OLIVE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Sept. 24, 2024) – Two matters of some importance will be before the Ottawa County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday evening.
During their biweekly business session, the governing panel is expected to approve a $284.7 million spending plan for Fiscal 2025 that will keep millage rates steady but will need to have nearly four million dollars taken from reserves to balance the books. Unlike last year, when proposed cuts to the county health department led to public debate, residents have been, for the most part, quiet about what the county wants to spend next year.
In addition, the board is expected to set up a special committee to begin in earnest a search for a permanent county administrator. Jon Anderson, who took over in May on an interim basis when John Gibbs was dismissed, handed in his 30-day notice late last month due to a work commitment conflict, but he has agreed to push back his resignation date until December 31st in order to help facilitate the leadership change. Board Chairman Joe Moss and Vice Chairwoman Sylvia Rhodea are expected to lead this special committee, along with fellow Ottawa Impact-supported members Gretchen Crosby, Allison Miedema and Roger Belknap. The resolution creating this search panel says that an independent recruiting agency will assist in the search, and that there will be public interviews for final candidates, something that wasn’t done when Gibbs was named to replace John Shay when the current County Board members took their seats on January 3rd, 2023.
The Ottawa County Board meets in the administration building of the Fillmore Street Complex in West Olive (12220 Fillmore St.). An online link to the meeting agenda and supporting documents is here.
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