Full Board Meeting 2026 11 12

Tuscola County Board of Commissioners regular meeting, November 12, 2026. The board approved a 2027–2028 enforcement-services agreement with the Tuscola County Road Commission for one deputy; the contract amounts in the transcript are garbled and inconsistent. It also approved mosquito-abatement technology purchases: a Frontier Precision office software system for a one-time $28,750, with one year of maintenance support, and an annual ArcGIS Online subscription for $6,000, both funded from the mosquito-abatement fund balance. The airport representative reported planned facility and runway work, including a new equipment building expected by the end of 2027 and a required ventilation system estimated at $100,000, with state and federal funding involved; no new airport award was presented for board approval.

The board approved a second draft of the 2027 budget for departmental review, rather than final adoption. The draft included a proposed $40,000 reduction to the county’s $120,000 EDC contribution, a public-health funding reduction discussed as approximately $215,000, and a $250,000 transfer from the jail capital-improvement fund to the general fund. EDC funding and the consequences of reductions were debated, and commissioners noted the budget could be amended later. The board also heard that federal victim-services funding reductions had ended the county sheriff’s program grant for now; officials said the loss limits advocacy services, and commissioners called for further discussion about possible alternatives. No RFP or competitive vendor-selection process was reported.