HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2001.10.11 - 26608MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #01270
BY: David L. Moffitt, District #18
IN RE: DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY — TRANSFER
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT UNIT TO COUNTY EXECUTIVE
/ADMINISTRATION, AND CREATE ADMINISTRATOR-EMERGENCY
RESPONSE & PREPAREDNESS APPOINTED POSITION
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS Oakland County's emergency management functions are mandated
by the Michigan Emergency Management Act (Public Act 50 of 1990), to provide for the
coordination of all matters pertaining to emergency services, disaster preparedness, and
recovery assistance within the County; and
WHEREAS events of the past month, including the terrorist attack on the New
York World Trade Center Towers on September 11 and the recent attack on Afghanistan,
reflects the imperative need to bolster the County's activities in this critical area; and
'WHEREAS to achieve a higher visibility of emergency response and
preparedness functions, the County Executive recommends the transfer of the Emergency
Management & E911 Unit and related support staff from the Department of Information
Technology to the County Executive Administration Division, retitling of the unit to
Emergency Response & Preparedness, and creation of an appointed Administrator-
Emergency Response & Preparedness position to oversee the aforementioned functions;
and
WHEREAS this new unit will report directly to the Assistant Deputy County
Executive; and
WHEREAS with the requested transfers it is appropriate to retitle the IT/CLEMIS
& Public Safety division to "CLEMIS" and make other position title changes; and
WHEREAS Section 14(a) of Public Act 139 of 1973, the Unified Form of County
Government Act under which Oakland County is organized, specifies that "...the Board
of County Commissioners may: ...transfer a function from one department to another
upon the affirmative recommendation of the.. .County Executive and following a public
hearing."
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners approves the transfer of the Emergency Management Unit and positions
from Information Technology to County Executive/Administration:
Position Title
23110-00764 Chief - Emergency Management
23110-00737 User Support Specialist I
23110-03412 User Support Specialist I
23110-03438 Technical Assistant
23110-04724 Typist II
23110-06893 Typist II, 1,000 hr/yr. PTNE
23110-09735 Emergency Management Coordinator
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this unit be retitled to Emergency Response
and Preparedness.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a new classification titled Administrator -
Emergency Response and Preparedness be created at the following salary range:
Base 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year
$62,910 $66,698 $70,483 $74,273 - $78,059 $81,845
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that one (1) appointed, GF/GP, exempt 0/T
position of Administrator - Emergency Response and Preparedness be established in the
Emergency Response and Preparedness Unit.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the CLEMIS & Public Safety Division be
retitled to CLEMIS, that the Manager - CLEMIS & Public Safety be retitled to Manager -
CLEMIS, and that the Administrator - Emergency Operations be retitled to Administrator
- CLEMIS.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that vacant Radio Communications Engineer
position 23110-09631, and vacant Disaster Control & Civil Defense Director position
23110-06771 be deleted from IT/CLEMIS.
Chairperson, I move adoption of the foregoing resolution.
Resolution #01270 October 11, 2001
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the General Government,
Public Services, Personnel, and Finance Committees. There were no
objections.