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From YouTube: Bay County Board of Commissioners Meeting (4/13/21)
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0:22 - Roll Call
1:56 - Invocation
2:34 - Pledge of Allegiance
2:53 - Minutes
3:57 - Citizens Input
14:10 - Petitions and Communications
14:13 - A. Bay County Drain Commissioner - 2020 Annual Report
15:06 - B. City of Bay City - Application for Obsolete Property Rehabilitation Exempt District
15:52 - Reports/Resolutions of Committees
42:07 - Reports of County Officials/Departments
45:48 - Unfinished Business
52:41 - New Business
52:46 - Miscellaneous
1:02:14 - Appointments
1:03:25 - Closed Session
1:03:33 - Adjournment
A
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My
name
is
mike
durantec
address,
710,
bermuda
street
pin
counting
michigan.
Thank
you
very
much,
mr
chairman
and
commissioners
for
allowing
me
to
speak
on
a
couple
items
today.
First,
one
is
talking
about
rural
broadband
internet
in
rural
bay
county
and
in
the
internet
county,
and
some
of
the
counties
are
they're.
Really
they
haven't
caught
up
with
the
times
education
for
these
kids
and
stuff
and
suffering,
and
I've
been
doing
a
lot
of
research
on
this
matter.
H
Of
fact,
I've
been
on
it
about
four
months
and
I've
come
to
the
conclusion
that
elon
musk
may
be
our
salvation,
not
only
for
here
but
the
whole
world.
I'm
going
to
give
you
a
few
facts
about
this.
In
case
you
don't
know
elon
musk,
of
course,
spacex
slash
and
part
of
that
is
starlink
and,
of
course
tesla.
So
this
guy,
when
he
says,
he's
going
to
do
something
that
he
gets
it
done
right
now,
he's
got
1200
satellites,
circling,
earth,
low
altitude
circling
this
year,
so
far
he's
put
310
up
there.
H
Every
time
you
hear
about
a
rocket
spacex
rocket
going
up
there,
there's
between
60
and
70
new
satellites
that
he's
putting
up
along
with
other
stuff.
So
right
now
there
are
10
000
people
out
there
in
pretty
much
northern
like
state
of
washington
and
canada.
I
mean
he's
going
real
rural
right
now,
their
beta
tester,
a
beta
tester,
of
course.
H
H
H
So
that's
that's
exciting.
I
mean
worldwide.
So
it's
he's
on
ball
in
in
2020,
the
fcc
granted
spacex
and
elon
886
million
dollar
grant
to
provide
internet
to
rural
america.
Folks
this
is
it
for
bay
county.
Let's
get
on
this,
the
trouble
with
cable
networks
is
that
the
michigan
public
service
commission
and
the
fcc
has
earmarked
certain
areas.
So
these
well,
I
can't
go
over
here.
I
can't
do
this
and
all
that,
but
I'll
tell
you
the
wave
of
the
future.
I
believe
it's
not
you
know.
H
Fiber
is
nice,
it's
expensive
to
run
and
and
and
cable
companies
and
all
that,
but
the
wave
of
the
future,
I
believe,
is
the
satellites
I
sat
through
as
a
commissioner
here,
probably
four
years
worth,
of
merit
network
fiber
they
put
in
about
a
thousand
miles
of
this
throughout
michigan
and
they
had
a
grant
for
69
million
dollars.
But
really
I
mean
the
isd
got
on
and
you
know
some
of
the
places
were
lucky,
but
it
really
didn't
hit
rural
america
and
they
didn't
branch
out
far
enough.
H
So
in
my
opinion
to
rural
bay,
county
or
rural
michigan.
For
that
matter
there
was
really
no
benefit
other
than
for
educational
or
businesses
and
things
of
that
nature,
tom
rider
and
myself
would
like
to
donate
our
time
in
on
a
committee.
If,
if
it's
something
that
the
commissioners
want
to
do
and
if
they
want
to
get
a
committee
going
or
whatever
tom
and
I
would
be
more
than
lucky-
we
think
we're
going
to
be
lucky
to
be
on
a
committee
to
put
forth.
H
You
know
the
information
that
we've
in
the
education
and
this
stuff
that
he
and
I
both
have.
We
both
have
interests
matter
of
fact,
I'm
my
residency
is
going
to
be
airing
accounting
in
about
a
week,
so
I
mean
we
both
have
interests
in
aranet
county.
So
I
mean
I
I
think
I
don't
know.
