HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2020.04.13 - 33049REPORT (MISC. #20057) April 13, 2020
BY: Gary McGillivray, Chairperson, Public Safety and Social Justice Committee
IN RE: MR #20057 — BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — FACILITATE THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE
LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CORRECTIONS OFFICERS/COURT SERVICES BARGAINING UNITS OF
THE OAKLAND COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFF'S ASSOCIATION
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The Public Safety and Social Justice Committee, having reviewed the above-referenced resolution on
March 10, 2020, reports to recommend adoption of the resolution with the following amendment(s):
1. Amend the Title, as follows
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — FACILITATE THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE LAW
ENFORCEMENT, DISPATCH SPECIALISTS AND CORRECTIONS OFFICERS/COURT SERVICES
BARGAINING UNITS OF THE OAKLAND COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFF'S ASSOCIATION AND
ADOPTION OF POLICY RESPECTING THE PA 312 RIGHTS OF BARGAINING UNITS
REPRESENTING PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES
2. Amend the 1s' WHEREAS, as follows:
WHEREAS the Oakland County Deputy Sheriffs Association (OCDSA) represents more than 6N
780 public safety professionals, including law enforcement, dispatch specialists, corrections
and court services employees that work side by side to protect the people of Oakland County; and
3. Add the following after the 1s' WHEREAS:
WHEREAS the Oakland County Command Officers Association (OCCOA) represents more
than 115 public safety professionals including: Sergeants, Detective Sergeant Specialists,
Lieutenants and Captains that work side by side to protect the people of Oakland County; and
4. Amend the 2nd WHEREAS, as follows:
WHEREAS due to a ruling of the Michigan Employment Relations Commission in 2007, several
classifications of employees, including dispatch specialists, corrections officers and court services
employees were involuntarily severed from membership from the Oakland County Deputy Sher-riff's
Sheriffs Association and required to organize as a separate bargaining unit; and
5. Amend the 3rd WHEREAS, as follows:
WHEREAS it is recognized by the County of Oakland that all employees in the following bargaining
units: Oakland County Sheriffs Command Officer's Association and Oakland County Deputy Sheriffs
Association, are subjected to the hazards of police work and perform the essential duties of a critical
public safety/service nature to the citizens of Oakland County; and
6. Amend the NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, as follows:
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners recognizes
that it is in the interest of the County of Oakland that all the public safety emp!eyees professionals
that work side by side to protect our citizens and are represented by the Oakland County Deputy
Sheriff's Association (OCDSA) should be afe afforded an opportunity to re -unite under a single
sellestiae bargaining unit.
PUBLIC SAFETY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE VOTE:
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Kuhn absent.
7. Amend the 151 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, as follows:
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that it is the policy of the County of Oakland that the full-time public
safety professionals, including the law enforcement, dispatch specialists, corrections and court
services employee members of the
Oakland County Deputy Sheriffs Association and the Sergeants, Detective Sergeant Specialists,
Lieutenants and Captains that are members of the Oakland County Command Officers
Association are afforded the rights and protections as delineated in Public Act 312 of 1969.
Chairperson, on behalf of the Public Safety and Social Justice Committee, I move the acceptance of the
foregoing report.
C ,
Commissioner ary cGillivray, Distrct #20
Chairperson, Public Safety and Social Justice
Committee
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #200_57
BY: Commissioners David T. Woodward, District #19; Michael Gingell, District #1; Marcia Gershenson,
District #13; William Miller, District #14; Gary McGillivray, District #20; Bob Hoffman, District #2; Gwen
Markham, District#9; Adam Kochenderfer, District#15; Nancy Quarles, District#17; Eileen Kowall, District
#6; Janet Jackson, District #21, Shelley Taub, District #12; Penny Luebs, District #16; Thomas Kuhn,
District #11; Angela Powell, District #10; Helaine Zack, District #18; Kristen Nelson, District #5; Thomas
Middleton, District #4; Michael Spisz, District #3; Phil Weipert, District #8; Chris Long, District #7
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — FACILITATE THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND CORRECTIONS OFFICERS/COURT SERVICES BARGAINING UNITS OF THE
OAKLAND COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFF'S ASSOCIATION
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the Oakland County Deputy Sheriffs Association (OSDA) represents more than 680 law
enforcement, corrections and court services employees that work side by side to protect the people of
Oakland County; and
WHEREAS due to a ruling of the Michigan Employment Relations Commission in 2007, several
classifications of employees, including corrections officers and court services employees were involuntarily
severed from membership from the Oakland County Deputy Sherriffs Association and required to
organized as a separate bargaining unit; and
WHEREAS it is recognized by the County of Oakland that all employees in the following bargaining units:
Oakland County Sheriffs Command Officer's Association and Oakland County Deputy Sheriff's
Association, are subjected to the hazards of police work and perform the essential duties of a critical public
safety/service nature to the citizens of Oakland County; and
WHEREAS the uninterrupted performance of these fundamental public safety duties is necessary for the
preservation of and promotion of public safety, order and welfare to the citizens of Oakland County.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners recognizes that
it is in the interest of the County of Oakland that all the public safety employees that work side by side to
protect our citizens are afforded an opportunity to re-unite under a single collective bargaining unit.
