HOUGHTON – The newly formed County-Held Properties Committee will hold a meeting at 9:30 a.m. Wed in the Conference Room on the fifth floor of the Houghton County Courthouse. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the pros and cons of all properties owned by Houghton County.

The properties owned by the county include:

• The Jail

• The marina, in Ripley

• Canal View (Houghton County Medical Care Facility), in Hancock

• The transfer station, in Atlantic Mine

• Houghton Country Memorial Airport

Other agenda items include discussion of future meeting dates and times, and any other matters the committee wishes to discuss. There will be a public comment period.

Houghton County Clerk Jennifer Kelly said this is one of three committees formed after the defeat of an August millage proposa

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