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Home My WebLink AboutResolutions - 2002.05.16 - 26897January 24, 2002 REPORT (MISC . #01338) BY: PERSONNEL COMMITTEE, NANCY DINGELDEY, CHAIRPERSON RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — AMENDING OAKLAND COUNTY DEFAULT BENEFIT PACKAGE To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen: The Personnel Committee, having reviewed MR #01338 on January 16, 2002 recommends the resolution be adopted. Chairperson, on behalf of the Personnel Committee, I move the acceptance of the foregoing report. PERSONNEL COMMITTEE Personnel Committee Vote: Motion carried on roll call vote: Gregory, Amos, Brian and Suarez — yes Dingeldey and Galloway - no Buckley and Coleman - absent FINANCE REPORT (MISC. #01338) May 16, 2002 BY: FINANCE COMMITTEE, SUE ANN DOUGLAS, CHAIRPERSON IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS - AMENDING OAKLAND COUNTY DEFAULT BENEFIT PACKAGE TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen: The Finance Committee, having reviewed the above referenced resolution, agrees with the adoption of the resolution. FINANCE COMMITTEE FINANCE COMMITTEE Motion carried on a roll call vote with Taub, Dingeldey and Douglas voting no and Causey-Mitchell absent. Miscellaneous Resolution # 01338 _ BY: Commissioners David L. Moffitt, District #18, Thomas A. Law, District #13, Eric Coleman, District #21, William Brian, District #10, 13eroielrEfueftley, District #14, John P. Garfield, District #9, Charles E. Palmer, District #16, Hugh D. Crawford, District #17, Peter H. Webster, District #22, Chuck Moss, District #15, Lawrence A. Obrecht, District #3 RE: Board of Commissioners - Amending Oakland County Default Benefit Package TO: Oakland County Board of Commissioners Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen: WHEREAS, Oakland County makes available to its employees a generous fringe benefit package. All full-time employees are covered by a flexible benefits plan called Natural Select; and WHEREAS, each year, employees are required to decide how their annual Benefit Dollars are to be used. The opportunity to make these selections generally occurs in the fall of the year and become effective on January 1s t of the following year; and WHEREAS, employees who do not make their personal selections during the designated enrollment period revert to the "Default Benefit Package." Unfortunately, many employees inadvertently miss the deadline for enrollment and are forced to accept the Default Benefit Package, which may differ significantly from their family needs or preferences; and WHEREAS, the Default Benefit Package consists of the PPO Medical, modified dental, standard vision, one times (1 x) salary life insurance, one times (1 x) salary accidental death coverage and no reimbursement accounts. This particular package is seldom deliberately selected by employees actually timely exercising their choice; and WHEREAS, the Oakland County Board of Commissioners recognizes that despite the extensive efforts of the Personnel Department to communicate to Oakland County employees the importance of carefully reviewing the annual benefits program and responding during the enrollment period, each year there are a significant number of employees who do not respond during the enrollment period and inadvertently end up with the "Default Benefit Package;" and WHEREAS, the "default" function or position in many kinds of working systems is intended to be the "most likely" choice, the "most often used" choice, the "most commonly expected" choice, as when one's computer prints, in the default mode, to the printer previously deliberately recorded in it, not to another printer, or allegorically, a system, no one had ever deliberately chosen; and WHEREAS, Oakland County should change the Default Benefit Package to be a continuation of the benefit options that each employee designated in the prior enrollment period. David L. Moffi y - awn •_ #1 David L. Moffi Commission& Aga - #18 Co Willi m i s Co Wormigwier/%0117 . • • • • clay )cut&-ii--nn IS- / witcLizip JL L c as- NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Oakland County Board of Commissioners directs the County Executive and the Personnel Department to change the definition of the Default Benefit Package to consist of the benefit options that each employee actually previously designated in the last previous enrollment period in which they timely exercised actual designation choices; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT this change to the Default Benefit Package shall become effective during the 2002 enrollment period. Mr. Chairperson, we move the adoption of the foregoing Resolution. Coleman missioner, District #21 Thomas A. Law Commissioner, District #13 rian ioner, District #10 issioner, Djstrict #14 (2( ( 5 T 2 -3 FISCAL NOTE (MISC. #01338) May 16, 2002 BY: FINANCE COMMITTEE, SUE ANN DOUGLAS, CHAIRPERSON IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS - AMENDING OAKLAND COUNTY DEFAULT BENEFIT PACKAGE TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen: The Finance Committee, having reviewed the above referenced resolution, finds that because the Fringe Benefit budget is predicated on prior period activity projected at ensuing year's economics, no budget amendment is necessary at this time. FINANCE COMMITTEE FINANCE COMMITTEE Motion carried on a roll call vote with Dingeldey and Patterson voting no and Causey-Mitchell absent. Resolution #01338 December 13, 2001 The Chairperson referred the resolution to the Personnel and Finance Committees. There were no objections. G. William Caddell, County Clerk May 16, 2002 Resolution #01338 Moved by Dingeldey supported by Moffitt the resolution be adopted. Moved by Dingeldey supported by Obrecht the Personnel Committee Report be accepted. Discussion followed. A sufficient majority having voted therefore, the report was accepted. Moved by Dingeldey supported by Coleman the Finance Committee Report be accepted. A sufficient majoirity having voted therefore, the report was accepted. Vote on resolution: AYES: Coleman, Crawford, Douglas, Garfield, Gregory, Law, McPherson, Melton, Middleton, Moffitt, Moss, Obrecht, Palmer, Sever, Suarez, Webster, Amos, Appel, Brian, Buckley. (20) NAYS: Dingeldey, Galloway, Patterson, Taub, Causey-Mitchell. (5) A sufficient majority having voted therefore, the resolution was adopted. L. Brool(s Patterson, C000ty SOLUTIr 2--/b Date 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 May 16, 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 16th day of May, 2002.