WEST OLIVE, MI (WHTC) - Ottawa County residents polled by EPIC-MRA expressed municipal confidence, along with “cautious” optimism about the economy and jobs. The fourth biennial poll of 400 residents conducted for the county since 2006 indicated a 76 percent approval rating on county government and 63 percent on the direction that the leaders are taking. Fears of unemployment topping the list of problems fell from 32 percent to 21 percent. In addition, more than half of the respondents are in favor of enacting a half-mill levy for road maintenance.