HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - 2001.04.12 - 35618SUE ANN DOUGLAS
Chairperson
NANCY DINGELDEY
Vice Chairperson
BRENDA CAUSEY-MITCHELL
Minority Vice Chairperson April 12, 2001
The meeting of the Finance Committee was called to order at 9:02 a.m. by Chairperson
Douglas in Committee Room A, Commissioners= Wing, County Service Center, Pontiac,
Michigan.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT:
Sue Douglas, Charles Palmer, Fran Amos, Shelley Taub, Wi lliam Patterson, Chuck Moss,
Michelle Friedman Appel, Brenda Causey-Mitchell, Tim Melton.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS ABSENT WITH NOTICE: Nancy Dingeldey.
OTHERS PRESENT:
CENTRAL SERVICES David VanderVeen, Director
COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS Karen Peterson, Supervisor
EXECUTIVE OFFICE Bob Daddow, Assistant Deputy
FISCAL SERVICES Tom Ott, Manager
Tim Soave, Chief
Linda Pearson, Analyst
Prentiss Malone, Analyst
Joe Matkosky, Supervisor
HEALTH Tom Fockler, Administrator
HUMAN SERVICES Dr Tom Gordon, Director
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Phil Bertolini, Director
Joe Maletta, Manager
Kevin Birchler
MANAGEMENT & BUDGET Jeff Pardee, Director
Laurie Van Pelt, Deputy Director
PERSONNEL Nancy Scarlet, Manager
William Shriner, I/O Psychologist
PURCHASING Joe Hylla, Manager
SHERIFF Michael McCabe, Captain
Dale Cunningham, Business Manager
SUPPORT SERVICES Todd Birkle, Support Services
Jack Smith, Chief
THE DAILY TRIBUNE Vivian DeGain, Reporter
OAKLAND PRESS Kathleen Gray, Reporter
OTHERS PRESENT CONTINUED:
OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
1200 N. TELEGRAPH ROAD, PONTIAC, MI 48341-0470
Telephone (248) 858 -0100 FAX (248) 858-1572
FINANCE COMMITTEE Charles Palmer
Fran Amos
Shelley Taub
William Patterson
Chuck Moss
Michelle Friedman Appel
Tim Melton
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BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS James H. VanLeuven, Jr., Director
Helen Hanger, Committee Coordinator
APPROVAL OF THE PREVIOUS MINUTES
Moss moved approval of the previous minutes of March 29, 2001, as printed. Supported
by Amos.
Motion carried on a voice vote.
CONTINGENCY REPORT
Items 10 and 11 on today’s agenda will reduce the current Fiscal Year Contingency Fund balance
of $187,359 to $125,859.
Amos moved to receive and file the Contingency Report dated April 5, 2001. Supported by
Patterson.
Motion carried on a voice vote.
6. MR #01106 – OAKLAND COUNTY DISTRICT REAPPORTIONMENT APPROPRIATION
In accordance with P.A. 261 of 1966, as amended, the Reapportionment Commission has begun
its review to determine and recommend on redistricting of County Commissioner Districts following
the 2000 Federal Decennial Census. The Commission is requesting an appropriation of $26,000
in expectation of expenses to be incurred as a result of th is process. By statute, members of the
Reapportionment Commission receive a per diem of $35.00 for each meeting.
Palmer moved approval of the attached suggested Fiscal Note. Supported by Moss.
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Din geldey absent.
7. MR #01113 – SHERIFF DEPARTMENT NARCOTICS ENFORCEMENT TEAM (NET)
ADDITIONAL VEHICLES
The Police Departments of Southfield, Bloomfield Township and the Macomb County Sheriff’s
Office are providing officers to work with the County’s NET Unit. This action will require that four
additional vehicles with radios be added to the County Fleet. Forfeiture Funds will cover the
capital and lease costs for these vehicles.
Taub moved approval of the attached suggested Fiscal Note.
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Dingeldey absent.
8. MR #01112 – CENTRAL SERVICES/MATERIALS MANAGEMENT DIVISION –
PRIVATIZATION OF MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
The privatization of the food service function for the Sheriff’s Detention Facility has adverse ly
impacted the volume of business handled by Materials Management and resulted in an inability to
markup remaining services and still be competitive. An Administrative Review Committee was
established to further explore privatization of Materials Management remaining functions. Through
utilization of the Request for Proposal process, it is recommended that remaining functions be
contracted to various vendors. This action is expected to produce annual savings of $260,000.
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Four positions will be deleted and one reclassified as identified in the resolution.
Palmer moved approval of the attached suggested Fiscal Note. Supported by Taub.
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Dingeldey absent.
