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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2011.07.06 - 18634MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #11138 July 6, 2011 BY: PLANNING & BUILDING COMMI I Itt., u/AVID POTTS, CHAIRPERSON IN RE: FACILITIES MANAGEMENT/CLERK'S OFFICE - RELOCATION OF ELECTIONS DIVISION TO WEST WING EXTENSION OF THE COURTHOUSE To The Oakland County Board of Commissioners Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen: WHEREAS the Elections Division office is in need of additional secure space; and WHEREAS the Elections Division programming and election night reporting room as well as the Board of Canvassers operation is presently located in the West Wing and Executive Office Building Conference Center, which is quite separated from the Elections Division office on the ground floor of the courthouse; and WHEREAS on election night the Elections Division adds personnel on overtime to staff four (4) separate locations in the courthouse because of space limitations; and WHEREAS the Board of Canvassers requires its operations be conducted in a secure, locked room for a period of two weeks for the four elections held each year; and WHEREAS the Elections Division would like to secure additional space, consolidate operations, and enhance the ease of information access for customers; and WHEREAS the Circuit Court records vault is running out of space and the relocation of the Elections Division will allow expansion of that storage area; and WHEREAS the entire Circuit Court civil docket and four (4) Family Court Judges are presently on E-Filing; and WHEREAS the Probate Court is presently exploring an E-Filing pilot project; and WHEREAS the number of pro se litigants (individuals representing themselves) has increased; and WHEREAS the Clerk's Office's counter-top self-service computers are currently in the hallway, which creates traffic flow issues at times, are limited to only two (2) due to space and the counters are quite high causing customer access issues especially for customers in wheelchairs; and WHEREAS there is suitable space available in the West Wing Extension of the Courthouse that was formally occupied by the Library for the Visually and Physically Impaired (LVPI); and WHEREAS the estimated cost for the relocation of the Elections Division of the Clerk's Office to the former LVPI space is $93,967 and the estimated cost to renovate the area to be vacated by the Elections Division is $17,285, for an estimated project total of $111,252; and WHEREAS funds are available from within the Clerk's Office budget to fund this request. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners approves the relocation of the Elections Division of the Clerk's Office to the old LVPI space in the West Wing Extension of the Courthouse. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the existing Elections Division space be renovated to provide a customer service center, including additional desktop computers in a more private setting for customers to research and access records and to establish an E-Filing service center to assist pro se litigants. Floor plans of the proposed relocation/renovations are attached. Chairperson, on behalf of the Planning & Building Committee, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution. P_Le\NN.146 & BUILDING CO TTEE PLANNING & BUILDING COMMITTEE VOTE: Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Potts absent. MOTION FOR DIRECT REFERRAL TO FINANCE COMMITTEE: Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Potts absent. LJ FT \E; • • ]L L nas ( .craJc.. F ILE EYE EM / \ (. ( I fl ,1( rn)==c----)); 117 ( r ( ( ) NOTE: HAVVORTH FURNITURE SHALL BE FROM OAKLAND COUNTY STOCK IF AVAILABLE. NORTH .ryo,xstr COPY/SCAN PROPOSED FURNITURE PLAN KEY PLAN SCALE- NO SCALE L C_KioQ0 Lff T—F -F _1 1 1(3 Occ_3 00 001 GO I 1 1 1 -100 0 00 00 1`.1710. ii,-1,1/Q10112. 1 1 1 _J 1.11-1111111J 71K—'1.? '010 1:1_11111113 _ _1_11 PROPOSED FURNITURE PLAN - VWVE FISCAL NOTE (MISC . #11.138) July 6,2011 BY: Finance Committee, Tom Middleton, Chairperson IN RE: FACILITIES MANAGEMENT/CLERK'S OFFICE — CLERK'S OFFICE-RELOCATION OF ELECTIONS DIVISION TO WEST WING EXTENSION OF THE COURTHOUSE To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen: Pursuant to Rule XII-C of this Board, the Finance Committee has reviewed the above referenced resolution and finds: 1. Estimated costs are $111,252, which include costs to renovate vacated office space in the Courthouse West Wing, Courthouse Tower and moving expenses. 2, Funds are available in the Clerk's Office Professional Services account to cover the expenses and to transfer the monies to the Project Work Order Fund. 3, The FY 2011 Budget is amended as follows: GENERAL FUND (#10100) FY 2011 Expenditures 2010401-172190-731458 Clerk — Professional Services $(111,252) 2010101-180000-788001-40400 Transfer Out to Proj Work Order Fund $ 111,252 Total Expenditures 0 PROJECT WORK ORDER (#40400 — Project ID 100000001505) 1040101-148020-695500-10100 Transfer In from GE - Clerk $ 111,252 1040101-148020-796500 Budgeted Equity Adjustment $(111,252) Total 0 FINANCE COMMITTEE FINANCE COMMITTEE Ayes: Long, Potts, Runestad, Crawford, Dwyer, Taub, Middleton Nays: Woodward, Zack, Greimel, Quarles Resolution #11138 July 6, 2011 Moved by Potts supported by Middleton the resolution (with fiscal note attached) be adopted. AYES: Hatchett, Hoffman, Jackson, Long, Matis, Middleton, Nash, Nuccio, Potts, Scott, Taub, Weipert, Woodward, Bosnic, Covey, Crawford, Dwyer, Gershenson, Gingell, Gosselin. (20) NAYS: McGillivray, Quarles, Zack, Greimel. (4) A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolution (with fiscal note attached) was adopted. STATE OF MICHIGAN) COUNTY OF OAKLAND) I, Bill Bullard Jr., Clerk of the County of Oakland, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution is a true and accurate copy of a resolution adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners on July 6, 2011, with the original record thereof now remaining in my office. In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County of Oakland at Pontiac, Michigan this 6th day of July, 2011. u121 • Bill Bullard Jr., Oakland County