HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1995.03.02 - 24490March 2, 1995
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #95040
BY FINANCE AND PERSONNEL COMMITTEE, JOHN P. MCCULLOCH, ZHAIRPERSON
IN RE: DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TrECEICLO(Y - OCR/IMAGE CHECK PROCESSING
PROJECT
To the Oakland County Board of Commssioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the Child Support Unit of the Reimbursement Division is
responsib2e for collection, disbursiment and accounting of child support
payments authorized through Oakland County Friend of the Court; and
WHEREAS current methods for child support payment processing consists of
individuals or employers transmitting payments either directly to the
Reimbursement Division or to a lockbox at the National Bank of Detroit: and
WHEREAS the equipment now used to microfilm and endorse checks is old,
malfunctions, needs replacing and the entire process is extremely cumbersome
in light of available technology; and
WHEREAS the Optical Character Recognition (OCR)/Image Check Processing
Project would replace the existing nicrofilm/endorser with a newer technology
that allows for multiple access to documents through an intelligent forms
processing system consisting of an :.mage scanner server, a scanner/endorser
which links checks with case number:3, and a repair station for processing
checks with unreadable barcodes; and
WHEREAS implementation of the recommended project would require an
intial investment of approximately J170 1 000, an estimated annual savings of
over $97,000, with a resultant payb,ick period of less than two years; and
WHEREAS funding is available the Designated Fund Balance for
Operational Improvements (1-1010C-4)2-040) to underwrite the cost of this
project.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED .:hat the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners authorizes the implemantation of the OCR/Image Check Processing
Project for the Child Support Unit of the Reimbursement Division which would
replace the existl.ng microfilm/endo:ser and lockbox procedures with a system
of newer technology.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that tie 1995 Budget be amended as follows:
3-63600-181-01-00-2208 I/T Revenue for Imaging Development $170,000
4-63600-181-01-00-3128 Professional Services $ 96,000
-3304 Depreciation 69,000
-3342 Equipment Re?air & Maintenance 5,000
Total SJ,..70,00C
Chairperson, on behalf of the Finance and Personnel Committee Committee,
move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
FINANCE Al
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PERSONNEL COMMITTEE
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Resolution #95040 March 2, 1995
Moved by McCulloch supported hy Jensen the resolution be adopted.
AYES: Douglas, Garfield, Huntoon, Jacobs, Jensen, Johnson, Kaczmar -,
Kingzett, Law, McCulloch, McPherson, Moffitt, Obrecht, Palmer, Pernick, Powers,
Quarles, Schmid, Taub, Amos, Crake, Dingeldey. (22)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having ,-oted therefor, the resolution was adopted.
I HER EBYPPROV REnr""' D7OLUTION
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County Executive Date •
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Lynn D. Allen, Clerk of the Cowity of Oakland, do hereby certify that the
foregoing resolution is a true and accurate copy of a resolution adopted by the
Oakland County Board of Commissioneis on March 2, 1995 with the original record
thereof now remaining in my office.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the
County of Oakland at Pontiac, Michigan this 2nd day of,f.March5— '7 /
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D. Allen, County Clerk