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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - 2003.10.07 - 35850HUGH D. CRAWFORD Chairperson GREG JAMIAN Vice Chairperson HELAINE ZACK Minority Vice Chairperson October 7, 2003 Chairperson Crawford called the meeting of the Public Services Committee to order at 1:30 p.m., in Committee Room A, Commissioners’ Wing, County Service Center, Pontiac, Michigan. COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT: Hugh D. Crawford, Greg Jamian, Helaine Zack, Tom McMillin, Jeff Potter, John Scott, Vincent Gregory, Sue Ann Douglas and Christine Lon g COMMITTEE MEMBERS ABSENT WITH NOTICE: None OTHERS PRESENT: COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS Bob Gatt, Chief Barb Hankey, Manager SHERIFF’S OFFICE Mike McCabe, Undersheriff Charles Snarey, Captain Damon Shields, Major Dale Cunningham, Business Manager Michael Saile, Deputy/Range Master Judi Markos, Communications EXECUTIVE OFFICE Jerry Poisson, Asst. Deputy County Executive THE OAKLAND PRESS Charles Crumm, Reporter BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Harvey Wedell, Analyst Pamela Worthington, Committee Coordinator PUBLIC COMMENT None APPROVAL OF THE PREVIOUS MINUTES Long moved approval of the minutes of September 23, 2003, as printed. Supported by Zack. Motion carried on a voice vote. AGENDA ITEMS 1. COUNTY EXECUTIVE/EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND PREPAREDNESS – OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS 1200 N. TELEGRAPH ROAD, PONTIAC, MI 48341-0470 Telephone (248) 858-0100 FAX (248) 858 -1572 PUBLIC SERVICES COMMITTEE Tom McMillin Jeff Potter John Scott Vincent Gregory Sue Ann Douglas Christine Long PUBLIC SERVICES COMMITTEE Page 2 October 7, 2003 MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN COUNTY OF OAKLAND AND HEALTH EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, INC. (SPONSOR OF MICHIGAN-1 DISASTER MEDICAL ASSISTANCE TEAM) FOR EMERGENCY DISASTER MEDICAL ASSISTANCE The resolution reflects the approval by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners of a Memorandum of Understanding between the County of Oakland and Health Emergency Medical Services, Inc. (HEMS). It also authorizes the County Executive to execute said Memorandum of Understanding on behalf of the County of Oakland. The purpose of this Memorandum is to authorize HEMS to facilitate the participation of the Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT) personnel in responding to or recovering from natural or human - made disasters in the County, as well as participate in Oakland County planning and/or training exercises, as long as DMAT is not on active alert or deployment with the Federal Government. The Memorandum also permits Oakland County to hire DMAT personnel to serve as employees of the County for the length of activation. Douglas moved approval of the attached suggested resolution. Supported by Gregory. Motion carried on a roll call vote with Potter absent. 2. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICES/COMMUNITY CORRECTIO NS – ACCEPTANCE OF 2003/2004 COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS GRANT The Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) awarded Oakland County Community Corrections funding in the amount of $3,046,931 for the period of October 1, 2003 through September 30, 2004. No County match is required for this grant. The future level of service, including personnel (except the portion of the pretrial services currently funded by the General Fund/General Purpose Fund) will be contingent upon the level of funding available from the State. Corporation Counsel had a concern regarding the staffing standards in the grant contract that had to do with employees with criminal records. Ms. Hankey mentioned that she talked to someone from the State of Michigan, and he said that it does not include subcontractors. He will be sending something to Ms. Hankey in writing confirming this. Zack moved approval of the attached suggested resolution. Supported by Jamian. Motion carried on a roll call vote with Potter absent. 3. SHERIFF DEPARTMENT – FISCAL YEAR 2003 LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT BLOCK GRANT ACCEPTANCE The U.S. Department of Justice awarded Oakland County funding in the amount of $74,606 with a County match of $10,419. These funds were awarded under the Federal Fiscal Year 2003 Local Law Enforcement Block Grant. The funds will be used to purchase one transport van; eight Motorola prep. Radios; one portable projector; one tripod; two wireless mice; ten headphones for transcription; one full -sized transcribing machine; one micro-cassette auto transcribing machine; Mugshot/FamCare interface files; one security system; and two Personal Breathalyzer Tests (PBTs). PUBLIC SERVICES COMMITTEE Page 3 October 7, 2003 Zack moved approval of the attached suggested resolution. Supported by Gregory. Motion carried on a roll call vote with Potter abs ent. 4. SHERIFF’S OFFICE – STATUS OF DEPLOYMENT OF TASER GUNS At the last Public Services Committee meeting Commissioner Jamian had requested the Sheriff’s Office to give an update on the deployment of the taser guns and a timeframe as to when all 200 would be deployed. Major Shields mentioned that not all officers are trained to use the taser guns at this point; however, training is ongoing, and there have been 113 deployed at this time. There are trained officers with taser guns available on each shift. Mr. Cunningham mentioned that there are approximately 350 officers that work patrol, and they are divided among 16 locations for three shifts, seven days a week. They schedule their officers for training on Wednesdays because they all work on Wednesdays. Based on that, they take part of the afternoon and part of the day shift to do scheduling. When they do it that way, it takes ten weeks to get a full cycle through without additional cost to the County. So at a bare minimum, it takes about two weeks to get from the beginning of the training cycle to the end. The deputies are also required to have CPR training, first aid training and legal updates. Last year the deputies had an average of 58 hours of various training sessions, not including time on the range. The goal is to have all 200 taser guns deployed by November of 2003. INFORMATIONAL ITEMS None OTHER BUSINESS/ADJOURNMENT Commissioner Crawford mentioned that there would be a Personnel Committee meeting tomorrow, Wednesday, October 8, 2003 a t 9:30 a.m. in Committee Room A. The topic discussed will be process and criteria for the appointment of Administrative Director. Commissioner McMillin inquired about whether a report would come out of the Emergency Response and Preparedness exercise tha t took place last week at three locations within Oakland County. The committee coordinator will be calling the Emergency Response and Preparedness Department to get an answer for him. Commissioner Long mentioned that Oakland County would be donating a c ar to the CREST facility in Auburn Hills. This car will be used for disaster training exercises. The CREST facility will be setting up tours for groups that want to see their facility, and Commissioner Long suggested that the Public Services Committee might want to schedule a tour. There being no further business to come before the Committee, the meeting was adjourned at 2:11 p.m. PUBLIC SERVICES COMMITTEE Page 4 October 7, 2003 ________________________________ _______________________________ Pamela Worthington Helen Hanger Committee Coordinator Senior Committee Coordinator NOTE: The foregoing minutes are subject to Committee approval.