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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - 2005.06.06 - 36001WILLIAM R. PATTERSON Chairperson CHRISTINE LONG Vice Chairperson MATTIE MCKINNEY HATCHETT Minority Vice Chairperson June 6, 2005 Chairperson Patterson called the meeting of the Ge neral Government Committee to order at 2:01 p.m. in Committee Room A, Commissioners’ Wing, County Service Center, Pontiac, Michigan. COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT: William R. Patterson, Christine Long, Mattie McKinney Hatchett, Eric Wilson, Eileen Kowall, Will Molnar, Vincent Gregory, David Coulter, Tim Melton COMMITTEE MEMBERS ABSENT WITH NOTICE: Hugh D. Crawford OTHERS PRESENT CORPORATION COUNSEL Judy Cunningham, Corporation Counsel EXECUTIVE OFFICES Robert Daddow, Deputy County Executive HUMAN HEALTH & SERVICES Dr. Thomas Gordon, Director INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Ed Poisson, Director Scott Oppmann, Manager, Application Services Tammi Shepherd, User Support Specialist Robert W. Pence, CLEMIS, Project Manager GOVERNOR’S OFFICE Daedra A. McGhee, Advisor, Bus. & Civic Affairs NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH Florence H. Herrmann, State Public Affairs – Co-Chair WOMEN Fern Ettinger, State Public Affairs – Co-Chair MARAL PRO-CHOICE MICHIGAN Sarah Curmi, Organizer Rebekah Warren, Executive Director DETROIT FREE PRESS Kathy Gray, Reporter THE OAKLAND PRESS Charlie Crumm, Reporter PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN Sandra J. Reese, President/CEO HAVEN START Frank McGeorge, M.D., Medical Director MARLET DEVELOP. ASSOC., INC. Jayne Hamilton, President BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Dave Woodward, Commissioner, District #18 Chuck Moss, Commissioner, District #20 Jim Nash, Commissioner, District #15 Bill Bullard, Jr., Chairperson/Commissioner, District #2 Larry Doyle, Administrative Director BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, contd. Harvey Wedell, Senior Analyst Sheryl Mitchell, Senior Analyst OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS 1200 N. TELEGRAPH ROAD, PONTIAC, MI 48341-0470 Telephone (248) 858-0100 FAX (248) 858 -1572 GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE Hugh D. Crawford Eric Wilson Eileen Kowall Will Molnar Vincent Gregory David Coulter Tim Melton GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE Page 2 June 6, 2005 Pamela Worthington, Committee Coordinator PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PUBLIC COMMENT None APPROVAL OF THE PREVIOUS MINUTES Coulter moved approval of the minutes of May 16, 2005, as printed. Supported by Hatchett. Motion carried on a voice vote. AGENDA ITEMS 1. DEPARTMENT OF CENTRAL SERVICES – OAKLAND COUNTY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT – 2005 GRANT PROGRAM ACCEPTANCE – RELOCATION OF WILLIAMS LAKE ROAD The Michigan Department of Transportation awarded the County of Oakland $3,437,500 in grant funding, which includes $2,750,000 of Federal funds and $601,563 in State Funds, as well as a County match of $85,937, which is available from the Airport fund. The funds would be used for the development and improvement of the Oakland County International Airport. The project consists of a portion of the construction costs of the relocation of Williams Lake Road. The County Airport would then be able to extend the runway. Kowall moved approval of the attached suggested resolution. Supported by Gregory. Motion carried on a roll call vote with Crawford absent. 2. MR #05090 – BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS – OPPOSITION TO A STATE SERVICES TAX The resolution reflects that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners opposes a proposed Service Tax and urges the Governor and Michigan Legislature not to advance or enact such a tax. Kowall moved to report to the full Board with the recommendation that the resolution be adopted. Supported by Molnar. Melton moved to report to the full Board with the recommendation that the 1 st WHEREAS paragraph of the resolution be amended, as follows: WHEREAS the subject of raising revenue for the State of Michigan by instituting a “Service Tax,” or tax on services, has been attributed to the Governor’s office, other government officials and media outlets as a way of relieving current governmental revenue shortfalls; and Supported by Molnar. GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE Page 3 June 6, 2005 Motion to amend carried on a roll call vote with Crawford absent. Main motion, as amended, carried on a roll call vote with Coulter voting no and Crawford absent. 3. PROGRESS REPORT ON WIRELESS OAKLAND At the May 2, 2005 General Government Committee meeting, Chairperson Patterson had asked that a progress report be given at today’s meeting on Wireless Oakland. Scott Oppmann and Tammi Shepherd were present to give a brief update on this project and answer any questions. A document was handed ou t with information about what Wireless Oakland is, the benefits of it and the boundaries. It also included a map showing which communities had submitted proposals and which communities expressed interest. Mr. Oppmann mentioned that they had two summits in March of this year. One was a technical summit representing 350 firms, and two days later another summit was held similar to that for the public. The submission deadline for proposals is June 27th. The County plans to create a public corporation (Wireless Oakland Public Corporation (WOPC) to collect and pool their respective public assets. Oakland County Corporation Counsel is preparing a checklist that will help institute the public corporation. The WOPC will not own or operate the wireless network. It is expected that WOPC will license the use of collected assets to private partners on a non - exclusive, non-interfering basis. Private partners shall not have any permanent or exclusive rights to these public assets. The County will need a pilot comm unity within each area, and there has been a tremendous outpouring of support and interest in becoming a pilot community. Another status update on Wireless Oakland will be provide to the General Government Committee in early July to late August. Wilson moved to receive and file the Wireless Oakland informational documents. Supported by Long. Motion carried on a voice vote. 4. MICHIGAN JOBS AND INVESTMENT ACT – TOP FOUR DISTORTIONS OF GRANHOLM’S STATE BUSINESS TAX PROPOSAL Daedra McGhee gave a brief overview of the “Top Four Distortions of Governor Granholm’s Single