HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2003.09.04 - 27379Miscellaneous Resolution # '03247
BY: Commissioner Helaine Zack, District #22
RE: Board of Commissioners - Board Rule Amendment for Appointing Substitute
Commissioner to the Personnel Appeal Board
TO: Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, Miscellaneous Resolution #4606 adopted the existing Oakland County
Merit System for County employees; and
WHEREAS, Section VI. Established the Personnel Appeal Board to act as the final
county appeal body in matters of dismissals, suspensions, demotions and disciplinary
actions involving covered County employees and departments and whose decisions are
binding on such employees and departments; and
WHEREAS, the Appeal Board is made up of five (5) members - two (2) members
are selected by the County's employees and two (2) members of the Board of
Commissioners are appointed pursuant to the rules of the Board of Commissioners with
the approval of the Board of Commissioners and the fifth member to be selected by a
majority vote of the four (4) members; and
WHEREAS, Miscellaneous Resolution #84191 authorized the Chairperson of the
Board of Commissioners to appoint a substitute panel from former Commissioner members
of the Personnel Appeal Board to serve on a temporary basis when a commissioner
member is unavailable; and
WHEREAS, historically, the appointment of Commissioners to the Personnel
Appeal Board has been on a partisan basis - one member appointed from the majority
party and one member appointed from the minority party; and
, WHEREAS, in the event of an absence of a Commissioner appointed to the
Personnel Appeal Board, in the spirit of fairness and equity for the employees, the
Commissioner that is appointed to serve on a temporary basis should be from the same
political party as the Commissioner whom they are replacing and the Chairperson's
appointment should be approved by the Board of Commissioners.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners hereby amends the Board Rules for the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners to reflect that in the absence of a Commissioner who is appointed to serve
on the Personnel Appeal Board, the Chairperson of the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners is authorized to appoint a Commissioner to serve on a temporary basis.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the Commissioner appointed to temporarily
fill the Commissioner vacancy on the Personnel Appeal Board shall be of the same
political party as the Commissioner who is unavailable to serve.
CommissionerVIelaine Zack
District #22
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the appointment of a Commissioner by the
Chairperson of the Board of Commissioners, as a substitute on Personnel Appeal Board
shall be approved and confirmed by a vote of the Board of Commissioners.
Chairperson, we move the adoption of the forpgoing Resolution.
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Resolution #03247 September 4, 2003
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the Personnel Committee. There were no objections.