County Board Chair Ben Geiger began Tuesday’s Commissioner’s meeting by recognizing the birthday of the county.  On March 15, 1839,  Barry County was officially established by an act of the Michigan Legislature.

Commissioners had a long discussion regarding approval of an additional $380,714 for the Public Safety 800-Megahertz Infrastructure project, due to inflationary increases from Motorola.  911 Director Stephanie Lehman told the Board the original 2-point-4 million dollar budget estimate from last August has increased in cost to a final construction contract price of $2,780,714 if it is done now. The board approved the increase, taking the additional money from ARPA funds, the Diverted Felons fund, and the MMRMA distribution fund.

Commissioners also reviewed and approved the Subrecipient Agreements for the seven projects approved in February for Round 1 funding under the American Rescue Plan Act.