
it.
It's
got
to
be
a
revenue
discussion
as
well,
and
I
think
that
that
is
starting
to
resonate.
Our
friends
at
MML
have
been
doing
it
as
well
at
MTA,
saying
hey.
We
cannot
cut
our
way
out
of
this
problem.
This
is
not
a
problem
that
created
overnight.
This
has
been
created
over
50
years.
J
We
need
time
to
kind
of
to
address
this
going
forward,
so
I
think
we
may
even
see
some
different
revenue
options
come
out
of-
maybe
not
this
past
course,
but
a
different
group
in
the
future
item
two
is
reforming
tax
capture
statutes.
This
is
something
we've
been
working
on
for
a
long
time,
but
if
anyone
ever
tries
to
tell
you
that
Mac
is
trying
to
get
rid
of
DDA's
or
tifa's
or
anything
like
that,
that's
not
true
at
all.
What
we
are
looking
for
is
some
common-sense
reforms
with
them.
J
We
think
that
some
of
those
that
were
created
prior
to
1994
that
have
the
ability
to
renew
without
a
sort
of
save
from
the
county.
There
needs
to
be
say
from
the
county.
There
we've
seen
some
great
partnerships
formed
between
DDA's
and
counties
on
those
created
after
1997,
whether
it
be
startup
funds
or
millage
matches
things
like
that,
but
we
don't
think
a
municipality
can
create
a
separate
DBA
without
any
input
from
from
the
county.
J
Those
are
County
dollars
and
they
should
have
a
say
in
how
those
kind
of
County
dollars
are
used,
reporting,
michigan
tax
tribunal.
This
kind
of
is
a
broader
topic
that
came
out
of
last
year's
dark
story
at
issue.
If
you
remember,
last
year
we
were
successful
in
getting
a
bill
passed
out
of
the
house
97
to
11
that
addressed
the
dark
store
issue
and
it
got
at
the
assessing
procedures
and
deed,
restricted
properties.
J
This
year,
there's
also
that
bill
has
been
reintroduced
by
representative
matheran,
a
former
county
commissioner
at
at
Kalamazoo
and
there's
been
another
bill
introduced
that
kind
of
gets
at
the
structure
in
the
operational
function
of
the
Michigan
tax
tribunal.
There's
there's
a
thought
out
there
that
maybe
the
folks
on
the
tax
tribunal
are
not
as
educated
as
they
should
be
or
not
paid
as
well
as
they
should
be.
J
So
we
haven't
taken
a
position
on
that
legislation
yet,
but
we
do
believe
that
these
folks
need
to
be
educated,
and
maybe
these
cases
need
to
go
to
specific
tax
tribunal
members,
the
ones
that
are
more
educated
in
assessing
or
whether,
if
there's
an
on
property
tax
appeal.
Maybe
the
accounting
member
should
hear
that
case,
so
we're
working
on
that
piece
of
legislation
as
it
moves
through
the
process
as
well
on
the
top
of
page
7
ensuring
adequate
funding
for
michigan
court
system.
J
This
gets
at
the
be
cunningham
fix
that
what
we
were
able
to
get
taken
care
of
about
two
years
ago,
maybe
three
years
ago,
now
that
legislation
sunset
so
that
has
to
get
at
the
the
disease
your
court
can
charge
for
those
people
that
go
through
the
court
system
that
actually
sunsets
this
fall.
So
we
are
working
with
legislators
right
now
to
eliminate
that
sunset.
J
I
think
we
will
be
successful
in
that,
but
we're
also
looking
at
having
a
greater
discussion
on
courts
and
how
they're
funded
and
what
the
relationship
is
between
the
county
and
the
court
system
and
with
it
being
a
funding
unit
not
having
much
control
over
it.
So
bigger
discussion
there,
but
we're
first
focused
on
the
user
fee,
Authority
getting
that
sunset
eliminated
the
next
item
on
there
improving
the
performance
of
the
child
care
fund
that
came
out
of
last
year.
J
If
you
remember
the
was
a
delay
in
reimbursement
from
the
state
on
to
two
counties
on
the
child
care
fund,
we
were
able
to
help
get
those
payments
caught
up
and
then,
on
top
of
that,
the
department
decided
that
they
weren't
necessarily
going
to
reimburse
for
all
those
indirect
costs.
After
the
budgets
were
already
approved,
we
were
able
to
successfully
get
legislation,
passed,
fixing
last
year's
budget
for
that
issue
and
now
we're
working
on
long-term,
a
legislation
that
would
fix
that
going
forward.
