HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1991.04.25 - 18389April 25, 1991
Miscellaneous Resolution # 91091
BY: David L. Moffitt, County Commissioner - District #15
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS - COMPUTER PROGRAM
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 decision
making; and
WHEREAS it is timely access to information which allows the County Commis-
sioners, 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
WHEREAS, 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 too unwieldy to manage; and
WHEREAS, the advent of increasingly efficient and inexpensive information
processing technology makes it imperative that the Board of Commissioners update
, its administrative information retrieval and processing capacity; and
WHEREAS, that information retrieval capacity should include ability to
access all previous Board resolutions, minimally by title and resolution number,
and, if possible, by specific word search and ultimately by subject.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Chairperson of the Board of Commis-
sioners 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, and to meet with Computer Services by
June 1, 1991 to plan the implementation of such automated system, and that the
required study be completed by June 30, 1991.
David L. Mof r , County CommisSioner, District #15
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the required study be presented to the Finance
Committee of the Board of Commissioners by July 15, 1991.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that sufficient funds up to $10,000 be appropriated
for implementation of the program.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that such automated system be jointly implemented
by the Computer Services Department and County Clerk's Office by October 1,
1991.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a terminal for public access of Board
Resolutions be included in this program and placed in the County Clerk's Office.
Mr. Chairperson, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
#91091 april 25, 1991
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the General Government
Committee and Finance Committee. There were no objections.