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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1979.09.13 - 12515a. - 7 Miscellaneous Resolution 9119 Date September 13, 1979 BY : PUBLIC SERVICES commlaTEE - Henry William Hoot, Chairman IN RE : Oakland County Unemployment Rate Review Request TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS: Mt. Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen: WHEREAS the Oakland County Board of Cbmmissioners by Miscellaneous Resolution No. 6546 applied for and was granted the designation as Prime Sponsor by the U. S. Department of Labor to administer the provisions of the Comprehensive EMployment and Training Act of 1973; and WHEREAS the Department of Labor is using unemployment data received from the Michigan Employment Security Commission during the period June, 1978 through May, 1979, during which time Oakland County did not reach or exceed the Area of Substantial Unemployment (ASU) level of 6-1/2% and the Department of Labor determines C.E.T.A. funding levels based on unemployment; and WHEREAS the time lag when Congress appropriates funds and when they are expendable at the Prime Sponsor level varies between six and nine months; and WHEREAS Oakland County's economy is closely tied to the Automotive Industry (manufacturing and related suppliers) which is currently undergoing substantial layoffs and, therefore, not reflected in the June, 1978 - May, 1979 unemployment review period. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners approve the Employment and Training Division's desire to request consideration of the Oakland County C.E.T.A. funding levels by the members of the U. S. Congress representing Oakland County. BE IF FURTHER RESOLVED that the members of Congress consider the following: 1. Advance funding for the recession pockets in Oakland County 2. Establish a forecast system in the use of unemployment statistics 3. Re-examine the calculations used for unemployment statistics in Oakland County The Public Services Cbmmittee, by Henry William Hoot, Chairman, moves the adoption of the foregoing resolution. • r- METHOD FOR CALCULATING FUNDING LEVELS FY-80 BASED DATA COVERING PERIOD JUNE-78/MAY-79 Section of Act (202) II - ABC 85% of available funds distributed as follows: 50% Based on proportion of FY-78 Title I allocation 37-1/2% Based on proportion of unemployment (6-78/5-79) 12-1/2% Based on proportion of low income families (233) II D 85% of available funds distributed as follows: 25% Based on proportion of unemployment (6-78/5-79) 25% Based on number of unemployed in excess of 4-1/2% (6-78/5-79) 25% Based on ASU (6-1/2%) 25% Based on number of low income families (604) VI 85% of available funds distributed as follows: Rqsed on unemployment 25% Based on ASU (6-1/2%) 25% Based on number in excess of 4-1/2% 1.1* nI1M. No No No NO No No COUNTY OF OAKLAND DANLEL T. MURPHY, COUNTY raCHOOTIVE August 10, 1979 FROM: Employment & Training Division TO: Public Services Cbmmittee ET:: Area of Substantial Unemployment (ASU) Redefinition Effective January 1, 1979, the Department of Labor issued new guidelines in defining areas of substantial unemployment. Previously the unemployment was based on place of employment and as of January 1, it is based on applicant's residence. The base period that the Department of Labor is using is June of 1978 through May of 1979. This redefinition of ASUis for Oakland County will affect funding levels in C.E.T.A. Titles II-ABC, II-D, iv - Youth EMployment &Training Program (YETP), and VI. TWo types otASU's are: a. ASU - 12 - 12 continuous months above 6.5% b. ASU - 3 - 3 continuous months above 6.5% The following information has been received from the Michigan Employment Security Cbmmission. GEOGRAPHICAL AREA ASU-12 ASU-3 1. Oakland County as a whole No No 2. Oakland County Program Agents a. Pontiac Yes Yes b. Waterford Yes Yes c. Royal Oak No No d. Southfield No No e. Farmington Bills No No f. Troy No No 3. Oakland County Balance of County (ASU-3) a. Birmingham b. Bloomfield Hills c. Hantingwoods d. Northville e. Southfield f. Beverly Bills ...Continued Oakland County Employment & Training — 140 S. Saginaw Street, Suite , 777 — Pontiac, Michigan 48058 — (313) 8584033 GEOGRAPHICAL AREA ASU -12 ASU-3 ••n•• - •n•n• t PUBLIC SERVICES COMMITTEE -2-4 • ,August 10 1979 3. Oakland County Balance of County (ASU-3)-Continued g. Berkley -- No h. South Lyon -- No i. Bloomfield Township -- No j. All other Civil Units Yes 4. Oakland County Balance of County (ASU-12) a. Birmingham No b. Berkley No c. Bloomfield Hills No d. Bloomfield Township No e. Oak Park No f. Beverly Bills Village No g. Troy No h. All other Civil Units Yes Subsections that do not qualify are being examined by census tract to determine if tract areas within the civil unit qualify as above. DEV/pn • #9119 September 13, 1979 Moved by Hoot supported by Roth the resolution be adopted. AYES: Patterson, Perinoff, Pernick, Peterson, Price, Roth, Aaron, DiGiovanni, Doyon, Fortino, Gabler, Gorsline, Hobart, Hoot, Kasper, Kelly, Lewand, McDonald Moffitt, Montante, Moore, Moxley, Murphy, Page. (24) NAYS: None. (0) A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was adopted. STATE OF MICHIGAN) COUNTY OF OAKLAND) I, Lynn D. Allen, Clerk of the County of Oakland and having a seal, do hereby certify that I have compared the annexed copy of Miscellaneous Resolution #9119 adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners at their meeting held on September 13, 1979 with the original record thereof now remaining in my office, and that it is a true and correct transcript therefrom, and of the whole thereof. In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County at Pontiac, Michigan this 1 3M1 day of..5c1AVIEW 19..7.9. Lynn D. Allen Clerk By Deputy Clerk