HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2019.05.23 - 31791MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #19167 May 23, 2019
BY: Commissioner Nancy Quarles, Chairperson, Legisiative Affairs and Government Operations
Committee
IN RE: HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT - RESOLUTION EXEMPTING OAKLAND COUNTY
GOVERNMENT FROM PA 152 OF 2011 FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2020
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS PA 162 of 2011, the "Publicly Funded Health Insurance Contribution Act" was enacted by the
State of Michigan and given immediate effect on September 27, 2011; and
WHEREAS PA 152 set forth various options that public employers may follow when providing healthcare
benefits to their employees; and
WHEREAS acting pursuant to specific provisions of Act 152, Oakland County government has exercised
its legal right to exempt itself from the act through calendar year 2019; and
WHEREAS the County Executive recommends that Oakland County again formally exercise its legal right
to exempt itself from the act for calendar year 2020; and
WHEREAS Oakland County has a long history of proactive budget practices that have resulted in balanced
budgets that are fiscally sound, as demonstrated by decades of actual performance and a AAA Bond rating;
and
WHEREAS the residents and taxpayers of Oakland County have been well served by the County's
consistent utilization of its nationally recognized Triennial Budget process, a process that uses thoughtful,
detailed planning and employs incremental changes over time to yield significant results without serious
disruption in service delivery and in a manner that is fair to both taxpayers and employees; and
WHEREAS in keeping with the County's established, long-range budgeting practices that actively balance
the interest of taxpayers and County employees, Oakland County employees have been paying
contributions toward their health care coverage since 1997, contributing over $54 million toward their
healthcare costs; and
WHEREAS in addition to sharing the burden of health care costs by contributing over $54 million since
1997, Oakland County employees have made significant wage and salary concessions by accepting salary
reductions and freezes in FY2010 through FY2013, for a combined total of $31.9 million in salary savings;
and
WHEREAS incremental changes and reductions have been made to the employee benefit package over
the years that have resulted in other significant savings; and
WHEREAS workforce demographics in Michigan are projected to change with lower numbers of qualified
employees entering into the workforce, which places an increased priority on the County's ability to attract
and retain a talented workforce; and
WHEREAS the County Fringe Benefit fund is able to cover expected benefit expenses within existing
revenues; and
WHEREAS the County Executive Recommended Triennial Budget for Fiscal Years 2019 -2021 is balanced
and maintains a responsible general fund equity balance.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that pursuant to the authority granted a county under Section 8 of
Public Act 152 of 2011, the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby exempts Oakland County
from the requirements of PA 152 for calendar year 2020.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that no budget amendment is required.
Chairperson, on behalf of the Legislative Affairs and Government Operations Committee, I move the
adoption of the foregoing resolution.
rnissione gn�y Quarles, District# 17
-person,r3islative Affairs and Government
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Motion carried unanimously on a roll call Vote With Gingell absent.
Resolution #19167 May 23, 2019
Moved by Hoffman seconded by Luebs the resolutions on the amended Consent Agenda be adopted (mtith
accompanying reports 66ing accepted).
AYES: Hoftan� Jackson, K6bhenderW Kowall, Kuhn, Long, Luebs, Markham, McGillivray,
Middleton, Miller, Nelson, Powell, Quarles, Taub, Weiper( Woodward, Zack� Gershenson. (19)
NAY& None. (0)
A sutticient majority Raving ice. orltneresoi ionson IS
(with accompanying repoft being accepte�d)-
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
1, Lisa Brown, 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 23, 2019,
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 Circuit Court at Pontiac,
Michigan this 23rd day of May, 2019:
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Lisa Brown, Oakland County