By Max Bryan, mbryan@detroitnews.com

Following months of discussion about outside financial interests of public officials, Oakland County Executive Dave Coulter on Thursday launched a disclosure page for high-ranking members of his office.

The page, found at oakgov.com/government/county-executive/disclosures, lists financial disclosure forms for Coulter, his deputy county executives and his chief financial officer. The disclosure forms require these officials to list employers that paid them outside income of more than $1,000 and any unearned income like prizes, stock dividends or interest over $200 in 2025.

It also requires them to list employers that paid their spouses or domestic partners more than $1,000 in that time period, their assets and any positions they hold outside of county government.

“The disclosures fulfill a commitment Coulter made in December to voluntarily post financial information annually for senior executive staff to strengthen transparency and public trust in county government,” a Thursday news release from the county reads.

Among the disclosures, Deputy County Executive Sean Carlson is listed as the owner of staffing company Procurement Consulting Group LLC. Deputy Executive April Lynch is listed as a secretary at rental company RA Holdings.

In addition to owning Procurement Consulting, Carlson is also a board member of Automation Alley, Oakland Thrive, Oakland Schools Education Foundation and Workforce Development Board, according to the disclosure forms.

Deputy Executive Megan Sellers is listed as board chair of retirement community Village of Oakland Woods, and Deputy Executive Mahida Tariq is on the board of the Metro Health Foundation and Southeastern Michigan Health Association in Detroit. Coulter is a board member of the Detroit Regional Partnership and Visit Detroit and is an executive committee member of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, the forms state.

Coulter’s move comes after he said in December that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners lacks authority from the state to require financial disclosures.

“While there is not yet state law requiring such financial disclosure for elected officials, I believe we should lead by example. That’s why my senior leadership team and I are making these disclosures available to the public,” Coulter said in the Thursday news release.

Last fall, Coulter pushed for the county’s board of commissioners to pass an ordinance that would require financial disclosures. The push ended with the board formally calling on the Michigan Legislature and governor instead to enact legislation that would make counties require financial disclosure policies for all their elected officials.

Coulter announced this push following months of backlash over Board Chair Dave Woodward’s work as a paid consultant for the gas station chain Sheetz as it expands into Michigan. The Pennsylvania-based chain has plans to build 50 to 60 locations in Michigan. Coulter said his push for disclosures was not due to Woodward’s outside involvement.

Ethical questions also arose when county officials discovered they had granted a $450,000 technology staffing grant owned by a current county employee.

Asked Thursday why the county commission couldn’t make a similar disclosure, Woodward confirmed that Coulter, an elected official, voluntarily disclosed his and his office appointees’ finances.

He also said commissioners were hesitant to adopt their own voluntary disclosure policy “that’s not enforceable and doesn’t have any teeth.”