Finance, Ways & Means Committee Meeting 11/10/2026

Alpena County Finance, Ways & Means Committee meeting — November 10, 2026. The committee approved a $5,000 Community Foundation urgent-needs grant for Emergency Management to outfit a shelter response trailer and authorized the emergency manager to apply for a Home Depot disaster-relief grant for approximately $1,500 in additional supplies. Members approved a Central Dispatch budget adjustment increasing patch overtime by $15,000, offset by reductions in other line items, and approved a payroll adjustment memo; the payroll vote passed with one dissent. The committee also adopted fiscal policies for the 2027 budget requiring sign-off before transferring funds between utility line items and allowing the administrator to approve invoices only when the spending was budgeted or previously approved by the board.

The committee approved an amendment to the previously approved around-the-clock jail healthcare services contract to correct a revenue calculation; the transcript cites the original contract amount as $199,680, but the corrected revenue figures are unclear. It also approved moving forward with a proposed county–Charter Township of Alpena maintenance agreement for $95,000 per year over two years, with a draft contract to return for full-board consideration. Other actions included approval of bills and a revised apportionment report reflecting the successful veterans millage election. No competitive bid or RFP decision was identified.