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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - 2004.04.27 - 35899HUGH D. CRAWFORD Chairperson JEFF POTTER Vice Chairperson VINCENT GREGORY Minority Vice Chairperson April 27, 2004 Chairperson Crawford called the meeting of the Public Services Committee to order at 1:33 p.m., in Committee Room A, Commissioners’ Wing, County Service Center, Pontiac, Michigan. COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT: Hugh D. Crawford, Helaine Zack, Sue Ann Douglas, Thomas F. Middleton, Eileen T. Kowall, Tom McMillin, John A. Scott, Vincent G regory COMMITTEE MEMBERS ABSENT WITH NOTICE: Jeff Potter OTHERS PRESENT: SHERIFF’S OFFICE Mike McCabe, Undersheriff Dale Cunningham, Business Manager Ann Russell, Corrections Administrator EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND PREPAREDNESS Gail Novak, Chief CIRCUIT COURT Honorable Wendy Potts, Judge Kevin Oeffner, Court Administrator Libby Smith, General Jurisdiction Administrator Susan Bennington, Technical Assistant Gwynne Starkey, Program Evaluation Analyst Ken Aud, Area Manager, Probation HUMAN RESOURCES Brenthy Johnston, Analyst COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS Barb Hankey, Manager MSU COOPERATIVE EXTENSION Carol Lenchek, Environmental Program Coord. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Harvey Wedell, Analyst Pamela Worthington, 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 Sue Ann Douglas Thomas F. Middleton Eileen T. Kowall Tom McMillin John A. Scott Helaine Zack PUBLIC SERVICES COMMITTEE Page 2 April 27, 2004 Zack moved approval of the minutes of April 6, 2004, as printed. Supported by Kowall. Motion carried on a voice vote. AGENDA Zack moved to approve the agenda with an amendment to add Sheriff’s Office – Establishment of Standard Law Enforcement Services Agreement with the Charter Township of Royal Oak, January 1, 2004 – December 31, 2008 as Item #4. Supported by Douglas. Motion carried on a voice vote. AGENDA ITEMS 1. COUNTY EXECUTIVE – EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND PREPAREDNESS – APPLICATION/ACCEPTANCE OF POWER OUTAGE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE GRANT The President declared an emergency on September 23, 2003 for certain areas of the State resulting from the August 14 – 17, 2003 power outage. Section 503 of the Stafford Act limits federal assistance to not more than $5,000,000 for the State of Michigan for the power outage. Oakland County was awarded $164,294.31 in public assistance funding for the costs incurred during this blackout, and the resolution authorizes the acceptance of this funding. Gregory moved approval of the attached suggested resolution. Supported by Douglas. Motion carried on a roll call vote with Potter absent. 2. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICES/MSU EXTENSION – 2004 GYPSY MOTH SUPPRESSION PROGRAM COMMUNITY SPRAY CONTRACTS The resolution authorizes the execution of a joint operating agreement for the 2004 Oakland County Gypsy Moth Program between Oakland County and Auburn Hills, Rochester Hills and the Townships of Addison, Oakland, Orion, Oxford and Waterford. This program is a cooperative effort between the County and these local units for specifically designated areas to be aerially sprayed with Bacillus thuringiensis by an MDA qualified and licensed agricultural pesticide spray contractor to minimize municipal tree damage. Scott moved approval of the attached suggested resolution. Supported by Middleton. Motion carried on a roll call vote with Potter absent. 3. CIRCUIT COURT – EFFORTS TO REDUCE JAIL OVERCROWDING Mr. Oeffner handed out a document on jail overcrowding that listed the actions that the Circuit Court is taking to relieve some of the jail overcrowding. It also included two graphs (Judge A and Judge B) that showed docket improv ements from the start of a PUBLIC SERVICES COMMITTEE Page 3 April 27, 2004 pilot program until March of this year. Currently, there are seven (7) judges participating in this pilot program. The pilot program entails better management of criminal dockets, weekly reports documenting pending caseload and unscheduled event information, expansion of the Adult Treatment Court, the assignment of a visiting judge to the civil docket; and automatic sentence reduction credit for trustees on work detail. The program also consists of tracking and logging of adjou rnment information for judges; weekly reports to district courts on predisposition of inmates, sentenced inmates and bond amounts; and monitoring the status of criminal dockets. Mr. Oeffner estimated that 141 jail beds have been saved daily since the ince ption of this pilot program. He stated that the success of this pilot program is from the result of a team effort between Community Corrections, Probation, the Sheriff’s Office, the Jail Diversion Task Force and the Circuit Court. Undersheriff McCabe stated that currently the County jail is housing 2,009 inmates, which makes 76 consecutive days at over 2,000 inmates. Even though he expressed praise for the Circuit Court in their efforts, much work still needs to be done to affect this problem. Kowall moved to receive and file the document on jail overcrowding. Supported by Zack. Motion carried on a voice vote with Potter absent. 4. SHERIFF’S OFFICE – ESTABLISHMENT OF STANDARD LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF ROYAL O AK, JANUARY 1, 2004 – DECEMBER 31, 2008 The resolution authorizes the execution of a law enforcement services agreement between Oakland County and the Charter Township of Royal Oak from January 1, 2004 through December 31, 2008, providing a certified copy of a resolution from the Township Board accepting this agreement is received. Zack moved approval of the attached suggested resolution. Supported by Gregory. Motion carried on a voice vote with Potter absent. INFORMATIONAL ITEMS A. Circuit Court, FY 2005 Byrne Memorial Grant – Adult Drug Court Grant Application B. 52-1 Novi District Court, FY 2005 Byrne Memorial Grant – Adult Drug Court Grant Application C. Circuit Court – Family Division, FY 2005 Byrne Memorial Grant – Juvenile Drug Court Grant Application D. Department of Public Services/Community Corrections Division – 2004-2005 Byrne Memorial Grant – Michigan Office of Drug Control Policy Application for Pontiac InStep E. Prosecuting Attorney, Sheriff – FY 2005 Oakland County Narcotics Enforcement Team (NET) Grant Application F. Prosecuting Attorney, Sheriff – FY 2005 Byrne Memorial Grant Application – PUBLIC SERVICES COMMITTEE Page 4 April 27, 2004 Physical Child Abuse Grant Application G. March 25, 2004 – Letter to Scott Oppmann from John Ort, Deputy Director of Emergency Management and Homeland Security – Invitation to Participate on a Subcommittee to the Homeland Security Advisory Council Gregory moved to receive and file the Informational Items. Supported by McMillin. Motion carried on a voice vote. OTHER BUSINESS/ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the Committee, the meeting was adjourned at 2:45 p.m. ________________________________ _______________________________ Pamela Worthington Helen Hanger Committee Coordinator Senior Committee Coordinator NOTE: The foregoing minutes are subject to Committee approval.