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Chairperson, General Government Ggrollittee
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #17037 February 15, 2017
BY: Commissioner Christine Long, Chairperson, General Government Committee
IN RE: DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES — E-HEALTH SOLUTION
REPLACEMENT PROJECT
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the Oakland County Department of Information Technology (OCIT) and Department of Health
and Human Services/Health Division (OCHD) developed and completed in 2006 the E-Health Software
Suite (E-Health) for the purpose of electronic management of OCHD's environmental licensing, permits,
inspections, and complaint enforcement responsibilities; and
WHEREAS the technology platforms used to build E-Health is aging; and
WHEREAS in 2011 the Board of Commissioners approved Miscellaneous Resolution (MR) #11024 which
allocated a total of $607,751 to rewrite the Foods, Complaints, and scheduling modules in E-Health and
enhance the administrative module; and
WHEREAS the County was made aware of an opportunity to collaborate with the State of Michigan on
the procurement of a commercially available solution; and
WHEREAS the OCHD and OCIT decided to put the rewrite project on hold while the State of Michigan
evaluated a solution and negotiated a cooperative contract; and
WHEREAS the majority of the funds allocated in MR #11024 remain unspent and are held in an IT equity
reserve; and
WHEREAS the State has established a contract whose product is an acceptable and cost effective
replacement for E-Health: and
WHEREAS the State solution provides a commercial "cloud" product at a discounted rate that can be
leased by local health departments using the State of Michigan contract; and
WHEREAS the cost of the project:
1. FY 17 is $ $148,219 per 50 users for software licenses and $198,500 for implementation to
migrate data, create workflows, etc.
2. FY 18 $148,219 annual cost for 50 user software licenses for a total project costs of $494,938.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Commissioners approves the use of $494,938
held in an IT equity reserve for the purchases of licenses and implementation, of a commercial "cloud"
product to replace E-Health.
Chairperson, on behalf of the General Government Committee, I move the adoption of the foregoing
resolution.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE VOTE:
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Gershenson, KowaII, and Kochenderfer absent.
Resolution #17037 February 15, 2017
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the Finance Committee. There were no objections.