Tuscola County eyes changing building code services
Mary Drier, For the Tribune
Feb. 24, 2021
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CARO Tuscola County Commissioners are in the process of drafting a request for proposal for building code inspections.
After fielding several complaints for more than a year over services provided by the company the county hired to handle building code issues, commissioners started looking at options.
About 19 years ago, the county hired South Central Michigan Construction Code Inspections of Athens when the decision was made to privatize building code inspections due to the expense to the county to operate that department.
County Controller-Administrator Clayette Zechmeister presented a rough draft of the RFP at the last county meeting. She asked for guidance from the commissioners on what they thought it should include.
State did not back out on land deal with Tuscola County
Lack of communication caused confusion between the two parties
Mary Drier, For the Tribune
Feb. 1, 2021
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TUSCOLA COUNTY Part of the last Tuscola County Commissioners meeting was spent setting the record straight on what is going on with the land the state promised the county.
At an earlier meeting, Commissioner Kim Vaughn was under the impression the state land bank had “reneged” on giving land along the Cass River the county, and reported that to those in attendance.
However, that was not the case, as Jim Tischler with the state land bank authority pointed out.
Tuscola County changes medical examiner services
Mary Drier, For the Tribune
Jan. 23, 2021
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Dr. William Morrone
UPPER THUMB Too little too late is Tuscola County commissioners’ stance toward the company that previously provided medical examiner services now being willing to work on a solution, as the county is moving to a new service.
During the last county meeting, Michigan Institute of Forensic Science and Medicine was once again at the forefront of discussion for more than an hour as the company pitched the county reasons to stay with it.
Both Doctors David Stockman and Russell Bush have weighed in on how they feel MIFSM provides superior service, has better credentials, and they said they are willing to work with the county to keep it as a customer.