HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - 2001.12.04 - 35694DAVID L. MOFFITT
Chairperson
HUGH D.CRAWFORD
Vice Chairperson
RUEL E. MCPHERSON
Minority Vice Chairperson
December 4, 2001
The meeting of the Public Services Committee was called to o rder at 1:37 p.m. by
Chairperson Moffitt, in Committee Room A, Commissioners’ Wing, County Service Center,
Pontiac, Michigan.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT:
David L. Moffitt, Hugh D. Crawford, Ruel E. McPherson, Lawrence A. Obrecht,
David Galloway, Terry L. Sever, David Buckley, Eric Coleman, and Brenda Causey-
Mitchell.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS ABSENT WITH NOTICE:
John Garfield.
OTHERS PRESENT:
SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT Mike McCabe, Captain
Dale Cunningham, Business Manager
CIRCUIT COURT/FOC Joe Salamone, Friend of the Court
PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE David Gorcyca, Prosecutor
John O’Brien, Chief Deputy Prosecutor
PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT Brenthy Johnston, Analyst
David VandeGrift, Analyst
Mary Pardee, Analyst
CLERK – REGISTER OF DEEDS Frank Millard, Deputy Clerk
CIRCUIT COURT Kevin Oeffner, Court Administrator
EXECUTIVE OFFICES Jerry Poisson, Asst. Deputy County Executive
52-1 DISTRICT COURT Michelle Bilger, Administrator
52-2 DISTRICT COURT Sharon Rupe, Administrator
52-3 DISTRICT COURT Jennifer Marlinga, Deputy Court Administrator
Lynda Hammerstein, Court Administrator
52-4 DISTRICT COURT Jim Verploeg, Court Administrator
CITIZEN Lois Shulman
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Sheryl Mitchell, Senior Analyst
Pamela Jackson, Committee Coordinator
PUBLIC COMMENT
None.
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
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APPROVAL OF THE PREVIOUS MINUTES
Crawford moved approval of the minutes of November 13, 2001. Supported by
Coleman.
Motion carried on a voice vote.
AGENDA
Causey-Mitchell moved to amend the agenda to reflect that Item #4 should state
“Recommend to Board” as the action required, as opposed to Report to Board.
Supported by Sever.
Motion carried on a voice vote.
AGENDA ITEMS
SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT – CONTRACT AMENDMENT #2 FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT
SERVICES IN THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF INDEPENDENCE 1999 -2003
This Resolution authorizes the addition of one Detective Sergeant and one Deputy II (no -
fill) under the contract with the Charter Township of Independence. This will bring the total
number of contracted deputies to 27. This Resolution also authorizes one unmarked
vehicle (with pager, mobile and prep radio) be added to the County fleet.
Obrecht moved approval of the attached suggested Resolution. Supported by
Coleman.
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with McPherson, Garfield and
Galloway absent.
SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT/COUNTY EXECUTIVE – CREATION OF ONE CAPTAIN
POSITION ASSIGNED TO THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND PREPAREDNESS UNIT
This Resolution authorizes the creation of one GF/GP Captain position in the Sheriff’s
Department to work with the County Executive’s Emergency Response and Preparedness
Unit. The person in this position would be the Emergency Operations Center law
enforcement contact from the Sheriff’s Department dur ing Emergency Operations Center
events and coordinate efforts with the Administrator -Emergency Response and
Preparedness. This person would also work on mutual aid agreements for 61 communities
and develop and implement Emergency Plans for the law enforcement communities.
Sever moved approval of the attached suggested Resolution. Supported by
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Obrecht.
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with McPherson and Garfield absent.
CIRCUIT COURT/FAMILY DIVISION/FOC/CHILD SUPPORT ACCOUNTING AND
BANKING – PERSONNEL RELATED CHANGES FOR CSES SUPPORT
This Resolution authorizes the creation of two (2) Special Revenue Account Clerk II
positions and one (1) Special Revenue Junior Accountant position in the Circuit
Court/Family Division/FOC. These positions are necessary due to the additional work
needed during the implementation of the Child Support Enforcement System required by
the State of Michigan.
Mr. Obrecht suggested looking into the possibility of employee leasing, as opposed to
hiring people to fill temporary positions. Mr. Crawford concurred with this idea, and a
memo will be sent to the Personnel Committee from Mr. Obrecht and Mr. Crawford
recommending that the Personnel Committee look into the possibility of obtaining contract-
leased employees to fill these positions.
Obrecht moved approval of the attached suggested Resolution. Supported by
Crawford.
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Garfield absent.
CIRCUIT COURT/DISTRICT COURT/PROSECUTING ATTORNEY/CLERK-REGISTER
OF DEEDS – CREATION OF EIGHT (8) USER SUPPORT SPECIALIST POSIITONS TO
SUPPORT IMPLEMENTATION OF THE JUDICIAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM (JIMS) PROJECT
This Resolution authorizes the creation of eight (8) GF/GP User Support Specialist
positions for the period January 1, 2002 through September 30, 2003 to be fully committed
to the Judicial Information Management System (JIMS) Project. This will help in the
conversion to JIMS, a fully-integrated records management system.
Buckley moved approval of the attached suggested Resolution. Supported by
Sever.
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Garfield absent.
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS – AMENDMENT TO GRANTS PROCEDURE
This Resolution amends the grants procedures effective January 1, 2002, in ac cordance
with Attachment A entitled “Grant Application and Acceptance Procedures. Basically, the
distinctions of the 15% variance for applications and acceptances were eliminated. The
Planning and Building Committee submitted a report with a couple recommended changes
in the wording of the Resolution and Attachment A.
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Obrecht moved that the Public Services Committee produce a report stating that the
Public Services Committee concurs with the report of the Planning and Building
Committee. Supported by Galloway.
Motion carried on a voice vote.
COMMUNICATIONS
None.
OTHER BUSINESS/ADJOURNMENT
Committee Chairman Moffitt closed the meeting by thanking all committee members for
their diligent and conscientious work during the past year, particularly for their willingness to
pioneer public cable broadcast of committee meetings, and noted that the chairmanship
was soon to pass into capable hands.
There being no other business to come before the committee, the meeting was adjourned
at 2:24 p.m.
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Pamela L. Jackson James H. VanLeuven, Jr.
Committee Coordinator Administrative Director
NOTE: The foregoing minutes are subject to Committee approval.