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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - 2007.05.14 - 36175CHRISTINE LONG Chairperson MICHAEL GINGELL Vice Chairperson MATTIE MCKINNEY HATCHETT Minority Vice Chairperson May 14, 2007 Chairperson Long called the meeting of the General Government Committee to order at 9:32 a.m. in Committee Room A, Commissioners’ Wing, County Service Center, Pontiac, Michigan. COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT: Christine Long, Michael Gingell, Mattie McKinney Hatchett, Hugh D. Crawford, Eileen Kowall, Jeff Potter, David Potts, George Suarez, Jim Nash and Tim Greimel COMMITTEE MEMBERS ABSENT: Bradford Jacobsen and Vincent Gregory OTHERS PRESENT COUNTY EXECUTIVE Phil Bertolini, Deputy County Executive/CIO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Ed Poisson, Director Janette McKenna, Chief ROAD COMMISSION FOR O.C. Tom Noechel, Programming Supervisor STRATEGIC PUBLIC AFFAIRS Colleen Pobur, Lobbyist BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Larry Doyle, Administrative Director Harvey Wedell, Senior Analyst Sheryl Mitchell, Senior Analyst Pamela Worthington, Committee Coordinator PUBLIC COMMENT None PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE APPROVAL OF THE PREVIOUS MINUTES Crawford moved approval of the previous minutes of April 30, 2007 as printed. Supported by Gingell. Motion carried on a voice vote. 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 Eileen Kowall Jeff Potter Bradford Jacobsen David Potts Vincent Gregory George Suarez Jim Nash Tim Greimel GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE Page 2 May 14, 2007 AGENDA ITEMS 1. ROAD COMMISSION FOR OAKLAND COUNTY – FY 2007 TRI-PARTY PROGRAM In accordance with Public Act 253 of 1917, MCL 247.121, the Oakland County Board of Commissioners is permitted to appropriate funding from the General Fund to the Road Fund for the Oakland County Road Commission, provided there is a surplus in the General Fund and that the monies are used for construction, maintenance, and repair of highways. Per MR #03237, these funds may be released to the Road Commission upon approval of the specific projects by the General Government Committee of the Board of Commissioners. The Tri-Party Program for 2007 was reviewed and approved by the Board of the Road Commission for Oakland County on April 23, 2007. The list includes 40 project locations, along with accumulations for future projects, proposed by 20 townships and 39 cities and villages. The total amount of Tri -Party money in these projects equals $6.75 million, which will contribute to over $88 million in road improvements. Following committee approval Road Commission staff will draft the Tri-Party agreements and work toward timely bid lettings. Tom Noechel highlighted a few of the road projects in some of the communities that they will be working on in the near future. . Potts moved approval of the 2007 Tri-Party Program. Supported by Suarez. Motion carried on a roll call vote with Jacobsen and Gregory absent. 2. DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - SECOND QUARTER 2007 DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATION TRANSFER The Department of Information Technology has determined the Second Quarter 2007 data processing development charges to be $1,158,828.69 and the imaging development charge to be $17,498.24 for the General Fund/General Purpose County departments. Direct charges to Special Revenue and Proprietary Fund departments are $279,221.72, non-governmental imaging development is $97.60 and non-County agencies are $372.10 for the Second Quarter of 2007. The resolution approves the Second Quarter appropriation transfer as specified on the schedule. Kowall moved approval of the attached suggested resolution. Supported by Gingell. Motion carried on a roll call vote with Jacobsen and Gregory absent. 3. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 2007/2008 MASTER PLAN QUARTERLY STATUS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This summary consists of a list of projects that shows work that has taken place showing the percentage of work completed. Mr. Bertolini gave a brief overview of the summary. He pointed out that on page 11 of the summary it shows the additional compensation for overtime exempt employees, which was approved by the Board of Commissioners. In February 40.5 hours were used to deal with the Daylight Saving Time Project. Microsoft had a problem with th e Daylight Savings time being moved up, and to make sure that everyone’s calendars did not leap ahead an hour, I.T. employees needed to work overtime to keep an eye on it. They will be going through the same thing in October when Daylight Savings Time end s. Crawford moved to receive and file the Information Technology 2007/2008 Master Plan GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE Page 3 May 14, 2007 quarterly Status Executive Summary. Supported by Greimel. Motion carried on a voice vote. OTHER BUSINESS Commissioner Kowall asked that Ms. Pobur, Lobbyist, Stra tegic Public Affairs (SPA) give an update on what is going on in Lansing with regards to the budget issue. Ms. Pobur said that Mr. Welday has been spending time in Lansing, and he would have more information. She indicated that she could e-mail her the information when she gets it. Commissioner Kowall expressed that the commissioners need SPA to alert them to situations that they need to react to immediately . Commissioner Potts indicated that the budget issue is a moving target, and the commissioners have issues that need to be address and probably can be addressed through the state legislators and people they connect with as well as their lobbyists, and in this time of transition and potential funding of the County programs. He expressed the importance of Strategic Pubic Affairs to get updated information to the commissioners quickly. Commissioner Crawford indicated that the Legislative Study Group is one of the ways that issues are communicated to the commissioners. He asked Ms. Pobur if there is someone from SPA that is in Lansing to keep up to date on the issues. Ms. Pobur indicated that SPA has an office in Lansing, and Mr. Frederick is the person who is the representative in Lansing. 