Risbridger Addresses Commissioners: ‘No One Should Have to Work Under These Conditions'
By Craig Manning | Oct. 7, 2026
The abrupt resignation of Finance Director Rio Risbridger hung over Tuesday’s executive board meeting of the Leelanau County Board of Commissioners, where residents called for the recall or resignation of multiple commissioners and Risbridger excoriated the board for how she was treated during her six-month tenure.
Commissioners also moved toward hiring an interim finance director and declined to investigate a complaint recently filed against Interim County Administrator Lauren Cypher by District 1 Commissioner Rick Robbins.
Cypher told commissioners she had been “working pretty much non-stop” since Risbridger’s Friday afternoon resignation “to develop a swift stabilizing plan for the finance director.” She credited Chet Janik – a former Leelanau County administrator …
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