Adam C. Stacey
Adam Charles Stacey (born July 28, 1974) is a Republican politician from Bath, Michigan. He is an elected member of the Clinton County Board of Commissioners representing the 7th District, which are the communities of Bath Charter Township and Victor Township.
Personal life
Adam Stacey grew up in Michigan, Maryland and upstate New York where he graduated from Chenango Valley High School in 1992. He returned to Michigan to pursue his collegiate education receiving a bachelor's degree in political science and a degree from the Honors College at Michigan State University in 1996. He completed his master's degree in public administration from Western Michigan University in 2002. He married his wife Staci in 1998 and they have three children.
Career and public life
Stacey entered public life by seeking a seat on the Bath Charter Township Board of Trustees in 2004. He finished first in the Republican primary and went on to win a four year term as a trustee. In 2008, at the conclusion of his term as a trustee, Stacey sought a seat on the Clinton County Board of Commissioners. He was elected in a close race against an incumbent Democrat commissioner.
Bath Charter Township Board of Trustees
Adam Stacey's first act upon his election was to get Bath Township government online. He spearheaded a workgroup and laid out the initial architecture for the township website. Stacey also fought against and helped defeat an attempt to rezone the entire northern half of Bath Township into a de facto business district by grandfathering in existing non-conforming Business operations. He believed that a carte blance approach that treated large scale machinery driven businesses equally with home based occupations could legalize industrial operations that would damage homeowners' property values in the rural areas north of Interstate Highway 69. Stacey also opposed large pay raises for the clerk and treasurer. Stacey served on the Park Lake Advisory Board and was selected as Chair of the Parks & Recreation committee his final year in office.
Clinton County Board of Commissioners
Adam Stacey was selected as Chairman of the Building and Grounds committee and Chairman of the Solid Waste Commission and appointed to serve on the Finance & Personnel, Physical Resources and Building committees along with the Green Space Commission. He was a major critic of the proposal by the Capital Region International Airport to build an incinerator in order to dispose of federally regulated APHIS waste received from international flights. Stacey opposed two separate votes to allow the incinerator citing a cheaper method of compliance with federal regulations by transferring the small amount of waste generated by international flights to an out-of-state disposal site.