4. REJECTING SIX NEW TAX INCREASES BY THE MICHIGAN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The resolution reflects that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners does not support these tax increases on the residents and businesses in Oakland County, and the Board strongly urges the Senate of the State of Michigan to reject these tax issues. Commissioner Potter indicated that he agreed with opposing four out of the six bills that this resolution references, and if the 5th and 7th paragraphs were struck out of the resolution, he would support it. Commissioner Hatchett indicated that unless she sees legislation showing where new revenue is coming from, she could not support this resolution. Commissioner Nash expressed his concern that if the state does more cutting, they are going to run out of group homes. He indicated that this is an issue that the commissioners have no real business dealing with. Potts moved to report to the full Board with the recommendation that the resolution be adopted. Supported by Gingell. Potter moved to amend the resolution, as follows: 1. Amend the title of the resolution, as follows: GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE Page 4 May 14, 2007 MR #07107 – Rejecting Six Four New Tax Increases by the Michigan House of Representatives 2. Delete the 5th and 7th WHEREAS paragraphs. Supported by Gingell. ROLL CALL VOTE: AYES: Gingell, Kowall, Potter, Pott s, Long (5) NAYS: Hatchett, Crawford, Suarez, Nash, Greimel (5) Motion failed. Crawford moved to reconsider the previous motion to amend the resolution. Supported by Gingell. ROLL CALL VOTE: AYES: Gingell, Crawford, Kowall, Potter, Potts, Long (6) NAYS: Hatchett, Suarez, Nash, Greimel (4) Motion carried on a roll call vote with Jacobsen and Gregory absent. Potter moved to amend the resolution, as follows: 3. Amend the title of the resolution, as follows: MR #07107 – Rejecting Six Four New Tax Increases by the Michigan House of Representatives 4. Delete the 5th and 7th WHEREAS paragraphs. Supported by Gingell. ROLL CALL VOTE: AYES: Gingell, Crawford, Kowall, Potter, Potts, Greimel, Long (7) NAYS: Hatchett, Suarez, Nash (3) Motion carried on a roll call vote with Jacobsen and Gregory absent. Main motion, as amended, carried on a roll call vote with Hatchett, Suarez and Nash voting no and Jacobsen and Gregory absent. 5. MR #07108 – REJECTING DEATH TAX House Bill 4377 imposes a permanent Michigan Death Tax on the people and the families of the State of Michigan. This is a tax increase of between 8% and 16% that would be newly imposed on individuals and families. The resolution reflects that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners does not support this death tax, House Bill 4377, as a means of balancing the State budget on the GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE Page 5 May 14, 2007 backs of Inheritors of Estates in Michigan. Potter expressed his concern about this bill recalibrating one industry as opposed to another. He expressed his concern that it would make people consider moving to other states, which would cause the State of Michigan revenues in total to be reduced. Crawford moved to report to the full Board with the recommendation that the resolution be adopted. Supported by Gingell. Motion carried on a roll call vote with Hatchett, Suarez and Nash voting no. COMMUNICATIONS A. March 28, 2007 Oakland Livingston Human Service Agency Board of Directors Annual Meeting Minutes B. February 28, 2007 Oakland County Library Board Minutes C. April 4, 2007 Oakland County Library Board Minutes D. Senate Bills 410 and 411 to Amend the Emergency 9 -1-1 Service Enabling Act – Floor Analysis Crawford moved to receive and file the Communications. Supported by Gingell. Motion carried on voice vote. OTHER BUSINESS/ADJOURNMENT At the January 8, 2007, General Government Committee meeting, Chairperson Long appointed Eileen Kowall, Hugh Crawford, herself, and David Coulter to the Legislative Study Group to allow the group to continue its work as a liaison to the Board of Commissioners’ lobbying firm. As it is required that all members on the study group be members of the General Government Committee, Chairperson Long appointed Jim Nash to the study group to take David Coulter’s seat. The meetings will be scheduled after the first General Government Committee meeting of the month. There being no other business to come before the committee, the meeting was adjourned at 11:46 a.m. ________________________ _______________________________ Pamela L. Worthington Lawrence Doyle Sr. Committee Coordinator Administrative Director NOTE: The foregoing minutes are subject to Committee approval.