HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2020.07.23 - 33516MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #20263 July 23, 2020
BY: Commissioner Penny Luebs, Chairperson, Health, Satety and Human Services Committee
IN RE: CIRCUIT COURT — DELETE PTNE SENIOR PSYCHOLOGIST AND COLLEGE INTERN POSITIONS
AND CREATE ONE (1) FTE SENIOR PSYCHOLOGIST POSITION
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the Circuit Court has had a Psychological Clinic comprised of court positions that perform psychological
evaluations of juveniles in delinquency and neglect cases; and
WHEREAS oftentimes in neglect proceedings (i.e. termination of parental rights), the court orders one or both
parents to undergo a psychological evaluation in addition to the juvenile(s); and
WHEREAS the Circuit Court's Psychological Clinic, if adequately staffed, performs three to four hundred
evaluations annually, prepares written reports for the Circuit Court's review, and often testifies on the record at the
request of the Circuit Court; and
WHEREAS for the past twenty years, the Circuit Court has been using a combination of employees who are
licensed psychologists and contracted psychologists; and
WHEREAS the Circuit Court has attempted on numerous occasions to secure the services of contracted
psychologists through Purchasing and the Request for Proposal (RFP) process including most recently in May
2019, each time the court received zero bids; and
WHEREAS during the FY 2017 budget process, the Circuit Court eliminated a contract psychologist and obtained a
Part -Time Non -Eligible (PTNE) 1,000 hours per year Senior Psychologist position; and
WHEREAS since October of 2019 the Circuit Court has been unable to recruit anyone to fill the PTNE Senior
Psychologist position and it has remained vacant; and
WHEREAS the Circuit Court is facing an additional backlog of psychological evaluations as in-house, person-to-
person evaluations could not be conducted during the first few months of the pandemic, due to social distancing
requirements; and
WHEREAS the Chief, Clinical Services, who supervises the Psychological Clinic, is a licensed psychologist and
has been conducting evaluations but is unable to maintain the referrals and perform her supervisory duties; and
WHEREAS the Circuit Court is requesting to delete four (4) GF/GP PTNE 1,000 hours per year College Intern
positions (#3010301-10717) / (#3010402-10689, 10921, 10990) and one (1) PTNE 1,000 hours per year Senior
Psychologist position (#3010402-11850) to offset the cost of creating one (1) GF/GP Full -Time Eligible Senior
Psychologist position in the Circuit Court Family Division Court Services Division (#3010402); and
WHEREAS the budget for one (1) GF/GP PTNE 1,000 hours per year College Intern (position 10689) is currently
budgeted in Division #3010301 Civil Criminal, however is shown organizationally in Division #3010402 Family
Division; and
WHEREAS the costs of creating the FTE Senior Psychologist position, prorated for 2 months (August thru
September) in FY 2020 totals $19,815, $116,686 in FY 2021, $122,529 in FY 2022, and $128,373 in FY 2023
which is partially offset by the deletion of four (4) College Intern, PTNE positions, prorated for 2 months (August
thru September) in FY 2020 totaling $10,529, $67,980 in FY 2021, FY 2022, and FY 2023 as well as the deletion of
one (1) Senior Psychologist, PTNE position, prorated for 2 months (August thru September) in FY 2020 totaling
$7,739, $38,417 in FY2021, FY 2022, and FY 2023; and
WHEREAS the offset to the remaining costs of the FTE position creation in FY 2020 totaling $1,547; FY 2021
totaling $10,289; FY 2022 totaling $16,132; and FY 2023 totaling $21,976 will be covered by a reduction to the
existing Professional Services line item budget.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners approves to delete four
(4) GF/GP PTNE 1,000 hours per year College Intern positions (#3010301-10717) / (#3010402-10689, 10921,
10990) and one (1) PTNE 1,000 hours per year Senior Psychologist position (#3010402-11850).
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED to create one (1) GF/GP FTE Senior Psychologist position in the Circuit Court
Family Division Court Services Division (#3010402).
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Fiscal Year 2020 — Fiscal Year 2023 budgets are amended as follows:
HEALTH, SAFETY AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE VOTE:
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Kochenderfer and Gingell absent.
