Feb. 6, 2024 Joint County Boards of Commissioners Meeting

On Tuesday, February 6th, 2024, the Gladwin and Midland county boards of commissioners will meet at Dow Diamond for a joint session to review and vote on the computation of costs and special assessment rolls for the FL SAD. 
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The public is welcome to attend the meeting. Please note that this is a change in venue from what was originally planned. This meeting will take place at 4:00 pm at Dow Diamond in downtown Midland. Doors open at 3:30 pm. 

What will the commissioners vote on at the February 6th joint meeting of the Midland and Gladwin County Boards of Commissioners?
The following resolutions are being brought forward for approval:

• Computation of cost for the 2025-2029 Operations & Maintenance (O&M) Assessment and the computation of cost for the revised restoration construction project costs
• Assessment roll for the 2025-2029 O&M Assessment
• Assessment roll for the revised Capital Assessment
• Resolution approving the Plan of Financing for the Lake Restoration Project and full faith and credit pledge.

These resolutions are required to complete financing and are based on the counties’ decision to restore and replace the dams and lake levels and existing court orders and regulators’ positions on the following facts:

• The restoration of the dams must be completed to return the Four Lakes to legal compliance with the normal (legal) lake levels.
• The counties’ own the dams and lakes, and they are under the State’s regulatory environmental and safety oversight.
• The joint county agreements that exist between Gladwin and Midland counties and FLTF are related to the Four Lakes Restoration Project.

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