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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - 2001.07.24 - 35652DAVID L. MOFFITT Chairperson HUGH D.CRAWFORD Vice Chairperson RUEL E. MCPHERSON Minority Vice Chairperson July 24, 2001 The meeting of the Public Services Committee was called to order at 1:50 p.m. by Chairperson Moffitt, at the Novi City Hall, 45175 West Ten Mile Road, in the Council Chambers, Novi, Michigan. COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT: David Moffitt, Hugh D. Crawford, Ruel E. McPherson, Lawrence A. Obrecht, John Garfield, Terry Sever, David Buckley and Eric Coleman. COMMITTEE MEMBERS ABSENT WITH NOTICE: David Galloway and Brenda Causey-Mitchell. OTHERS PRESENT: SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT Mike McCabe, Captain Dale Cunningham, Business Manager COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS George Miller, Manager PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT Brenthy Johnston, Personnel Analyst Mary Pardee, Personnel Analyst CIRCUIT COURT Kevin Oeffner, Court Administrator BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Harvey Wedell, Senior Analyst Pamela Jackson, Committee Coordinator PUBLIC COMMENT None. THERE WAS AN INTRODUCTION OF ALL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND STAFF. 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 July 24, 2001 Crawford moved approval of the previous minutes of July 10, 2001. Supported by Buckley. Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Galloway and Causey-Mitchell absent. AGENDA ITEMS SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT – ADDITIONAL HOURS FOR COURT DEPUTY POSITIONS/COURTHOUSE SECURITY PROGRAM The Courthouse Security Program was instituted in 1992, and ten part-time, non-eligible court deputy positions were created for this program, funded at 1,000 hours each. Due to the necessity of staff to continue to secure the northeast and east doors of the courthouse, this Resolution authorizes 640 additional hours for each of the ten Court Deputy positions. This would bring the total hours requested to 1,640 hours per year. Obrecht moved approval of the attached suggested Resolution. Supported by Coleman. Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Galloway and Causey-Mitchell absent. SHERIFF DEPARTMENT – RECLASSIFICATION OF ONE (1) SERGEANT TO LIEUTENANT POSITION IN THE FUGITIVE/WARRANTS UNIT Due to the fact that there is only one Lieutenant overseeing 45 detectives/investigators in the Fugitive Apprehension Team (FAT) and the Warrants Unit in the Technical Services Division, this Resolution requests to upgrade one Sergeant to Lieutenant. The new Lieutenant will oversee 24 detectives/investigators, and the current Lieutenant will oversee 21 detectives/investigators assigned under this command. The costs associated with this upgrade will be taken from the Sheriff Narcotics Forfeiture funds. Coleman moved approval of the attached suggested Resolution. Supported by Crawford. Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Galloway and Causey-Mitchell absent. CRAWFORD ASSUMED THE CHAIR AT 2:25 P.M. SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT – CONTRACT AMENDMENT #1 FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES IN THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF ROYAL OAK 1999-2003 The Oakland County Sheriff Department currently has a contract with the Township of Royal Oak to have ten (10) Sheriff Deputies patrol this community. In order to ease their financial burden, the Township of Royal Oak requests to eliminate one Sheriff Deputy in this contract. This Resolution amends the original Schedule A (Sheriff Deputies contracted) of the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department 1999-2003 Law Enforcement Services Agreement with the Charter Township of Royal Oak to delete a Deputy II (with fill-in). This brings the total Sheriff Deputies in the Township of Royal Oak to nine (9). This amendment will take effect July 28, 2001. PUBLIC SERVICES COMMITTEE Page 3 July 24, 2001 Sever suggested the committee to request the Chairman of the Board, Frank Millard, to send a letter to Royal Oak Township, on behalf of all of the Oakland County Commissioners, voicing concerns about this decrease of law enforcement in their community, and asking them to avoid taking this action. This suggestion was supported by Coleman. Coleman moved approval of the attached suggested Resolution and Mr. Sever’s request for the Chairman of the Board, Frank Millard, to send a letter to Royal Oak Township, on behalf of all of the Oakland County Commissioners, to voice concerns about this decrease of law enforcement in their community, asking them to reconsider taking this action. Supported by Sever. Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Galloway and Causey-Mitchell absent. MOFFIT RE-ASSUMED THE CHAIR AT 2:39 P.M. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICES/COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS DIVISION – APPLICATION FOR 2001/2002 COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS GRANT This Application is for an ongoing grant requesting $510,000 in additional monies, an 18% increase from the previous grant award. This increase includes $30,000 additional for community service; $13,000 additional for intensive supervision; and $480,000 additional for probation residential centers. This is the 7th year funds have been requested for this grant. Crawford moved approval of this Grant Application. Supported by McPherson. Motion carried unanimously on a voice vote with Galloway and Causey-Mitchell absent. CIRCUIT COURT – CREATION OF ONE (1) USER SUPPORT SPECIALIST II POSITION FOR JUDICIAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (JIMS) PROJECT This Resolution requests the creation of one GF/GP User Support Specialist II position in the Circuit Court/Court Business Division. This position will be funded through September 30, 2003. This position is deemed necessary to aid in the success of the Judicial Management Information System. The JIMS project is a courts software system that provides integrated records for Circuit, District and Probate Courts, as well as the Prosecutor and the County Clerk. There have been 300 reports identified so far that need to be replaced by reports generated by JIMS. The desire is for in-house staff to have the ability to format all of those reports. Garfield moved approval of the attached suggested Resolution. Supported by Buckley. Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with McPherson voting no and Galloway and Causey-Mitchell absent. COMMUNICATIONS None. PUBLIC SERVICES COMMITTEE Page 4 July 24, 2001 OTHER BUSINESS/ADJOURNMENT Garfield requested to have a representative of the Sheriff come before the Public Services Committee and review the policy for the helicopter, explaining how it will be utilized in the area of law enforcement. Moffitt stated that it would be a topic at the next meeting. Mr. Crawford spoke about the court equity program. There was some discussion among the Commissioners regarding creating a study group or an ad hoc committee. There being no other business to come before the committee, the meeting was adjourned at 3:25 p.m. _______________________________ _______________________________ Pamela L. Jackson James H. VanLeuven, Jr. Committee Coordinator Administrative Director NOTE: The foregoing minutes are subject to Committee approval.