So
we
don't
have
to
worry
about
that
again.
J
Something
I've
got
good
bill
sponsors
on
both
that
and
the
court
funding
issues.
So
we
look
forward
to
getting
those
passed
this
session
and
then
finding
investing
in
Michigan's
infrastructure.
Obviously
something
that's
been
talked
about
for
a
while.
You
know:
there's
there
was
legislation
passed
two
years
ago
to
somewhat
address
that
issue.
It's
still
involved
in
appropriation
from
the
legislature
to
do
that.
We
have
concerns
about
that
because,
of
course,
when
you
start
over
appropriating
a
general
fund,
we
have
a
big
target
on
our
back
in
local
government.
J
So
we
do
believe
there
needs
to
be
some
sort
of
new
funding
there,
whether
it
be
a
user
fee
based
or
some
sort
of
tax.
We
don't
have
an
opinion
on
that,
but
we
do
believe
there's
there
needs
to
be
some
new
funding
and
the
bottom
of
page
seven,
there
kind
of
goes
through
many
of
the
other
issues
that
we
covered
the
Association,
so
we
run
around
a
lot
trying
to
cover
a
lot
of
different
committees
is
what
that
indicates
top
of
page
eight
kind
of
goes
into
more
detail
on
that.
J
The
tax
tribunal
reform,
which
I
kind
of
talked
about
the
the
dark
stores
bill
this
year,
is
4397.
So
if
you,
if
you
need
to
follow
that
I,
don't
believe
they've
had
a
committee
hearing
on
it
yet
I'm
a
bottom
of
page
eight
gets
at
the
PPT
reimbursement
for
this
year.
This
is
the
first
year
for
the
new
PPT
replacement.
What
we
have
found
is
that
many
locals
got
an
increase
or
over
appropriation
of
their
normal.
J
Services
assessment
that
was
guaranteed
100%
reimbursement.
What
we
found
is
due
to
the
complexity
of
the
formula.
Many
counties
got
above
that
hundred
percent.
What
we
were
happy
to
hear
what
we
were
even
more
we
reward
glad
to
hear
is
that
the
legislature
and
the
governor
has
said
that
extra
funding
that
came
through
that
PPT
reimbursement
we
want
to
keep
with
the
locals
now
we
may
want
to
look
at
the
disbursement
of
that,
but
we
want
to
keep
the
locals
so
we're
pretty
happy
with
that.
J
We're
working
with
the
administration
and
vote
chambers
right
now
and
what
sort
of
disbursement
method
looks
best
for
that
another
issue:
that's
come
up.
This
year's
the
indigent
defense
commission
and
the
standards
changes
there
that
those
there's
been.
First,
four
standards
have
been
established,
but
they
have
not
been
approved
by
Lara
and
the
the
second
set
of
three
standards
has
been
established
and
those
are
under
review
as
well.
They
have
to
be
improved
by
Lara.
J
You
don't
really
need
to
do
anything
yet
until
they're
approved
by
Laura,
except
look
at
those
costs
see
what
if
there
would
be
increased
cost
to
meet
those
minimum
standards,
but
you
do
not
have
to
implement
anything
until
the
state
properly
appropriates
those
funds.
So
really
that's
just
that
FYI.
We
don't
expect
that
to
be
in
this
year's
budget,
but
possibly
in
FY
18
budget.
J
Another
issue
that's
been
talked
about
is
next
gen
911
kind
of
upgrading
the
system
statewide,
the
U
P,
is
kind
of
leading
the
country
on
where
they
are
with
the
next
gen
911.
The
rest
of
the
state
needs
to
cap
out
just
a
but
the
bottom
bullet.
There
is
kind
of
the
biggest
issues
to
raise
the
surcharge
from
19
cents,
25
cents,
and
that
is
split
between
Michigan
State,
Police
and
locals,
set
the
it
for
the
legislative
update,
just
some
other
housekeeping
items.
You
can
kind
of
see
the
Mac
policy
committees
you
guys.
J
The
bond
has
been
on
our
policy,
one
of
our
policy
committees
for
a
long
time
and
now,
as
a
Mac
board
member,
you
guys
are
well
represented
at
the
Association.
You
can
kind
of
see
when
there's
other
committees
me
we'd
love
to
have
you
participate,
you
don't
have
to
come
in
person.
If
you
can't
you
can
Skype
in
if
you'd
like
on
the
bottom
of
page
10,
that's
our
advocacy
staff.
