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Board of
Commissioners Minutes
CALHOUN COUNTY
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
April 25, 2007
The Special County-Wide Summit Session of the Calhoun County Board of
Commissioners convened at 8:30 a.m., Wednesday, April 25, 2007 in the
Lew Boyd Room - Section A at the Burnham Brook Center, 200 West Michigan
Avenue, Battle Creek, Michigan.
Present: Comrs. Arnquist, Bolger, Moore, Rae, Segal and Solis.
Absent: Comr. Todd.
The agenda is attached for the purpose of showing the topics
discussed. No Board action was taken.
Calhoun County Summit
on Intergovernmental Cooperation
April 25, 2007
Agenda
| 8:30 a.m. |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
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| 9:00 a.m. |
Welcome - Kate Segal, Chairwoman - Calhoun County
Board of Commissioners |
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Introductions |
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Perspective on Local Government Collaboration
by Joan Bowman - Regional Director - West, MI, Office of Governor
Jennifer Granholm |
Ms. Bowman advised that in the Spring of 2006 the Governors Office
awarded seven community partnerships the Center for Excellence
Designation, out of 35 applications. Those communities received grants
of $25,000 over a two year period to encourage collaboration and sharing
of resources among the local governments. Ms. Bowman encouraged
participants to go to the website
www.michigan.gov/CRE to receive information regarding what is
occurring in the state and review models for collaboration. Ms. Bowman
advised that the website also provides a link to the West Michigan
Strategic Alliance, one of the seven grant recipients. Ms. Bowman
advised that last week the Alliance held a conference in Grand Rapids to
discuss what they did with their grant. Ms. Bowman further advised that
on July 12 there shall be a state-wide teleconference on regional
collaboration.
| 9:15 a.m. |
The Whys and Hows of
Intergovernmental Cooperation by John Amrhein - District
Extension Educator and State and Local Government (PRESENTATION
ON FILE) |
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| 10:15 a.m. |
Break |
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| 10:30 a.m. |
Issues Identification |
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relocated to tables determined by color to identify issues to
address. |
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| 11:30 a.m. |
Lunch |
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| 12:30 p.m. |
Group Reports
Prioritization of Issues |
Each group spokesperson presented their groups five major issues.
Issues identified were:
Communications
- Encourage citizen participation/volunteerism
- Need high speed internet in rural areas
- Shared knowledge with citizens and other municipalities
- More training on state laws
- Legal costs/concerns in small municipalities
- E 9-1-1
Geographic Information Services
- Shared resource for all to utilize
Economic Development Information
- Central location for information
Joint Purchasing
- With County, State of Michigan, Schools
- Health Insurance, Supplies
Sharing Municipal Building Space
- City of Marshall and County Building
- County and City of Battle Creek
- Emmett Township/School
Regional Police, Fire, E 9-1-1
Regional Economic Development
School Consolidation
Regional Benefits
- Purchasing
- Health Care
- Legacy Costs
Regional Services
- Building Inspection
- Code Enforcement
- G.I.S.
- Assessing
Basic Consolidation
- Shared Purchasing
- Gas
- Office Supplies
- Consumables
- Shared Equipment
Communication Systems and Infrastructure
- Ti Lines/Fiber Optics
- G.I.S. Across All Areas
- Electricity
Consolidation Being More Than Cost Savings
- Value-added Services
- Law Enforcement
- Fire/First Responders
- Roads, Water, Sewer
- Schools (Basic Services)
Economic Development County-Wide
- Shared Benefit and Shared Impact
Quality of Life From Regional Perspective
Central Dispatch 9-1-1
County-Wide Storm Water Management
Better Communication Between Units
County-Wide G.I.S.
Insurance Pooling
Regional Fire/Police/Public Safety
Public Safety
- Police
- Fire, 9-1-1, Emergency Services Consolidation
Planning/Zoning Consolidation
Economic Development (Regional)
Metro Transportation Authority
County-Wide Purchasing
Technical Advances
- High Speed Internet
- Satellite
G.I.S.
- County-Wide
- Cost
- Economic Development
Tourism Strategy
Farm Land Preservation
Public Services
Ethics in Government
G.I.S.
