COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – The Branch County Board of Commissioners Tuesday approved the process of finding a new Manager for the Branch County Memorial Airport after Dean VanNasdale decided not to renew his contract for this year.
Applications will be submitted to County Administrator Bud Norman. He along with VanNasdale will screen the applications and conduct initial interviews. They will then work with the Commission liaison to the airport to recommend candidates to the County Commissioners.
Commissioners also approved two requests from Amy Duff from the Branch County Commission on Aging. One would increase the weekly hours of the bookkeeper for this year from 35 to 40 so that research and development can be conducted into a potential lunch program at the COA. Duff says patrons at the center have expressed a great interest in lunch service during two open forums.
The other request was to establish a policy for criminal background and driving history checks on employees and volunteers. Duff says this policy would ensure only safe employees and volunteers will work with vulnerable Branch County seniors. She expects that a policy like this will eventually be mandatory in order to obtain future federal and state grants.