Business Tax Proposal” that was submitted in the General Government Committee meeting packets. She stated that the Governor is concerned about the economy in the State of Michigan. Ms. McGhee stressed that the commissioners need to have a healthy discussion with the state legislators about ideas to pull the State of Michigan out of the financial crisis that it is in. She stated that it is necessary to take educated and positive risks in order to get the State financially out of the situation that it’s in, and that it is important to be non -partisan. The future of the State of Michigan is at stake, and she stated that the Governor’s door is open for discussion if anyone has solutions to the State’s problems that they want considered. Ms. McGhee stated that she would be happy to share any new information with the commissioners to keep them informed. She will mail information to them, as it becomes available. Long moved to receive and file the “Top Four Distortions of Governor Granholm’s SBT Proposal”. Supported by Coulter. GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE Page 4 June 6, 2005 Motion carried on a voice vote. 5. MR #05068 – BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS – POLICY TO PROMOTE THE AVAILABILITY OF EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION WITHIN THE COUNTY’S HEALT H DIVISION The resolution reflects that “emergency contraception” shall be defined as any drug or device approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that prevents pregnancy after sexual intercourse. The resolution would require that the Oakland Coun ty Health Division (OCHD) provide the public with medically, factually accurate and unbiased written and oral information about emergency contraception and supply referrals for emergency contraception upon request. It would also require that the OCHD verbally provide all victims of sexual assault, seeking services or referrals, of their option to be provided emergency contraception, and the OCHD would be required to provide emergency contraception immediately to each victim who requests it. If the emergency contraception is in the form of pills, the provision must include the initial dose, which the victim can take on site, as well as any follow -up doses for the sexual assault victim to self-administer later. The resolution would require that the OCHD pro vide informational materials about emergency contraception for general distribution in all county health facilities that the information materials must accurately describe, both medically and factually, the use, efficacy and availability of emergency contraception and the fact that it does not cause an abortion. The resolution also would require that the OCHD post information about emergency contraception on the county website. The OCHD would need to be in compliance with this resolution 30 days after adoption. Gregory moved to report to the full Board with the recommendation that the resolution be adopted. Supported by Hatchett. Melton moved to report to the full Board with the recommendation that the 4 th BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED paragraph be stricken. Supported by Hatchett. ROLL CALL VOTE: AYES: Hatchett, Molnar, Gregory, Coulter, Melton (5) NAYS: Long, Wilson, Kowall, Patterson (4) Motion carried on a roll call vote with Crawford absent. ROLL CALL VOTE: AYES: Hatchett, Gregory, Coulter, Melton (4) NAYS: Long, Wilson, Kowall, Molnar, Patterson (5) Main motion, as amended, failed by roll call vote with Crawford absent. RECESS AT 4:00 P.M. RECONVENED AT 4:07 P.M. 6. DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY – USE OF OAKVIDEO BY THE U.S. MILITARY GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE Page 5 June 6, 2005 A revised resolution was distributed. The resolution authorizes the launch of the use of OakVideo for the purposes of videoconferencing between military families and military personnel abroad. The resolution would authorize the execution of the license/intergovernmental agreement between the County of Oakland and the Michigan National Guard and the Michigan Department of Military and Veterans Affairs. The resolution also authorizes the acceptance of the goods and services being donated by Integrat ed Digital Systems, Titan Corporation, Adtran Corporation, Great Lakes Power & Lighting and SBC Communications, and it authorizes Oakland County to donate equipment and an ongoing donation of labor for Training and Support services. Oakland County Corpora tion Counsel and the Michigan National Guard have reviewed the license agreement. Gregory moved approval of the attached suggested resolution. Supported by Wilson. Hatchett moved to amend the 9th WHEREAS, as follows: WHEREAS the County has sought and received goods and services from the following companies and is required to seek approval of the donations from the Board of Commissioners as required by Board policy: Oakland County: $43,513.50 $33,513.50 Integrated Digital Systems (IDS): $13,300.00 Titan Corporation: $15,140.00 Adtran Corporation: $ 4,590.00 Great Lakes Power & Lighting $10,000.00 SBC Communications $ 4,900.00 Total Donations: $81,443.50 Supported by Coulter. Motion carried on a roll call vote with Crawford absent. Main motion, as amended, carried on a roll call vote with Melton voting no and Crawford absent. COMMUNICATIONS A. Radio Project – Financial Status/Issues B. April 20, 2005 – Oakland County Friend of the Court Citizens Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes C. February 23, 2005 – Oakland County Public Transportation Authority Meeting Minutes D. April 27, 2005 – Oakland County Library Board Meeting Minutes E. City of Southfield Resolution Nominating Eight Mile Road for Designation as a “Michigan Heritage Route” F. May 30, 2005 – CLEMIS Funds – Financial Statements and Schedule for the Six Months Ended March 31, 2005 GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE Page 6 June 6, 2005 Wilson moved to receive and file the Communications. Supported by Long. Motion carried on a voice vote. OTHER BUSINESS/ADJOURNMENT Commissioner Melton asked that Mr. Daddow come to a future General Government Committee meeting to give an overview of Item A, “Radio Project – Financial Status/Issues”. There being no other business to come before the committee, the meeting was adjourned at 4:56 p.m. ________________________ _______________________________ Pamela Worthington Lawrence Doyle Committee Coordinator Administrative Director NOTE: The foregoing minutes are subject to Committee approval.