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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2002.04.18 - 26693REPORT (MISC. 102089) April 18, 2002 BY: General Government Committee, William Patterson, Chairperson IN RE: MR #02089 - OPPOSITION TO MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH PROPOSED FY 2002/03 LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH OPERATIONS BUDGET PLAN To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen: The General Government Committee, having reviewed the above- titled resolution on April 8, 2002, recommends that the resolution be adopted. Chairperson, on behalf of the General Government Committee, I move acceptance of the foregoing report. PatrmAitp l GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITT E GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE VOTE: Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Friedman Appel absent. MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION # 02089 BY: Lawrence A. Obrecht, District #3, Fran Amos, District #5, Michelle Friedman Appel, District #23, William Brian, District #10, David Buckley, District #14, Eric Coleman, District #21, Hugh Crawford, District #17, Nancy Dingeldey, District #11, Sue Ann Douglas, District #8, David Galloway, District #2, John Garfield, District #9, Vincent Gregory, District #20, Thomas A. Law, District #13, Rue! McPherson, District #25, Tim Melton, District #7, Tom Middleton, District #4, Brenda Causey-Mitchell, District #7, David Moffitt, District #18, Chuck Moss, District #15, Charles E. Palmer, District #16, William R. Patterson, District #1, Terry Sever, District #19, George Suarez, District #24, Shelley G. Taub, District #12, Peter H. Webster, District #22 IN RE: OPPOSITION TO MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH PROPOSED FY 2002/03 LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH OPERATIONS BUDGET PLAN To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners Chairperson, Ladies, and Gentlemen: WHEREAS in June 2001 the Michigan Department of Agriculture (MDA), Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH), Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEC), Michigan Association of Counties (MAC), and Michigan Association for Local Public Health (MALPH) agreed to establish a Funding Formula Workgroup to recommend a methodology and implementation plan for distributing Local Public Health Operations (LPHO) funding; and WHEREAS the LPHO Workgroup was formed with the understanding that no reallocation of funds would occur unless additional dollars were available to fund all Local Health Departments (LHD) adequately; and WHEREAS all public health departments are currently underfunded, the Workgroup report did not recommend an increase in funding to implement the funding formula; and WHEREAS the Workgroup instead recommended reallocation of current funding which changes the LPHO funding formula and negatively impacts the delivery of environmental and public health services; and WHEREAS the Workgroup recommends cutting funding from many county public health jurisdictions, including Oakland County, that are already underfunded and reallocates those funds to other counties the Workgroup considers "more underfunded"; and WHEREAS the recommendation from the Workgroup will reduce funding to the selected LHDs, including Oakland County, for required services, which are food services, water services, on-site sewage services, hearing services, vision services, communicable disease services, sexually transmitted disease (STD) services, and immunization services, and this cut in funding will be detrimental to the services currently being provided; and WHEREAS the Michigan Association for Local Public Health Board of Directors has voted to reject the Workgroup's proposed plan and recommendations; and WHEREAS Oakland County will lose a minimum of $339,000 in funding; and WHEREAS the State of Michigan is statutorily required by the Michigan Public Health Code to provide 50/50 cost sharing, it is not currently meeting this obligation; and WHEREAS a further cut in the funding as recommended by the Workgroup further assures that the state will not meet this obligation; and ianjip /40 r Willia Vincent Gregory, Di .ct /0 64-Adk \. &An- V\KkOAD4 Brenda Causey-Mitchell, District #6 Chuck Moss, District #15 aiterson, District #1 Terry Seveyi%District #19 WHEREAS Oakland County encourages additional financial support pursuant to state law for Michigan's underfunded public health network, it does not support a redistribution of the funding currently available to local health jurisdictions. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners does hereby oppose the funding formula as recommended by the Michigan Department of Community Health's Local Public Health Operations Funding Formula Workgroup; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be sent to James Haveman, Director, Michigan Department of Community Health; Russell J. Harding, Director, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality; Daniel J. Wyant, Director, Michigan Department of Agriculture; Joseph Yekulis, President, Michigan Association of C9,11.fities; and to Mark Bertler, Executive Director, Michigan Association for Local Ablic lilealth, and all Wave, Oakl iind, and Ingham Legislators. ption f the oregoing resolution. 7 awrence A. Obrecht, District hairperson, I m dc- -."..7-an Amos, Dist ran Amos, District rt5 riedman_Appel, District #23 !Dayid B. Buckle37-, c -Coleman, District W21 Er ig ' 4 ,t-.. Din..-W, D's 7ct #11 4 wAimv, d Galloway, Digtrict #2 #9 /.2 Thomas A. Law, District #13 Tim Melton, District #7 Ruel E. McPherson, District #25 /huh) TomMiddleton, District #4 #8 Day 4 George W. Suarez, District Pieter H. Webster, DTs-trict #22 aIN--helley G. Taub, *sijrict #12 Resolution #02089 March 28, 2002 The Chairperson referred the resolution to the General Government Committee. There were no objections. G. William Caddell, County Clerk Resolution #02089 April 18, 2002 Moved by Palmer supported by Amos the resolutions on the Consent Agenda be adopted, (with accompanying reports being accepted). AYES: Brian, Buckley, Causey-Mitchell, Coleman, Crawford, Dingeldey, Douglas, Garfield, Gregory, Law, McPherson, Melton, Middletop, Moffitt, Moss, Obrecht, Palmer, Patterson, Sever, Suarez, Webster, Amos. (22) NAYS: None. (0) A sufficient majority having voted therefore, the resolutions on the Consent Agenda, were adopted (with accompanying reports being accepted). AdLJ h VEA(li6i1 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 April 18, 2002, 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 18th day of April, 2002.