HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2007.04.05 - 28350March 22, 2007
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION # 07062
BY: Public Services Committee. Jeff Potter, Chairperson
IN RE: CIRCUIT COURT — USE OF MEDIATION FUNDS
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS by Miscellaneous Resolution #90177. the Board of Commissioners
established the Circuit Court Civil Mediation Fund; and
WHEREAS the fund is to be used to help pay for Circuit Court enhancements and
improvements as requested by the Circuit Court and approved by the Board of Commissioners;
and
WHEREAS the Court seeks to utilize the Mediation Fund for the following purposes:
DESCRIPTION COST
Furniture
Courtroom (jury box chairs, counsel & courtroom $51,600
chairs, counsel tables, podium)
Jury Room (table) 1,500
Office (landscape furniture, office furniture, task 58,500
chairs, office table, office chairs, file cabinets)
Administration (desks. task chairs, conference room 16,600
chairs, file cabinet)
OCBA (Bench/Bar Conference, Case Evaluation 10,000
administrative expenses)
Jury Assembly Room (cable or satellite) 10,000
TOTAL MEDIATION FUND REQUEST $148,200
WHEREAS the total Civil Mediation Fund transfer for the above-referenced items is
$148,200.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners approves the use of $148,200 from the Circuit Court Civil Mediation Fund for
the above-referenced items.
Chairperson, on behalf of the Public Services Committee. I move the adoption of the
foregoing resolution.
PUBLIC SERVICES COMMITTEE
Public Services Committee Vote:
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote
Resolution #07062 March 22, 2007
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the Finance Committee. There were no objections.
FISCAL NOTE (M.R. #07062) April 5, 2007
BY: FINANCE COMMITTEE, MIKE ROGERS, CHAIRPERSON
IN RE: CIRCUIT COURT - USE OF MEDIATION FUNDS
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule XII-C of this Board, the Finance Committee has
reviewed the above referenced resolution and finds:
1. Resolution authorizes the utilization of Circuit Court
Civil Mediation funds as established by Miscellaneous
Resolution #90177.
2. Request for these funds are to be used to pay for courtroom
furniture ($128,200), cable and satellite cost ($10,000),
and Oakland County Bar Association administrative
recognition for program support of ($10,000), for a total
of $148,200.
3. Funding of $527,988.77 is available in the Circuit Court
Civil Mediation account, of which a portion is reserved to
pay attorney bills.
4. The following budget amendment is recommended to the FY
2007 budget:
Circuit Court Mediation Funds (#10100)
Revenue
3010301-121150-630245 Civil Mediation
FY 2007
$148,200
Expenditures
3010101-121100-750154 Expendable Equip. $148,200
Total
FINANCE COMMITTEE
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote.
APPROVE THE FOREGOING RESETION
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Resolution #07062 April 5, 2007
Moved by Rogers supported by Nash the resolutions (with fiscal notes attached) be adopted (with
accompanying reports being accepted).
AYES: Burns, Coulter, Crawford, Douglas, Gershenson, Gingell, Gosselin, Gregory, Greimel,
Hatchett, Jacobsen, Long, Middleton, Nash, Potter, Potts, Rogers, Scott, Spector, Suarez,
Woodward, Zack, Bullard. (23)
NAYS: KowaII. (1)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolutions (with fiscal notes attached) were adopted (with
accompanying reports being accepted).
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 April 5, 2007, 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 5th day of April, 2007.