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A request from the Montcalm County Planning Commission resulted in the Montcalm County Board of Commissioners questioning whether a county Planning Commission is even needed anymore. In Monday’s Board of Commissioners meeting packet was a request from the county Planning Commission to reappoint a county commissioner to the Planning Commission “as soon as possible” as the current commissioner assigned to this role Commissioner Phil Kohn of Edmore has not attended any of the Planning Commission’s meetings this year. According to the Planning Commission’s bylaws, any member who is absent from three consecutive meetings shall be removed from the Planning Commission and replaced with a new member.
Three Montcalm County employees who work for the two clerk offices and a former county employee voiced concerns about the way commissioners handled a proposal to combine the two clerk offices before the Board of Commissioners voted 5-2 on Monday to move forward with the idea (see accompanying story). Circuit Court Chief Deputy Clerk Stephanie Bracey of Sheridan told commissioners that she and her colleagues felt “disrespected” after comments made by Vice Chairman Adam Petersen of Montcalm Township at the county board’s April 10 meeting.
As the Montcalm County Board of Commissioners prepare to make a decision on consolidating the two offices of the clerk, a former sheriff’s deputy blasted them for their lack of understanding.
A former Montcalm County commissioner accused the current board on Monday of holding “a secret meeting” before turning down a request from the Commission on Aging director while “belittling and bullying” him. Kathy Bresnahan of Pine Township, who serves on the Commission on Aging Board, also referenced an email from Charles “Chuck” Hazekamp of Stanton, who also serves on the CoA Board.