J
Deana
Bosworth's
been
the
director
there
on
and
off
for
a
few
years
now
she
kind
of
left
us
for
a
year,
but
has
come
back
so
we're
glad
to
have
her
on
board.
Chris
Jones
is
the
newest
member.
He
came
to
us
from
the
House
Republican
policy
office
where
he
worked
on
transportation
issues
and
local
government
and
general
government
issues
for
many
many
years.
J
So
he's
got
a
ton
of
experience
there
and
the
top
of
page
11
is
the
Mac
Leadership
II
of
Shelley
table
who's,
the
Oakland
County
Commissioner
who's,
president
Matthew
beer
line
from
Tuscola
County.
First
vice-president,
ken
Borton
from
Otsego
County,
2nd
vice-president
and
Jerry,
do
set
from
Alger
County,
whose
immediate
past-president,
finally,
that's
our
Twitter
and
Facebook
and
website.
If
you
do
any
of
that
stuff,
that's.
J
I
think
we
put
two
together
so
there's
the
governor's
appointed
task
force
and
then
Mac
put
together
putting
a
separate
task
force
and
I
said.
That's
when
you
cook
yeah,
you
called
an
island.
I
would
say
you
have,
all
counties
are
different.
Some
are
well-funded
on
the
OPEC
side.
Some
are
well-funded
on
the
tension
side.
Some
are
well
Thunder
both.
So
you
have
diverse
opinions
on
where
fixes
need
to
be
made,
but
I
think
consensus
on
how
to
fix
those
things.
What
are
some
of
the
things
that
that
can
address
those
issues?
E
E
A
grassroots
effort
and
you'll
get
post-employment
health
care
they
want
X,
just
like
they
attacked
pensions.
The
legislature,
the
Republicans,
want
X
hopes,
employment,
health.
Now
that
does
nothing
for
Main
Street,
where
you
hear
the
small
business
in
a
local
community
and
you
take
whatever
might
be
100
$200
a
month
out
of
somebody's
pocket,
that's
disposable
income,
that
is
the
income
that
has
been
locally
that
helps
the
local
economy
and
I.
E
Don't
think
these
folks
down
there,
you
like
to
mention
a
lot
of
these
folks
were
County
Commissioners,
not
only
down
where
they
forgot
to
read,
come
from
and
you
get
post
employment,
health
care,
we're.
Looking
at
Medicare
we're
looking
at
prescription
drugs.
Medicare
is
very,
very
expensive
because.
F
E
When
the
adopted
part
needed
employment,
so
the
debt
increases,
and
then
they
created
this
crazy
law
that
actually
jails
or
it
should
be,
and
anybody
that
voted
for
should
be
in
jail.
This
crazy
law
that
Medicare,
which
of
the
largest
purchase
or
prescription
drugs,
cannot
negotiate
prescription
drug
manufacturers
for
the
cost
of
prescription
drugs.
Therefore,
they
pays
40
to
60%
more
than
Medicaid
in
the
VA.
Now
I
would
think
that'd
be
something
that
if
we
pushed
from
the
county
lumps
in
the
state
level
I
sent
a
resolution
there
I,
don't
think
anybody
read
it.
E
So
you
know
the
state
legislature
or
Mac
should
be
sent
into
Washington.
Saying
hey,
you
know,
we
understand,
you
know
they're,
calling
posting
where
they're
calling
Medicare
Medicaid
and
entitlement
people
work
for
they
paid
for
it.
Then
it
comes
time
to
collect
a
Salesman
title.
We're
not
going
to
give
it
to
you
or
we're
not
going
to
give
you
that
in
this
form
of
giving
you
something
else.
Well,
you
know
everybody
should
be
screaming
to
Washington
and
saying
you
know,
we're
the
purchaser
jury,
the
largest
purchaser
of
prescription
drugs,
and
you
cannot
negotiate
with
them.
E
E
Employment
health
care
last
session
and
they
were
unable
to
they
were
not
successful
because
the
police
were
fire
interceded.
So
that's
something
you're
going
to
do
again
this
year,
then
bad
an
idol.
Of
course,
I
said
why?
How
else
we
need
to
cut
costs?
Oh
you
know
you
got
the
opportunity
there
to
cut
the
cost
at
the
federal
level
on
Medicare,
negotiate
their
forlorn
everybody's
cost.
So
now
you
don't
have
to
go
out
and
start
taxing
people's
health
care,
so
it
does
get
somewhat
frustrating.
If
I
can
see
the
problem,
we.
J
I
and
I
grew
up
everything
you're,
saying
I
think
as
far
as
this
task
force
goes.
