HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2020.12.07 - 33963MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #20639 December 7, 2020
BY: Commissioner Helaine Zack, Chairperson, Finance and Infrastructure Committee
IN RE: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICESIHEALTH DIVISION — CONTINUATION OF THE 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 many schools have closed in Michigan to help control the spread of COVID-19; and
WHEREAS Oakland Schools as the Intermediate School District continues the planning to create safe
environments for students as well as support student academic needs; and
WHEREAS the Oakland Together School Nurse Program in partnership with Oakland Schools was
approved by the Board of Commissioners on June 25, 2020 via Miscellaneous Resolution #20205 and
included the creation of sixty-eight (68) Special Revenue (SR) Part -Time Non -Eligible (PTNE) 1,000 hours
per year Public Health Nurse II positions, via CARES Act funding, to assist with COVID-19 efforts through
December 30, 2020; and
WHEREAS there is a continued need for school nurses to support planning efforts and mitigating COVID-
19 concerns; and
WHEREAS Oakland County Health and Human Services Department, Health Division will employ part-time
non -eligible nurses for each school district to focus on addressing COVID-19 concerns as schools in
Oakland County reopen and operate during the pandemic; and
WHEREAS these nurses will continue to 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 July 30, 2021; and
WHEREAS it is requested to create sixty (60) General Fund/General Purpose (GF/GP) Part -Time Non -
Eligible (PTNE) 1,000 hours per year Public Health Nurse II positions within the Health Administration unit
(#1060201) beginning January 1, 2021 and will sunset on July 30, 2021; and
WHEREAS the estimated personnel cost for the 60 GF/GP Part -Time Eligible positions is $1,495,117; and
WHEREAS one-time funding for the $1,495,117 is available from the General Fund Assigned Fund Balance
titled Protection and Advancement of Residents and Employees (GL Account #383472); and
WHEREAS funding for nominal related personal mileage and/or cell phone costs can be covered from the
existing Health Division General Fund budget.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners approves
execution of the contract for continuation of services with Oakland Schools through July 30, 2021.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED to create sixty (60) GF/GP PTNE 1,000 hours per year Public Health Nurse
II positions within the Health Administration unit (#1060201) beginning January 1, 2021 and will sunset on
July 30, 2021.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that continuation of this program is contingent upon an Intergovernmental
Agreement with Oakland Schools.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the future level of service, including continuation of position(s), is
contingent upon the level of funding associated with this contract.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the FY 2021 budget be amended as follows:
GENERAL FUND (#10100) FY 2021
Project ID: 100000003323 Bud Ref: 2021 Activity: GLB Analysis: GLB
Revenue
9010101-196030-665882 Planned Use of Balance $1,495,117
Total Revenue $1.495.117
Exoenditures
1060201-133095-702010 Salaries $1,420,404
1060201-133095-722900 Fringe Benefit Adjustments 74,713
Total Expenditures 1 4
Chairperson, on behalf of the Finance and Infrastructure Committee, I move the adoption of the foregoing
resolution.
Commissioner Helaine Zack, District #18
Chairperson, Finance and Infrastructure
Committee
Resolution #20639 December 7, 2020
Moved by Gingell seconded by Luebs the resolutions on the amended 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 amended Consent Agenda were adopted.
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I HEREBYAPPROVE 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 December 7,
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 70 day of December, 2020.
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Lisa Brown, Oakland County