HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2011.08.03 - 18657REPORT (misc. #11006) July 12, 2011
BY: Study Group for Vendor Cart Services, David Woodward, Chairperson
RE: FINDINGS ON PILOT PROGRAM FOR VENDOR CART SERVICES
TO: TIIE OAKLAND COUNTY PLANNING AND BUILDING COMMITTEE
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentleman:
The Study Group for Vendor Cart Services first net on February 8, 2011, at which time it
was decided to conduct a four-week pilot program. During this time Kosch, the company that
provides services in the courthouse cafeteria, would provide indoor vendor cart services in the
north, and possibly the south, lobby of the courthouse.
The pilot program was conducted for four weeks in the north lobby of the courthouse.
Monday through Friday', from Monday, March 7, 2011, until April 1, 2011, from 10:00 a.m.
through 2:00 p.m. They offered hot dogs, sandwich wraps, pop and water. Consumer data was
not gathered from county employees about what type of food offerings would be desired. The
pilot was only operated in the north lobby of the courthouse.
The Study Group for Vendor Cart Services then met On June 1, 2011, to review the
findings of this pilot program. Mr. VanderVeen provided weekly Profit and Loss information for
those four weeks, which is attached, and it was determined that there was an average loss for the
vendor who ran the pilot of $95.75 per week, which amounts to a loss of $4,979 annually
(average sales per week was 8430, and the average labor costs per week were $310. Facilities
Management indicated that during that time there were 13,000 people per week coming through
the north entrance of the courthouse, and 12,000 people per week entered through the south
entrance. On Rine 3 1 , Facilities Management advised that they had received more detailed
information from the Sheriff s Office in regards to public traffic through these entrances. The
revised figures are 6,280 people per week through the north entrance, and 7,685 per week
through the south entrance. Facilities Management also indicated that there are approximately
900 employees in the courthouse complex.
Chairperson, on behalf of the Study Group for Vendor Cart Services, I submit the
foregoing report.
STUDY GROUP FOR VENDOR CART SERVICES
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION 1111006
BY: Commissioners Dave Woodward, District #18
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — MOBILE FOOD VENDORS ON COUNTY CAMPUS
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS Oakland County has a long-time policy of using a formal, competitive procurement
process in which all vendors are evaluated with equal consideration. Once a need has been
identified, the Purchasing Division solicits the appropriate members of the vendor community for
pricing and purchase information; and
WHEREAS there is interest in providing employees and visitors to the Oakland County complex
with a wide variety of food options; and
WHEREAS mobile food establishment(s) located on the Oakland County Complex in the Ci4_s
of Pontiac and Waterford would expand and enhance the options and convenience of food
selections at stationary site(s); and
WHEREAS the Michigan Food Law of 2000, as amended, defines a "mobile food
establishment" as a food establishment operating from a vehicle, cart, tent, trailer or watercraft
that returns to a licensed commissary for servicing and maintenance .at least once every 24
hours; and
WHEREAS a mobile food cart is a limited food service operation that serves a limited menu,
usually hot dogs, from a small open air push cart. Based on their limited facilities, mobile food
carts are limited to foods or beverages requiring minimal handling on site and must return to an
approved commissary at least once every 24 hours, such as a licensed food service
establishment; and
WHEREAS current Michigan Law provides that a mobile food cart establishment may be
requested to submit a plan review packet, including a plan review application, fee, menu,
standard operating procedures, drawing/layout of cart, and equipment specification sheet; and
WHEREAS a mobile food cart must have the equipment and resources available to ensure food
safety. Typically, this requires items such as a hand wipes, gloves, a sanitizer spray bottle and
paper towels, a metal stem thermometer, methods of hot and cold holding of foods, and a
method of covering and protecting food from customers and the elements. Additionally, a mobile
food cart must have the name and address of the business operating the mobile cart on each
side of the cart in letters not less than 3 inches high. Mobile carts are typically inspected once
every six months by a Sanitarian; and
WHEREAS each application for a license shall pay to the local health department having
jurisdiction the required sanitation service fees and an additional state license fee (at the time
an application is submitted); and
WHEREAS the Oakland County Board of Commissioners is desirous of working with the
Oakland County Executive administration to establish the appropriate policies, process,
procedures, and appropriate permits and fees for establishing stationary sites on the Oakland
County campus for mobile food carts and the solicitation of potential vendors through the
purchasing process.
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NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners,
hereby respectfully requests the Oakland County Executive's administration to submit a
proposal for establishing stationary outdoor sites on the Oakland County campus for mobile
food carts.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners respectfully
requests that the Oakland County Executive's administration submit the policy, procedures and
permit fees to the General Government and Finance Committees for review and
recommendation to the full board within three (3) months of the adoption of this resolution.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that upon the adoption of the policy, the Oakland County Board
of Commissioners respectfully requests that the Oakland County Executive's administration to
work with the Board of Commissioner's Director of Administratinn to draft the RRql 1PCt for
Proposals and through the Oakland County Purchasing Process solicit bids for mobile food cart
vendors that will be permitted to operate on identified outdoor sites on the Oakland County
campus.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Clerk is requested to forward copies of
this adopted resolution to the Oakland County Executive and Oakland County's Department
Directors of Health and Human Services, Corporation Counsel, Risk Management and
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Resolution #11006 January 5, 2011
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the Planning and Building Committee. There were no
objections.
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Resolution #11006 August 3, 2011
Moved b y Potts supported by Woodward the resolution be adopted.
Moved by Potts supported by Woodward the Stud y Group for Vendor Cart Services Report be accepted.
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the report was accepted.
Vote on resolution:
AYES: Dw yer, Gershenson, Gin gell, Gosselin, Greinnel, Hatchett, Jackson, Matis, McGillivra y,
Middleton, Nash, Nuccio, Potts, Quarles, Scott, Taub, Weipert, Woodward, Zack, Bosnic, Cove y,
Crawford. (22)
NAYS: Lon g . (1 )
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolution was adopted.
STATE OF MICHIGAN )
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Bill Bullard Jr., Clerk of the Count y of Oakland, do hereby certify that the foregoin g resolution is a true
and accurate copy of a resolution adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners on Au gust 3,
2011, with the original record thereof now remainin g in my office.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set m y hand and affixed the seal of the County of Oakland at
Pontiac, Michigan this 3rd day of Aug ust, 2011.
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Bill Bullard Jr., Oakland County