EDITOR:

I am writing to discuss the Delta County Commission Special Meeting 2-14-23.

Delta County Commission bylaws state,

“1.6 Special Meetings.

Petition and Notice. A special meeting of the County Board of Commissioners shall be held only when a written request from at least one third of the members of the County Board of Commissioners is provided to the county clerk. The written request of the special meeting must specify the time, date, place and purpose of the special meeting. Upon receipt of this request, the clerk shall give notice to each of the Commissioners within 24 hours in one of the manners provided as follows: via a confirmed email or confirmed phone text, personal delivery of the notice of the special meeting to the commissioner or leaving the notice of the special meeting at the residence of the Commissioner.”

The agenda was posted for this special meeting with eight agenda items, however I do not believe all eight items were given to Nancy at the time the special meeting was called (2-10-23). From special meetings guidelines, this is not permissible. By including these added items, it appears the commissioners violated their own bylaws.

This is a clear lack of leadership.

Furthermore, three of eight agenda items were tabled because either no information regarding them was included in the board packet or it appeared several commissioners had no idea what was to be discussed. They were hastily tabled for the next regular meeting on the 21st. This was very confusing for the public, which included many first time attendees.

In my opinion, Commissioner Moyle is unfit to hold the title and responsibility of our county’s board chair. Within one month he has violated the open meetings act, attempted to remove the public at a meeting, and now has violated the commission’s own bylaws. It is embarrassing, causes mistrust in our leaders, could potentially cost the county money, and it needs to stop.

We, as citizens of Delta County, are going to be paying six months severance to a fired administrator who, up until her firing, had been doing a tremendous job. It was discussed at the meeting of hiring a firm to help find a new permanent admin at an unknown amount. Also still on the table is hiring an MMRMA attorney to discuss “Legal

Issues.” These items could cost us over $50,000.

For a man who repeatedly stated he wasn’t attending his required board assignments (Planning and Airport) to save the county $20, this is a disgrace.

I call for the resignation of Commissioner Moyle as board chair before more chaos ensues and more money is lost.

Kelli van Ginhoven

Escanaba