HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1995.02.09 - 24448February 9, 1995
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #95035
BY COMMISSIONER DAVID L. MOFFITT
IN RE: PERSONNEL APPEAL BOARD -AMEND MERIT SYSTEM RULE #10
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, by adoption of Miscellaneous Resolution 4606, and the approval
of the electorate, the County of Oakland established a merit system which was
implemented to insure recruitment and retention of good quality employees, and
to assure that the selection, pay, advancement and treatment of County
employees shall be based solely on merit without reference to their political
affiliation, religious beliefs, racial origin or sex, and
WHEREAS, the original resolution states that "a formal appeal procedure
be developed giving employees with regular status the right to appeal
dismissal, suspensions, demotions and disciplinary actions to a Personnel
Appeal Board" and further states that "the appeal procedure shall provide for
the scheduling of a hearing within a reasonable length of time after the
receipt of the appeal."
WHEREAS, in the three decades since the Merit System was adopted there
are significantly more County employees, and there is a continuing trend for
an increase in the number of cases coming before the Personnel Appeal Board,
and these cases are becoming more and more complex, and
WHEREAS, the Appeals process has become backlogged, delaying the
hearings for as much as six months, thus depriving employees of a fair and
timely procedure and allowing unresolved problems to linger and fester in the
County workplace.
WHEREAS the Oakland County Board of Commissioners is considering
amending Merit System Rule 10 to add the following language, or similar:
10.1.1 ANCILLARY PERSONNEL APPEAL BOARD
There shall be an Ancillary Personnel Appeal Board, which
shall have the same duties, responsibilities and functions
as the Personnel Appeal Board, and its discretion,
jurisdiction and make-up shall be identical to the
Personnel Appeal Board and it shall be controlled by the
same provisions of the Merit System as the Personnel Appeal
Board, The Ancillary Personnel Appeal Board will be
empowered to act whenever the Personnel Appeal Board is not
able to hear appeals within 90 days of their initial filing.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners does hereby direct Corporation Counsel to opine whether an
additional panel may be so authorized within the previous approval of the
original Merit Rules without the expense of an additional public vote; and
direct Corporation counsel to explore and recommend alternative means, if any,
to effect authorization of an additional panel within said previous approval
without the expense of an additional public vote.
Chairperson, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
ariviriEJ. MOFFITT