I
got
this
idea
that,
possibly
if
we
could
join
forces
with,
like
maybe
aranet
county
and
gladwin
county,
because
they
got
to
be
underserved
also
the
reason
I
say
that
is
elon.
H
H
I
think
it
is
so
I
mean
you
can
imagine,
there's
steps
to
deal
with
and
all
that,
but
the
renovation
like,
I
said,
for
255
000
we've
raised
about
175
000
so
far
and
we're
asking
with
the
for
the
possibility
that
the
bay
county
would
be
able
to
come
in
here
with
a
25
000
contribution
funding.
I
don't
think
I
mean
we're
a
funding
source
and
all
that.
H
Why
not?
Why
not
use
some
of
that
cannabis
revenues
that
came
in
from
the
state
you
know,
25
grand
would
be
a
huge,
huge
help
and
a
boost.
You
know
we're
just
about
to
the
end
of
this
campaign.
Up
there
to
get
this
done,
renovations
are
underway.
So
if
you're
up
and
down
there
you'll
see
trucks
and
cars
out
front
go
to
go,
take
a
look.
It's
coming
along
really
good!
H
That's
all!
I
have
number
three
april,
the
24th
from
10
till
three
bay
county
bing
conning
county
park
bay
county
park
up.
There
is
a
member
of
a
pin,
counting
rotary
and
our
rotary
is
having
our
annual
beach
clean.
So
we
we
go
down
the
shoreline
and
kayaks
and
waders
and
anything
else
that'll
float
and
we
clean
up
the
beach
we've
been
doing
that
for
years.
So
that's
april,
the
24th
from
10
till
3.,
so
yeah.
Thank
you
very
much
folks
for
your
time.
H
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F
Along
those
lines,
if
you
could
get
that
information
by
monday,
the
26th,
so
I've
already
had
conversations
with
many
of
the
townships
up
there
and
we're
very
interested
in
partnering
together
to
address
that
broadband
issue,
so
the
more
options
and
ideas
that
they
have
to
discuss
and
try
to
figure
out
where
they're
at
and
where
we
want
to
go.
That
would
be
really
helpful
too.
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B
Yes,
just
wanted
to,
I
mean
meyer
and
associates,
do
an
awful
lot
of
really
great
things.
I
just
wanted
to
take
a
second
to
acknowledge
the
fact
that
their
their
generosity
is,
I
just
they've
done
so
many
things
for
the
bay
city,
public
schools.
I
know,
especially
at
the
school
that
I
work
at
giving
children
bicycles,
keeping
that
to
help
keep
them
engaged
in
school
and
their
studies,
so
just
fantastic
that
they
continue
to
do
this
wonderful
work
in
our
community.
So
thank
you
very.
G
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A
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B
E
A
G
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B
D
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G
A
G
G
G
A
G
G
A
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B
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F
E
I
That
grant
has
ended,
but
we
actually
have
some
long-term
loans
that
people
owe
back,
and
so,
as
we
get
this,
we
call
it
program
income
when
the
money
is
repaid
to
us
anything
that
is
under
35
000,
since
the
grant
has
ended
anything
under
35
000
is
money
that
the
bay
county
and
and
or
general
fund
can
keep,
and
there
is
no
designation
on
it.
The
commissioners
at
some
point
will
decide
what
they
will
be
doing
with
those
funds
and
then
anything
over
35
000.
I
D
I
had
constituents
bring
up
to
me
that
maybe
we
could
use
it
for
subject
tank
repair
or
something
like
that.
50
000
isn't
the
whole
lot.
So
I
don't
know
how
many
simple
tanks
you
can
repair,
but
maybe-
but
I
guess,
if
we
can
designate
it
out
of
the
general
fund-
that's
a
little
more
flexible
that
way
that
we
could
use
it
for
other
things,
but
I
would
suggest
that
we
maybe
have
some
other
home
repair
thing
or
septic
tank
fields
or
repair
that
we
could
put
it
into.
This
is
allowed.
E
That
may
be
a
source
of
funds
that
we
could
tap
into
to
be
able
to
help
support
the
renovation
of
that
building.
So
we'll
get
with
mr
redmond
the
commission
to
talk
about
the
possibility
of
using
some
of
those
funds
to
help
with
pin
counting
so
just
a
thought
with
the
source
coming
in
and
us
being
able
to
pull
out
a
general
fund.
I
think
it
fits
the
category
of
use
of
funds
so.
