A Tale Of Two County Resolutions: HR, Finance Back On The Docket For This Week’s County Commission Meeting
By Craig Manning | March 16, 2026
Leelanau County commissioners will review and vote on resolutions this week that could dictate the future direction of two long-embattled departments: human resources and finance. Both functions were previously housed within the county clerk’s office, but were split off in 2021 and have been plagued by issues ever since.
Human resources
Commissioners reviewed a resolution at last month’s executive board session that would have formally removed any and all remaining HR duties, files, software logins, and signatory privileges from the clerk’s office, placing them instead under the auspices of the county administrator. The board voted 5-2 to recommend the resolution for final consideration and approval, which was initially slated to …
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