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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1974.11.07 - 15267nisc:Alaueous Resolution 6868 BY: M.c. Kasper IN RE: NOTICE OF PROPOSED CHANGE IN MERIT SYSTEM RULE 10, SECTION VII TOTHE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMKESSIONERS Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentleman: WHEREAS Section IV, Subsection A of the Merit System Resolution requires that copies of all changes in the rules and regulations of the Merit System Resolutioll-r-aquires that copies-of all-changes-In-Vae-rules7antr-regn-la-tloas-e-&-the' Nerit_System shall be submitted to the Board of Commissioners at a regular meeting- of the Board and shall become effective thirty days after such meeting. unless .objection is received in writing by the Chairman of the Board of Commissioners, which case the objection shall become a. matter of business at theAlext meeting f the Board; and • - ' WHEREAS it has become -desirable to make certain changes in the wording 7 of Rule 10.as spelled out in the attachment to this resolution; and WHEREAS your Personnel Practices Committee reviewed and approved these changes at its meeting of October 11, 1974; , NOW THEREFORE let the reading of this notice and the distribution of this notice and the attached form labeled "Proposed Changes in Merit System Rule" to all the Commissioners present and absent„be considered as the official submission, to the Board - of Commissioners, of the described changes in Rule 1O. • PERSONNEL PRACTICES COMMITTEE - • OcAober 15, 1974 - Paul E. Kaspe ,:kairnan . 'WHEREAS changes in Merit_ System Rule 10 were submitted to the Board Commissioners on October 15, 1974; and and recommendations 1N RE: MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION 1/6568 - NOTICE OF PROPOSED CHANCE IN MERIT SYSTEM RULE 10, SECTION VII TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Mr- Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen: WHEREAS objectien o these changes has been submitted in writing to the Chairman of the Board of Coa,missioners in accord with Section IV, A of the Merit System Resolution, which requires the business at the next "WHEREAS your Committee has considered the objec .--submitted; and - WHEREAS the result of this input has made it desirable to modify the to become a matter of he Board of Commissioners; and wording of the changes in Merit System Rule ci currently before this Board; . WHEREAS your Committee.has reviewed and .approved these changes at its meeting of November 7, 1974; • NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED. that the changes in Merit System Rule. 10 currently before this Board he amended in accord with the "Proposed Wording" section of the attached form labeled "Proposed Changes in Merit System Rule". • The Personnel Practices Committee, by Paul E. Kasper, Chairman, moves the adoption of the foregoing resolution. . . PERSONNEL PRACTICES C0.2.1ITTEE Paul E. Kasper, Chairman P` PROPOSED WORDING Rule 10, Section VII, J, 3 Rule 10, Section VII, S. 3, 1 :1 to the emrclev-- ]action ba !ra EDDIFICATIONS TO CURRENT PENDING CHANGE IN RULE 10 (Proposed) To make the Rule accommodate proposed election procedures to ensure: continued fair, impartial and efficient Personnel Appeal Board elections. .(Change in Rule 10 currently before, the Board of Commissioners) - PRESENT WORDING: All vot:,F-,h..11 be by "Tb=an' Ballo-'. W' thinfive (5) d to the daaa 6 ,- -1ished for election, th caty furnish it Ition with a of 1 -,11 o* to be raalc-',' in an ansea3e,7 envalopr.. The Department Head or his authorized representative shall be held responsible for the distribution of ballots to each eligible voter and shall take a receipt from each voter when the ballot is delivered. After the voter has voted and sealed the ballot in the envelope, the Depart- ment Head or his representative shall deliver the ballots with the receipts to the office of the County Clerk Elections Division as outlined below. All voting shall he by "Absent Votet t s Ballots'. On the last payday preceding the date established for the election, the County CiloCa',,. Director of - Elections, or hh 5ftaff, Shall provide ;T4le All voters shall be responsible for - depositing ,their own marked ballot one of the sealed ballot boxes . bE-7!tweea l2;00 nenn on the day , . 1;::a aaf-., distributed and 12:'DO -noon on thefollowing 1da) AU ' voted ballots must be sealed in ballot return envelope and -the ta return envelope must be signed on t _ outside to be considered valid; -Balia'ES may also be keturned via _ . „ _ I, S aJ,lailain_the_signed, preessod a- ballot return enve1ope4 to the Couny Elections Director.iprovid they are 'Tueived by noon on the Friday iring date of balloii ocssary postage shall be suii01..-J the voting employee, for delivan, ta cmployee e: to vote, b) -payebe.7 1-7, -• vot -J.n of • cand00:1s and a pre -,1ddresed ballot.- . return envelope. , t's Pft-DPOSED VORDING RULE 10 PERSONNEL APPEAL BOARD E RULE 10 (Sec ions 1 through VII, C - no change recommended) D. Nominatinc, Petitions 1. Notice of the Last Date for Filinc, Nominating Petition:; _ . • The County Clerk • shall not later thah the fourth (4th) Tuesday in the second (2nd) month preceding any election prepare for each department and institu- tion a notice for the filing of .nominating petitions, the same to be placed on a bulletin board or other conspicuous .place within the department or institution, setting forth the last day for such filing and such other information as shall be necessary to such filing.. - • - , • - 2. ,.