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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - 2008.02.25 - 36244CHRISTINE LONG Chairperson MICHAEL GINGELL Vice Chairperson MATTIE MCKINNEY HATCHETT Minority Vice Chairperson February 25, 2008 Chairperson Long called the meeting of the General Government Committee to order at 9:30 a.m. in Committee Room A, Commissioners’ Wing, County Service Center, Pontiac, Michigan. COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT: Christine Long, Michael Gingell, Mattie McKinney Hatchett, Eileen Kowall, Jeff Potter, Bradford Jacobsen, David Potts, Vincent Gregory, Jim Nash, Tim Greimel COMMITTEE MEMBERS ABSENT: Hugh D. Crawford and George Suarez OTHERS PRESENT EXECUTIVE OFFICE Phil Bertolini, Deputy County Executive/CIO HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Thomas Gordon, Director PARKS AND RECREATION Joe Figa, Chief of Design Jon Noyes, Landscape Designer INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Ed Poisson, Director Janette McKenna, Chief Cindy Spencer, Program Manager OAKLAND COUNTY CMHA John Bowker, Board Member OLHSA Ron Borngesser, CEO GENERAL PUBLIC Mindy Fernandez, Campaign Director, Divided We Fail BLUE CROSS/BLUE SHIED MICH. Angela Wynn, Senior Representative BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Larry Doyle, Administrative Director Pamela Worthington, Committee Coordinator PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PUBLIC COMMENT John Bowker, board member, CMHA, expressed his support for the incumbents whose terms are expiring on March 31, 2008 and encouraged the committee to reappoint the four incumbents, Dr. Robert Klotz, Robert Dillaber, Ed Farragher and My rna Lebrun, as he indicated that they have been doing a great job on the Community Mental Health Authority (CMHA). 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 February 25, 2008 APPROVAL OF THE PREVIOUS MINUTES Kowall moved approval of the previous minutes of January 28, 2008, as printed. Supported by Jacobsen. Motion carried on a voice vote. AGENDA Gregory moved to amend the agenda by adding the proposed walk-on item entitled, “Department of Information Technology – Request for Approval of Radio System Agreement with the State of Michigan for Access to the Legacy 800 MHZ Radio System as Item #5 on the agenda , moving the review of applications down on the agenda as Item #6. Supported by Potts. Motion carried on a voice vote. AGENDA ITEMS 1. PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION – APPROVAL AND ACCEPTANCE OF THE 2007 ACCESSIBLE BY DESIGN AWARD FOR THE WATERFORD OAKS ACCESSIBLE PLAYGROUND The Michigan Recreation and Park Association Foundation awarded the Oakland County Parks and Recreation Commission $440,000 in grant funding, which includes a required County match of $190,000, to offset the cost of constructing a regional play facility at Waterford Oaks County Park. The grant period is from February 1, 2008 through March 31, 2009 . The required County matching funds would come from the Countywide ¼ mil Parks and Recreation Levy. The resolution authorizes the acceptance of the grant award and directs the Chairperson of the Oakland County Board of Commissioners to execute the 2007 Accessible by Design Award Grant for the Waterford Oaks Accessible Playground grant agreement. Kowall moved approval of the attached suggested resolution. Supported by Gregory. Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Crawford and Suarez absent. 2. PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION – APPROVAL AND ACCEPTANCE OF #2007- 0123 WATERFORD OAKS COUNTY PARK STORM WATER IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT GRANT The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality awarded the Oakland County Parks and Recreation Commission $522,004 in grant funding, which includes a required County match of $332,004 for the period of January 2008 through December 2010. The funds would be used to offset the cost of parking lot improvements at Waterford Oaks County Park. They are planning to expand the parking to accommodate some of the volleyball courts and the new park, as well as the administration area, which needs to be reconfigured for storm water management. The required County matching funds would come from the Countywide ¼ mil pa rks and Recreation Levy. The resolution authorizes the acceptance of the grant award and directs the chairperson of the Oakland County Board of Commissioners to execute the 2007 Accessible by Design Award Grant for the Waterford Oaks Accessible Playground grant agreement. GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE Page 3 February 25, 2008 Kowall moved approval of the attached suggested resolution. Supported by Gingell. Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Crawford and Suarez absent. 3. DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY – FIRST QUARTER 2008 DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATION TRANSFER The Department of Information Technology has determined the First Quarter 2008 data processing development charges to be $1,404,040.10 and the imaging development charge to be $8,986.79 for the General Fund/General Purpose Coun ty departments. Direct charges to Special Revenue and Proprietary Fund departments are $327,134.82, non -governmental imaging development is $488.00 and non-County agencies are $518.50 for the First Quarter of 2008. The resolution approves the First Quarter appropriation transfer as specified on the schedule. Hatchett moved approval of the attached suggested resolution . Supported by Potts. Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Crawford and Suarez absent. 4. