Marquette County Board Meeting 10-20-2026

The Marquette County Board of Commissioners’ regular meeting on October 20, 2026, included several spending and procurement matters. The board approved the $93,600 FY2025 Stonegarden grant for additional deputy patrols and approved $217,344.10 in Telkite disbursements under an existing agreement related to promoting and developing Sawyer Airport. It also authorized payment of $766,964.57 in expenditures and reported biweekly payroll of $932,413. The board did not approve a proposed waiver of the purchasing policy to retain AECOM for work connected to an EGLE grant to clean PFAS-containing firefighting foam from county fire trucks; instead, it voted to have staff solicit proposals through the county’s usual RFP process. Commissioners raised concerns about competitive bidding and clearly accounting for PFAS waste disposal in the scope.

The board held a public hearing on the former Westwood Mall Brownfield Plan in Marquette Township. The plan identifies approximately $1.097 million in eligible costs, including about $1.05 million in developer-funded abatement and demolition, with reimbursement dependent on new taxable value and tax increment revenue; the transcript does not clearly establish the final vote on this plan. The board also unanimously adopted the Marquette County Bird City resolution; the Laughing Whitefish Bird Alliance will pay the $200 application fee. Other discussion included a cost-neutral change to one employee health-plan deductible and a proposed local lodging tax, but no related purchasing action was recorded.