By John Raffel
Correspondent
LAKE CITY – Missaukee County’s Board of Commissioners voted on a vice president, one-year term, for 2024 at its meeting earlier this week.
When nominations were opened for 2024 Vice-Chairperson, Frank Vanderwal was the only nominee for the position and was elected by unanimous ballot.
Chairperson Smallegan made Committee assignments to remain the same as 2023.
The meeting schedule will remain the same as 2023.
Lori Cox, County Treasurer, presented a proposed intergovernmental agreement between the County and the City of Lake City, for the purposes of the County Treasurer’s office collecting the cities winter taxes, due to the current vacancy of the City Treasurer position.
The commissioners voted to approve the intergovernmental agreement between Missaukee County and the City of Lake City as presented.
The Board discussed the Personnel Committee approval to allow the Building Department to change its business hours to Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m, which was effective with the beginning of the New Year.
The Board also reviewed the proposed employment agreement between the County and Jessica Nielsen as County Administrator, with an effective date of March 4, 2024.
The board then voted to approve the agreement.
Nielsen is currently the county clerk and acting administrator.