F
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B
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F
B
B
I'm
amazed
that
I
remember
that,
but
yes,
so
matt
a
wonderful
guy
and
it
really
wants
to
do
a
lot
of
really
good
things
using
this
space
and
and
trying
to
keep
local
hockey
players
here
and
keep
the
interest
high.
I
think
it'll
be
a
wonderful
thing
to
help
another
plug
for
the
quality
of
life
here
and
within
the
county
to
be
able
to
draw
some
folks
in
and
utilize
that
space
appropriately.
I
D
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B
B
B
C
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D
B
All
right,
I'd
like
to
move
resolution,
number
20
21-56,
a
variety
of
vacancies
that
are
have
been
budgeted
for
9-1-1
central
dispatch,
sheriff's
patrol
department
on
aging
health
department,
office
of
criminal
defense.
Looking
for,
I
believe,
a
staff
attorney
there
and
the
juvenile
home
in
environmental
affairs.
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B
Yeah,
I
I
I
read
through
this,
and
I
had
read
about
it
on
mako
as
well,
and
just
thinking
about
it.
As
far
as
I
understand
the
whole
point
of
it,
especially
when
it
when
they
speak
of
it,
taking
people
a
few
years
to
get
up
to
speed,
to
be
able
to
try
and
do
the
job
adequately.
I
I
I
speaking
from
where
I'm
sitting
now
I
can.
I
can
say
that
I
understand
that.
B
And
you
really
need
to
make
sure
that
you're
listening
when
you're
running
for
office
and
as
much
as
I
that
I
understand
where
they're
coming
from
with
the
four-year
term.
I
I
almost
think
that
it
would
limit
also
opportunities
for
other
people
to
have
access
to
public
service
as
well.
Those
two-year
terms
that
means
that
someone's
got
another
opportunity
to
be
able
to
take
a
chance
to
work
within
the
community.
So
it's
I
thought
about
it
quite
a
bit
and
I'm.
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J
Thank
you,
chairman
krieger.
I
want
to
thank
the
board
and
I
want
to
thank
the
board
for
extending
the
local
state
of
emergency,
which
is
specifically
issued
for
the
virtual
meetings
that
some
of
our
entities
throughout
the
county
really
need
to
afford
the
the
public,
the
opportunity
under
citizen
input
to
be
able
to
be
safe
and
yet
still
communicate
with
their
policy
makers
at
the
local
level
in
townships
and
cities.
J
Construction
has
already
started
on
units
within
the
building,
and
residents
have
been
provided
options
for
alternate
housing
during
the
time
period
that
their
units
are
being
upgraded
before
the
sale.
We
were
able
to
utilize
remaining
hud
capital
funds
to
make
various
improvements
to
the
community
room
before
the
sale
was
even
complete.
J
We
are
excited
that
we
will
be
receiving
half
of
the
developer
fee
on
this
construction
project,
which
should
equal
over
five
hundred
thousand
dollars
for
a
general
fund.
This
amount
should
be
coming
to
the
county
within
the
next
calendar
year.
We
anticipate
by
the
end
of
this
calendar
year
when
the
construction
is
complete,
but
we'll
see
how
that
goes,
and
this
is
only
the
second
voluntary
streamline
conversion
through
hud
in
the
nation
in
the
first
in
michigan.
J
So
I'd
like
to
express
my
gratitude
to
the
board
members
for
approving
this
project,
which
will
ensure
safe
energy,
efficient
and
comfortable
housing
for
low-income
residents
for
many
years
to
come.
I
just
wanted
to
give
that
update
and
thank
the
board
and
it's
been
a
long
process
about
a
three-year
process,
but
we're
finally
complete-
and
I
know
the
residents
I've
spoken
to-
are
excited
about
the
improved
housing
conditions
that
they'll
be
enjoying
soon.
E
So,
jim,
the
the
only
note
that
I
would
say
I
know
it's
been
a
long
time
coming.
My
hats
are
off
to
the
corporate
council.
Amber
johnson
has
been
so
diligent
in
making
sure
that
all
the
paperwork
was
correct.
Everything
had
proper
name
it.
If
the
t's
weren't
cross
right
or
there
wasn't
a
comma
in
the
right
place,
she
wasn't
having
it
so.
J
J
It
couldn't
happen
without
her,
but
bara
ogar,
doing
environmental
impact
statement
as
well
as
zach
who's
now
with
the
department
on
aging,
but
zach
did
a
tremendous
amount
of
work
as
well
as,
of
course,
bill
and
van
fox
from
mht
spent
hundreds
of
hours
working
on
this,
and-
and
I
think
our
residents
will
will
be
very
comfortable
in
the
in
the
new,
improved
infrastructure
out
there,
and
it's
going
to
provide
housing
for
many
many
years
to
come
without
additional
commitments
from
the
county.
