HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2020.06.25 - 33341MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #20204 June 25, 2020
BY: Commissioner David T. Woodward, Chairperson, Pandemic Response and Economic Recovery
Committee
IN RE: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & COMMUNITY AFFAIRSIWORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
DIVISION —ALLOCATION OF CARES ACT FUNDING TOWARDS COVID-19 PANDEMIC EMERGENCY
RESPONSE MEASURES FOR OAKLAND COUNTY MICHIGAN WORKS! CENTERS
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen;
WHEREAS the economic hardship caused by COVID-19 has been rapid and far reaching across Oakland
County; and
WHEREAS over 130,000 of our county residents have filed initial unemployment insurance claims with the
State of Michigan and the county's unemployment rate was 19.8%; and,
WHEREAS the federal government increased eligibility to the unemployment insurance program making
more individuals eligible to receive benefits; and,
WHEREAS the federal government added a $600 COVID payment to the weekly unemployment benefit to
support families during the pandemic and Stay at Home order; and,
WHEREAS the state unemployment system was not equipped to process the historic number of
unemployment insurance claims and both the online and telephone system at the state level has often been
overwhelmed; and,
WHEREAS the state unemployment system has been the target of criminals (both domestic and foreign)
seeking to defraud the system causing further shutdowns to the state system; and,
WHEREAS Oakland County Michigan Works was asked by the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency
to assist and support the state's system by identifying 65 staff to take unemployment claims, reset locked
unemployment accounts, and conduct identity verification; and
WHEREAS our Michigan Works staff in six offices throughout Oakland County have gone above and
beyond the call of duty answering over 100,000 unemployment -related telephone calls. 10,000 calls a week
during March, April and May, and now 17,000 calls a week June; and,
WHEREAS, our Michigan Works staff has handled their jobs with professionalism and have taken on new
job responsibilities solely to be able to help residents and have resolved over 17,000 issues with the state
unemployment system; and,
WHEREAS, this system which is a partnership between the county, state and federal government now
urgently needs our assistance as the number of residents who need assistance with their unemployment
claims is increasing; and
WHEREAS the County of Oakland was allocated $219,438,710 under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and
Economic Security Act (CARES Act)'s Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) to respond directly to the emergency
as well as expenditures incurred to respond to second -order effects of the emergency; and
WHEREAS the County has retained outside expert counsel in Pierce Monroe & Associations assisted by
GuldehOUse (formerly PwC) to ensure compliance with the CARES Act and full utilization of federal funding
resources.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED the Oakland County Board of Commissioners authorizes
$1,000,000 from the $219,438,710 Coronavirus Relief Fund allocation received by the county to be
allocated to the Workforce Development Division of the Economic Development and Community Affairs
Department.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Workforce Development Division shall distribute the allocated funds
to the Oakland County Michigan Works centers on a reimbursement -model basis for expenditures incurred
by the centers that were caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and which meet the eligibility requirements of
the CARES Act. Such expenditures may include, but are not limited to, overtime and hazard pay for
essential staff, technology improvements, and necessary expenses to provide safety and security to staff
members as the centers reopen to the public,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Workforce Development Division shall coordinate with the Workforce
Development Board to amend the current agreements with the contractors that staff each center to account
for the expenditure of these funds and that such amendments will be signed by the Chairperson of the
Workforce Development Board and the County Executive,
PANDEMIC RESPONSE AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY COMMITTEE VOTE:
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Weipert absent.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Workforce Development Division and Workforce Development Board
shall ensure that the amended agreements contain a re -payment provision which requires the contractor
to reimburse the County if the contractor receives funds under the amended agreements for expenditures
which do not meet the eligibility requirements of the CARES Act.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Workforce Development Division shall provide monthly reports to
the Oakland County Board of Commissioners to summarize the utilization of these funds.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that these funds are deemed necessary because of the urgent situation
facing employees that service Oakland County residents and should state or federal funds become
available any remaining funds should be return to the General Fund.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the FY 2020 budget be amended as follows:
GENERAL FUNb#1( 0100)
PCBU: GRANT Project: 100000003222
Bud Ref: 2020 Activity: GLB Analysis: GLB
Revenue
9010101-133095-610313
Expenditures
1090701-133095-731465
Federal Operating Grants
Total Revenue
Program
Total Expenditures
FY 2020
Chairperson, on behalf of the Pandemic Response and Recovery Committee, I move the adoption of the
foregoing resolution. ),
David T. Woodward, District #19
Chairperson, Pandemic Response and Economic
Recovery Committee
Resolution #20204
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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I HEREBY APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION
CHIEF DEPUTY COUNTY EXECUTIVE
ACTING PURSUANTTO MCL 45.559A (7)
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 25th day of June, 2020.
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Lisa Brown, Oakland County