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BY:
IN RE; Board of Commissioners Automated Information Retrieval
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Mr. Chairperson., Ladies and Gentlemen;
WHEREAS. in the Information Age, access • to information and
the ability to efficiently assimilate and utilize information is essential to
successful der.ioh...In king , and
WHEREAS, it is timely access to information which allows the
County Commissioners, the directly-elected representatives of the People,
an efficient and accurate means of reviewing operational programs and
County finance in order to make correct policy decisions, and
WHER EAS , since its inception the Board of Commissioners has
utilized manual information retrieval systems which have been dependent
on the memory of commissioners and staff members, and the accumulation
of over 20 years of enacted resolutions has become to unweildy to
manage, and
WHEREAS, the advent of increasingly efficient and inexpensive
information processing technology makes it imperative that the Board of
David L.. Moffitt, Commissioner, District 15
Commissioners update its administrative information retrieval and
processing capacity, and
WHEREAS, that information retrieval capacity should include
ability to access all previous Board resolutionsl minimally by title and
resolution number, and, if possible, by specific word search and
ultimately by subject.
NOW THEREFORE BE . IT RESOLVED that proposed budget
appropriations should include hardware for in--office terminal(s) in the
Board's administrative offices, software development for retrieval
capability, and temporary staff to implement data input.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chairman of the Board
appoint an Ad Hoc Study Committee of Commissioners, and its
administrative department head to study automation needs and priorities
in the administrative office of the Board of Commissioners.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Computer Services
Department meet with the Ad Hoc Study Committee, review its proposals
and priorities and make a determination for its budget and implementation.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Commissioners
reserve from the 1990/1991 budget an amount not to exceed $50,000.00 to
fund initial implementation of information retrieval capability for the Board
of Commissioners.
Mr. Chairperson, I move adoptiApn of the jpzegqing resolution.
David L. Voffitti fornmidsioner, District 15
#89297
November 9, 1989
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the Personnel Committee and
the Finance Committee and the Government and Transportation Committee. There
were no objections.