Cheboygan County budget discussion identified grant funding for Flock cameras

What the budget discussion records

Cheboygan County’s October 28, 2025 Committee of the Whole Business minutes record Administrator Jeff Lawson presenting the draft 2026 budget. Under Sheriff’s Department Requests, a Flock Camera Systems paragraph says Stone Garden grant funds are available for installation and annual subscription fees. [1]

The boundary of the statement

That passage records a staff budget account. It does not supply a grant-award instrument, purchase motion, executed agreement, camera quantity, or vendor payment. The adjacent $321,950 figure concerns the separate Axon body-camera and Taser proposal and must not be assigned to Flock. [1]

Approval of the meeting record

November 12 minutes list the October 28 minutes in consent-agenda item G.1. The consent motion passed with six yes, no no votes and one absent. Approval of the earlier minutes does not turn the reported camera-funding discussion into a purchase authorization. [2]

Funding discussion does not establish a purchase

These sources do not establish a grant award or budget allocation tied specifically to the cameras, a subsequent purchase authorization, an order, an executed agreement, payment, installation or current operation. [1] [2]

Sources

1. Cheboygan County Committee of the Whole Business minutes, October 28, 2025PDF pp.10-11, Board Matters for Discussion - 2026 Draft of Budget; Sheriff Department Requests; Flock Camera SystemsSource URL: https://www.cheboygancounty.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/10-28-2025-Committee-of-the-Whole-Business-Minutes-1.pdf
2. Cheboygan County Finance/Business minutes, November 12, 2025PDF p.1 consent agenda G.1 includes October28 minutes; p.2 roll call 6yes/0no/1absentSource URL: https://www.cheboygancounty.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/11-12-25-Finance-Business-Meeting-Minutes-2.pdf