9. MR #01107 – DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES/HUMAN SERVICES
COORDINATING COUNCIL – ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTHY START/HEALTHY FAMILIES
GRANT
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital – Oakland (SJMO) is providing continued funding to the Oakland
County Human Services Coordinating Council to coordinate Public Health Nurse services with the
Health Division. Funding will be provided by a $64,035 Healthy Start/Healthy Families grant, and
a $30,000 Child Protection: Working Together as Community Partners grant to fund one public
health nurse, with 5% of the grant being provided to offset administrative oversight. This
collaborate effort provides long-term comprehensive, home-based family support services,
beginning at birth, to at-risk families to prevent child abuse and neglect, promote healthy child
growth and development and improve parent-child relationships. The grant period is October 1,
2000, through September 30, 2003, and requires annual renewal. An existing public health nurse
position will be utilized for this program.
Taub moved approval of the attached suggested Fis cal Note. Supported by Causey -
Mitchell.
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Dingeldey absent.
10. MR #01110 – PERSONNEL/HUMAN RESOURCES – FUNDING FOR COMPUTER
TESTING EXAM MATERIALS
Personnel is requesting an appropriation of $5,000 to its examination materials line item to
purchase testing materials as part of an entry-level clerical validation study which will incorporate
computer skills testing into the existing examination. Personnel additionally requests to undertake
a test validation process in conjunction with Macomb County to ensure that the test is a fair
predictor of performance.
Causey-Mitchell moved approval of the attached suggested Fiscal Note. Supported by
Melton.
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Di ngeldey absent.
11. MR #01108 – DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY – APPROPRIATION
FOR UNFUNDED STATE AND FEDERAL MANDATES
Information Technology is requesting an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2001 budget to allocate
$56,500 (the equivalent of 500 hours) for unfunded, mandated projects requiring immediate
miscellaneous minor programming work of less than 100 hours. The appropriation will allow for
work not to exceed 500 hours.
Moss moved to report to amend the resolution to insert a BE IT FURTHER
RESOLVED paragraph as follows:
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a final detailed report, identifying what
state-mandated projects these funds were expended on and how those state -
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mandated requirements affected Information Technology’s budget, be provided to
the General Government and Finance Committees and that this information be
reported to the State.
Supported by Taub.
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Dingeldey absent.
Moss moved approval of the attached suggested Fiscal Note. Supported by Amos.
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Dingeldey absent.
12. MR #01105 – DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY – EHEALTH
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM
Information Technology and Environmental Health staff are p roposing to develop a system to
address the data storage/retrieval, imaging, field computing and other technical needs of the
Environmental Health Unit. Environmental Health processes over 143,000 pieces of paper
annually. Offices located in Pontiac, Troy and Walled Lake currently do not have a linked
information system and, therefore, are unable to communicate or share records. The program will
utilize the County’s existing GIS and GPS technologies. Total development and implementation
costs are projected at $2,850,000. An estimated savings of $185,000 per year in personnel costs
is expected once full utilization of the system is achieved.
Mr. Moss stated that he would like to see a long-term strategic plan for Information Technology.
Ms. Douglas suggested that a meeting be set up, and all commissioners invited to attend, to bring
Information Technology in for discussion on this issue.
Mr. Daddow asked that a date for such a meeting not be finalized for several weeks so that
Information Technology personnel could put together the necessary materials.
Mr. Melton proposed that the discovery and planning process for Information Technology projects
be brought to commissioners for prioritization to determine what funds are available and where
they should be allocated.
Taub moved approval of the attached suggested Fiscal Note. Supported by Causey -
Mitchell.
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Dingeldey absent.
13. MR #01116 – ENVIRONMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUND REIMBURSEMENT FOR
PROJECT IN THE CITY OF ROCHESTER HILLS – FY 1999, FY 2000 & FY 2001
Rochester Hills is requesting reimbursement of its $875,759,19 FY 1999, FY 2000 & FY 2001
allocation ($291,919.73 for each year) from the Environmental Infrastructure Reimbursement Fund
for work related to numerous drain related studies.
Amos moved approval of the attached suggested Report. Supported by Douglas.
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Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Dingeldey absent.
COMMUNICATIONS:
A. Circuit Court/Family Division, Prosecutor’s Office and Community Corrections Division – FY
2001 Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grant Application
B Family Independence Agency – Title IV-D Federal Funding Percentages
C. CLEMIS Status – Minutes of Meeting Held on March 30, 2001
D. Department of Management and Budget/Purchasing – Contract Exception Report - March
2000
Palmer moved to receive and file the communications. Supported by Amos.
Motion carried on a voice vote.
OTHER BUSINESS/ADJOURNMENT
At the Committee’s request, Mr. Daddow provided an update on the efforts to implement the Child
Support Enforcement System.
There being no other business to come before the committee, the meeting was adjourned at
11:12 a.m.
_________________________ _______________________________
Helen Hanger James H. VanLeuven, Jr.
Senior Committee Coordinator Administrative Director
NOTE: The foregoing minutes are subject to Committee approval.