How has COVID-19 altered how local elected officials govern their communities? Carolyn Muyskens, The Holland Sentinel Published 11:06 am UTC Apr. 10, 2021 With COVID-19 forcing local city council and township board meetings online, technology problems have become the norm.Zoom HOLLAND — The Laketown Township Board of Trustees was in the midst of a roll-call for a vote to approve the township's much-discussed budget for the next fiscal year — including doubling the township's operating millage — when they discovered a township trustee had disappeared from the Zoom meeting. "Where's Jim Delaney?" asked Supervisor Linda Howell. "He took off," responded a member of the public watching on Zoom.