Recent actions by local governments in Northeast Michigan:

∫ Rogers City Mayor Scott McLennan and City of Harrisville Mayor Jeff Gehring will be meeting to discuss how the high water levels are impacting each of the cities. A delegation from Rogers City will travel to Harrisville on Thursday to meet with city officials and tour the shoreline damage there.

McLennan said he will extend an invitation to Gehring, so officials with the City of Harrisville can tour the damage being done to Rogers City’s shoreline.

∫ McLennan has also been invited back to Lansing by Sen. Jon Bumstead, R-Newaygo, to participate in a high waters hearing for the state Senate Appropriations Sub-Committee on Natural Resources and Environmental Quality, which will take place this week.

McLennan spoke to legislators on the state House Appropriations Subcommittee on Natural Resources and Environmental Quality in January about how high water levels have been impacting the city. This week’s hearing is focused on the response, the emergency management process and the impact of high waters on critical municipal infrastructure.

∫ The City of Harrisville earlier this month passed a resolution to ask Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to seek federal disaster relief for the city’s Lake Huron Shoreline. Gehring said the city’s breakwall is no longer high enough to protect the harbor and that several docks sustained “quite a bit of damage” during a storm earlier this winter. Rogers City Council passed a similar resolution in December.

∫ The Presque Isle County Board of Commissioners adopted a proclamation recognizing the Presque Isle County District Library’s 75th anniversary. Library Director Amber Alexander recently told commissioners the library is expanding its services in Millersburg and Posen and are hoping to expand services in Rogers City.

Alexander said the biggest celebration will occur at the Rogers City Theater during Nautical Fest where Mark Thompson, executive director for the Presque Isle County Historical Museum, will speak about the history of the library and cake will be served.

“We’re really proud of what we’ve done here at the library. We have a great team and we hope to do so many more things moving forward,” she said.

∫ The Montmorency County Board of Commissioners decided it would renew its contract with IT Right, the company that provides the county’s technology services, for one year despite complaints from county staff.

Christi Cross, administrative assistant to the board, told commissioners the county was sent a $17,000 bill from the company but was not sent a new contract. Cross said she had to call the company to learn what the bill was for.

County Clerk Cheryl Neilsen told commissioners of a recent experience with the company, where she notified them a month in advance that she would need help setting up nine computers and installing some software.

“When I talked to them by phone, they told me they were booked up three months out and they couldn’t have anybody here,” she said.

Neilson said the company does not return phone calls in a prompt manner and that they received a letter from the company stating the company did not want county employees bothering their IT personnel while they were on site.