HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1993.08.26 - 22081MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION 93172
BY: Ruth Johnson, District #1; Kevin Miltner, District #5;
Shelley Taub, District #12
IN RE: Deirtment of Institutional and Human Services -
Community ;Iental Health - Full Integration into County
Board of CmIlmissioners/County Executive Structure
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the Board of Commissioners, by MR 93092, dated May 27,
1993, authorized. the Oakland County Community Mental Health
Services Board to execute a full management contract with the State
of Michigan Department of Mental Health; and
WHEREAS the Mental Health Code empowers the Board of
Commissioners to establish county procedures and regulations
governing the conduct of county community mental health programs
and such authority was also incorporated in the full management
contract; and
WHEREAS P.A. 139 of 1973 grants the Board of Commissioners the
authority to consolidate departments completely or in part or to
transfer a function from one department to another; and
WHEREAS the Board of Commissioners, on MR 6931, dated December
19, 1974, created a community mental health/county executive
administrative reporting structure through the Department of
Institutional and Human Services; and
WHEREAS in this time of expanding county responsibility for
community mental health programs, it is necessary for the Board of
Commissioners to restate its intention to fully integrate the
Community Mental Health Division within the County administrative
structure and to reiterate and expand upon the Board's policies to
accomplish this directive.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Community Mental Health
Division of the Department of Institutional and Human Services
shall comply with all Oakland County Board of Commissioners and
County Executive procedures and directives including but not
limited to the following:
1. The appropriation process as it relates to the
responsibility of the County Executive and the
appropriation authority of the Board of Commissioners per
P.A. 2 of the Public Acts of 1968 as amended, known as
the Uniform Budgeting and Accounting Act. Also the
budget appropriation, monitoring and control aspects of
the General Appropriations Act as adopted annually by the
Board of Commissioners.
2. Procurement policies for the purchase of goods and
services as established by the County Executive and/or
adopted by the Board of Commissioners, expanded to
include the purchase of mental health services per
section 228 of the Mental Health Code. For example, MR
85020, dated February 14, 1985; MR 89325, dated March 8,
1990; MR 92027, dated March 5, 1992; MR 92057, dated May
7, 1992; MR 92101, dated May 21, 1992; MR 93024, dated
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March 4, 1993; and the Oakland County Purchasing
Division's Policies and Procedures, published by the
Department of Management and Budget.
3. Procedures for the sale, purchase, lease or construction
of real property as established in the rules of the Board
of Commissioners and such other applicable resolutions of
the Board of Commissioners such as MR 91090, dated June
13, 1991; MR 85303, dated October 24, 1985, and MR 7488,
dated March 18, 1976.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Division of Community Mental
Health shall utilize county executive administrative services and
the services of the county intergovernmental services funds.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the county merit system coverage
of Community Mental Health personnel be expanded and made
consistent with other departments, and to accomplish this the
Oakland County Executive's Personnel Department is directed to
begin the process of removing the Community Mental Health Division
personnel from the merit system rule 11 exception and to begin the
negotiation of merit rules and benefits comparable with other
county departments.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Community
Mental Health Board will continue to provide mental health services
delivery, planning and advice in accordance with section 226 of the
Mental Health Code.
I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
RUTH JOHNSON
KEVIN MILTNER
SHELLEY TAUB
