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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - 2001.04.10 - 35617DAVID L. MOFFITT Chairperson HUGH D.CRAWFORD Vice Chairperson RUEL E. MCPHERSON Minority Vice Chairperson April 10, 2001 The meeting of the Public Services Committee was called to or der at 1:35 p.m. by Chairperson Moffitt, in Committee Room A, Commissioners’ Wing, County Service Center, Pontiac, Michigan. COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT: David Moffitt, Hugh D. Crawford, Ruel E. McPherson, John Garfield, Terry L. Sever, David Buckley, Eric Coleman, Brenda Causey-Mitchell COMMITTEE MEMBERS ABSENT WITH NOTICE: David Galloway, Lawrence A. Obrecht OTHERS PRESENT: COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS George Miller, Manager Karen Peterson PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT Brenthy Johnston, Analyst EXECUTIVE OFFICES Michael Zehnder, Director of Public Services Judy Cunningham, Corporation Counsel CIRCUIT COURT Lisa Symula, Family Division Administrator 52ND DISTRICT COURT Brian W. MacKenzie, Judge SHERIFF Thomas Quisenberry, Undersheriff Dale Cunningham, Business Manager OAKLAND PRESS Charlie Crumm, Reporter AMERITECH Tyrone Sander, Executive Director Diane L. Webb, Director of External Affairs Brian Nouman, External Affairs BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Michelle Friedman Appel, District #23 Frank H. Millard, District #4 Sheryl Mitchell, Analyst Harvey Wedell, Analyst Pamela Jackson, Committee Coordinator PUBLIC COMMENT None. APPROVAL OF THE PREVIOUS MINUTES OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS 1200 N. TELEGRAPH ROAD, PONTIAC, MI 48341-0470 Telephone (248) 858-0100 FAX (248) 858 -1572 PUBLIC SERVICES COMMITTEE Lawrence A. Obrecht John Garfield David Galloway Terry L. Sever David B. Buckley Eric Coleman Brenda Causey-Mitchell PUBLIC SERVICES COMMITTEE Page 2 April 10, 2001 Garfield moved approval of the previous minutes of March 27, 2001. Supported by Buckley. Motion carried on a voice vote. AGENDA The Agenda was amended to add Item 4a, Miscellaneous Resolution, Sheriff’s Department – Authorization for Sale of Recovered and Stolen Property in Spring Auction. Moved by Coleman. Supported by Sever. Motion carried on a voice vote. MR #01096 - 52ND DISTRICT COURT, FIRST AND SECOND DIVISION – AUTHORIZATION FOR AN ADDITIONAL JUDGESHIP; TRANSFER OF ONE JUDGESHIP FROM THE FIRST TO SECOND DIVISION; AND TRANSFER OF ROSE AND WHITE LAKE TOWNSHIPS FROM FIRST TO THE SECOND DIVISION EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2003 This Resolution allows for the creation of an additional judgeship in the First Division of the 52 nd District Court for the 2002 General Election to take office in 2003. The judge would be elected for a four-year term. If this Resolution is approved, Act 448 would transfer the judgeship, whose term expires January 1, 2005, permanently from the First Division to the Second Division effective January 1, 2003. This transfer would pro vide two permanent judge positions for the Second Division of the 52nd District Court. Crawford moved approval of the attached suggested Resolution. Supported by Moffit. Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with McPherson, Obrecht and Gallowa y absent. CIRCUIT COURT/FAMILY DIVISION PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE AND COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS DIVISION – FY 2001 JUVENILE ACCOUNTABILITY INCENTIVE BLOCK GRANT APPLICATION This is the third year of this grant. Fiscal Services requests that the normal Grant Applic ation Procedures be abridged so this grant application may be submitted, contingent upon the approval of the appropriate committees, in order to meet the application deadline, which was April 9, 2001. The original amount of this grant was $579,571. This i s a request for an additional $22,571 for the period of 06/01 – 03/02. This is only a 10-month period because the prior year’s grant period was extended two months. The grant requests 7 FTE positions and 1 PTNE position. The match requirements are $60,214 from Oakland County and $541,928 from Federal funds. Causey-Mitchell moved approval of the Grant Application as Information. Supported by Crawford. Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Obrecht and Galloway absent. SHERIFF DEPARTMENT – CONTRACT AMENDMENT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES FOR PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION FOR 2001/2002/2003 AND THE CREATION OF THREE 1,000 HRS. PTNE MOUNTED DEPUTY POSITIONS PUBLIC SERVICES COMMITTEE Page 3 April 10, 2001 This Resolution requests the creation of three (3) 1,000 hrs./yr. PTNE GF/GP Mounted Deputy positions in the Patrol Services Division, Parks Unit of the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department. These new positions would be added under the current contract that the Sheriff’s Department has with the Parks & Recreation Commission for Law Enforc ement Services (MR #99073). These Mounted Deputies would be paid a flat hourly rate of $13.33. Garfield moved approval of the attached suggested Resolution. Supported by Coleman. Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Obrecht and Gallowa y absent. SHERIFF DEPARTMENT – BULLETPROOF VEST PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM GRANT APPLICATION The Sheriff’s Department utilizes three different types of bulletproof vests. One protects against bullets, one protects against knives, and one protects against high -caliber weapons. The Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant is designed to cover up to 50% of the total cost of the vests from March of 1999 to present, which totals $35,455.64. This Grant Application requests Oakland County to fund $17,727.82 (50% of the cost). Coleman moved approval of the above-mentioned Grant Application. Supported by Garfield. Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Obrecht and Galloway absent. SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT – AUTHORIZATION FOR SALE OF RECOVERED AND STOLEN PROPERTY IN SPRING AUCTION This Resolution authorizes the Sheriff’s Department to dispose of recovered and stolen property that has been unclaimed for six (6) months by way of the spring auction, as prescribed in Act 54 of the Public Acts of 1959, as amend ed. This auction will be conducted by the Department of Central Services on Saturday, May 6, 2001. Coleman moved approval of the attached suggested Resolution. Supported by McPherson. Motion carried unanimously on a roll call with Obrecht and Galloway absent. MR#01051 – ESTABLISHMENT OF FRIEND OF THE COURT CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE This Resolution proposes to establish a Friend of the Court Citizens’ Advisory Committee. This committee would review complaints and grievances which may fall under its authority and report back to the court and the Board of Commissioners, as provided by Acts No. 366 of Public Acts of 1996. The estimated annual cost of operating this committee is $26,909.00. This Resolution requests that financial records be maintained in order for Oakland County to seek reimbursement from the State of Michigan for staff and support costs. Garfield moved to approve the attached suggested Resolution. Supported by Buckley. Buckley moved to amend the attached suggested Resolution by addin g an additional paragraph as follows: PUBLIC SERVICES COMMITTEE Page 4 April 10, 2001 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a study committee, with membership to be appointed by the Chair of the Board of Commissioners, be established to report to the Public Services Committee to recommend implementation and /or operation procedures for the Advisory Committee. Supported by Causey-Mitchell. Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Obrecht and Galloway absent. COMMUNICATIONS 1. Letter – Friend of the Court Advisory Committee Buckley moved to Receive and File the above-mentioned letter. Supported by McPherson. Motion carried on a voice vote. OTHER BUSINESS/ADJOURNMENT There was discussion in regards to televised Public Service Committee meetings. Crawford will be checking availability of the Novi forum; Coleman will be checking availability in Southfield; Buckley will be checking availability in Bloomfield; Causey -Mitchell will be checking availability in Pontiac; Sever will be checking availability in Farmington Hills; and McPherson will b e checking availability in Hazel Park. A decision will be made as to a date and location at the next Public Services meeting on May 1, 2001. Mr. Tyrone Sanders, the Executive Director of External Affairs for Ameritech, gave a brief presentation on the strides that Ameritech has made in improving customer service. There being no other business to come before the committee, the meeting was adjourned at 2:56 p.m. _______________________________ _______________________________ Pamela L. Jackson James H. VanLeuven, Jr. Committee Coordinator Administrative Director NOTE: The foregoing minutes are subject to Committee approval.