After months of controversy about county officials having outside jobs on top of their taxpayer-funded positions, Oakland County Executive David Coulter and his leadership team have posted their financial information publicly.

Watch Heather Catallo's video report: Amid controversy, Oakland County's leadership team posts financial disclosures View the disclosures here

Last month, the 7 Investigators showed you how Deputy County Executive Sean Carlson owns Procurement Consulting Group LLC.

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Its a private company that has provided purchasing staff to local governments, including Livingston County, the Washtenaw Intermediate School District and with neighboring Wayne County.

Carlson was hired by Oakland County in 2019 and taxpayers pay his $224,487 salary.

Records obtained by the 7 Investigators show Carlsons Procurement Consulting Group, or PCG, has been providing Wayne County with procurement staff since 2016. In 2023, PCG landed a Wayne County contract valued at up to $8,467,961.24 for 3 years and can be extended for 7 years for up to $14,522,783.14.

In PCGs Wayne County contract, Carlson is listed as both a principal of the company and the owner.

PCG has also had a contract with the city of Pontiac, where Coulters administration is spending $370 million dollars to move their headquarters. Pontiac city invoices show the city paid Carlsons company $355,780. Carlson told the 7 Investigators he did not know PCG had pursued the Pontiac business until after it was awarded.

Coulter and Carlson have maintained Carlsons outside employment is not a conflict of interest.

Now, a county website lists the outside employment and income for Oakland Countys other deputy county executives and the county's Chief Financial Officer.

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The 7 Investigators have also shown you how Oakland County Board of Commissioners Chair David Woodward owns two outside companies: Woodward & Associates and Pivot Point Strategies, a political consulting firm. Woodward has admitted hes a paid consultant for the Sheetz gas station chain but will not say how much he earns from them on top of his $82,500 county salary. In past interviews, Woodward would not reveal his other consulting clients but maintains he does not have a conflict of interest.

In December, the Board of Commissioners said Coulters corporation counsel attorneys told them they had no legal authority to require financial disclosure, so the board only passed a resolution to ask the Michigan legislature to enact a law that establishes a uniform statewide financial disclosure framework they can later adopt.

Coulter originally called on the commissioners to adopt financial disclosure statements similar to those adopted by state lawmakers in 2023. But Coulter said he wanted the transparency requirements to go further by extending the rules to the spouses/domestic partners of Oakland County elected officials and Coulters appointees.

Today, his leadership team revealed the names of any outside employment and where they hold properties and investments. Specific income levels or dollar amounts were not made public.

Transparency is essential to maintain the publics confidence in how their government operates, Coulter said. While there is not yet state law requiring such financial disclosure for elected officials, I believe we should lead by example. Thats why my senior leadership team and I are making these disclosures available to the public.

We live in a representative democracy. And so for that to work, people have to trust that their representatives are really working for them, said Jim Townsend, Director of the Carl Levin Center for Oversight and Democracy at Wayne State University Law School. If you want to keep faith with the people you represent, you have to assure them that they can trust you, that you are not being influenced by pay or consulting fees.

Thursdays disclosures revealed another Deputy County Executives outside work. A county spokesman says April Lynch earns more than $244,000 [$224,487.12] a year for her role overseeing the countys human resources and facilities management. Facilities management is currently under scrutiny for the recent Legionella outbreak in county buildings.

Lynch listed a company called RA Holdings in her financial disclosure. What she did not spell out specifically is that RA Holdings biggest client is a company called Double Haul Solutions that helps with recruiting for other municipalities. Video shows Lynch at a City of Saline City Council meeting on March 3, 2025, pitching Double Haul Solutions to help the city find a new city manager. The cost for Lynchs services referenced by Saline city leaders in the meeting was $15,495, plus executive coaching for $3,995.

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She runs HR [for the county], she runs facilities she runs a bunch of stuff and has several hundred employees so where would she find the time? asked Oakland County Commissioner Charlie Cavell about Lynchs outside job.Then if there's Legionella found, then it totally makes sense that someone's attention and focus was distracted elsewhere.

Cavell and Commissioner Kristen Nelson (D-Waterford) have been pushing for ethics reforms since May.

