HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2020.06.25 - 33336MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #20202 June 25, 2020
BY: Commissioner Helaine Zack, Chairperson, Finance and Infrastructure Committee
IN RE: HUMAN RESOURCES — TRANSFER OF DIVISIONS BETWEEN COUNTY EXECUTIVE
DEPARTMENTS
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS Section 45.563, subsection 13, of Public Act 139 places certain department functions within
the authority of the County Executive; and
WHEREAS under Section 14 of Act 139, MCL 45.564(a), upon a majority vote of the Board of
Commissioners and the affirmative recommendation by/of the elected County Executive, and following a
public hearing; the Board of Commissioners may transfer the functions; and
WHEREAS the Oakland County Executive has reviewed the operations of the departments of County
Executive Administration, Economic Development & Community Affairs, Health & Human Services, and
Public Services; and
WHEREAS it has been determined that a realignment of functions would provide for a more efficient
delivery of services to Oakland County citizens; and
WHEREAS it is proposed to transfer all positions of Community & Home Improvement Division from
Economic Development & Community Affairs to Health & Human Services to provide expanded services
to Oakland County's low income and at -risk citizens; and
WHEREAS it is proposed to transfer all positions of MSU -Extension Division from Public Services to
Health & Human Services to provide enhanced public environmental and nutritional services; and
WHEREAS it is proposed to transfer Children's Village from Health & Human Services to Public Services
to align Oakland County's juvenile and community correction initiatives and leverage resources with other
departments within Public Services; and
WHEREAS it is proposed to transfer all positions from the County Executive Department/Compliance
Division/Purchasing Unit to Management & Budget; and
WHEREAS it is proposed to transfer all positions of Veteran's Services Division from Public Services to a
new unit within the Economic Development & Community Affairs Department, Workforce Development
Division to provide expanded services to Oakland County's veteran population; and
WHEREAS the organizational transfer of these divisions is proposed to be effective on August 15, 2020,
to allow two (2) full pay cycles to be processed within the new ERP system; and
WHEREAS the reporting structure associated with these transfers will become effective immediately upon
adoption by the Board of Commissioners; and
WHEREAS the reorganization to move Divisions and related positions between Departments will be a
shift of costs from one department to another and there will be an operational impact to accommodate the
transfer of Divisions between Departments, and
WHEREAS subsequent resolutions will be submitted for each Department to further delineate the
reorganization and to amend the budget to account for the shift between Departments; and
WHEREAS subsequent resolutions will be submitted for each Department to further delineate the
reorganization and to amend the budget to account for these changes.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED to create the following new divisions:
Health and Human Services/Community and Home Improvement (#10607xx)
Health and Human Services/MSU Extension (#10608xx)
Public Services/Children's Village (#10709xx)
Management & Budget/Purchasing (#10203xx)
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED to create the following new unit:
Economic Development & Community Affairs/Workforce Development/Veteran's Services (#1090702)
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED to transfer the Community & Home Improvement Division and all
associated positions therein from the Economic Development & Community Affairs Department to the
Health & Human Services Department.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED to transfer the MSU Extension Division and all associated positions therein
from the Public Services Department to the Health & Human Services Department.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED to transfer the Children's Village Division and all associated positions
therein from the Health & Human Services Department to the Public Services Department.
FINANCE AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE VOTE:
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED to transfer all positions from the County Executive Department/Compliance
Division/Purchasing Unit (#1010210) to the Management & Budget Department/Purchasing Division.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED to transfer the Veterans Services Division and all associated positions
therein from Public Services Department to Economic Development & Community Affairs/Workforce
Development DivisionNeterans Services Unit (#1090702).
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED the reorganization to move Divisions and related positions between
Departments will be a shift of costs from one department to another and there will be an operational
impact to accommodate the transfer of Divisions between Departments.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that subsequent resolutions will be brought forward to further delineate the
reorganization and to amend the budget to account for the shift between Departments.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that if the Departments do not have further changes to the reorganization,
the budget amendments to shift the costs between Departments will be done with a subsequent quarterly
forecast resolution
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the organizational transfer of divisions between County Executive
Departments in the ERP system will be effective August 15, 2020.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the functional reporting of divisions will be effective immediately upon
adoption of this Miscellaneous Resolution by the Board of Commissioners.
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
REQUEST:
1. Create the following new divisions:
• Management & Budget/Purchasing (#10203xx)
Health and Human Services/Community and Home Improvement (#10607xx)
Health and Human Services/MSU Extension (#10608xx)
Public Services/Children's Village (#10709xx)
2. Create the following new unit: Economic Development & Community Affairs/Workforce
Development/Veteran's Services (#1090702)
3. Transfer the following divisions and all positions:
Division
Compliance Office / Purchasing
Community & Home Improvement
MSU Extension
Veterans Services
Children's Village
PROPOSED FUNDING:
No additional funding is required.
OVERVIEW:
From Department
County Executive
ED&CA
Public Services
Public Services
Health & Human Services
To Department
Management & Budget
Health & Human Services
Health & Human Services
ED&CA/Workforce Development
Public Services
The County Executive has reviewed the operations of multiple departments and has determined that a
realignment of functions would provide for a more efficient delivery of services to Oakland County citizens. It
is proposed to transfer all positions of Community & Home Improvement Division from Economic
Development & Community Affairs to Health & Human Services to provide expanded services to Oakland
County's low income and at -risk citizens; and all positions of MSU -Extension Division from Public Services to
Health & Human Services to provide enhanced public environmental and nutritional services. It is proposed to
transfer Children's Village from Health & Human Services to Public Services to align Oakland County's
juvenile and community correction initiatives and leverage resources with other departments within the Public
Services Department. It is also proposed to transfer all positions of Veteran's Services Division from Public
Services to a new unit within the Economic Development & Community Affairs Department, Workforce
Development Division to provide expanded services to Oakland County's veteran population. The County
Executive proposes to create a new Purchasing division within the Management & Budget department and to
transfer all positions from the County Executive Department/Compliance Division/Purchasing Unit to
Management & Budget.
In order to accommodate the implementation of the new ERP system, the County Executive is requesting to
make the proposed transfers effective August 15, 2020, which is two pay cycles after the system goes live.
However, in order to ensure a smooth transition, the new program reporting structure will begin immediately
upon approval of the Miscellaneous Resolution by the Board of Commissioners.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE RECOMMENDATION: Recommended as Requested
Resolution #20202
June 25, 2020
Moved by Hoffman seconded by Luebs the resolutions on the amended Consent Agenda be adopted
(with accompanying reports being accepted).
AYES: Gingell, Hoffman, Jackson, Kochenderfer, Kowall, Kuhn, 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 (with accompanying reports being accepted).
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My APPROVE TIS FOREGwRE301"
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 25, 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 251h day of June, 2020,
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Lisa Brown, Oakland County