OLIVE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Nov. 25, 2025) – Any hopes that the Ottawa County Board of Commissioners have put the past two-plus years behind them may be dashed on Tuesday night.
Among the items on the agenda for the monthly meeting of the governing panel are requests to form separate, special committees for looking into alleged violations made by board members. One is an ethics complaint from Rebecca Patrick, claiming that Vice Chairman Josh Brugger wanted her to go to the board first with concerns over landscaping at the County Administration Building rather than posting social media messages. The other is a complaint by Luke Senner, claiming that former Board Chairman Joe Moss gave over a quarter of a million dollars of county money in closed door sessions last December. Senner says he has already filed a complaint with the state Attorney General’s office over the matter, and wants the board to retain former federal attorney Patrick Miles to investigate the incident.
Last month, the board passed separate agreements which made public minutes from a closed session last November about a reported $4 million lawsuit settlement from county Health Officer Adeline Hambley; accepted a settlement offer from Chester Township over a judicial ruling that revoked allocating more than $560,000 to that entity for restoring Crockery Lake; and to waive attorney-client privilege involving alleged document forging claims over the “separation” of former county senior executive aide Jordan Epperson. All of those passages came in split votes.
The board will also decide whether to approve $10 million in county economic development corporation bonds to Hope College for a proposed expansion of Phelps Hall, along with refinancing certain debt. The bonds would be issued in accordance with the state Public Act 338 of 1974 involving tax-exempt bonds for non-profit organizations. The school would be liable for all costs concerned, and the bonds are contingent on the Holland City Council approving the project plan at its next meeting next Wednesday, December 3rd.
The 6:30 PM Ottawa County Board of Commissioners meeting will be in the Main Conference Room of the County Administration Building (12220 Fillmore St.) in West Olive. An online link to the agenda and supporting documents is here.
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