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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2020.07.23 - 33519REPORT (MISC. #20260) July 23, 2020 BY: Commissioner David T. Woodward, Chairperson, Pandemic Response and Economic Recovery Committee IN RE: MR #20260 — BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — AMENDMENT OF OAKLAND TOGETHER LOCAL GOVERNMENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM POLICIES TO INCLUDE THE ROAD COMMISSION FOR OAKLAND COUNTY AS A QUALIFIED LOCAL UNIT OF GOVERNMENT To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen: The Pandemic Response and Economic Recovery Committee, having reviewed the above -referenced resolution on July 20, 2020, reports with the recommendation that the resolution be adopted. Chairperson, on behalf of the Pandemic Response and Economic Recovery Committee, I move the acceptance of the foregoing report. _( jl J _ Commissioner David T. Woodward, District #19 Chairperson, Pandemic Response and Economic Recovery Committee PANDEMIC RESPONSE AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY COMMITTEE VOTE: Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote. MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #20260 BY: Commissioners William Miller, District # 14; Michael Spisz, District #3 IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — AMENDMENT OF OAKLAND TOGETHER LOCAL GOVERNMENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM POLICIES TO INCLUDE THE ROAD COMMISSION FOR OAKLAND COUNTY AS A QUALIFIED LOCAL UNIT OF GOVERNMENT To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen: WHEREAS the Oakland County Board of Commissioners approved Miscellaneous Resolution #20187 on June 4, 2020, establishing the "Oakland Together Local Government Partnership' program for the purpose of distributing grant funding to Oakland County local governments for eligible expenses authorized for CARES Act Coronavirus Relief Funds (CRF), and WHEREAS the guidance provided by the U.S. Department of Treasury on the May 28, 2020 memorandum, "Coronavirus Relief Funds, Frequently Asked Questions", states that a government entity receiving relief funds may transfer funds to another local government entity, provided that the transfer qualifies as a necessary expenditure due to the public health emergency; and WHEREAS the Michigan Uniform Budgeting and Accounting Act, Act 2 of 1968, includes within the list of definitions of "local units of governments", "the board county road commissioners of a county"; and WHEREAS the Road Commission for Oakland County has submitted preliminary estimated costs related to COVID-19 public health emergency in excess of $1.6 million; and WHEREAS the reimbursement of the expenses incurred by the Road Commission for Oakland County renews Oakland County's long-standing partnership with the RCOC and the relief of these unanticipated costs would direct severely limited resources to their intended purpose of investment in local road improvements and repairs; and WHEREAS an amendment to the "Oakland Together Local Government Partnership" program policies, as approved by MR #20187, is necessary to extend and include the Road Commission for Oakland County as a qualified local unit of government. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby approves an amendment to the Oakland Together Local Government Partnership Program as follows: Strike the 81h Whereas clause: .r aticn; and r�- Amend the Now Therefore Be It Resolved Clause within MR#20187 with the following: NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby authorizes the creation of the "Oakland Together Local Government Partnership' program for the purpose of offering Oakland County local governments grant funding for CARES Act Coronavirus Relief Funds (CRF) eligible expenses. Local governments (as �'in�-aefined-abeve) in Oakland County are eligible for consideration for funding. Funds are only made available if the "Local Government' and any approved, eligible public entities have expenditures that meet the requirements of the Coronavirus Relief Fund as provided by the U.S. Treasury. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, for the purposes of the "Oakland Together Local Government Partnership' program, Local Government means: 1. City; 2. Village; 3. Township; 4. Authority or commission established by a county, village, city, or township resolution, motion, ordinance, or charter; 5. Authority or organization of government established by law that may expend funds of the authority or organization; and 6. Road Commission for Oakland County BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oversight Committee of the Oakland Together Local Government Partnership program is authorized to develop, review and recommend a grant application(s) for the Road Commission for Oakland County and forward their recommendations to the Board of Commissioners for consideration. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that no budget amendment is needed at this time as funding is available in the "Oakland Together Local Government Partnership" program. Chairperson, we move the adoption of the foregoing resolution. Commissioner William Miller District #14 Commissigner Michael Spisz District #3 Resolution #20260 July 15, 2020 The Chairperson referred the resolution to the Pandemic Response and Economic Recovery Committee. There were no objections. Resolution #20260 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). I HEREBY APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION CHIEF DEPUTY COUNTY EXECUTIVE ACTING PURSUANT TO MCL 45,558A (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 23rd day of July, 2020. `I Lisa Brown, Oakland County