HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2020.06.25 - 33346MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #20205 June 25, 2020
BY: Commissioner David Woodward, Chairperson, Pandemic Response & Economic Recovery Committee
IN RE: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES/HEALTH DIVISION — OAKLAND TOGETHER SCHOOL
NURSE PROGRAM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OAKLAND SCHOOLS
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS COVID-19 is a respiratory disease caused by a new strain of coronavirus that is easily
transmitted from person to person and can result In serious illness or death; and
WHEREAS there is currently no approved vaccine or antiviral treatment for this disease; and
WHEREAS Michigan has been under a State of Emergency since March 10, 2020 and Oakland County
has been under a State of Emergency since March 13, 2020 due to COVID-19; and
WHEREAS schools have been closed in Michigan since March 16, 2020 to help control the spread of
COVID-19; and
WHEREAS Oakland Schools as the Intermediate School District has been planning for the 2020-2021
school year to create safe environments for students as well as support student academic needs; and
WHEREAS the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends in their guidance for school
reopening to identify a COVID-19 point of contact, such as a school nurse, to respond to COVID-19
concerns; and
WHEREAS school nurses play an important role in promoting public health in schools and addressing the
needs of students a holistic manner; and
WHEREAS Oakland County Health Division will use $2 million from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and
Economic Security (CARES) Act to employ part-time, non -eligible nurses for each school district to focus
ori addressing COVID-19 concerns as schools in Oakland County reopen; and
WHEREAS it is proposed to create sixty-eight (68) Special Revenue (SR) Part -Time, Non -Eligible (PTNE)
1,000 hours per year Public Health Nurse II positions within the Health Division (#1060201) with the
positions having a sunset date of December 30, 2020; and
WHEREAS these nurses will serve as team members in districts to provide preventive services and early
identification of problems, interventions, and referrals due to the COVID-19 pandemic; work with individual
districts to determine a set of health strategies appropriate for that district; and facilitate health management
and care for children during the school day; and
WHEREAS these nurses will also connect schools with the Health Division and be a trusted source of
information for students, staff, and parents; and
WHEREAS the Health Division will hire a minimum of one nurse per school district in Oakland County to
be employed through December 30, 2020.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby allocates
$2 million in funding from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act to the Health
Division upon the execution of the contract for services with Oakland Schools until December 30, 2020.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED to create sixty-eight (68) SR PTNE 1,000 hours per year Public Health Nurse
II positions within the Health Division (#1060201), with a sunset date of December 30, 2020,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED continuation of the special revenue positions funded by the grant are
temporary and contingent upon the availability of the CARES Act Funds.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED implementation of this program is contingent upon an Intergovernmental
Agreement with Oakland Schools.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the FY 2020 and FY 2021 budget be amended as follows:
GE=NERAL FUND (910100) FY 2020 FY 2021
PCBU: GRANT Project: 100000003210
Bud Ref: 2020 Activity: GLB Analysis: GLB
Revenue
9010101-133095-610313 Federal Operating Grants ,1 112 395 $887,605
Total Revenue $1,112,395 Mt5
PANDEMIC RESPONSE AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY COMMITTEE VOTE:
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Miller absent.
Expenditures
1060201-133095-702010
Salaries
$ 804,896
$804,896
1060201-133095.702140
Other Miscellaneous Salaries
170,000
0
1060201-133095-722900
Fringe Benefit Adjustments
56,251
42,337
1060201-133095-731346
Personal Mileage
23,460
23,460
1060201-133095-750294
Material and Supplies
1,076
1,000
1060201-133095-778675
Telephone Communications
56.712
15,912
Total Expenditures
$ 1.112.395
$887.605
Chairperson, on behalf of the Pandemic Response and Economic Recovery Committee, I move the
adoption of the foregoing resolution.
l
Commissioner David Woodward, District #19
Chairperson, Pandemic Response & Economic
Recovery Committee
Resolution #20205 June 25, 2020
Moved by Gershenson seconded by Powell the resolution be adopted.
Discussion followed.
Vote on resolution:
AYES: Luebs, Markham, McGillivray, Middleton, Miller, Nelson, Powell, Quarles, Spisz, Taub,
Weipert, Woodward, Zack, Gershenson, Gingell, Hoffman, Jackson, Kochenderfer, Kowall,
Kuhn. (20)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolution was adopted.
1 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 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.
Lisa Brown, Oakland County