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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2012.02.01 - 19118MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #12004 January 19, 2012 BY: Planning and Building Committee, Uavra rafts, Chairperson IN RE: FACILITIES MANAGEMENT/PLANNING & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SERVICES — OAKGREEN PROGRAM ACCEPTANCE AND DISBURSEMENT OF DONATIONS To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen: WHEREAS, the OakGreen Program (http://www.oakgovcom/oakqreen/) was established by the County in 2010 as an initiative to share information, encourage collaboration, and connect Oakland County residents, businesses and communities to resources that can advance environmental stewardship, economic growth, and strong communities; and WHEREAS, the County further established the OakGreen Challenge to encourage home, business, municipal facility, and school facility owners to reduce their energy consumption by 10% by the end of 2012; and WHEREAS by taking the Challenge, participants receive: • Tips on ways to save money on energy consumption and costs • Access to educational workshops and information presented by experts in reducing resource consumption • Access to energy tracking and benchmarking tools • Unbiased ranking of facility energy efficiency WHEREAS, as an incentive and a means of promoting the Challenge, two OakGreen Awards have been established as follows: • Most Improved Home Grand Prize - one year of paid utilities up to $1,500; • Most Efficient Home Grand Prize - one year of paid utilities up to $1,500; and WHEREAS, all residents wishing to take the Challenge must complete a free EPA ENERGY STAR energy assessment and then track the amount and cost of their energy consumption using the Home Energy Yardstick Tool; and WHEREAS, OakGreen Award winners will be selected by February, 2013, by the OakGreen Team, consisting of Facilities Management and Planning & Economic Development staff; and WHEREAS, only Oakland County homeowners who have met the criteria set forth on the OakGreen website at http://www ,oakqov.comioakareen/oakgreen challenge/index.html and whose Home Energy Yardstick Tool energy saving data has been verified by County staff are eligible to win the above Awards; WHEREAS, ties between homeowners for Most Improved / Most Efficient Home Grand Prizes will be resolved by a random drawing by the OakGreen Team, which will then officially notify the winners that they have been selected for the Awards; and WHEREAS, OakGreen Award winners will be required to sign, notarize and return an Affidavit of Eligibility/Publicity Release; and WHEREAS, to fund the above awards, the County solicited private voluntary donations from private organizations in amounts not exceeding $1,500; and PLANNING & BUILDING COMMITTEE VOTE: Motion carried on a roll call vote with Gosselin, Runestad and Woodward voting no and Nuccio and McGillivray absent. WHEREAS, $4,500 in total donations have been collected to date as detailed below: Name Amount Fishbeck, Thompson, Can & Huber $1500 Johnson Controls $1500 Environmental Consulting & Technology $500 Hubbell, Roth & Clark $500 Consumers Energy $500 WHEREAS, the above donations have been deposited in a separate liability account to track these monies (10100-1090201-229335); and WHEREAS, the OakGreen Team, chaired by the Director of Facilities Management, will direct Management & Budget to issue payment to winners: and WHEREAS, if future donations are received, they will be reported to the Board of Commissioners as part of the quarterly forecast resolution. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby approves and authorizes the deposit of the collected donations for the sole purpose of using said donations to fund the 2012 OakGreen Awards to Oakland County home owners formally selected as winners. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Planning & Building Committee and Finance Committee will be provided with a status report on the OakGreen Challenge and the total donations received. Chairperson, on behalf of the Planning and Building Committee, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution. PLANNING AND BUILDING COMMITTEE Resolution #12004 January 19, 2012 The Chairperson referred the resolution to the Finance Committee. There were no objections. FISCAL NOTE (MISC . #12,004) February 1,2012 BY: FINANCE COMMITTEE, TOM MIDDLETON, CHAIRPERSON IN RE: FACILITIES MANAGEMENT/PLANNING& ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SERVICES — OAKGREEN PROGRAM ACCEPTANCE AND DISBURSEMENT OF DONATIONS 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. The resolution provides information on the OakGreen Program and approves the donations in the amount of $4,500 from various organizations referenced in the resolution. 2. The donations received for OakGreen Program are to be deposited in a separate liability account (10100-1090201-229335) in order to track the receipt of donations and will be used when issuing payments to OakGreen Award winners. 3. The OakGreen Team, chaired by the Director of Facilities Management, will direct Management & Budget to issue payment to eligible winners. 4. If there are additional/future donations received for the OakGreen Program, they will be reported to the Board of Commissioners as part of the quarterly forecast resolution. 5. No budget amendment is required. FINANCE COMMITTEE FINANCE COMMITTEE Motion carried on a roll call vote with Woodward, Potts and Zack voting no and Greimel absent. Resolution #12004 February 1, 2012 Moved by Potts supported by McGillivray the resolution (with fiscal note attached) be adopted. Discussion followed. Chairperson called a brief recess. Chairperson called the Board back to order. Discussion followed. Moved by Woodward supported by Nash the resolution be amended as follows: BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners requires that any money spent to promote the 2012 Oakgreen Challenge requires approval of the Oakland County Board of Commissioners with a separate authorizing resolution. Vote on amendment: AYES: Greimel, Hatchett, Jackson, McGillivray, Nash, Quarles, Woodward, Zack, Covey, Gershenson. (10) NAYS: Gingell, Gosselin, Hoffman, Long, Matis, Middleton, Nuccio, Potts, Runestad, Scott, Taub, Weipert, Bosnic, Crawford, Dywer. (15) A sufficient majority having voted not in favor, the amendment failed. Discussion followed. Vote on resolution, as is: AYES: Gosselin, Greimel, Hatchett, Hoffman, Jackson, Long, Matis, McGillivray, Middleton, Nash, Nuccio, Potts, Quarles, Runestad, Scott, Taub, Weipert, Bosnic, Covey, Crawford, Dwyer, Gershenson, Gingell. (23) NAYS: Woodward, Zack. (2) A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolution (with fiscal note attached), as is, was adopted. I HOER APPROVE PE FOREGONG,RESOLUTION 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 February 1, 2012, 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 1 St day of February, 2012. gul2.0/ Bill Bullard Jr., Oakland County