-Official•Nominatino Petitions. Must Be.Used - . • . • . . . The County Clerk Elections Division 'shall make official nominating petition. forms available to all, interested employees and candidates-as.of the official . 'posting date of the "Notice of the Last Date for Filing Nominating Petitions" (no later than the fourth,(4th).Tuesday in the second (2nd) month preceding - - -. the election):• PETITIONS FILED ON OTHER PORN'S WILL BE CONSIDERED . INVALID-. • ,3. Number of Signatures Necessary . To obtain the printing of the namc of any caudidate .on -the official election ballots, there. shall be filed with the County Clerk Elections Division nominating petitions' signed by not less than fifty (50) qualified County employees. • . No candidate shall have his name Printed upon any official ballot nor be qualified to fill the office of the Employee Selected Member unless ° • nominating petitions shall have been circulated and filed in accordance with these rules and he is otherwi_se fully qualified to fill the office for which the election is being held. a. No nominating petition signature shall be considered valid if the . employee has signed nomiatiag petitions for more than two (2) - • candidates. 4. Deadline for Receivin.,, Nominating Petitions The County Clerk •Elections Division sbal dcc ntl:a-icating petitions filed in acoz.Jance with the regulations ni to (:) o'clo.1 -k in the nit mean of the third oF the E. Acce 't apra of -:ia -tt.iuns • Each candidate shel i. , not later . than 4:001.p.m. on the day for the filing of'petition, filo with the County Clerks Dict.c.tdr of Elections an official "Acceptance Statemont" on the official fo -cmF; to be supplied by the Elecvions- . Division Office. Failure to so file shall result in disqualification of any candidate OR WIIC-r-;e behalf nominating petitions shall have been Fl PROPOSED WORDING RULE 10 Page 3 PERSONEL APPEAL BOARD , 3. continued from Page 2) the ballots with the receipts to the office of the County Clerk ELections Division as outlined below. K. KX‘XXXX Voting Deadiine All voted balLots must be delivered to the office of the Director of Electipfls not later than 4:00 p.m. on the day following the day of the election. • • L. Canvass of Vote • - The votes shall be canvassed within seven (7) days following the day of election in the County Clerk's Offices, unless some other place is designated by the -Personnel Practices Committee, and said canvassing shall be open to any employee or candidate. Votes shall be canvassed by the County 'Board of Canvassers who shall be paid their regular per diem and mileage for their services, M. -Method of Determining the Winning Candidates The successful candidates shall be those two candidates receiving the highest - and second highest number of the qualified votes cast at such election for_the office concerned. In the event of a tie, the tie shall be resolved by lot in such manner' and conditions as shall be prescribed by the Election -Board. N. Election Board The Personnel Practices Committee shall act as the Election Board and the County Board of Canvassers shall be responsible for the canvass and certification of any election under these regulations. _ (Section VII, N, 1 through Section XI, F — no change recowleudad) #6868 Moved by Kasper supported by Coy the resolution be adopted. - AYES: Berman, Button, Coy, Dearborn, Douglas, Dunleavy, Gabler, Hobart, - Houghten,. Kasper, Lennon, Moffitt, Montante, Nowak, Patnales, Perinoff, Pernick, Quinn, Richardson, Vogt. (20) • NAYS: Wilcox. (1) A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was adopted. Moved by Kasper •supported by Dearborn the resolution be amended to read: "All voting shall be by "Absent Voter's Ballots". On the last payday preceding the date established for the election, •the County Clerk's Director of Elections, or his staff, shall provide for delivery to each employee eligible to vote, by , attachment to the employee's paycheck, an official election ballot, voting instructions including the location of ballot boxes, campaip rules, information • about all the candidates and a pre-addressed ballot return envelope. All voters shall be responsible for depositing their own marked ballot in- one of the sealed ballot boxes provided, between 12:00 noon on the day the ballots - are distributed and 12:00 noon on the following Fritlay. All voted ballots must be sealed in their ballot return envelope and the ballot return envelope must be signed on the outside to be conSidered valid. Ballots may also be returned via U.S. Mail in the signed,.pre-addressed ballot return envelope to the County Elections Director, - provided they -are receive-el by noon on the Friday following date of ballot distribution. Necessary postage shall be supplied by the voting employee". Discussion'followed, Vote on resolution, as amended: _ AYES: Button, Coy, Dearborn, Douglas, Dunleavy, Gabler, Hobart, Houghten, .Kasper, Lennon, Moffitt, Montante, Nowak, Patnales, Perinoff,-Quinn, Richardson, Vogt, Wilcox, Berman. (20) • . • NAYS: None. (0) A sufficient Majority.-having voted therefor, the resolution as amended, 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 Resolution #6868 adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners at P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.9- pa 6. • 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ....ova... WO their meeting held on November 7, 1974 ••••••••••• • • •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••n ••••••.*••..“•••• •••.". 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 ,h day of.. November ..19.7/..1-. Lynn D. Allen......................Clerk Clerk