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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - 2001.08.29 - 35663DAVID L. MOFFITT Chairperson HUGH D.CRAWFORD Vice Chairperson RUEL E. MCPHERSON Minority Vice Chairperson August 28, 2001 The meeting of the Public Services Committee was called to or der at 1:37 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, Lawrence A. Obrecht, John Garfield, David Galloway, Terry L. Sever, David Buckley, Eric Coleman, and Brenda Causey-Mitchell. COMMITTEE MEMBERS ABSENT: None. OTHERS PRESENT: SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT Mike McCabe, Captain Dale Cunningham, Business Manager Ann Russell, Corrections Administrator HEALTH DIVISION Sandra Kosik, Chief, Substance Abuse Services Tom Fockler, Adm./Public Health Adm. Svcs. CIRCUIT COURT/FOC Joe Salamone, Friend of the Court Kathleen Cox, Chief Assistant Friend of the Court CORPORATION COUNSEL Karen Agacinski, Assistant Corporation Counsel PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT Mary Pardee, Personnel Analyst ANIMAL CONTROL Sandra Gay, Manager OAKLAND PRESS Charles Crumm, Reporter BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Harvey Wedell, Senior 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 August 28, 2001 Garfield moved approval of the previous minutes of August 7, 2001. Supported by Obrecht. Motion carried on a voice vote. AGENDA CHANGES Item #1 was moved back to a later time in the agenda to allow for Karen Agacinski to arrive and give her input. AGENDA ITEMS PUBLIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT/ANIMAL CONTROL – CHANGE IN CURRENT DOG LICENSING PERIOD Public Act 339 of 1919 was amended to change the application dates for licensing of do gs to June 1 of each year. Due to this amendment, this Resolution requests the Oakland County Board of Commissioners to change the standard dog licensing period from December 1 to June 1, beginning with the year 2002 and continuing for each subsequent year. Garfield moved approval of the attached suggested Resolution. Supported by Crawford. Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with McPherson and Galloway absent. SHERIFF DEPARTMENT – CONTINUATION OF INMATE ZERO TOLERANCE/ TREATMENT PROGRAM This Resolution authorizes the continuation of funding for the Inmate Zero Tolerance/ Treatment Program, which is directed under the Oakland County Sheriff. There are no additional personnel needed; however, the five (5) FTE and one (1) PTNE positions in Unit 43320 will be changed from Special Revenue funding to General Fund/General Purpose funding. Coleman moved approval of the attached suggested Resolution. Supported by Causey-Mitchell. Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with McPherson and Galloway absent. SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT – AUTHORIZATION FOR SALE OF RECOVERED AND STOLEN PROPERTY IN FALL AUCTION This Resolution authorizes the Sheriff of Oakland County to dispose of property that has been unclaimed for six months by way of an auction. The items were obtained as a result of abandonment, theft, evidence, etc. If approved, this auction will take place on Saturday, October 20, 2001. PUBLIC SERVICES COMMITTEE Page 3 August 28, 2001 Coleman moved approval of the attached suggested Resolution. Supported by Crawford. Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with McPherson and Galloway absent. SHERIFF DEPARTMENT – USE OF FORFEITED FUNDS TO PROVIDE FUNDING ASSISTANCE TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY OFFICE OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE This Resolution requests the transfer of $55,000 from funds curre ntly in the Sheriff’s forfeiture account to the Office of Substance Abuse. These funds will be utilized to support drug awareness education efforts in all community coalitions within Oakland County. Obrecht made a motion to amend the attached suggested Resolution, adding a BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED paragraph as follows: BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners authorizes an additional $10,000 expenditure from contingency to provide a total of $65,000 to the Office of Substance Abuse. Supported by Coleman. Motion carried on a voice vote. Garfield moved approval of the attached suggested Resolution, as amended. Supported by Coleman. Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote. SHERIFF DEPARTMENT – STATE CRIMINAL ALIEN ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (SCAAP) APPLICATION This Grant Application is for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP). This program provides federal assistance to states and localities that are incurring costs of incarcerating undocumented criminal aliens who have been accused or convicted of state and local offenses. The amount of the Grant is unknown at this time. The formulating of the Grant amount will be determined after the application has been submitted. Garfield moved approval of the attached Grant Application. Supported by Buckley. Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote. CIRCUIT COURT/FRIEND OF THE COURT – 2001/2002 MEDICAL SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT REIMBURSEMENT CONTRACT ACCEPTANCE This is an Acceptance for a Grant that is in its fifth year of funding. The Grant for this year PUBLIC SERVICES COMMITTEE Page 4 August 28, 2001 is under a 15% variance; however, there are some personnel changes. There is an upward classification of one SR Clerk III position to an FOC Case Assistant in Circuit Court/Family Division/Friend of the Court. This is a 100 percent reimbursement contract with no matching funds required from the County. As this item was disapproved by Corporation Counsel, Karen Agacinski, she agreed to provide a revised sign-off sheet with her approval and comments attached stating her opinion regarding the language in the contract. Moffit moved to report to the Board with the recommendation that a BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED paragraph be added as follows: BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioner s respectfully directs the State’s attention to the significant, outstanding issues with the form of the contract detailed in the Oakland County Corporation Counsel opinion dated July 30, 2001, noting that the State’s late delivery of the form of the propo sed contract rendered difficult, if not impossible, timely discussion to resolve these issues, and urges the State, in the strongest possible terms, to responsibly address and resolve these issues with the County following contract approval. Supported by Obrecht. Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote. COMMUNICATIONS None. OTHER BUSINESS/ADJOURNMENT Public Services Committee – Live Broadcast of Meetings: The next scheduled Public Services meeting will be televised at Bloomfield Township Hall. The date was changed to Wednesday, September 12, 2001, at 1:30 p.m. The change in date and location was approved on a voice vote. The next live broadcast of the Public Services Committee meeting will be on Tuesday, October 16, 2001, 1:30 p.m., at the Farmington Hills City Hall. The broadcast of this meeting and location was approved on a voice vote. There being no other business to come before the committee, the meeting was adjourned at 2:42 p.m. PUBLIC SERVICES COMMITTEE Page 5 August 28, 2001 _______________________________ _______________________________ Pamela L. Jackson James H. VanLeuven, Jr. Committee Coordinator Administrative Director NOTE: The foregoing minutes are subject to Committee approval.