OLIVE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, May 28, 2024) – Filling two vacancies on the Ottawa County Community Mental Health Board highlights Tuesday evening’s biweekly county board meeting.
Eight persons submitted applications for the seats, but only two – Robin Wick and Steven Savage – have been recommended by an interview subcommittee and are expected to be appointed. The other six – Paul Duff, Janet Magennis, Malaythong Phan, Cheryl Parker, Kimberly Rowan and Mark Stephenson – were declared “ineligible” by the subcommittee for various reasons. Wick would serve immediately through March 31 of 2026, with Savage beginning his three-year term next April.
It should also be the first business meeting for the newest county board member. Chris Kleinjans won a special recall election in District 2, defeating incumbent Lucy Ebel, but state law mandating a seven-day waiting period before results can be certified kept him on the sidelines for the board’s last meeting two weeks ago. Kleinjans would join District 3’s Doug Zylstra as the two Democrats on the 11-member governing panel.
The Ottawa County Board meeting begins at 6:30 PM in the county’s administration building (12220 Fillmore St., West Olive). A link to the meeting agenda and supporting documents is here.
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