I feel lied to and betrayed. Again, how are people supposed to trust you? asked Cavell. So there are thousands of people that are trusting you're doing your best for the people of Oakland County. So one, they deserve transparency and accountability. But two, if you don't give them that, and then you find out that you might have been busy with some side hustle? Unacceptable!

The 7 Investigators asked Oakland Countys Public Information Officer Bill Mullan whether April Lynchs government consulting work was a conflict of interest. He released this statement to us:

April notified County Executive Coulter about the executive consulting work she does on her own time. He was aware and completely comfortable with it.

Mullan also said Lynch does not do any consulting for municipalities in Oakland County.

Nate Geinzer owns Double Haul Solutions. Geinzer told the 7 Investigators that he is the sole owner and that DHS has not performed any work for Oakland County.

"April has been a trusted colleague of mine for well over 15 years, is deeply respected by her peers, and has been someone who has helped me grow as a professional over the years. Moreover, among her subject matter expertise, she is particularly well versed in municipal human resources management and talent development," said Geinzer. "On a limited, as-needed basis, she engages as a subcontractor to provide executive coaching and human resources advisory services for DHS clients when her availability allows. She does not hold an ownership stake in the company. April's partnership is as a colleague, a thought partner, a coach, a mentor, and a friend."

Meanwhile, in December, the Board of Commissioners decided not to require financial disclosures, alleging the law doesnt allow them to do that.

Cavell says he believes they do have the authority to require disclosure among commissioners, and says he plans to release his own financial information regardless of what the rest of the commission does.

The Oakland County Board of Commissioners can create board policy that is just required for the board to follow and we've done that with all sorts of things, and we can do that for this.It just takes the chairman putting it on an agenda and having us vote for it and [Woodward] has not done that, and he knows he can do that. So that's the real answer, said Cavell.

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The 7 investigators were the first to report that more Legionella bacteria was found in the water system on the Oakland County campus in Pontiac.

Watch Heather Catallo's video report: 'Inexcusable.' County leaders frustrated over delay in Legionnaires' response

First, it was detected in the Sheriffs Office, then it was found in the courthouse.

Now, some elected officials are questioning why they werent told sooner about the potentially deadly bacteria being found in the water.

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The 7 Investigators have learned there was a delay in alerting hundreds of employees and members of the public. We also discovered that as of Tuesday, employee sinks in the courthouse still did not have special filters installed; notices not to use those sinks were not posted until after the 7 Investigators contacted county officials.

A county spokesman said the results confirming Legionella in the courthouse were delivered by email after 3 p.m. on December 23 to a single employee whose shift is 6 a.m. 2 p.m. The email was opened the morning of the next business day which was December 26.

I'm frustrated and angry that I wasn't notified immediately, said Lisa Brown, Oakland County Clerk and Register of Deeds.

Browns staff was busy at work inside the courthouse on both December 23 and December 26.

When she learned the county was notified on December 23 that 4 of 11 test sites in the Oakland County Courthouse tested positive for Legionella, she started pressing for answers and calls the delay in alerting elected officials and hundreds of employees inexcusable.

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What do you think should have happened? asked 7 Investigator Heather Catallo.

I believe in treating people how you want to be treated. So, I would have contacted, at least, the elected officials in this building to let them know, so they can let their staff know, said Brown. "The role of government should be to protect the health, safety, and welfare of its residents...."

The potentially deadly bacteria that causes a form of pneumonia was found in mens bathrooms on the first and third floors, and in two sinks in the basement cafeteria.

Those results follow a Legionnaires' diagnosis in a custodial employee who works in the Oakland County Sheriffs office, Building 38E, which is across the street from the courthouse.

County officials say they learned about that diagnosis on November 10, 2025, but did not test the Sheriffs office until more than two weeks later on November 25, 2025.

Those results came back on December 4, 2025, and the county closed the Sheriffs headquarters for remediation. It is now back open.

On December 5, 2025, the County disclosed publicly that a member of the public who got Legionnaires' disease back in April had listed the courthouse as a place he had visited.

Was anything done to do any testing in April? asked Catallo during an interview on December 11 with Oakland County Public Information Officer Bill Mullan.