You
know
that
is
a
federal
issue,
and
that
was
a
little
bit
outside
the
scope
of
what
this
task
force
did
was
working
on.
They
were
working
on
no
peb
liabilities
and
pension
liabilities
at
the
state
level.
Now
that
being
said,
I
think
that
that
would
be
a
great
topic
to
be
brought
up
at
our
Health
and
Human
Services
Committee,
because
that's
where
we
can,
you
know
put
it
in
our
platforms.
We
can
talk
to
state
legislators.
J
E
Or
going
to
be
taxing
you're
going
to
be
taxing
people's
health
care
and
people
are
struggling
and
the
local
economy
struggling
you're
going
to
tax
people's
health
care.
So
when
you
get
tax
breaks
and
businesses,
that
Michigan
is
is
a
very
competitive
state
regarding
taxes
across
the
country,
so
mainstream
needs
somehow,
and
we
represent
people.
We.
E
E
Therefore
they
are
saying:
well,
we've
got
a
problem
with
entitlement,
that's
overview
of
entitlements,
people
work
from
16
to
66
50
years
they
paid
for
it
and
then,
when
it
comes
time
to
collect
them,
you
know
you
got
a
problem,
I
don't
buy
it
and
we
need
to
be
doing
more.
I
think
we've
got
our
share
here.
We
need
to
be
doing
more,
the
state
level
pushing
to
the
federal
and
anything
that
we
could
do
or
I
give.
E
D
I
do
measure
Krieger.
Thank
you
this
key
thanks
for
coming
in
and
we
all
have
our
little
pet
projects
and
I
happen
to
have
a
couple
of
them
that
I'm
hoping
we
can
see
a
little
bit
more
action
or
something
being
done
with
it.
One
of
them
falls
under
the
septic
waste.
For
me,
it's
all
about
the
state
having
a
septic
code.
You
know
Bay
County,
with
our
director
Joel
Strauss
and
Laura.
Over
environmentalists,
we've
been
working
on
coming
up
with
our
own
septic
code,
which
I
would
hope.
D
D
This
pond
has
these
protected
vegetation
plants
and
you
can't
get
in
there
to
meet
a
net,
so
I'm
thinking
that
the
DEQ
does
have
to
have
some
direction
from
the
public
and
matt
has
a
hammer
that
they
can
use
and
I'm,
hoping
that
these
three
points
of
interest
that
I
have
and
I'm
sure
many
other
people
in
Bay
County
will
at
some
point
be
addressed,
and
we
can
plant
in
you
coming
back
within
the
next
twelve
months
to
give
us
an
update
on
this.
Any.
H
Picnic,
you
know
in
citizens,
research,
health
report,
we
had
a
forum
at
our
conference
or
in
the
fall,
or
else
in
March
I
was
at
a
monitor,
Township
meeting
last
night
and
there's
a
fire
burn
is
in
dire
straits
needs
repair.
A
lot
of
money
replaces
the
topic
of
a
Metropolitan.
Fire
Authority
came
up
a
lot
of
townships
out
there
with
the
fire
bomb.
H
That
is
pretty
old
and
they're
still
had
the
money
to
do
it,
and
if
we
could
do
it
collaboratively
countywide,
so
I
thought
I
told
my
would
bring
it
up
top
about
a
metropoliz
already
I
know
the
locals
like
to
keep
control
but
see
it
going
to
replace
the
fire
barn
a
lot
of
money.
So
hopefully
we
can
maybe
take
a
look
at
that
down
the
road
mm-hmm.
A
J
Yeah
we
oppose
any
changes
to
298
that
reduce
the
local
services
or
finances
that
come
back.
We
penned
a
letter
in
collaboration
with
the
Community
Mental
Health
Association
a
few
weeks
ago
that
that
kind
of
says,
hey
leave
the
system
the
way
it
is
that's
what
the
the
workgroup
task
force
said.
Let's,
let's
follow
that
charge
and
I
think
Chris
referred
to
it.
It's
such
a
moving
target
right
now
the
language
keeps
changing
almost
weekly
on
what
they
want
to
do.
A
F
A
A
A
I
Steve
nice
to
meet
you
in
diversity,
but
we
did
have
a
good
conversation
earlier
this
year,
yep
I,
also
like
Miss
Mary
Koon
participated
in
one
of
the
conference,
calls
which
we
go
to
benefits
for
local
government
employees
and
all
I'd
like
to
do
as
I
did
over.
