HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2016.05.18 - 22373MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION#16133 May 18, 2016
BY: Human Resources Committee, Robert rioffman, Chairperson
IN RE: HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT - RESOLUTION EXEMPTING OAKLAND COUNTY
GOVERNMENT FROM PA 152 OF 2011 FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2017
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS PA 152 of 2011, the "Publically Funded Health Insurance Contribution Act" was enacted by
the State of Michigan and given immediate effect on September 27, 2011; and
WHEREAS PA 152 sets forth various options that public employers may follow when providing healthcare
benefits to their eligible employees; and
WHEREAS acting pursuant to specific provisions of Act 152, Oakland County government has exercised
its legal right to exempt itself from the Act through calendar year 2016; and
WHEREAS the County Executive recommends that Oakland County again formally exercise its legal right
to exempt itself from the Act for calendar year 2017; and
WHEREAS Oakland County has a long history of proactive budget practices that have resulted in
budgets that are balanced and fiscally sound, as demonstrated by decades of actual performance and a
AAA Bond rating; and
WHEREAS the residents and taxpayers of Oakland County have been well served by the County's
consistent utilization of its nationally recognized Triennial Budget process, a process that uses thoughtful,
detailed planning and employs incremental changes over time to yield significant results without serious
disruption in service delivery and in a manner that is fair to both taxpayers and employees; and
WHEREAS in keeping with the County's established, long-range budgeting practices that actively balance
the interest of taxpayers and County employees, Oakland County employees have been paying
contributions toward their health care coverage since 1997, contributing over $44 million toward their
health care costs; and
WHEREAS in addition to sharing the burden of health care costs by contributing over $44 million since
1997, Oakland County employees have made significant wage and salary concessions by accepting
salary reductions of 2.5% in FY2010, 1.5% in FY2011, and salary freezes in FY2012 & 2013, for a
combined total of $31.9 million in ongoing wage and salary savings; and
WHEREAS incremental changes have been made to the employee benefit package over the years that
have resulted in significant savings, and the County Executive continues to explore opportunities
regarding cost controlling measures; and
WHEREAS actual medical costs for the most recent period of April 2015 through March of 2016 are
approximately $938,162 above the State Cap of $40,821,236; and
WHEREAS eighty percent of the amount above State Cap ($751,984) is due to State and Federal taxes
imposed upon employer sponsored health plans; and
WHEREAS medical costs from 2011 through the present time reveal on average the County has
remained below the State designated Cap levels, thus meeting the spirit of the legislation; and
WHEREAS the County Executive Recommended Triennial Budget for Fiscal Years 2016 - 2018 is
balanced, maintains responsible general fund equity balances, and funds employee medical benefit plans
within existing Fringe Benefit Fund revenues.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that pursuant to the authority granted a county under Section 8 of
Public Act 152 of 2011, the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby exempts Oakland County
from the requirements of PA 152 for calendar year 2017.
Chairperson, on behalf of the Human Resources Committee, I move the adoption of the foregoing
resolution.
HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE
HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE VOTE:
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Spisz absent.
Resolution #16133 May 18, 2016
Moved by KowaII supported by Zack the resolutions (with fiscal notes attached) on the Consent Agenda
be adopted (with accompanying reports being accepted).
AYES: Dwyer, Fleming. Gershenson, Gingell, Gosselin, Hoffman, Jackson, KowaII, Long,
McGillivray, Middleton, Quarles, Scott, Taub, Weipert, Woodward, Zack, Bowman,
Crawford. (19)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolutions (with fiscal notes attached) on the Consent
Agenda were adopted (with accompanying reports being accepted).
J-//0 HEREBYAPPROA VOLUTION
CHIEF DEPUTY COUNTY EXECUTIVE
ACTING PURSUANT TO MCL 45.559A (7)
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I. Lisa Brown, 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 May 18. 2016,
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 18t1 day of May, 2016.
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Lisa Brown, Oakland County