The Leelanau County Board of Commissioners approved its rules of order and procedures at its yearly organization session on Jan. 3, but with the understanding that Article V Committees would see some signifi cant changes in the following weeks. The board will consider adopting new rules limiting committees’ authority at their first regular session of the year Tuesday.
When the county’s fifth finance director, Sean Cowan, announced that he was resigning on Sept. 21, the board made some changes in the hopes of retaining him, including establishing a finance committee chaired by commissioner Doug Rexroat to provide “guidance, role support, and engagement” to Cowan.
Soon afterwards, in early October, a personnel committee chaired by commissioner Kama Ross was established to follow up on county staff members’ recommendation to hire a third party to conduct a climate/culture survey.