The
phone
is
say
that
we
have
a
very
dedicated
workforce
here
in
Bay,
County
and
I
want
to
accomplish
certainly
compliment
the
Bay
County
Board
and
especially
our
pension
board
for
being
funded
at
112
percent,
and
our
vibha
is
in
good
shape
and
I.
I
Just
hope
that
as
we
move
forward,
if
Matt
works
with
the
Snyder
administration
that
we
remember,
we
have
many
some
county
employees
right
in
this
room
that
have
more
than
30
years
of
service
and
I
think
would
be
a
disservice
to
to
those
employees
who
have
dedicated
their
lives
to
grassroots
government
and
serving
the
public
to
take
away
their
lifetime.
Healthcare
benefits
or
even
in
the
future.
As
we
move
forward
since
bay
county
has
had
a
very
good
record
in
terms
of
deep
fiscally
prudent.
As
you
know,
counties
aren't
the
most.
I
I
And
if
legislation
is
crafted
to
address
the
challenge
that
some
guns
are
facing
by
being
underwater
on
their
health
care
and
their
pensions,
that
there
be
some
flexibility
in
the
statute
for
counties
like
de,
so
that
we
might
be
able
to
continue
to
offer
those
benefits
to
recruit
the
kind
of
talent
that
our
Bay
County
residents
need
and
deserve.
Yes,
in
our
getting
yeah.
J
That's
one
thing:
we've
been
very
strong,
a
strong
item
and
that
will
be
stated
and
import
that
there
was
consensus
on
was
one
size
is
not
going
to
fit
all
for
all
communities.
You've
got
to
respect
those
communities
that
have
done
the
right
things
and
have
been
able
to
make
the
payments
they
need
to,
and
even
to
the
point
where
your
funding
level
may
be.
You
know,
on
pension
side
for
County.
Statewide
is
fairly
good.
I
mean
we're
in
fairly
good
shape
compared
to
a
lot
of
communities
on
the
open
side.
J
It's
not
as
good,
but
that's
because
it
was
a
recent
Gatsby
change
and
now
it's
showing
up
differently
on
your
balance
sheet.
So
you
have
to
give
communities
the
time
to
kind
of
look
at
that.
How
are
they
get
a
budget
for
it
and
if
they're
trending
in
the
right
direction,
you
got
to
respect
that
as
well.
So
we've
been
that'll
be
a
strong
point
in
the
report
as
well.
A
Favor
high
post
motion
carries
I'd
like
to
at
this
time.
I
got
I
have
to
take
this
one
day
at
work.
Bob
resolution
number
217
98
as
Spotify
creation
to
get
honoring
majors
Mike
must
surely
Myers
on
their
retirement
unless
they
please
most
of
the
adapters
resolution.
So
will
torque
discussion
all
in
favor
hi
both
motion
carries
thank
you
and
now.
Let's
move
on
to
the
reports,
resolutions
of
committees
and
saying
M
for
Commission
lots
of
the
Commission's
are
in
check
today.
K
K
K
H
A
K
F
A
C
A
C
C
A
A
D
Just
a
question:
I
know
that
we
lost
the
person
that
headed
that
division
up.
Has
there
been
any
progress?
We
have
any
candidates?
Yes,.
A
K
Surenshete
well,
thank
you.
Mr.
chair
resolution,
2017
97
msu
extension,
a
hundredth
anniversary.
This
resolution
will
be
presented
at
the
May
16th
personnel
and
Human
Services
Committee
meeting
I'd
like
to
move
that
forward
for
discussion.
Yes,
sir,
before
the
meeting
I
believe
it's
from
1:00
to
4:00
they're
having
an
open
house
I
believe
downstairs
to
the
one.
Fourth
one.
Fourth,
so
if
you
have
time
see
what
MSU
Extension
is
all
about
downstairs,
what's
all
I
have
mr.
chair.
B
A
I
Thank
You
mr.
chairman
Lauren
is
my
third
time
speaking.
Bellow
I,
don't
want
to
flaunt
too
long
today,
but
I
think
we'd
be
remiss
if
we
didn't
offer
our
sincere
thanks
to
all
who
helped
to
make
bacon
nice
empty
of
the
shelter
day
on
Saturday
April
29th,
a
complete
success,
all
about
animals
rescued,
transported,
ourself
or
animals
to
and
from
their
facility
for
spaying
and
neutering,
and
any
needed
vaccinations
before
the
event.