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY – 2007/2008 MASTER PLAN QUARTERLY STATUS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Mr. Bertolini gave a brief overview of the 2007/2008 Master Plan Quarterly Status Executive Summary. He indicated that there was a total of 40.50 hours of Information Technology Approved Additional Compensation for Overtime Exempt Employees. The timeframe of this overtime was September 2006 – September 2008. This overtime is only used in dire circumstances. Analysis of the first quarter of the 2007/2008 Master Plan shows that 84% of IT’s labor force was spent on supporting and maintaining the County’s current systems. The remaining 16% of IT’s labor force was spent implementing systems required by various County Divisions through the IT Leadership Group Process. In the 2007/2008 Master Plan, Informa tion Technology planned for a 79% fixed labor delivery and 21% discretionary. The first quarter of Fiscal Year 2008 indicates fixed labor at 84% and discretionary at 16%. Jacobsen moved to receive and file the 2007/2008 Master Plan Quarterly Status Executive Summary. Supported by Gingell. Motion carried on a voice vote. 5. DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY – REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF RADIO SYSTEM AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF MICHIGAN FOR ACCESS TO THE LEGACY 800 MHZ RADIO SYSTEM The City of Pontiac has reduced the number of police officers within the Pontiac Police Department, due to a severe budgetary shortfall. The City of Pontiac Police Department, the Oakland County Sheriff Department and the Michigan State of Police have joined forces to provide additional police presence within the City of Pontiac for the safety and welfare of its residents. The Pontiac Police Department and the Oakland County Sheriff Department share a common radio system that affords interoperability. The Michigan State Police currently has a radio system that does not afford interoperability; however, the equipment necessary to enable this interoperability has been provided by the State of Michigan at no additional cost to Oakland County or the City of GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE Page 4 February 25, 2008 Pontiac. An agreement has been drafted by Corporation Counsel between the County of Oakland and the State of Michigan to provide the State of Michigan access to the 800 MHz Radio System for interoperability with the Pontiac Police Department. The resolution authorizes the execution of the radio system agreement. Greimel moved approval of the attached suggested resolution . Supported by Hatchett. Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Crawford and Suarez absent. 6. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS – REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS FOR THE COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH AUTHORITY Four of the seats on the Oakland County Community Mental Health Authority are expiring on March 31, 2008. All four incumbents have applied for reappointment. Dr. Klotz, Incumbent, Provider of Mental Health Services, was the only one who applied for that seat. There were a total of two applications received for the Primary Consumer seat, including the incumbent. There were a total of 15 applications received for the two General Public seats, including t he incumbents. Gregory moved to report to the full Board with the recommendation that Dr. Robert Klotz be reappointed to the Community Mental Health Authority as a Provider of Mental Health Services. Supported by Greimel. Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Crawford and Suarez absent. Greimel moved to conduct interviews of the two applicants who had applied for the Primary Consumer seat at the General Government Committee meeting of March 10, 2008. Supported by Kowall. Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Crawford and Suarez absent. Chairperson Long suggested that since there are so many applications (15) to be considered for the General Public seat, that the committee appoints one Democrat and one Republican representative from this committee to meet after today’s meeting to review those applications and narrow them down to six applicants for interview purposes. Potter moved to appoint Commissioners Potts and Hatchett to meet sometime after today’s meeting to review the applications for the General Public seat to narrow them down from a minimum of three to a maximum of six applicants to interview at the next General Government Committee meeting on March 10, 2008. The results will be e - mailed to the other commissioners prior to the next meeting. Supported by Kowall. Motion carried on a voice vote. COMMUNICATIONS A. Oakland County Friend of the Court Citizens’ Advisory Committee – Minutes of November 26, 2007 GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE Page 5 February 25, 2008 B. Oakland County Library Board – Minutes of November 28, 2007 C. Oakland Livingston Human Service Agency Board of Directors’ Meeting Minutes of December 5, 2007 Kowall moved to receive and file the Communications. Supported by Gingell. Motion carried on a voice vote. OTHER BUSINESS/ADJOURNMENT Chairperson Long indicated that she had attended the first meeting of the Women’s Commission, and she complemented all the commissioners on what a great job they did in selecting their appointees on the Women’s Commission. She indicated that the members come from a variety of backgrounds, which is a good thing. There being no other business to come before the committee, the meeting was adjourned at 10:45 a.m. ________________________ _______________________________ Pamela L. Worthington Lawrence Doyle Committee Coordinator Administrative Director NOTE: The foregoing minutes are subject to Committee approval.