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Meeting highlights—Board Rules finalized
Unlike last week’s almost 10-hour meeting to determine Board Rules, the January 14, 2025, Board of Commissioners meeting completed the discussion and the vote to put in place the amended Board Rules—and it happened in just about an hour.
Meeting highlights—Organizational Meeting continues
Part 2 of the Organizational Meeting continued for nearly 10 hours with robust discussion and appointment of an Interim County Administrator.
Meeting highlights—First Board Meeting of 2025
The 2025–2028 Board of Commissioners is sworn into office.
Meeting highlights—Search for County Administrator sabotaged
Top County Administrator candidate withdraws due to intimidation.
Deeds, Not Words
"It's about taking care of folks, and that's what we're going to do." —Jason Schenkel, Ottawa County Veterans Affairs Director
If elected, multiple candidates could make decisions that influence what children read
Sexualized and pornographic content in public schools has become the norm—to include gender identity, heterosexual and homosexual relations, sex between children, beastiality, violence and rape, and pedophilia—and many are pushing parents to accept this assault on their children’s innocence.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion is dying
"Divisive, political, and social issues don't belong in the workplace and work is NOT your soapbox to discuss what kind of sex you prefer to have." —Robby Starbuck
Know what your money is funding
Many consumers want to support companies they can believe in, but it’s not always easy to get that information.
Byron Center school board adopts the Biden-Harris Title IX
In a 4–3 vote, the Byron Center Public Schools Board of Education took away basic rights: the right for girls to have privacy and safe spaces, the right for girls to compete exclusively with students of their same gender, and the right of teachers and staff to speak truth.
Meeting highlights—Recovery Court anniversary celebration, commissioner causes confusion, and the 2024 Ottawa County Apportionment Report
On Tuesday, October 8, 2024, the Board of Commissioners received an update on the 20th anniversary celebration for Ottawa County Recovery Court. With a little manufactured confusion in the middle, the meeting ended smoothly with the 2024 Ottawa County Apportionment Report and a couple of updates.
$35 trillion in debt
“I am not among those who fear the people. They, and not the rich, are our dependance for continued freedom. And, to preserve their independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt.” — Thomas Jefferson, 1816
Meeting highlights—FY2025 Budget Resolution and Executive Transition Committee Resolution
On Tuesday, September 24, 2024, the Board of Commissioners passed the FY2025 Budget, minus a $900,000 Covid grant, and moved forward on the search for a permanent County Administrator by passing the Executive Transition Committee Resolution.
