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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - 2001.09.06 - 35665SUE ANN DOUGLAS Chairperson NANCY DINGELDEY Vice Chairperson BRENDA CAUSEY-MITCHELL Minority Vice Chairperson September 6, 2001 The meeting of the Finance Committee was called to order at 11:01 a.m. by Chairperson Douglas in Committee Room A, Commissioners= Wing, County Service Center, Pontiac, Michigan. COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT: Sue Douglas, Nancy Dingeldey, Charles Palmer, Shell ey Taub, Fran Amos, William Patterson, Chuck Moss, Brenda Causey-Mitchell, Michelle Friedman Appel, Tim Melton. COMMITTEE MEMBERS ABSENT: None. OTHERS PRESENT: CLERK/REGISTER OF DEEDS G. William Caddell, Clerk/Register Pam Agelink, Administrative Assistant COUNTY EXECUTIVE Doug Williams, Deputy Robert Daddow, Assistant Deputy DRAIN COMMISSIONER William Klokow, Deputy EQUALIZATION Bob Vandermark, Manager Dave Hieber, Administrator FACILITIES MANAGEMENT Dave Ross, Director FISCAL SERVICES Tom Ott, Manager Tim Soave, Chief LaVerne Smith, Supervisor Joe Matkosky, Supervisor Jeff Phelps, Budget Systems Coordinator Linda Pearson, Analyst Prentiss Malone, Analyst Gaia Piir, Budget Systems Coordinator MANAGEMENT & BUDGET Jeff Pardee, Director Laurie Van Pelt, Deputy Director PERSONNEL Judy Eaton, Director Nancy Scarlet, Manager Jennifer Mason, Supervisor PUBLIC SERVICES Mike Zehnder, Director PROSECUTING ATTORNEY David Gorcyca, Prosecuting Attorney John O’Brien, Deputy SHERIFF Thomas Quisenberry, Undersheriff Michael McCabe, Captain OTHERS PRESENT CONT’D. 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 Shelley Taub Fran Amos William Patterson Chuck Moss Michelle Friedman Appel Tim Melton FINANCE COMMITTEE Page 2 September 6, 2001 Dale Cunningham, Business Manager FREE PRESS Kathleen Gray, Reporter BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Larry Obrecht, District #3 David Buckley, District #14 James H. VanLeuven, Jr., Director Sheryl Mitchell, Analyst Helen Hanger, Sr. Committee Coordinator PUBLIC COMMENT Mr. Patterson spoke regarding the County Prosecutor’s reque st for a salary increase for 8 positions. 5. FY 2002 & FY 2003 FINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED BUDGET Amos moved to recommend adoption of the County Executive’s Recommended Budget for Fiscal Years 2002 and 2003, the Fiscal Year 2002 Budget General Appropri ations Act, and the Fiscal Year 2002 Capital Improvement Program as submitted. Supported by Taub. A. AMENDMENTS MADE PURSUANT TO ADOPTION OF SEPARATE RESOLUTIONS Dingeldey moved approval of Section A of the Amendment List. Supported by Patterson. Motion carried on a voice vote. B. PERSONNEL COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED AMENDMENTS – SUPPORTED BY THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE Taub moved approval of Section B of the Amendment List. Supported by Moss. For amendment B.3., the Committee, by unanimous consent, dir ected Management & Budget to insert a footnote in the Budget stating that this requested increase in overtime ($200,000) is for the specific purpose of academy training – to cover for Sheriff staff attending the academy - and that the training issue will be reviewed as part of the FY 2003 budget process. Amos moved to strike the existing language for amendment B.8. and insert the following: Authorize per diem payments of $75.00 to various commissions and boards. Funding is available in the non-departmental Legislative Expense account to cover the increased cost related to those per diems. The Personnel Committee will report to the Finance Committee, by January 15, 2002, regarding the detailed procedures related to these per diem payments. Supported by Dingeldey. Motion carried on a roll call vote with Palmer, Taub, Friedman Appel and Melton voting no. Palmer moved to strike amendment B.9. Supported by Dingeldey. FINANCE COMMITTEE Page 3 September 6, 2001 Motion carried on a roll call vote with Causey -Mitchell, Friedman Appel, Melton and Douglas voting no and Dingeldey absent. Patterson moved to approve amendment B.13. and to strike amendment E. 5. Supported by Palmer. Motion carried on a roll call vote with Taub voting no and Amos and Dingeldey absent. Causey-Mitchell moved to reconsider this action. Supported by Taub. Motion to reconsider carried on a roll call vote with Moss and Douglas voting no and Amos and Dingeldey absent. Causey-Mitchell moved to divide the question (to take each amendment up separately). Supported by Taub. Motion carried on a voice vote. Causey-Mitchell moved to approve amendment B.13. Supported by Patterson. Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Amos absent. Causey-Mitchell moved to approve amendment E.5. Supported by Friedman Appel. Roll Call: Ayes: Patterson Nays: Moss Friedman Appel Melton Causey-Mitchell Dingeldey Palmer Taub Amos Douglas Motion failed. Motion to approve Section B of the amendment list, as amended, carried on a voice vote. THE COMMITTEE RECESSED FROM 12:55 P.M. TO 1:13 P.M. C. FINANCE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS – SUPPORTED BY THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE Palmer moved approval of Section C of the Amendment List. Supported by Dingeldey. Palmer moved to amend C.1. to state that Section 16 of the Ge neral Appropriations Act be amended to change the controllable level from division to department. Supported by Dingeldey. Motion carried on a voice vote. FINANCE COMMITTEE Page 4 September 6, 2001 Palmer moved to further amend C.1. to state that that the General Appropriations Act be amended to allow the Fiscal Officer to allot the annual appropriation for the 52 nd District Court – Division 1 on a quarterly basis. Supported by Taub. Motion carried on a roll call vote with Friedman Appel, Melton and Causey -Mitchell voting no. Amendment C.11. was corrected from $25,000 to $20,000 for FY 2002. Recognizing that this was a one-time purchase, the FY 2003 recommended appropriation was deleted. Moss moved amendment C.15 (to allocate $250,000 for non -52nd District Courts to encourage the use of Information Technology court systems) and to amend the General Appropriations Act to state: BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that an appropriation of $250,000 be made from P.A. 189 funds to the Information Technology Fund to promote better integration of the County funded (Circuit Court and 52nd District Court) court systems and the non -52 district court systems. The $250,00 will be allocated for use by the non -52nd district Courts based on a weighted factor of the population and case load, where population and case loa d are weighted equally”. Supported by Palmer. Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Patterson absent. Motion to approve Section C of the amendment list, as amended, carried on a voice vote. D. EXECUTIVE RECOMMENDED ADJUSTMENTS TO BALANCE Dingeldey moved approval of Section D, Executive Recommended Adjustments to Balance. Supported by Moss. Motion to approve Section D. of the amendment list carried on a voice vote. E. RECOMMENDED AMENDMENTS NOT SUPPORTED BY THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE Item E.3., was removed from the list at the request of the Sheriff, to be referred back to the Personnel Department. Item E.5. was removed from the list during consideration of B.13. Items E.6 and E.7. were removed from the list at the request of the initiati ng commissioners. Palmer moved approval of amendment E.1. Supported by Friedman Appel. Roll Call: Ayes: Palmer Nays: Moss Absent: Patterson Friedman Appel Causey-Mitchell FINANCE COMMITTEE Page 5 September 6, 2001 Dingeldey Taub Amos Douglas Melton Motion failed. Taub moved approval of amendment E.2. to provide a 8% salary increase for eight positions in the Prosecuting Attorney’s office (Chief Deputy, Chief Prosecutor Administration, Deputy Prosecutor (2), and four (4) Chief positions ) and to have the Personnel Committee form a committee to review the salaries of appointed officials. Supported by Friedman Appel. Causey-Mitchell moved a secondary amendment to provide a 2.5% increase for eight positions in the Prosecuting Attorney’s of fice (Chief Deputy, Chief Prosecutor Administration, Deputy Prosecutor (2), and four (4) Chief positions) and to have the Personnel Committee form a committee to review the salaries of appointed officials. Supported by Dingeldey. Motion on the secondary amendment carried on a roll call vote with Palmer, Taub, Moss and Melton voting no and Patterson absent. Motion on E.2., as amended, carried on a roll call vote with Palmer, Moss and Melton voting no and Patterson absent. Amos moved to strike Item E.4. from the list so that further evaluation could be completed. Supported by Causey-Mitchell. Motion to strike Item E.4. from the list carried on a voice vote. (No other items remained on the list for Section E, therefore, a vote was not necessary.) Main motion. to recommend adoption of the County Executive’s Recommended Budget for Fiscal Years 2002 and 2003, as amended, the Fiscal Year 2002 Budget General Appropriations Act, and the Fiscal Year 2002 Capital Improvement Program as submitted carried unanimously on a rol call vote with Patterson and Taub absent. Palmer moved to authorize Publication of Public Notice for Public Hearing on the FY 2002 and FY 2003 Finance Committee Recommended Budget. Supported by Moss. Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Patterson and Taub absent. Palmer moved to recommend to the Board to Establish a Public Hearing on the FY 2002 & 2003 Finance Committee Recommended Budget for September 20, 2001. Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Patt erson and Taub absent. FINANCE COMMITTEE Page 6 September 6, 2001 OTHER BUSINESS/ADJOURNMENT There being no other business to come before the committee, the meeting was adjourned at 4:02 p.m. _________________________ _______________________________ Helen Hanger James H. VanLeuven, Jr. Senior Committee Coordinator Administrative Director NOTE: The foregoing minutes are subject to Committee approval.