County Commissioner District 1· 2025-01-01–2028-12-31 (four-year term beginning January 1, 2025 and ending December 31, 2028 per MCL 46.410 and county Board of Commissioners page listing 01/01/2025 - 12/31/2028)
Jim Barry
Ottawa County
No biography on file yet.
Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 14
- Total speaking time
- 1:00:16
- Avg per meeting
- 4:18
- Segments
- 753
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Top issues during term (3)(Zoning)
Silver Maple Solar Project Intervention
Up to $50,000 in legal costs covered by money RWE must provide under state law; a future host community agreement could bring roughly $400,000 annually to the county.
PA 233 loss of local siting control
2026-2028 Strategic Plan wording revisions
The plan includes multimillion-dollar items like an $800k facilities assessment and three $500k state funding requests for water studies.
Decisions during term (0)
Recorded while Barry was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
No decisions found matching Zoning.
Voting record (0)(Zoning)
No votes found matching Zoning.