HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2020.11.19 - 33877MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #20568 November 19, 2020
BY: Commissioner Penny Luebs, Chairperson, Health, Safety and Human Services Committee
IN RE: PROSECUTING ATTORNEY/EXECUTIVE OFFICE - OAKLAND COUNTY PROSECUTING
ATTORNEY TRANSITION COST
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen
WHEREAS based on the outcome of the November 3, 2020, general election, the residents of Oakland
County will be served by a new County Prosecuting Attorney; and
WHEREAS prior to the succession of Administration of the Prosecuting Attorney's office, it is advisable that
the Prosecutor -Elect begins to assemble the people and tools necessary to fully assume the duties of the
Prosecutor on January 1, 2021; and
WHEREAS it is in the best interest of Oakland County government that the transition of leadership from the
current County Prosecutor to the next occur as efficiently and effectively as possible; and
WHEREAS transition can best be accomplished through the establishment of transition staff, for the period
of November 18, 2020, through December 31, 2020, consisting of one (1) Transition Coordinator and two
(2) Transition Administrative Assistants and related operating appropriation.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby supports
an appropriation of up to $30,000 for the period of November 18, 2020, to December 31, 2020, to cover the
transition expenses of the Oakland County Prosecutor -Elect.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that these temporary positions be established as governmental positions not
eligible for County benefits, and due to their short life span, excluded from the Merit System as defined in
Merit Rule 1.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Prosecutor -Elect is authorized to appoint employees to fill these
positions or terminate them, if necessary, during the transition period.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that these positions be placed in a new temporary division and unit within
the County Prosecuting Attorney's Administration titled Prosecutorial Transition Team/Administration,
provided that neither the current County Prosecuting Attorney, nor her administration, will have the authority
to fill these positions or terminate these employees.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that approval of this request be consistent with Fiscal Services and Human
Resources Department procedures of Miscellaneous Resolutions #12320, #12319, #96267, #92242,
#04337 and #00304 establishing previous transition expenses.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the FY 2021 budget be amended as follows:
GENERAL FUND 4101001
FY 2021
Expenditures
9090101-196030-730359 Contingency ($30,000)
4010101-182025-731990 Transition Expense $30,000
Total Expenditure
Chairperson, on behalf of the Health, Safety and Human Services Committee, I move the adoption of the
foregoing resolution.
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Commission r Penny Luebs, District #16
Chairperson, Health, Safety and Human
Services Committee
HEALTH, SAFETY AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE VOTE:
Motion carried on a roll call vote with Gingell absent.
Resolution #20558
November 19, 2020
Moved by Long seconded by Luebs the resolutions on the Consent Agenda be adopted.
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.
, Q6,
1 HEREBY APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION
CHIEF DEPUTY COUNTY EXECUTIVE
ACTING PURSUANT TO MCL 45,569A V)
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 November 19,
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 191h day of November, 2020.
Lisa Brown, Oakland County