HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2021.10.13 - 34935BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
October 13, 2021
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #21-409
Sponsored By: Penny Luebs
IN RE: Create One (1) Homeland Security Specialist Position
Chairperson and Members of the Board:
WHEREAS the Emergency Management & Homeland Security Department, Emergency Management
Division has reviewed its operations and determined areas where efficiencies could be realized; and
WHEREAS it has been determined that an additional Homeland Security Specialist position is needed within
the Emergency Management Division due to the increased workload associated with staff assisting in the
procurement and distribution of over four million pieces of Personal Protection Equipment (PPE), which will
continue for the foreseeable future, including to places the department has not traditionally supported such as
doctors' offices, dentist offices, hospitals, etc, and
WHEREAS the Emergency Management Division staff is now also responsible for supporting both COVID-19
testing as well as vaccination clinics, which are often run seven days a week, and are expected to increase due to
the third round of shot clinicals and the expected FDA approval of vaccines for children under twelve years of
age; and
WHEREAS additionally, the Emergency Management Division has had a significant increase in reporting
guidelines for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and public messaging campaigns for both
COVID-19 and local disasters; and
WHEREAS Oakland County has experienced more local natural disasters in 2021 than any year in recent
history, in addition to COVID-19; and
WHEREAS it is requested to create one (1) Special Revenue (SR) Full -Time Eligible (FTE) Homeland
Security Specialist position in the Emergency Management & Homeland Security Department, Emergency
Management Division (#1110101) with a sunset date of December 31, 2024, based on the current known
timeframe of the American Rescue Plan Act Local Fiscal Recovery federal funds; and
WHEREAS the fiscal impact of the addition of one Full -Time Eligible (FIE) Homeland Security Specialist
will result in a cost of $104,512 for FY 2022 — FY 2024; and
WHEREAS Oakland County has been allocated $244,270,949 in Local Fiscal Recovery Funds from the
American Rescue Plan and has received the first of two expected disbursements in the amount of $122,135,474:
and
WHEREAS COVID-19 response and prevention, public health and safety staff, and providing government
services to the extent of a reduction in the recipient's general revenue are detailed as eligible uses of these funds
under the United States Department of Treasury's Interim Final Rule; and
WHEREAS continuation of this position is contingent upon future levels of Local Fiscal Recovery funding;
and
WHEREAS creating this additional Homeland Security Specialist position will distribute the workload of staff
to ensure uninterrupted, timely service to Oakland County residents.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners approves the
creation of one (1) SR FTE Homeland Security Specialist position in the Emergency Management & Homeland
Security Department, Emergency Management Division (91110101) with a sunset date of December 31, 2024,
based on the current known timeframe of the American Rescue Plan Act Local Fiscal Recovery federal funds.
Continuation of this position is contingent upon future levels of Local Fiscal Recovery Act funding.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED the FY 2022-2024 budgets are amended as follows:
ARP LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUND #21285
FY 2022- FY 2024
Revenue
9010101-133095-610313 Federal Operating Grant
$ 104,512
Total Revenue
$ 104,512
Expenditure
1110101-115090-702010 Salaries Regular
$ 66,458
1110101-115090-722900 Fringe Benefit Adjustment
38,054
Total Expenditure
$ 104,512
Chairperson, the following Commissioners are sponsoring the foregoing Resolution: Penny Luebs.
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David Woodward, Commissioner
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Hilarie Chambers, Deputy County Executive II
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Lisa Brown, County Clerk / Register of Deeds
COMMITTEE TRACKING
2021-10-05 Public Health & Safety - Recommend to Board
2021-10-13 Full Board
VOTE TRACKING
Motioned by Commissioner Gary McGillivray seconded by Commissioner Christine Long to adopt the attached
Budget Amendment: Create One (1) Homeland Security Specialist Position.
Yes: David Woodward, Michael Spisz, Karen Joliat, Kristen Nelson, Eileen Kowall, Christine Long, Philip
Weipert, Gwen Markham, Angela Powell, Thomas Kuhn, Charles Moss, Marcia Gershenson, Adam L.
Kochenderfer, Yolanda Smith Charles, Charles Cavell, Penny Luebs, Janet Jackson, Gary McGillivray,
Robert Hoffman (19)
No: None (0)
Abstain: None (0)
Absent: Commissioner Miller 111, Commissioner Gingell (2)
The Motion Passed.
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STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
1, 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 October 13, 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 on Friday, October 13, 2021.
Lisa Brown, Oakl(rnd Coitniv ('ierk/Register ofDeeds