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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2005.11.10 - 27943REPORT (MISC. 105233) November 10, 2005 BY: Finance Committee, Chuck Moss, Chairperson IN RE: MR #05233 - BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS - DEFERRAL OF ELECTIONS SYSTEMS LEASE TO PURCHASE PAYMENTS FROM LOCAL COMMUNITIES To: The Oakland County Board of Commissioners Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen: The Finance Committee, having reviewed the above-referenced resolution on November 2, 2005, reports with the recommendation that the resolution be amended as follows: 1. Strike the original title and insert: MR #05233 - BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS - SUPPORT OF TIMELY HELP AMERICA VOTE ACT (HAVA) PAYMENTS TO LOCAL COMMUNITIES 2. Strike the NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED paragraph and amend the next paragraph by striking the words BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED and inserting NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED. Chairperson, on behalf of the Finance Committee, I move acceptance of the foregoing report. FINANCE COMMITTEE Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Melton and Jamian absent. FaER)Frr (MISC.) #05233 October 27, 2005 BY: General Government Committee, William R. Patterson, Chairperson IN RE: MR #05233 - BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — DEFERRAL OF ELECTIONS SYSTEMS LEASE TO PURCHASE PAYMENTS FROM LOCAL COMMUNITIES To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen: The General Government Committee, having reviewed Miscellaneous Resolution #05233 on October 17, 2005, reports with a recommendation that the resolution be adopted. The General Government Committee also recommends that this resolution be referred to the Finance Committee, as this issue has to do with payments to the County from local communities. Chairperson, on behalf of the General Government Committee, I move acceptance of the foregoing report. GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE 4I'/? _AUL:a-- AA General Government Committee Vote: Motion carried on a roll call vote with Crawford and Gregory absent Miscellaneous Resolution # 05233 BY: Commissioner Helaine Zack, District #22 RE: Board of Commissioners - Deferral of Elections Systems Lease to Purchase Payments from Local Communities TO: Oakland County Board of Commissioners Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen: WHEREAS Michigan's cities and townships are currently in the process of migrating from mechanical voting machines, paper ballots and punch card voting systems that use "central count" tabulation technology and are moving toward optical scan voting systems that use "precinct based" tabulation technology; and WHEREAS the federal funding available under the Help America Vote Act of 2002 provides unprecedented opportunities for improvements in Michigan's elections system; and WHEREAS the Michigan Legislature adopted legislation in 2002 — calling for the implementation of a statewide, uniform voting system (PA 91 of 2002). The legislation directed the Secretary of State to proceed with the implementation of a statewide, uniform voting system after the selection of the voting system best suited for the State's needs; and WHEREAS the Michigan Secretary of State has reported that the state and local communities are eligible for approximately $9.9 million under Section 101 of the Help America Vote Act; and WHEREAS prior to the enactment of HAVA legislation, Oakland County was pro-active and assisted local communities in acquiring new precinct-based optical scan voting systems at an affordable cost by entering into Lease to Purchase Agreements to provide voting equipment directly to local cities, villages and townships; and WHEREAS in November 2004, the Michigan Secretary of State issued a memo indicating that the local jurisdictions that purchased a new precinct-based optical scan voting system after November 2000 and before August 2003 are eligible for reimbursement under HAVA; and WHEREAS some local communities in Oakland County are eligible for HAVA reimbursements for the older voting systems acquired through the Lease to Purchase Agreement with Oakland; and WHEREAS because of the terms of the Elections Systems Lease to Purchase Agreement, the local jurisdictions are still responsible for lease payments that could extend into 2007 for the older voting equipment which is no longer in compliance with the State's HAVA specifications; and WHEREAS this scenario places local communities at an unfair disadvantage, especially during fiscally challenging times, of being obligated to make payments on voting equipment that can not be used. Commissioner F4elaine Zack District #22 oMmissioner Distri Commissioner District # ommissioner District # Contmissioner District # ommissioner istrict # /5— (but Commissioner District # Commissioner District # Commissioner District # NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby authorizes the terms of the Elections Systems Lease to Purchase Agreements entered into with local communities to be modified to allow a deferral of current lease payments until September 30, 2006, in anticipation that the State Bureau of Elections and Secretary of State's Office will be processing reimbursements to local jurisdictions within that timeframe. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners urges the State Bureau of Elections and Secretary of State's Office to expeditiously process the reimbursements to Oakland County's cities, villages and townships which acquired optical scan voting systems after November 2000 and before August 2003 that are eligible for reimbursement in accordance with the Help America Vote Act. Chairperson, we move the adoption of the foregoing Resolution. Resolution #05233 September 22, 2005 The Chairperson referred the resolution to the General Government Committee. There were no objections. Resolution #05233 October 27, 2005 The Chairperson referred the resolution to the Finance Committee. There were no objections. Ruth Johnson, County Clerk Resolution #05233 November 10, 2005 Moved by Zack supported by Patterson the resolution be adopted. Moved by Zack supported by Patterson the Finance Committee Report and the General Government Committee Report be accepted. A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the reports were accepted. Moved by Zack supported by Patterson the resolution be amended to coincide with the recommendation in the Finance Committee Report. A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the amendment carried. Vote on resolution, as amended: AYES: Crawford, Douglas, Gershenson, Gregory, Hatchett, Jamian, KowaII, Long, Melton, Middleton, Molnar, Moss, Nash, Palmer, Patterson, Potter, Rogers, Scott, Suarez, Wilson, Woodward, Zack, Bullard, Coleman, Coulter. (25) NAYS: None. (0) A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolution, as amended, was adopted. I NOM ARE TIE FOREGOING IIESIUTION STATE OF MICHIGAN) COUNTY OF OAKLAND) I, Ruth Johnson, 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 November 10, 2005, 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 10th day of November, 2005.