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hairperson, Planning and Building Committee
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #18099 April 19, 2018
BY: Commissioner Philip Weipert, Chairperson, Planning and Building Committee
IN RE: FACILITIES MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT/FACILITIES MAINTENANCE & OPERATIONS
DIVISION - POSITION DELETIONS AND POSITION CREATIONS
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the Facilities Maintenance and Operations Division has reviewed its operations in the Grounds
Maintenance Unit; and
WHEREAS the Grounds Maintenance Unit is responsible for lawn and landscape maintenance, snow
plowing, and ice management for the County campus and five off-campus properties; and
WHEREAS the Grounds Maintenance Unit currently uses four (4) Proprietary (PR) Part-Time Non-Eligible
(PTNE) 1,000 hours per year General Helper positions in the winter months and twelve (12) PR PTNE
1,000 hours per year General Helper positions in the summer months; and
WHEREAS in the past the Grounds Maintenance Unit has had difficulties recruiting and retaining PTNE
employees to fill the General Helper positions; and
WHEREAS the 1,000 hours per year limitation inhibits the ability to fully train the PINE General Helpers;
and
WHEREAS utilizing Full-Time Eligible (FTE) employees would eliminate the difficulty with recruiting, training
and retaining the PTNE General Helper employees; and
WHEREAS this would allow the ability to more efficiently manage the stability and consistency of the
workload; and
WHEREAS all positions within the Grounds Maintenance Unit are funded from the Facilities Maintenance
Proprietary Fund; and
WHEREAS the Facilities Maintenance and Operations Division/Grounds Maintenance Unit has requested
the deletion of sixteen (16) PR funded PTNE 1,000 hours per year General Helper positions (#1040725-
05378, 05379, 05380, 05381, 05382, 06351, 06353, 06782, 06783, 06784, 10069, 10071, 10072, 10075,
10076, and 11809); and
WHEREAS the Facilities Maintenance and Operations Division/Grounds Maintenance Unit has requested
the creation of four (4) PR funded FTE Groundskeeper I positions; and
WHEREAS the funding for the four (4) PR FTE Groundskeeperl positions is covered by the deletion of the
sixteen (16) PTNE PR General Helper positions as well as savings realized from bringing snow removal,
salting, mowing, and tree care services in-house; and
WHEREAS Facilities Maintenance and Operations also intends on utilizing some of the overall savings
toward other building maintenance costs.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners approves to
delete sixteen (16) PR funded PTNE 1,000 hours per year General Helper positions (#1040725-05378,
05379, 05380, 05381, 05382, 06351, 06353, 06782, 06783, 06784, 10069, 10071, 10072, 10075, 10076,
and 11809).
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED to create four (4) PR funded FTE Groundskeeper I positions in the Facilities
Maintenance and Operations Division/Grounds Maintenance Unit (#1040725).
Chairperson, on behalf of the Planning and Building CoTraittee, I move the adoption of the foregoing
resolution.
PLANNING AND BUILDING COMMITTEE
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Jackson absent.
Resolution #18099 April 19, 2018
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the Human Resources Committee and the Finance
Committee. There were no objections.