Vice Chair, District 3· 2025-01-01 to 2028-12-31 (per MCL 46.410 subsection 2, text read: 4-year term begins January 1 following the 2024 election; current-term start, first-office day unsourced; end December 31, 2028)
Gary L. Goetzinger
Genesee County
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Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 12
- Total speaking time
- 10:02
- Avg per meeting
- 0:50
- Segments
- 167
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Top issues during term (20)(Public Safety)
Opioid Settlement Funds RFP
Roughly $256,000 in settlement-funded agreements, plus ongoing staffing costs, all from opioid settlement dollars rather than the general fund.
Operation Arrowhead public safety partnership
$1,586,300 in grant funding for the Sheriff's Office.
Mental health priorities and focus areas
9-1-1 has purchased AI triage software; full costs of the 311 rollout were not quantified.
School resource deputies in Clio Area Schools
Atlas/Goodrich and Fenton contracts are revenue-offset; the Hurley, Genesee Health System, and GISD deals total over $2.7 million across their terms.
Crime victim services funding
$701,474 combined in state grant funding; STOP requires a 25% local match from existing budgets.
Recognition resolutions and DEI commission process
None — it's a recognition resolution only.
Flock surveillance contract renewal
Roughly $90,000 combined — mostly grant money — is on hold pending the review.
Flock Safety license plate readers
Up to $90,000 combined for camera renewals, partially grant-funded.
Jail education and reentry programs
About $88,300 total, with the equipment purchases fully grant-funded and the Motherly Intercession $50,000 budgeted in FY 26-27.
Public Defender grant funding
An $8.9 million grant covering a full year of public defender operations — no new local tax dollars attached to it as presented.
Personal Recording Device Policy
Hurley Medical Center case management services
Up to $25,000 per year of additional county funding for the contract.
Crossroads Village security contract
Up to $158,000 from an already-budgeted county account.
Jail MAT/MOUD addiction treatment grant
Brings $338,154 into the county, with the $88,154 match already in the budget.
Jail inmate meal contract and funding
About $68,000 total, drawn from jail accounts 1010-351.00-762.000, -774.000 and -768.000.
Court backlog and jail population
Roughly $890,000 redirected from project savings.
Jail and courthouse capital projects
Sale proceeds (~$655,000 combined estimate) go to the capital fund; courtroom work costs up to $290,000 plus contingency.
Medical Examiner's Office services
About $420,000 across the three Medical Examiner contracts.
Jail truck simulator purchase dispute
$11,000 added to the computer purchase; the Traverse purchases remain pending.
police chief retirement
A chief search and transition can cost the city real money — recruitment, interim leadership, possible severance — and a change in priorities can shift how the department's budget gets spent.
Decisions during term (1)
Recorded while Goetzinger was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
Voting record (2)(Public Safety)
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