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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2010.10.21 - 10292MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #10282 BY: Commissioners Tim Burns, District #19 IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — MOBILE FOOD VENDORS ON COUNTY CAMPUS To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners Chairperson Ladies and Gentlemen: WHEREAS Oakland County has a long-time policy of using a formal, competitive procurement process in which all vendors are evaluated with equal consideration. Once a need has been identified, the Purchasing Division solicits the appropriate members of the vendor community for pricing and purchase information: and WHEREAS there is interest in providing employees and visitors to the Oakland County complex with a wide variety of food options; and WHEREAS mobile food establishments in located designated site(s) on the Oakland County Complex in the Cities of Pontiac and Waterford would expand and enhance the options and convenience of food selections for employees and visitors; and WHEREAS the Michigan Food Law of 2000, as amended, defines a 'mobile food establishment- as a food establishment operating from a vehicle, cart, tent. trailer or watercraft that returns to a licensed commissary for servicing and maintenance at least once every 24 hours; and WHEREAS a mobile food cart is a limited food service operation that serves a limited menu. usually hot dogs, from a small open air push cart. Based on their limited facilities, mobile food carts are limited to foods or beverages requiring minimal handling on site and must return to an approved commissary at least once every 24 hours, such as a licensed food service establishment and WHEREAS current Michigan Law provides that a mobile food cart establishment may be requested to submit a plan review packet. including a plan review application, fee, menu, standard operating procedures, drawing/layout of cart, and equipment specification sheet; and WHEREAS a mobile food cart must have the equipment and resources available to ensure food safety. Typicatly. this requires items such as a hand wipes, gloves, a sanitizer spray bottle and paper towels, a metal stem thermometer, methods of hot and cold holding of foods, and a method of covering and protecting food from customers and the elements. Additionally, a mobile food cart must have the name and address of the business operating the mobile cart on each side of the cart in letters not less than 3 inches high. Mobile carts are typically inspected once every six months by a Sanitarian; and WHEREAS each application for a license shall pay to the local health department having jurisdiction the required sanitation service fees and an additional state license fee (at the time an application is submitted): and WHEREAS the Oakland County Board of Commissioners is desirous of working with the Oakland County Executive administration to establish the appropriate policies, process, procedures, and appropriate permits ; licenses and fees for establishing stationary outdoor sites on the Oakland County campus for mobile food carts and the solicitation of potential vendors through the purchasing process. Chairperson. we move the adoption of the foregoing resq Commissioner Tim Burns District #19 Commissioner District # Commissioner District # 1 - I Pool Commissioner District lir çiJ NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners, hereby respectfully requests the Oakland County Executive's administration to submit a proposal for establishing stationary outdoor sites on the Oakland County campus for mobile food carts. BE rr FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners respectfully requests that the Oakland County Executive s administration submit the policy, procedures and permit fees to the General Government and Finance Committees for review and recommendation to the full board within three (3) months of the adoption of this resolution. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that upon the adoption of the policy, the Oakland County Board of Commissioners respectfully requests that the Oakland County Executive's administration to work with the Board of Commissioner's Director of Administration to draft the Request for Proposals and through the Oakland County Purchasing Process solicit bids for mobile food cart vendors that will be permitted to operate on identified outdoor sites on the Oakland County campus. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Clerk is requested to forward copies of this adopted resolution to the Oakland County Executive and Oakland County's Department Directors of Health and Human Services, Corporation Counsel. Risk Management, Purchasing, and Management & Budget. 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There were no objections,