So
thank
you.
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L
There
was
some
issue
about
who
was
responsible
to
purchase
flags
and
flag
holders
for
veterans
grave
markers.
Apparently,
what
has
happened
is
we
have
about
29
cemeteries
throughout
bay
county?
They
vary
between
municipal
cemeteries
that
are
owned
by
the
local
municipalities
and
some
private
cemeteries
that
are
owned
by
entities
and
owned
by
churches.
L
Just
because
we
are
a
fiduciary
of
those
funds
and
we
needed
to
make
sure
that
the
funds
were
being
spent
correctly,
we
get
three
different.
We
have
three
different
funding
sources
in
the
veterans,
affairs
committee
or
department.
One
of
them
is
the
county
general
fund.
The
other
is
the
veterans
millage
funding
that
used
to
be
spent
by
the
soldiers
and
sailors
relief
commission.
That
is
now
governed
by
the
committee
that
we
have
in
our
veterans
affairs
department,
and
the
third
is
some
grant
funding
that
we
receive
from
the
state
veterans
affairs
department.
L
The
only
way
that
that
funding
from
the
state
can
be
used
is
pursuant
to
the
application
that
is
submitted
to
it
every
year
by
our
county.
We
generally
use
that
money.
At
least
we
have
been
in
the
last
year
to
pay
for
salaries
and
fringe
benefits
of
the
employees
that
we
have
working
in
the
veterans
affairs
department
in
order
to
ensure
that
that
department
stays
open
40
hours
a
week,
and
that
we
always
have
staff
on
site
to
be
able
to
help
indigent
veterans
with
any
assistance
that
they
need.
L
L
So
previously
the
soldiers
and
sailors
relief
commission
was
reimbursing
the
american
legion
for
these
flags,
even
though
that
was
not
an
authorized
expense
to
use
millage
funding,
for
I
did
provide
a
memorandum
to
all
of
the
board
members
for
those
two
board
members
that
are
remote.
My
apologies-
I
haven't
quite
caught
up
to
the
to
the
zoom
meetings,
yet
I
had
copies
waiting
for
you
and
didn't
think
about
the
fact
that
you
may
not
be
here,
so
I
did
email
those
to
both
commissioner
herrick
and
commissioner
coonan.
L
L
I
don't
believe
that
a
petition
has
been
filed
with
the
county,
but
if
you
read
the
statutes
together,
it
is
my
impression
from
these
statutes
and
the
reason
that
only
the
county
statute
is
permissive
is
because
it's
expected
that
the
veterans
agency
is
going
to
go
to
the
local
municipalities
that
actually
own
the
cemeteries
first
to
try
to
get
them
to
pay,
because
that
is
a
mandatory
response.
If
they
petition
they
have
to
pay.
If
the
county
is
petitioned,
the
county
does
not
have
to
pay
it's
discretionary.
L
In
any
event,
a
petition
has
to
be
filed
with
a
local
recognized
entity
that
has
not
been
done
as
of
this
date.
If
the
such
a
petition
is
filed
with
the
county
and
the
county
makes
a
determination
that
they
do
want
to
expend
the
funding
that
funding
would
have
to
come
from
the
general
fund,
it
would
not
be
able
to
come
from
either
the
veterans
millage
or
from
the
state
veterans
affairs
funding
that
we
receive.
D
So
there's
some
other
options
available:
the
money
from
the
state,
the
grant
money.
I'm
hearing
is
probably
going
to
be
loosened
up
a
bit
because
they
have
they're
pretty
restrictive
on
what
you
could
do
with
the
money,
how
to
be
capital
improvement.
So
there
may
be
an
option
there,
but
not
this
year,
probably
because
that
grant
money's
been
allocated
ready.
D
You
have
the
vet's
council,
which
also
is
charged
with
keeping
up
the
monument,
I
believe
on
the
west
side
of
the
river
and
maybe
the
one
up
front
too,
that
has
some
funds
available.
There's
other
sources
of
money.
I
think
the
probably
the
committee,
the
department
of
veterans
affairs
committee,
will
look
at
this
and
see
which
way
we
want
to
pursue
it
and
pursue
different
options.
I
guess
so
exactly
the
recommendation.
