Tuscola County Board of Commissioners: the millage votes and the CVSF grant agreements

The record. The Board's minutes are born-digital PDFs on the county's site; the window's sets (June 25, July 16, September 17, October 1 and October 15, 2026) were downloaded and read whole. The Board meets in the H.H. Purdy Building Board Room, 125 W. Lincoln Street, Caro, at 8:00 a.m. Thursdays; Commissioner Vaughan called the October 15, 2026 regular meeting. The veteran items, in order: - June 25, 2026: "Clark Hill Engagement Letter For Review of the Veterans Millage Proposals - Mike Miller, Interim Administrator, explained that the information for Veterans Millage be referred to the Bond Attorney firm that the county has used in the past to review the potential language for a renewal and an additional millage request. 2026-M-138 Motion by Matt Koch, seconded by Bill Lutz to approve the Engagement Letter with Clark Hill to review proposed Veterans Millage Proposals. All Necessary Signatures and Budget Amendments are approved. Motion Carried." - July 16, 2026: "County Veterans Services Millage Renewal Discussion - John Boggs, Veterans Service Officer, presented information regarding the upcoming renewal of the Veterans Service millage as well as a request for an increase in the millage as the department budget needs additional funding to be able to continue to provide services to the Veterans of the community. 2026-M-152 Motion by Bill Lutz, seconded by Matt Koch to approve Resolution 2026-11 to place the County Veterans Services Millage Renewal and a County Veterans Services Millage Increase as two separate proposals on the November 3, 2026 ballot. Yes: Nancy Barrios, Thomas Bardwell, Kim Vaughan, Bill Lutz, and Matt Koch. Motion Carried." The same meeting moved Michael Miller from interim toward the permanent controller/administrator appointment. - October 1, 2026: "2027 Veteran Services Fund Grant - John Boggs, Director of Tuscola County Veterans Affairs, presented the request to authorize approval of the grant agreement. 2026-M-221 Motion by Bill Lutz, seconded by Matt Koch to approve the FY27 County Veteran Services Fund Grant Agreement for $64,334.30 as presented and authorize all signatures. Motion Carried." The state grants. The county's FY26 CVSF Award Packet carries the MVAA's acceptance letter: "The Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency (MVAA) has accepted Tuscola county's application for the 2026 County Veteran Service Fund (CVSF) Grant. The grant award will be funded for up to $56,568 of approved costs during the grant period of October 1, 2025, to September 30, 2026 ... The grant award will be carried out under the direction of John Boggs as stated in the grant application." signed Grants Manager Kate Preston ([email protected], 517-230-8535), with the agreement's "Public Act 192 of 1953 MCL 35.623a, County Veteran Service Fund" authority and the "Tuscola County FY26 CVSF Grant" project name. The 2025 CVSF grant, 49,001.63 dollars, covered the veterans service officer's wage (the millage entry). The county's October 15, 2026 correspondence file also received Genesee County's Resolution 2026-1291 recognizing November 11, 2026 as Veterans Day. No veteran benefit was adopted, narrowed or repealed; the year is the millage route and the grant agreements. No veterans treatment court serves the county (the county's own treatment-courts page and the SCAO's May 7, 2026 list; see the header).