BE IT RESOLVED that it is the policy of the County of Oakland that the full-time law enforcement,
corrections and court services employee members of the Oakland County Command Officer's Association
and the Oakland County Deputy Sheriffs Association are afforded the rights and protections as delineated
in Public Act 312 of 1969.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED the Board of Commissioners authorizes Deputy County Executive April
Lynch to facilitate the authorization of the Corrections Officers to file a petition for Act 312 on any unresolved
mandatory subjects of bargaining.
Chairperson, we move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
District #19
Commissioner William Miller
Di ict #14
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commissioner Adam Kom n erfer
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Commissioner Gwen Markham
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Commissi r Penny Luebs Commissioner Thomas Kuhn
District #16 District #11
Commissioner ngela Powell Commission Zack
District #10 District #18
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Commissioner Kristen Nelson Commissioner Thomas Middleton
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District #3 � District#8
Commissioner Christine Long Commissioner
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Resolution #20057
March 5, 2020
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the Public Safety and Social Justice Committee. There were no
objections.
Resolution #20057
Moved by McGillivray seconded by Miller the resolution be adopted.
April 13, 2020
Moved by McGillivray seconded by Miller the Public Safety and Social Justice Committee Report be
accepted.
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the report was accepted.
Moved by Gershenson seconded by McGillivray the resolution be amended as follows:
Amend the Title to the following:
IN RE: MR #20057 - BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — t AGII ITATF THE CONIS01 In ATIONI OF
TrH IJ—A��.N ENFORCEMENT `WXG-11 SPECIALISTS AND CORRECTIONS
OFPCERSiGOURT SERVICES RESPECTING THE PA 312 RIGHTS OF ALL BARGAINING
UNITS OF THE Pnvl nNln GnI INITv DF= UT i SHEn'FPS ASSOGIATION AND ADOPTION OF
P UCY RESP€^TINY THE RA coo RIGHTS OP -BARGAINING IINurS REPRESENTING
PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES
Amend the following in the NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED clause:
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
recognizes that it is in the interest of the County of Oakland that all the public safety professionals
that work side by side to protect our citizens and are represented by the Oakland County Deputy
Sheriff's Association (OCDSA) should be afforded a„ GPP9FtURity '^ Fe URite WRder a sing -le
bare". the rights and protections as delineated in Public Act 312 of 1969.
Insert the following as the 2"d BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED clause:
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that in the event there are unresolved mandatory subjects of
bargaining involving the Corrections and Court Services bargaining unit employees
represented by the Oakland County Command Officers Association or the Oakland County
Deputy Sheriff's Association, and either Association files for interest arbitration under Act
312 and/or a mutually -agreed Memorandum of Understanding the Board of Commissioners
authorizes and requests the County Executive or his designee to facilitate a cooperative PA
312 Proceeding consistent with this policy or enter into a mutually -agreed upon
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).
Delete the last BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED clause:
Discussion followed.
Vote on amendment:
AYES: Kowall, Kuhn, Long, Luebs, Markham, McGillivray, Middleton, Miller, Nelson, Powell,
Quarles, Spisz, Taub, Weipert, Woodward, Zack, Gershenson, Gingell, Hoffman, Jackson,
Kochenderfer. (21)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the amendment carried.
Discussion followed.
Vote on resolution, as amended:
AYES: Kuhn, Long, Luebs, Markham, McGillivray, Middleton, Miller, Nelson, Powell, Quarles,
Spisz, Taub, Weipert, Woodward, Zack, Gershenson, Gingell, Hoffman, Jackson, Kochenderfer,
Kowall. (21)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolution, as amended, was adopted.
HEREBY APPROVE THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, 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 April 13, 2020,
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 13th day of April, 2020.
Lisa Brown, Oakland County