HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2020.12.07 - 33993MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION' #20624
BY: Commissioner David Woodward, District #19
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — AUTHORIZE FUNDING FOR THE OAKLAND COUNTY
BOARD OF CANVASSERS FROM THE OAKLAND TOGETHER LOCAL GOVERNMENT
PARTNERSHIP GRANT
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS Michigan election law was amended in 1963 to establish procedures for the appointment of a
four -member Board of County Canvassers in every county in the state per Michigan statute MCLA 168.24a-
168.24f; and
WHEREAS the Board is responsible for canvassing and certifying primaries and elections held in the
county; and
WHEREAS the Board is also responsible for resolving any claims that malfunctioning voting equipment or
defective ballots may have affected the outcome of a vote on an office appearing on the ballot; and
WHEREAS a canvass conducted on the county level must be completed within 14 calendar days after its
commencement in per Michigan statute MCL 168.822; and
WHEREAS after an August primary, a November general election or a presidential primary, the Board must
meet to begin the canvass at 1:00 p.m. on the day after the primary or election per Michigan statute MCL
168,821; and
WHEREAS the Oakland County Board of Commissioners, via Miscellaneous Resolution #20250, amended
the policies and procedures for the Oakland Together Local Government Partnership program to authorize
its Oversight Committee to administer a $50 per day payment per election worker who works a full day in
Oakland County during Michigan's August Primary Election and November General Election; and
WHEREAS the Oakland County Board of Commissioners recommends the same, $50 per day, payment
be provided to the Oakland County Board of Canvassers for their crucial role during Primary and General
elections; and
WHEREAS payment would be made in the form of a reimbursement grant. The hazard compensation
provided is an eligible expense as authorized by the County's CARES Act Coronavirus Relief Funds; and
WHEREAS funds are appropriated and available in the Oakland Together Local Government Partnership
program, per Miscellaneous Resolution #20187.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Commissioners hereby amends the policies and
procedures for the Oakland Together Local Government Partnership program to authorize its Oversight
Committee to administer a $50 per day payment to the Oakland County Board of Canvassers Michigan's
August Primary Election and November General Election.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that no budget amendment is required as funding is to come from the
Oakland Together Local Government Partnership authorized by Miscellaneous Resolution #20187.
Chairperson, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution. aj
Commissioner David Woodward
District #19
Resolution #20624
November 19, 2020
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the Pandemic Response and Economic Recovery Committee.
There were no objections.
Resolution #20624
Moved by Gershenson seconded by Gingell the resolution be adopted.
December 7, 2020
AYES: Zack, Gingell, Hoffman, Jackson, Kochenderfer, Kowall, Kuhn, Long, Middleton, Miller,
Quarles, Spisz, Taub, Weipert, Woodward. (15)
NAYS: Gershenson, Luebs, Markham, McGillivray, Nelson, Powell. (6)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolution was adopted.
I HEREBY APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION
CHIEF DEPUTY COUNTY EXECUTIVE
ACTING PURSUANTTO 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 Th day of December, 2020.
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Lisa Brown, Oakland County