HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1993.12.09 - 22688February 11, 1993
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #93022
BY: HUBERT PRICE, COMMISSIONER
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS—CONFIRMATION OF COUNTY EXECUTIVE
DEPARTMENT HEADS
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, the selection of qualified individuals to serve as
directors of county departments is a responsibility which is shared
by the executive and legislative branches of government under Act
139, and
WHEREAS, Sec.8 (e) of Act 139, states that the County
Executive shall
Appoint, supervise, and, at pleasure, remove head of
departments other than elected officials. The
appointment of heads of departments shall require the
concurrence of a majority of the county board of
commissioners.'
but is silent as to the procedure to be employed in such
appointments and confirmations.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Commissioners
hereby establishes the following procedure for the appoint and
confirmation of County Executive Department Heads:
1. When the County Executive appoints a department head, he
shall, in writing, submit such appointment to the Board of
Commissioners, and such written submission shall be read at the
next regular Board of Commissioners meeting and shall be referred
to the standing committee which has liaison responsibility with
that director).
2. The liaison committee shall, at its first meeting
following such referral, and in no case more than 15 days after
such referral, review the County Executive's appointments and shall
recommend approval or disapproval of each individual appointment,
and shall report back its recommendation to the Board of
Commissioners. The committee review process shall include the
submission of a comprehensive resume for each appointee, and, at
the discretion of the committee, the appearance of each nominee may
be required.
3. The Board of Commissioners shall receive such
recommendation at its first meeting following action by the liaison
committee, and shall act at that meeting to approve or disapprove
each appointee by a majority vote of the commissioners elected. and
serving.
4. All department head confirmation proceedings must be
concluded within 60 days of their formal submission to the Board by
the County Executive. Any appointment not disapproved within such
time period shall stand confirmed.
5. No proposed appointee shall be employed by the County to
fill any of the department head positions nor shall they receive
any remuneration for services as a department head prior to
confirmation of the Board of Commissioners.
6. In the case of a new administration, department heads who
held department head positions in the previous administration will
be subject to the entire confirmation process, but shall be
excluded from the provisions of Sec. 5.
Chairperson, on behalf of the Committee, I move the adoption
of the foregoing resolution.
356 Commissioners Minutes Continued. July 10, 1575
New County Achievement•Award sponsored by the Nati, • T Associ---ion of tarries ; end
WHEREAS the office of County D7:'1 -- has io-et--) ed a Soil Erosion
and Sediment Control Program pursue,' tp the n- rii Er. -io•• and Seel-- Control Act 347
of the Public Acts of 1572; and
WHEREAS area consulting en u )ners, local governments, acchiteccs, environmentalists,
contractors and builders received the benefits of a planned traininn program concerning the
requirements of Act 347 of the Public Acts of 1372 presented in a series of seminars conducted b y
the Oakland Count y Grain Office,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland Cour' sf Commissioners hereb y commentIs
Oakland Count y Drain to Georoe W, Rnhn and his tett)i-t1 gersorn,i for impiementinn
a Soil Erosion and Sediment Control P"=- »suBnt to provisi--- af -t 51,7 of 'ae Public Acts
of 1972 and, further, concurs in the Drain Office New Count y 131:•)E•E Ent.-
The General Government Com-T‘) -, by Henry W. Hoot, Eh)i,»).. -)itt t'te ads):I'on of the
fore goin g resclation.
CENERAI GOVERN:J.:IT UU))77T.IE
Henry W. Hoot, Chairman"
Moved b y Hoot .supported by Daly that resolution §7IE5 be adopted.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, resolution, :7165 was adopted.
Mr. Hoot
IN RE: HISC1),I.I:7)': RESOLUTION - CER SELECTION :7 7 .- :7" EXEcLITiVE CEPARTmENT HEADS
To the Oakland Ce:inty Board of F---issioners
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gent1-,—)7
The General Government Committee reports Miscailtaaous Resolutic- )E -Ei ttith the
recommendation that the followin :: )rocedure be adopted fox c•Eirmation of ")•—cy Executive's
Department Head ap octintmntsi
"All Department Head appoint ..........s made by the Coe•-ty Executive shall be submi t ted tc. the
General Government Committee for recomr---Iecion to the Board of )n)Tssioners prior to the appointees
ass , bin: office."
The General Government Committee, b y Henry W. Hoot, Chairman,-moves the acceptance of the
forey'en report.
GENERAL CCVERNMENT COMMITTEE
Henry W. Hoot, Chairman
'Misc. 7040
By Mr. Price, Jr,
IN RE: PROCEDURE FOR SELECTION 0° C C RXECUTIVE - 'r --) •
To the Oakland County Board of Couissicuurs
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS Act 139 of the Public Acts of 1573, as amended, provides that txs n'Y Ear -
appoint and remove department heads with the concurrence of a majority of the Co)nt y C:-rd of E)-)I:-
sioners; and
WHE'FAS the Oakland Count y Be=:772 of C.--)missi----s has no orndedra estab"-htd to determine
whether to cc cur in the appointments or i)-ovr1 if tha • -Ott) • a . ea ds, and
a procedure for cot ,. ) '••• I : a -). • -•t .re shoald
be establitI
:I:IT:T....I...RE BE IT RE":),IEE' -nat the C : Board of Commissioners establishes a
procedure for ccriturrence in the aa fcntment an ,T remno oT; -ment heads b y the County Executive
in accordance the provisions of )ct 139 of '-t5 of 1573, as ame)ded.
Mr. Chairman, 1 move the adoption of the fcte:- t),.; resolutioh.
EuLart Price, Jr., Commissioner -District a8"
I4oved by Hoot supported by Roth the report be accepted.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the motion carried.
Moved by Hoc: supported b y Gabler that resolution :7040 be adopted.
A sufficient majority havin g voted therefor, resolution #7040 was adoPted.
REPORT
By Mr. Hoot •
!ti RE: WSCELLANEOU5 RESOLUTION A/71 OPPOSiTION TO SENATE BIIL F17 AIdENDMENECE TO ACT 139,
P.S. 1S73
To the Oakland County Board r) C••• t ers
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentiemto
The General Government Cr- It :se, b y Henry W. Hoot, CR,aicmnt. rep-rts Miscellaneous
Resolution '7166 with the recomiteo•-_. - that then::' ti-
Hen.: ',. 'iont, Chairman
#93022 February 11, 1993
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the General Government
Committee. There were no objections.