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REPORT (M.R.#01149)
BY: FINANCE COMMITTEE, SUE ANN DOUGLAS, CHAIRPERSON
IN RE: COUNTYWIDE ELECTED OFFICIALS SALARIES
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The Finance Committee, having reviewed the above referenced
resolution recommends its adoption with the following amendment:
Add to the "NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED" paragraph after the word
"follow": "effective June 16, 2001".
Miscellaneous Resolution # 01149
By: Personnel Committee, Thomas Law, Chairperson
In Re: Countywide Elected Officials Salaries
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS Oakland County's voters recognized and adopted the
principle that continuity of good government requires the recruitment and
retention of quality employees and the principle that the pay and treatment
of those public servants be based on merit by adopting Miscellaneous
Resolution 4606 (September 19, 1966), and
WHEREAS the Board of Commissioners has consistently utilized
these voter-approved principles in adopting both the Merit System Rules and
the Oakland County Job Evaluation System, the primary objectives of which
are to (A) attract and (B) retain a qualified and productive work force to
provide cost effective service to the citizens of Oakland County; and
WHEREAS the Board of Commissioners has formally recognized that
the free and competitive market provides the best basis for determining fair
and equitable compensation for its public servants and has formally adopted
market factors as the principal criterion for determining the compensation of
its public servants; and
WHEREAS Merit System Rules require the Personnel Committee of
the Board of Commissioners to review salaries annually to determine if
adjustments to salary ranges are warranted; and
WHEREAS these equitable compensation principles are appropriately
applied to elected official compensation determinations; and
WHEREAS a national survey of elected official compensation plans
indicates that adjustment of Oakland County's county-wide elected official
compensation plans is warranted by merit and market factors; and
WHEREAS, by way of example, the current salary for the position of
County Executive is $15,779 (some 10.18 %) below the national average
salary for County Executives of comparatively sized counties; and
WHEREAS that market factor and numerous County-adopted job
evaluation plan factors including job-related knowledge and skill
requirements, work and career experience requirements, supervisory and
managerial responsibility requirements, problem solving and job-related
communication and interpersonal skill requirements, and accountability
requirements for the position of County Executive support the position that
Personnel Committee Vote:
Motion carried on unanimous roll call vote with Buckley absent.
equity demands that the County Executive position be compensated at a
level that more closely matches the national average; and
WHEREAS similar analyses apply to the positions of County Clerk,
Treasurer, Prosecuting Attorney ; Sheriff and Drain Commissioner; and
WHEREAS, as evidenced by the numerous honors and awards
Oakland County has achieved for its exceptional fiscal management (AAA
bond rating), leading edge technology programs (CLEMIS, Access Oakland,
GIS initiatives), innovative business and economic development programs
(Automation Alley, Business Roundtable, Main Street Program), efficient
constituent services, law enforcement and public safety programs, healthy
environment and high quality of life for its citizens, the performance of
Oakland County's countywide elected officials has been nationally
recognized as being exceptional; and
WHEREAS in an effort to bring the salaries for the countywide
elected officials to a level which more equitably compensates for job
responsibilities and better represents recognition of merit for the County's
achievements, it is proposed that the salaries for the county-wide elected
officials be adjusted upward by 8.6%;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the 2001 salaries for the
following countywide elected officials be adjusted as follows:
County Executive $151,221
Prosecuting Attorney $130,688
Sheriff $116,350
Treasurer $116,350
County Clerk/Reg. of Deeds $116,350
Drain Commissioner $116,350
Chairperson, I move adoption of the foregoing resolution.
7 Per nnel Committee
FIMANCE COMMITT
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FISCAL NOTE (M.R.#01149) June 14, 2001
BY: FINANCE COMMITTEE, SUE ANN DOUGLAS, CHAIRPERSON
IN RE: COUNTYWIDE ELECTED OFFICIALS SALARIES
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule XII-C of this Board, the Finance Committee has
reviewed the above referenced resolution and finds:
1. The resolution authorizes a salary increase of 8.6% for the
following countywide elected officials:
County Executive
Prosecuting Attorney
Sheriff
Treasurer
County Clerk/Reg. Of Deeds
Drain Commissioner
2. The salary adjustment is intended to provide the elected officials
more equitable compensation for job responsibilities and
recognition of merit for the County's achievements. It further
provides compensation at a level that more closely matches the
national average.
3. The annual cost of the salary increase for countywide elected
officials is $74,716 and will be included in the FY 2002 and FY
2003 Executive's Recommended Budget.
4. The impact on the remainder of FY 2001 is $22,917 for which funding
is available in Contingency.
5. The FY 2001 Budget be amended as follows:
Dept -OCA-PCA-Object Description
Non-Departmental
90 -290000 -25000 -2564 Contingency
County Executive
11-210100-01000-2001 Salary
11-210100-01000-2075 Fringes
Prosecuting Attorney
41-211000-41100-2001 Salary
41-211000-41100-2075 Fringes
Sheriff
43-023101-10000-2001 Salary
43-023101-10000-2075 Fringes
County Treasurer
22-221120-01000-2001 Salary
22-221120-01000-2001 Fringes
County Clerk/ROD
21-210100-01000-2001 Salary
21-210100-01000-2075 Fringes
Drain Commissioner
61-211001-10000-2001 Salary
61-211001-10000-2075 Fringes
TOTAL GF/GP
FY 2001
($22,917)
$3,674
$ 963
$3,176
$ 832
$2,827
$ 741
$2,827
$ 741
$2,827
$ 741
$2,827
$ 741
FINANCE COMMITTEE:
Motion carried on a roll call vote with Palmer and Melton voting no and
Dingeldey absent.
Resolution #01149 May 24, 2001
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the Finance Committee.
There were no objections.
OREGON(' FES OLUTION
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Resolution #01149 June 14, 2001
Moved by Law supported by Moss the Finance Committee report be
accepted.
A sufficient majority having voted therefore, the report was accepted.
Moved by Law supported by Moss the resolution be adopted.
Moved by Dingeldey supported by Sever the resolution be amended to
coincide with the recommendation in the Finance Committee report.
A sufficient majority having voted therefore, the amendment carried.
Vote on resolution as amended:
AYES: Gregory, Law, Moffitt, Moss, Obrecht, Patterson, Sever, Suarez,
Taub, Webster, Amos, Appel, Brian, Buckley, Causey-Mitchell, Dingeldey,
Galloway. (17)
NAYS: Melton, Palmer, Crawford, Garfield. (4)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution, as
amended, was adopted.
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, G. William Caddell, Clerk of the County 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 Commissioners on June 14, 2001 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 14 th ay offeune, 2001.
G. William Caddell, County Clerk