HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2021.07.22 - 34725MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #21296 July 22, 2021
BY. Commissioner Penny Luebs, Chairperson, Public Health and Safety Committee
IN RE: 52/1 DISTRICT COURT (NOVI) AND 52/2 DISTRICT COURT (CLARKSTON) —
REORGANIZATION OF POSITIONS
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS in an effort to assist with budgetary constraints throughout the County, the 52nd District Courts
have reviewed their operations and determined areas where efficiencies could be realized; and
WHEREAS the 52nd District Courts are looking to create more fluidity within their resources and a review of
the past eighteen months caseflow and employee resources have revealed a greater need within the 52/2
Division; and
WHEREAS the Traffic Unit within the 52/2 District Court currently consists of only two employees, leaving a
gap in coverage anytime an employee needs to be off of work; and
WHEREAS extensive legislative changes that took effect in April 2021 has vastly increased the work in the
Traffic Unit by requiring the scheduling of additional show cause hearings that were not previously required;
and
WHEREAS the lack of needed staff within the Traffic Unit is resulting in members of the public having to wait
for extended periods until staff is available and is also causing an increase backlog of phone calls, which
results in members of the public, attorneys and members of law enforcement waiting on the phone to receive
assistance; and
WHEREAS the 52/2 District Court has identified the need for an additional Full -Time Eligible (FTE) District
Court Clerk position due to an increase in caseflow and a dire need for additional staff in the Traffic Unit; and
WHEREAS it is proposed to delete one (1) General Fund General Purpose (GF/GP) Part -Time Non -Eligible
(PTNE) 1,000 hours per year General Clerical position (#3020301-07270) to help offset the cost of the FTE
position creation; and
WHEREAS the 52/1 District Court has two PTNE positions that will be vacated due to retirement and
promotional opportunities; and
WHEREAS it is proposed to delete two (2) GF/GP PTNE 1,000 hours per year District Court Clerk positions
(3020205-11307 and 3020201-12257) that are currently located in the 52/1 District Court and transfer the
savings to the 52/2 District Court to help offset the remaining cost of the FTE position creation; and
WHEREAS the deletion of these two PTNE positions within the 52/1 District Court does not suggest that the
52/1 District Court has expendable employees, however it is recognizing a greater need within another
division; and
WHEREAS ideally, this request would have included keeping all three PTNEs with an additional request for
another FTE employee, but due to the fact that the rented building in Clarkston has only one available desk
spot left, the request is only to consolidate the three PTNEs into one FTE employee; and
WHEREAS the cost of creating the FTE position, prorated for 3 months (July thru September), in FY 2021
totals $15,814; $61,916 in FY 2022; $65,291 in FY 2023; and $68,759 in FY 2024; and
WHEREAS the savings of deleting the PTNE positions, prorated for 3 months (July thru September), in FY
2021 totals $15,461; $64,539 in FY 2022; $67,294 in FY 2023, and $69,202 in FY 2024; and
WHEREAS the remaining portion of FY 2021 costs, in the amount of $353, will be covered by an offset of
operating expenditures within the 52/1 District Court budget.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby approves
reorganization of positions within the 52nd District Courts.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED to delete one (1) GF/GP PTNE 1,000 hours per year General Clerical position
(#3020301-07270) in the 52/2 District Court.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED to delete of one (1) GF/GP PTNE 1,000 hours per year District Court Clerk
position (#3020205-11307) and one (1) GF/GP PTNE 1,000 hours per year District Court Clerk position
(#3020201-12257) in the 5211 District Court.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED to create of one (1) GF/GP FTE District Court Clerk position in the 52/2
District Court, Administration Unit (#3020301).
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the FY 2021 — FY 2024 budgets are amended as follows:
GENERAL FUND (#10100) FY2021 FY 2022 FY 2023 FY2024
Revenues:
9090101-196030-665882 Planned Use of Balance $ 0 ( 2,623) ( 2,003) ( 443
Total Revenues
$
(S 2,003) ($�
Expenditures
3020301-121020-702010
Salaries
$ 5,095
$ 20,237 $ 21,841 $ 23,515
3020301-121020-722740
Fringe Benefits
6,523
23,980 24,816 25,676
3020201-121020-702010
Salaries
( 5,599)
( 22.846) ( 23,302) ( 23,769)
3020201-121020-722740
Fringe Benefits
( 245)
( 1,006) ( 1,028) ( 1,048)
3020205-113290-702010
Salaries
( 5,194)
( 22,018) ( 23,302) ( 23,769)
3020205-113290-722740
Fringe Benefits
( 227)
( 970) ( 1,028) ( 1,048)
3020201-121020-750399
Office Supplies
353
0 0 0
Total Expenditures
$ 0
Chairperson, on behalf of
the Public Health and
Safety Committee,
I move the adoption of the foregoing
resolution.
I .
Commissione
Penny Luebs, District #16
Chairperson,
ublic Health and Safety Committee
PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE VOTE:
Motion carried unanimously
on a roll call vote.
Resolution #21296 July 22, 2021
Moved by Gingell seconded by Powell the resolutions on the Consent Agenda be adopted.
AYES: Gershenson, Gingell, Hoffman, Jackson, Joliet, Kochenderfer, Kowall, Kuhn, Long,
Luebs, Markham, McGillivray, Miller, Moss, Nelson, Powell, Spisz, Weipert, Woodward, Cavell,
Charles. (21)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolutions on the Consent Agenda were adopted.
I HEREBY APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION
CHIEF DEPUTY COUNTY EXECUTIVE
ACTING PURSUANT TO MCL 46,669A (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 22, 2021,
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 22nd day of July, 2021. ,
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Lisa Brown, Oakland County