HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2020.07.23 - 33521REPORT(MISC. #20261) July 23, 2020
BY: Commissioner David T. Woodward, Chairperson, Pandemic Response and Economic Recovery
Committee
IN RE: MR #20261 — BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — OAKLAND TOGETHER "SAFE FOR
SCHOOL" HOTLINE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BEAUMONT HEALTH
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 CommltteP, I move the
acceptance of the foregoing report.
Commissioner David T. Woodward, District #19
Chairperson, Pandemic Response and
Economic Recovery Committee
PANDEMIC RESPONSE AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY COMMITTEE VOTE:
Motion carried on a roll call vote with Taub voting no.
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION' #20261
BY: Commissioners Penny Luebs, District #16; David T Woodward, District #19
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — OAKLAND TOGETHER "SAFE FOR SCHOOL" HOTLINE IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH BEAUMONT HEALTH
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS after the COVID-19 outbreak hit the United States, the majority of schools went on to cancel
in-person classes for the remainder of the academic year; 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 opening schools in the fall of 2020 will benefit families beyond providing education by supplying
child care, school services, meals, and other family supports; and
WHEREAS without in-person instruction, schools risk children falling behind academically and exacerbating
educational inequities; and
WHEREAS according to the Governor's "MI Safe Schools: Michigan's 2020-21 Return to School Roadmap"
published on June 30,2020, Michigan's K-12 schools must put in place an extensive safety plan before they
reopen in the fall to in-person instruction; and
WHEREAS there is a strong need for collaboration with healthcare professionals in the private and public
sector to protect the safety of students and faculty as pandemic conditions continue to change; and
WHEREAS Beaumont Health is the largest private sector employer in Oakland County. The doctors,
nurses, healthcare professionals and support staff of Beaumont Health served on the front lines of the fight
against the COVID-19 pandemic, often making great sacrifices and putting themselves at risk in the service
of their patients; and
WHEREAS to date, Beaumont has treated/tested close to 50,000 individuals, by far more than any other
health system in the State; and
WHEREAS in support of Oakland County's efforts to protect students and faculty, Beaumont Health is
prepared to offer a partnership by providing telephone screenings with healthcare professionals from the
hours of 5:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. on Mondays thru Fridays to pre-screen sick school children before they
enter a school facility; and
WHEREAS this telephone screening will be provided at no cost to parents or the schools, to identify
students at risk for serious illness, including those students that should be referred for testing for COVID-
19 prior to entering the school building; and
WHEREAS utilization of the Oakland Together "Safe for School" hotline number will generate a referral to
the Oakland County school nurse assigned for that school building, who then can track, trace and provide
public health assistance to schools; and
WHEREAS each parent of an Oakland County public school or public -school academy student will be
provided with a hotline number to call when their child is sick, and
WHEREAS it is a great link for the community to be able to see a provider and It will give them comfort and
a plan forward when their child is sick; and
WHEREAS the Oakland Together "Safe for School" hotline will start to operate on the first day of school,
tentatively set for September 8, 2020, and will be funded until December 31, 2020; and
WHEREAS the cost to cover this initiative is estimated at an amount not to exceed $175,000; and
WHEREAS the funding for the Oakland Together "Safe for School" hotline is available from the County's
CARES Act Coronavirus Relief Funds.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby
authorizes the creation of the "Oakland Together Safe for School" hotline program in partnership with
Beaumont Health for the purposes of providing telephone screenings of Oakland County public schools
and public -school academy students.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED the Board of Commissioners hereby authorizes an appropriation of up to
$175,000 from the Oakland County CARES Act Coronavirus Relief Fund for this program.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Commissioners authorizes the County Executive's Office,
or its designee from the Health and Human Services Department, to negotiate the terms and conditions of
a contract for services and associated agreements necessary for implementation of this program, subject
to review by Corporation Counsel, the Purchasing Unit and the County's CARES Act Professional Counsel.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners shall receive a report on
the utilization of the Beaumont Health program, as a condition of the contractual agreement, to be received
as a communication item.
Chairperson, we move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
Commis io er Penny Luebs
District #1
Co Commissioner David T. Woodward
District #19
Resolution #20261
July 15, 2020
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the Pandemic Response and Economic Recovery Committee.
There were no objections.
Resolution #20261
Moved by Gershenson seconded by Taub the resolution be adopted.
July 23, 2020
Moved by Gershenson seconded by Zack the Pandemic Response and Economic Recovery Committee
Report be accepted.
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the report was accepted.
Moved by Gershenson seconded by Miller the resolution be amended as follows:
Amend the following language in the 151h WHEREAS as follow:
WHEREAS the Oakland Together "Safe for School' hotline will start to operate on the first day of
school, tentatively set for September8, 2020, and will be funded until December 34 30, 2020; and
Add the following BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED as the last clause:
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the FY 2020 budget be amended as follows:
GENERAL FUND 1#101001
PCBU: GRANT Project: 100000003238
Bud Ref: 2020 Activity: GLB Analysis; GLB
Revenue
9010101-133095-610313
Expenditures
9010101-133095-731458
Federal Operating Grants
Total Revenue
Professional Services
TotalExpenditures
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the amendment carried.
Discussion followed.
FY 2020
$176,000
$1Z5
$175,000
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Moved by Taub seconded by Luebs the resolution be amended as follows:
Amend following language in the 13th WHEREAS as follow:
WHEREAS each parent of all Oakland County K-12 public schools or public school academy
students will be provided with a hotline number to call when their child is sick; and
Amend following language in the NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED as follow:
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby
authorizes the creation of the "Oakland Together Safe for School' hotline program in partnership
with Beaumont Health for the purposes of providing telephone screenings of all Oakland County
K-12 schools students.
Discussion followed.
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the amendment carried.
Vote on resolution, as amended:
AYES: Jackson, Kochenderfer, Kowall, Kuhn, Long, Luebs, Markham, McGillivray, Middleton,
Miller, Nelson, Powell, Quarles, Spisz, Taub, Weipert, Woodward, Zack, Gershenson, Gingell,
Hoffman. (21)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolution, as amended, was adopted.
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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 231d day of July, 2020.
Lisa Brown, Oakland County