E
E
E
B
Joel,
if
I
could
ask
you
a
question
first
and
then,
if
you
want
to
elaborate
and
give
us
more
information,
that
would
be
fabulous.
I've
got
a
meeting
tonight
in
essexville,
so
I'd
love
to
share
as
much
as
I
can
with
them.
The
new
johnson
johnson
thing
that
just
came
out
with
the
cdc
where
they're
halting
any
of
those
vaccinations
is
that
how
will
that
affect
anything
that
we've
got
going
on
and
if
so,
what
might
that
be?.
K
So
we've
had
to
temporarily
put
a
halt
on
some
of
the
clinics
that
we've
had
with
the
johnson
and
johnson
vaccine.
Primarily
these
are
for
we
had.
You
know:
they're
they're,
one
dose
vaccine,
it's
great
to
use
in
circumstances
where
it's
difficult
to
get
two
doses
to
people
so
for
like
high-rises
with
shut-ins
or
the
homeless
populations,
or
places
like
that.
K
Out
there
that
have
involved,
what's
called
cerebral,
cerebral,
venous,
sinus
thrombosis,
and
this
is
a
a
blood
clot
condition.
That's
a
little
bit
different
than
regular,
deep
vein
thrombosis
and
needs
to
be
trained
treated
in
a
in
a
different
manner
than
this
there's
one
fatality
that's
been
known,
but
with
all
that
being
said,
that
is
a
very,
very
minute
amount
and
it's
extremely
extremely
rare
that
a
situation
like
this
would
occur.
K
H
L
L
K
D
K
K
But,
as
we
can
say,
right
now
is
that
all
of
these
vaccines
have
been
been
shown
to
be
pretty
safe
overall,
and
you
know
once
again,
you've
got
to
weigh
the
risks
to
the
benefits
out
there,
and
you
know
one
of
the
things
that's
been
brought
up
a
lot
today
in
the
in
the
stories
and
the
literature
that's
been
out.
There
is
for
certain
types
of
birth
control,
there's
blood,
clotting,
risks
that
are
involved,
and
those
are
much
more
prevalent
than
say
with
the
astrazeneca
or
the
johnson
johnson
vaccine.
K
So
the
search
continues
and
it
looks
like
it's
continuing
to
be
unabated
the
I
guess
I'll
go
over
the
bad
news.
First
again
go
over
the
good
news
later.
The
bad
news
first
is
that
our
test,
positivity
rate,
is
now
it
is
over
21,
it's
21
and
the
state's
positivity
rate
is
about
18,
so
we're
we're
on
par
with
with
the
state
and
just
a
little
bit
below
the
entire
region.
K
There
is
definitely
a
surge
going
on
here
in
michigan.
That
surge
is
related
to
the
increased
number
of
variants
and,
as
you
can
recall,
last
week
we
were
just
notified
that
the
b117
or
the
uk
variant
was
discovered
here
in
bay
county
for
the
first
time,
we've
since
had
about
five
more
cases
of
the
b11
variant
been
identified,
but
also
we've
also
had
a
the
first
case
in
the
state
of
michigan
of
the
p1
variant,
which
is
the
brazilian
variant.
K
That
was
prevalent
most
of
2020
and
if
you
recall
back
in
2020
that
original
type
of
virus
was
highly
transmissible
as
well,
so
we're
seeing
much
more
spread
overall
in
the
general
community,
especially
amongst
younger
people,
about
20
of
all
cases.
Now
it
occurs
for
persons
below
the
age
of
18
and
more
than
half
of
all
cases
occurs
is
occurring
right
now
below
the
age
of
35.
K
B
G
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
So
this
week
is
animal
control
officer
appreciation
week,
and
I
just
want
to
mention
that
we
certainly
appreciate
our
three
animal
control
officers
that
do
a
lot
for
the
citizens
and
pets
across
this
amazing
county
of
ours,
and
we
certainly
appreciate
them,
so
that
was
it.
Thank
you
very
much,
mr
chair.
E
E
We
also
have
an
october
board
of
canvassers.
Those
are
two
four-year
terms
and
those
are
done
by
the
republican
and
democratic
parties
and
in
november
we
have
two
six-year
terms
for
the
building
authority
in
december.
We
have
a
couple
four-year
terms
for
the
veterans
affairs
committee
and
we
also
have
department
of
aging
advisory
committees.
It's
a
four
two
year
term
in
districts,
one
three,
five
and
seven
so
not
going
on
in
the
upcoming
months,
so
miss
amber,
I
think
you're
still
there
is
there
a
need
for
a
closed
session.