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MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #96159
BY: Commissioner Shelley Taub
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS—AMENDMENT TO THE GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS
ACT, NEGOTIATION POLICY
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS in accordance with the provisions of Public Act 139 of 1973 (as
amended by Public Act 100 of 1980), the Unified Form of County Government Act,
and Public Act 621 of 1978, the Uniform Budgeting and Accounting Act for Local
Government, it is the responsibility of the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners to establish and adopt the annual County Budget and work
program; and
WHEREAS in accordance with Miscellaneous Resolution #95294, 1996 General
Appropriations Act, it is the intent of that resolution to:
maintain a budgetary system for the County of Oakland on the same basis
of accounting (generally accepted accounting principles) as the actual
financial information is maintained; to define the powers and duties of
the County's officers in relation to that system; to designate the Chief
Administrative Officer and Fiscal Officer; and to provide that the Board
of Commissioners and committees thereof, as well as the Fiscal Officer,
shall be furnished with information by the departments, boards,
commissions and offices relating to their financial needs, revenues and
expenditures/expenses, and general affairs; to prescribe a disbursement
procedure, to provide for an allotment system; and to provide remedies
for refusal or neglect to comply with the requirements of this
resolution; and
WHEREAS Public Act 139 of 1973, as amended, further provides that the
Board of Commissioners may "establish policies to be followed by the
government of the county in the conduct of its affairs and exercise all powers
and duties vested in the board of county commissioners not inconsistent with
this act.. .adopt and enforce rules establishing and defining the authority,
duties and responsibility of county departments and offices... enter into
agreements with other governmental entities for the performance of service
jointly...accept gifts and grants-in-aid from a government or private source",
and
WHEREAS during the course of business and in relation to the performance
of their duties, various employees, boards, commissions, and authorities are
entering into negotiations for grants-in-aid, funding, purchase and sale of
equipment, supplies, property, and services, and
WHEREAS many of these negotiations require special skills, experience
and expertise in the area of the negotiation as well as legal and financial
expertise, and may involve considerable amounts of funds or create substantial
debt or liability for the County.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
does hereby amend the 1996 General Appropriations Act to include that any
negotiation undertaken by any County employee, department, board, commission,
authority or agency which has the potential to incur expenditures, costs or
contractual liability to the County of Oakland in an amount of $1,000,000 or
more, be undertaken with a negotiating team which shall include legal counsel.
Chairman, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.