HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1989.08.17 - 17311August 17, 1989
Miscellaneous Resolution # 89215
BY: Lillian Jaffe Oaks, County Commissioner-District #21
Mark W. Chester, County Commissioner-District #10
RE: EMPLOYEE CHILD CARE NEEDS ASSESSMENT
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Mr. Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, the economic conditions of our State and Nation have created a
cultural change in our most basic unit of society, the family; and
WHEREAS, a 1987 survey by the Michigan Women's Commission determined that
58% of all married-couple families have dual incomes, and that percentage of
employed couples together with the rising number of working single parents has
created a well-documented, un-met need for high quality, reliable and affordable
child care programs; and
WHEREAS, based on additional projections by the Department of Labor, it
is estimated that 3/5 of all new entrants into the labor force through the year
2000 will be women, and that by 1990 there will be a 23% increase in the number
of children under the age of six, thus increasing the need for reliable child
care; and
WHEREAS, among the hundreds of Employer-Sponsored Child Care Centers in
both the public and private sector, employers report that absenteeism, tardiness
and turnover have been greatly reduced and that recruitment and morale are
highly enhanced, and that such programs are more than an employee benefit but a
good investment; and
WHEREAS both nationally and locally, many such established employer-
sponsored child care programs such as Birmingham Public Schools, and Henry Ford
Hospital, as well as the newly established programs in Wayne County and the
City of Southfield, not only demonstrate the need for such facilities, but
demonstrate the ability of these programs to operate on a break-even basis
after initial start-up costs.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
does hereby recognize that the work force trends of the State and Nation are
equally prevalent in Oakland County, and that to ensure that the provision of
efficient and cost/effective government service to its citizens is continued,
responsiveness to the need of its employees and their families must be maintained.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chairperson of the Oakland County Board
of Commissioners is hereby directed to appoint an Oakland County Employees
Child Care Needs Assessment Task Force to gather and analyze data on present
and future labor trends in the Oakland County statistical market area, to
survey the employee's present and future child care needs, and to review the
existing business and government-employer sponsored child care programs, and to
report its findings and recommendations to the Personnel Committee by February 1,
1990, such Task Force to be comprised of:
2 Commissioners
1 Personnel Department Representative
1 Planning Division Representative
1 Management & Budget Representative
1 Union Representative
1 4-C's Council Representative
Mr. Chairperson, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
Lillian Jaffe Oaks Mark W. Chester
County Commissioner, District #21 County Commissioner, District #10
#89215
August 17, 1989
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the Personnel Committee. There
were no objections.