Fire Services
Tax Collection
Dangerous Buildings
- Demolition
- Code Compliance
- Building Inspections
Public Transportation
- Maintenance
- Purchasing
- Liability Insurance
Quality in Development
- Requires Cooperative Planning
- Schools, Housing
- Smart Growth
Pools Created For
- Medical Insurance
- Liability Insurance
- Property Insurance
- Risk Management Insurance
- Excess Liability
- Work With Schools Also
- Consider Other Counties
G.I.S.
- State of the Art Web-Based
- Useful Data for Business/Government
County-Wide Public Services
County-Wide Recycling
- Cardboard
- Batteries
- Energy-Pro Green Technology
Mr. Amrhein compiled the listings for voting to determine the top
nine priorities. The top nine priorities were determined to be...
- County-Wide Geographic Information System
- Economic Development
- Web-Based
- Pooling Funds for Insurance/Risk Management
- E 9-1-1
- County-Wide Public Safety Planning
- Enhanced Service
- Regional Police
- County-Wide Centralized Economic Development
- Communication
- Citizens Participation
- Between Municipalities
- Training
- Shared Legal Costs
- Technical Advances
- Public Transportation
- School Consolidation
Attendees chose an area of interest from eight categories for future
discussion/planning; e.g., (1) Geographic Information System, (2)
Pooling Funds, (3) Public Transportation, (4) Public Safety, (5)
Economic Development, (6) Communication, (7) Technology and (8) E 9-1-1:
- Geographic Information System
- Invite Jackson County for presentation
- Primer on G.I.S. for all committee members
- Pooling Funds
- Insurance (Liability, Health)/Risk Management
- Purchasing Supplies, Fuel, Usable Goods
- Contact Villages, City, Township, County Officials
- Survey Needs/Wants
- Standardize Form?
- Inventory on Internet
- Public Transportation
- Partner Concept Buy-In
- Negotiated Discussions - Not Dictated Practices
- Explore State and Federal Revenue
- Resources:
- City of Lansing and Neighbors
- City of Grand Rapids and Neighbors
- City of Holland and Neighbors
- City of LaPeer
- Proposed Partners:
- City of Battle Creek
- City of Springfield
- Emmett Township
- Bedford Township
- Pennfield Township
- Leroy Township
- Newton Township
- Public Safety
- Identify All Specialized Services
- Explore Regionalizing
- Reduce Cost or Cost Neutral
- Cost Neutral, but Improved Service
- Contact Eric Miller - Albion
- Economic Development
| Frank Peterson, Chairman |
| Mike Hindenach |
| Laura Sparr |
| David ThunderEagle |
| Betty Arnquist |
| Andy Yankama |
| Carole Bammer |
| Mike Herman |
| Ron Gant |
| John Sackrider |
- Communication
- Summary of what is happening in each municipality
- Coordination of efforts, information
- Contact information for Citizens Networks and
Elected Officials Networks
- Survey What information do you want constituents
and elected officials to have?
- Cost saving ideas
- Websites/Calendar of Events
- Bulletin Boards, Newsletter, Surveys
- List Serve, Newspaper
| Wendee Woods, Chairperson |
| Wayne Wiley |
| Carol Hinton |
| Sandra Kuhn |
| John Neterer |
| Cindy Bair |
| Nelson Shedd |
- Technology
| Cindy Sink, Chairperson |
| Art Farmer |
| Randy Davis |
| Art Smith |
- E 9-1-1
| Jase Bolger, Chairman |
| Bruce Smith |
| Eric Miller |
| Mike Olson |
| Al Byam |
| Tom Frank |
| Marilyn McCleary |
| Betty Branche |
| 2:45 p.m. |
Closing Comments Kate Segal |
Board Chairwoman Segal thanked everyone for committing their time
today and stated that she looks forward to working with everyone.
Chairwoman Segal thanked County Administrator/Controller Purcell, Mary
Lou Barrett for remitting the invitations, Rita Klavinski and Carol
Shaffer of M.S.U. Extension, and Alyce McDonagh for arranging for the
food. Chairwoman Segal advised everyone that if they have any questions,
to give her a call. Attendees were requested to turn in their name tags
as they leave the meeting and to mark the chairpersons of each group on
the worksheets to be collected.
The meeting adjourned at 3:00 p.m.
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Several photos included in this 