I
I
In
this
event
in
waving
our
normal
adaptive
fees,
the
cooperative
efforts
of
our
dedicated
animal
control
staff
and
tireless
volunteers,
this
successful
event
would
not
have
been
possible
and
I
want
to
offer
a
special
thanks
to
Debbie
Russell,
Mike,
Halstead
and
Joe
Bowman,
who
coordinated
the
event
on
the
29th
of
April,
and
it's
a
complete
success
and
hopefully
bodes
well
for
the
future.
Our
animal
shelter
here
in
Bay
County,
Thank
You
mr.
charm.
Thank
you
any.
D
Kriegers
actually
is
partly
announcement,
so
we
kind
of
jumped
the
gun
a
little
bit
again,
we're
coming
to
the
middle,
almost
the
end
of
May,
believe
it
or
not.
Labor
Day,
just
around
the
corner,
which
means
we'll
soon
be
in
the
gym
on
the
24th
of
June.
We
have.
Our
b12
is
about
how
to
escape
Basin
Recreation
Area,
but
what
I'd
like
to
do
is
to
get
set
up
for
it.
So
we
have
a
good
count
of
individuals,
we're
going
to
have
a
allo
party
where
you
have
the
ability
to
show
up
in
entry
register.
D
So
this
true
registration
party
will
be
held
at
Coonans
Irish
pub,
and
if
you
do
come
out
of
that
day
now
we
have
the
opportunity
to
register
and
make
life
a
little
easier,
but
you'll
also
have
the
option
of
a
hot
dog
and
a
cold
drink,
whether
it
be
coke
or
coke,
or
maybe
a
little
Brook
beer.
How
challenging
so
just
trying
to
get
the
word
out
we're
coming
up
on
a
big
day
and
there's
a
chance
to
pre-register
without
having
fun
online
or
you
don't
have
the
ability
to
surf
the
web
above.
K
Have
a
couple
of
announcements
to
connect,
Michigan
committee
is
being
formed.
Now
I've
got
a
couple
candidates
already
on
it.
If
it's
someone,
you
don't
have
to
be
a
politician
or
board
member
or
anything
else,
but
if
anyone
wants
to
be
involved
out
there
in
the
audience
now
is
your
chance.
You
get
a
hold
of
me
or
Debbie
Russell
and
she
will
provide
you
know,
get
it
to
me.
K
Nature
festival
that
the
park
has
been
going
at
the
County
Park
has
been
going
good
with.
Fourth
graders
we've
run
about
three
sets
three
classes
through
there
so
far,
and
everything
is
good.
Yesterday
morning
we
had
a
early
morning
tour
and
some
kind
of
you
don't
see
him
everyday
white
pelicans
flew
over.
So
that
was
pretty.
That
was
pretty
neat
this
evening
at
6:45
were
having
an
evening
walk
along
the
trails
out
there
too.
K
For
anyone,
that's
feels
like
they
need
a
little
exercise
and
I,
oh
and
I
would
be
remiss
Saginaw
rescue
in
dog
rescue
May.
The
19th
has
a
fundraiser
at
the
horizon
center
reason,
I,
say
my
daughter's
and
also
and
Tiffany
rescued
a
dog.
So,
thank
you,
and
but
anyway
made
the
19th.
They
have
a
little
fundraiser
out
there,
so
we
got
to
help
with
the
pets
wherever
they
are
in
happy
birthday.
Mrs.
parsha.
L
K
F
K
What
the
whole
idea
behind
it
is
to
you
know,
figure
out
where
is
lacking
and
what
we
actually
could
views
and
they
loan
after
providers
on
just
last
week,
the
federal
government
signed
a
contract
six
and
a
half
billion
dollars
with
AT&T
for
25
years
to
provide
firstnet
service
and
what
that's
going
to
do
is
bring
high-speed
Internet
to
first
responders,
but
also
in
the
in
the
Rupe
and
the
ruling
and
everything
there
from
what
Limpy
deal,
but
they
also
are
provided
for
private
and
public
use.
On
these
new.
F
K
A
I,
just
you
know,
we
all
got
this
one
thing
we
got
to
put
idea
yet
we
need
a
motion
receive
a
letter
from
Hampton
Township
on
a
notification
or
they
rescinded
their.
A
golf
cart
resolution
removed
support
discussion
all
in
favor,
okay
and
what
and
I
just
wanted
to
say,
happy
birthday,
mrs.
Bhartia
mr.
Wran
check,
you
know:
I
City,
mrs.
Marsh
and
I
heard
you
don't
graduated
together,
but
she
held
up
the
time
a
lot
better
than
I
did
and.