No, because we did not have that second case to connect it and begin testing, which is what is standard in terms of testing public buildings in Michigan, said Mullan. Theres no immediate risk to the public in the courthouse.

The court complex not only houses Browns staff of about 100 people, but hundreds of judges, court employees, and prosecutors, plus the Treasurers office and the Board of Commissioners' offices. And the building is full of public restrooms where the public can easily access the water.

Do you think the building should have been tested back in April when there was that other case? asked Catallo.

I'm more of a proactive person. Id rather rule it out and be safe. I would've done the testing, but that's just the kind person I am, said Brown.

The 7 Investigators previously reported that county officialsadmitted no plan was in place to regularly monitorthe water system that feeds their 45 buildings.

Why didn't the county have a regular water testing plan? Catallo asked County Executive David Coulter on December 17.

I don't know, it's not mandated by anyone, it is not the law that we have to or obviously we would have. But I think we're working towards that, said Coulter.

Despite the custodial employee in the sheriffs office testing positive in early November, no testing was done in the courthouse until December 15th and the special .2 micron filters were not added to the bathrooms in the courthouse until December 30th 51 days after the employees Legionnaires diagnosis.

It's very frustrating. I'm concerned that someone else is going to get sick, said Brown.

The 7 Investigators visited the courthouse on Tuesday, which was fully open to the public. While the public restrooms did have filters on the sinks, several employee bathrooms still did not have filters installed. On Tuesday, photographs obtained by the 7 Investigators showed there were no signs warning employees not to use the water.

The 7 Investigators have also learned that the county only tested one water system loop in the courthouse tower. The womens bathrooms on that loop were not tested.

The testing follows the path of the case which includes only mens restrooms. The Courthouse Tower is on a closed loop. It does not share water with the rest of the building, said Mullan in an email Wednesday.

The 7 Investigators asked Mullan why the county would not test other loops in the building, such as the prosecutors office wing, or the Treasurers office, or the Board of Commissioners' offices. With Legionella in a separate loop in the Sheriffs office, some employees have questioned why more locations in a busy public court building were not sampled. Mullan said they are following CDC protocol for the testing.

I would rather be proactive. Let's do the testing. Let's put the filters on. Let's be safe, and just make sure. But I'm not in charge of this building, I'm just a tenant, said Brown.

Brown says shes brought in bottled water, masks, and allowed immunocompromised employees to work remotely. Brown also wants the public to know they are open, but you don't have to come to the building to access their services.

I want people to know that many of our services are available online. So, if they don't have to come to the courthouse, thats just a reminder, said Brown. I'd rather people be safe and protected and have the knowledge that before they're walking into a building where they could possibly be exposed to something that could make them sick or worse.

Online services for the Oakland County Clerk can be accessed here.

Here are additional questions the 7 Investigators have asked of County Executive Coulters team and their answers:

Was a chlorine flush done at the courthouse?

In the Courthouse Tower building, we flushed the water supply system, which is ongoing out of an abundance of caution. In this instance, our water consultant recommended against hyperchlorination because of the overall age of the plumbing system in the building. In addition, we applied filters on all fixtures in the Courthouse Tower, even if they did not test positive for Legionella bacteria. We continue to sample and adjust for proper water temperatures and chlorine levels as well as conduct ongoing testing. It is important to note the Courthouse Tower, where the tests came back positive for Legionella, is on a closed loop from the rest of the courthouse complex.

When will the Oakland County Jail be tested?

Out of an abundance of caution, we also have flushed the main jail along with the Courthouse East Wing, Courthouse West Wing, Courthouse West Wing Extension, and the Courthouse Board of Commissioners. Right now, our immediate testing is focused on the paths of the two Legionella cases. As of this moment, there have been no Legionella cases reported that had exposure at the main jail. The risk for Legionella is low with fixtures and buildings that have constant water flow. Future testing of other county buildings will be part of a long-term water management plan in development for all county buildings.

When will Oakland County Children's Village be tested?

Again, our immediate testing is following the paths of the two Legionella cases. As of this moment, there have been no Legionella cases reported that had exposure at Childrens Village. The risk for Legionella is low with fixtures and buildings that have constant water flow. Future testing of other county buildings will be part of a long-term water management plan in development for all county buildings.

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