HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2020.06.04 - 33288MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #20175 June 4, 2020
BY: Commissioner Helaine Zack, Chairperson, Finance and Infrastructure Committee
IN RE: HUMAN RESOURCES — EXEMPTING OAKLAND COUNTY FROM PUBLIC ACT 152 OF 2011
FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2021
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS Public Act 152 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 2020; and
WHEREAS the County Executive recommends that Oakland County again formally exercise its legal right
to exempt itself from the Act for calendar year 2021; 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 $59 million toward their
healthcare costs; and
WHEREAS employees have made significant wage and salary concessions by accepting salary reductions
and freezes in FY2010 through FY2013 resulting in $31.9 million in salary savings; and
WHEREAS incremental changes and reductions have also 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 can cover expected benefit expenses within existing revenues;
and
WHEREAS the County Executive Recommended Triennial Budgetfor Fiscal Years 2020 -2022 is balanced
and maintains a responsible general fund equity balance.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that pursuant to the authority granted to 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 2021.
Chairperson, on behalf of the Finance and Infrastructure Committee, I move the adoption of the foregoing
resolution.
Commissioner Helaine Zack, District #18
Chairperson, Finance and Infrastructure
Committee
FINANCE AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE VOTE:
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote.
Resolution #20175 June 4, 2020
Moved by Gershenson seconded by Luebs the resolutions on the amended Consent Agenda be adopted.
Discussion followed.
Vote on Consent Agenda, as amended:
AYES: Hoffman, Jackson, Kochenderfer, Kowall, Kuhn, Long, Luebs, Markham, McGillivray,
Middleton, Miller, Nelson, Powell, Quarles, Spisz, Taub, Weipert, Woodward, Zack,
Gershenson. (20)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolutions on the amended Consent Agenda were adopted.
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I HEREBY APPRWETHIS RESOLUTION
CHIEF DEPUTY COUNTY EXECUTIVE
ACTING PURSUANTTO MCL 45.559A (T)
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 June 4, 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 411 day of June, 2020.
Lisa Brown, Oakland County