HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2004.05.06 - 27604May 6, 2004
Miscellnaeous Resolution # 04121
BY: Tom McMillin, County Commissioner-District #11
IN RE: FULL AND TIMELY CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION DISCLOSURE
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, the Oakland County Board of Commissioners are charged with oversight of
budgetary and spending matters of Oakland County tax monies; and
WHEREAS, Oakland County government awards hundreds of contracts, valued at
millions of dollars every year; and
WHEREAS, there is an interest to fully and timely disclose the bid process and campaign
contributions to county elected officials by those doing business with the county.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners adopts the following procedure to be required of all county contracts over
S10,000:
1. All Request for Proposals (RFPs) and bid lists for contracts over $10,000 must be
posted on the county's website at least two weeks prior to the deadline for bids to
be received.
2. All persons bidding on contracts over $10,000 must fill out the "Campaign
Finance Disclosure Form" (CFDF).
a. CFDFs shall include a list of any owners, partners or board of directors
members who have contributed to a county elected official in the last 5
years and the officeholders and amounts contributed.
3. All CFDFs filled out, along with submitted bids for contracts over $10,000 must
be posted on the county's website within one week after the bid deadline and at
least one week prior to the contract being awarded.
4. Special circumstances that will not allow the above time frames to be observed
must be approved by the County Executive and County Commission Chairman
prior to awarding the contract. Contract information and special circumstance
approvals shall be immediately posted on the county website.
5. All of the above information will remain archived and available to the public on
the county's website for 5 years.
6. No payments over $10,000 cumulative to a single vendor may be made without
verifying that the RFP, bid list, bids and CFDFs have been properly posted on the
county's website.
7. Failure to file an accurate and timely CFDF may result in removal of the vendor
from the county bid list and/or revocation of awarded contract(s).
Chairperson, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
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Resolution #04121 May 6, 2004
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the Finance Committee and the General Government
Committee. There were no objections.