HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1993.10.21 - 23867MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #93238
BY: Commissioners Shelley G. Taub, Marilynn Gosling, Charles
Palmer
IN RE: OPPOSE State Transfer of Expired Leases on Group Homes
Used for Community Mental Health Services to Counties
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the Michigan Department of Mental Health intends to
gradually withdraw from its real estate function and will allow
current state leases on residential homes used by Community Mental
Health Services Boards (CMHSBs) to expire; and
WHEREAS upon the expiration date of a state lease, the
Michigan Department of Mental Health will notify the affected CMHSB
of the expiration and that the state will not renew the lease; and
WHEREAS the state's withdrawal from leases puts the burden on
CMHSBs to assume the obligation and raises numerous questions:
(1) What homes are affected by this policy - all or just
those on which Oakland County already holds service
provider contracts?
(2) The state policy is vague in addressing maintenance and
repair respnnihilitipq.
(3) Previous experience by CMHSBs indicate that state records
on maintenance and repair of dwellings are inadequate,
thus hindering the ability to establish future
maintenance planning.
(4) Leases that are 10 to 15 years old and expire will
require a new appraisal to set an updated lease rate.
Will the state cover this increased cost?
(5) Responsibility for costs of future major maintenance on
such as septic systems and wells is unclear.
WHEREAS the aforementioned concerns and many others make it
abundantly clear that state transfer of leases on Group Homes used
for Community Mental Health Services to counties is not acceptable
unless these concerns and questions are fully addressed and
clarified.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners opposes the state policy of withdrawing when leases
expire and putting the responsibility on counties.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be sent
to the Michigan Department of Mental Health and to the Michigan
Association of Counties.
Chairperson, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.