GENERAL FUND 410100)
FY 2020
FY 2021
FY 2022 FY 2023
Expenditures
3010301-121200-702010 Salaries ($
2,369)
($ 16,287)
($ 16,287) ($
16,287)
3010301-121200-722750 Workers Compensation (
5)
( 36)
( 36) (
36)
3010301-121200-722770 Retirement (
71)
( 420)
( 420) (
420)
3010301-121200-722790 Social Security (
34)
( 236)
( 236) (
236)
3010301-121200-722820 Unemployment Insurance (
4)
( 16)
( 16) (
16)
3010301-121130-702010 Salaries (
2,369)
( 16,287)
( 16,287) (
16,287)
3010301-121130-722750 Workers Compensation (
5)
( 36)
( 36) (
36)
3010301-121130-722770 Retirement (
71)
( 420)
( 420) (
420)
3010301-121130-722790 Social Security
( 34)
( 236)
( 236)
( 236)
3010301-121130-722820 Unemployment Insurance
( 4)
( 16)
( 16)
( 16)
3010201-121100-731458 Professional Services
( 1,547)
( 10,289)
( 16,132)
( 21,976)
9010101-112700-788001-20293 Transfers Out- CCF
6.513
44.279
50.122
55.966
Total Expenditures
$
8 0
CHILD CARE FUND (#20293)
FY 2020
FY 2021
FY 2022
FY 2023
Revenues
9090101-112700-695500-10100 Transfers In -General Fund
6,513
44,279
50,122
55,966
Total Revenues
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_50122
Expenditures
3010402-135120-702010
3010402-135120-722750
3010402-135120-722760
3010402-135120-722770
3010402-135120-722780
3010402-135120-722790
3010402-135120-722800
3010402-135120-722810
3010402-135120-722820
3010402-135120-722850
3010402-135120-702010
3010402-135120-722750
3010402-135120-722770
3010402-135120-722790
3010402-135120-722820
3010402-113310-702010
3010402-113310-722750
3010402-113310-722770
3010402-113310-722790
3010402-113310-722820
Salaries
Workers Compensation
Group Life
Retirement
Hospitalization
Social Security
Dental
Disability
Unemployment Insurance
Optical
Salaries
Workers Compensation
Retirement
Social Security
Unemployment Insurance
Salaries
Workers Compensation
Retirement
Social Security
Unemployment Insurance
Total Expenditures
$ 12,641
147
29
3,154
2,483
967
143
211
19
21
( 7,312)
( 90)
( 220)
( 106)
( 11)
( 5,305)
( 12)
160)
( 78)
( 8)
$ 75,846
857
174
18,908
12,812
5,802
857
1,229
76
125
( 36,464)
( 447)
941)
( 529)
( 36)
( 32,574)
c 72)
( 840)
( 472)
( 32)
$_9272
$ 80,153
906
184
19,982
12,812
6,132
857
1,298
80
125
( 36,464)
( 447)
( 941)
( 529)
( 36)
( 32,574)
( 72)
( 840)
( 472)
( 32)
$ 84,462
954
194
21,056
12,812
6,461
857
1,368
84
125
( 36,464)
( 447)
( 941)
( 529)
( 36)
( 32,574)
( 72)
( 840)
( 472)
( 32)
Chairperson, on behalf of the Health, Safety and Human Services Committee, I move the adoption of the foregoing
resolution.
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Commissioner envy Luebs, District #16
Chairperson, ealth, Safety and Human
Services Committee
Resolution #20263
July 23, 2020
Moved by Gingell seconded by Zack the resolutions on the Consent Agenda be adopted (with
accompanying reports being accepted).
Discussion followed.
AYES: Gingell, Hoffman, Jackson, Kochenderfer, Kowall, Kuhn, Long, Luebs, Markham,
McGillivray, Middleton, Miller, Nelson, Powell, Quarles, Spisz, Taub, Weipert, Woodward, Zack,
Gershenson. (21)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolutions on the Consent Agenda were adopted (with
accompanying reports being accepted).
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I HEREBY APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION
CHIEF DEPUTY COUNTY EXECUTIVE
ACTING PURSUANT TO 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 July 23, 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 23rtl day of July, 2020.E
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Lisa Brown, Oakland County