HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - 2008.05.12 - 36264CHRISTINE LONG
Chairperson
MICHAEL GINGELL
Vice Chairperson
MATTIE MCKINNEY HATCHETT
Minority Vice Chairperson
May 12, 2008
Chairperson Long called the meeting of the General Government Committee to order at 9:31
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
CORPORATION COUNSEL Judy Cunningham, Corporation Counsel
Robert LaChase, Law Clerk
EXECUTIVE OFFICE Jerry Poisson, Deputy County Executive
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Ed Poisson, Director
Jamie Hess, Chief
Janette McKenna, Chief, IS
Colleen Prosyniuk, User Support
Monica Tinsley, Financial Analyst
DETROIT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY Ron Kagan
OHLSA Ron Borngesser, CEO
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Larry Doyle, Administrative Director
Harvey Wedell, Senior Analyst
Sheryl Mitchell, Senior Analyst
Pamela Worthington, Committee Coordinator
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
PUBLIC COMMENT
Commissioner Scott expressed his support for MR #08087 Board of Commissioners – Opposition
to Detroit River International Crossing Project, which is proposed to be added to the agenda today.
APPROVAL OF THE PREVIOUS MINUTES
OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
Hugh D. Crawford
Eileen Kowall
Jeff Potter
Bradford Jacobsen
David Potts
Vincent Gregory
George Suarez
Jim Nash
Tim Greimel
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Gingell moved approval of the previous minutes of April 28, 2008, as printed. Supported by
Potts.
Motion carried on a voice vote.
AGENDA
Gingell moved to add MR#08087 Board of Commissioners – Opposition to Detroit River
International Crossing Project to the agenda as Item #8. Supported by Potts.
Motion carried on a roll call vote with Gregory, Nash and Greimel voting no and Hatchett,
Crawford and Suarez absent.
AGENDA ITEMS
1. DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY – INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT
BETWEEN OAKLAND COUNTY AND THE CITY OF BERKLEY PUBLIC SAFETY FOR THE
FIRE RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
The City of Berkley has expressed a desire to participate in the Fire Records Management
System. The purpose of this system is to capture and create fire records from the time a 9-1-1 call
is received through the completion of the recording in a standard records management system,
which would promote communication and allow the participating communities to share these fire
records. The resolution authorizes the Chairperson of the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners to sign the Fire Records Management System Interlocal Agreement between
Oakland County and the Berkley Department of Public Safety.
Kowall moved approval of the attached sugg ested resolution. Supported by Gingell.
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Crawford and Suarez absent.
2. DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY – 2007/2008 MASTER PLAN
QUARTERLY STATUS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The second quarter of the 2007/2008 Master Plan shows that 83% of Information Technology’s
labor force was spent supporting and maintaining the County’s current systems, which includes
customer support, maintenance, planned maintenance and upgrades, team management and
non-project time. The remaining 17% of IT’s labor force was spent implementing systems
requested by various County Divisions through the IT Leadership Group Process. The 2007/2008
Master Plan planned for 79% fixed labor and 21% discretionary. The second quarter of Fisca l
Year 2008 shows fixed labor at 83% and discretionary at 17%. There are a total of 238
Enhancement and New Development projects on the 2007/2008 Master Plan across the eight
Leadership Groups. Of these projects, 83 are completed, 132 are in process and 23 are not
started. As of March 28, 2008, 85,104 hours of IT labor have been expended on project -based
work.
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Jacobsen moved to receive and file the Information Technology 2007/2008 Master Plan
Quarterly Status Executive Summary. Supported by Gregory.
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Crawford and Suarez absent.
3. DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY – SECOND QUARTER 2008
DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATION TRANSFER
The Department of Information Technology has determined the Second Quarter 2008
development charges to be $1,415,882.10 and the imaging development charge to be $3,832.97
for the General Fund/General Purpose County departments. Direct charges to Special Revenue
and Proprietary Fund departments are $471,837.77, non -governmental imaging development are
$195.20 and non-county agencies are $366.00 for the Second Quarter of 2008. The resolution
approves the Second Quarter appropriation transfer as specified on the attached schedule.
Kowall moved approval of the attached suggested resolution. Supported by Potts.
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Hatchett, Crawford, Potts and Suarez
absent.
4. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS – OAKLAND COUNTY ZOOLOGICAL AUTHORITY
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
Public Act 49 of 2008 provides that a county may form a Zoological Authority by adoption of
Articles of Incorporation upon an affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the county Board
of Commissioners. The resolution authorizes the establishment of a Zoological Authority and
approves the adoption of the Articles of Incorporation of the Oakla nd County Zoological Authority.
Proposed amendments were distributed today at the meeting for consideration, which would add
the following language to the title, “and Authorization to Utilize Property Tax Provisions of
2008 Public Act 49 on the August 5, 2008 Primary Ballot.” The following two paragraphs were
proposed to be added:
4. The Oakland County Board of Commissioners authorizes the Authority to utilize
the property tax provisions of the Act to place before the electors of Oakland
County at the Primary Election on August 5, 2008, the proposition of establishing a
0.1 millage rate (10 cents per $1,000 taxable value) on real and personal property
for six (6) years, being years 2008 through 2013, to support zoological services to
benefit the residents of Oakland County.
5. The County Clerk is directed to do all things necessary for the placing of this
question on the ballot as required by law.
Chairperson Long expressed her opposition to having the Ballot Proposal for the Zoological
Authority to be placed on a Primary Election ballot as opposed to a General Election ballot
because statistics show that there is more voter turnout during a general election .
Commissioner Kowall concurred with Commissioner Long’s comments.
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Gingell moved to amend the resolution to incorporate the change in the title as stated
above and the additional two paragraphs; however, he moved to change paragraph 4 to
state that “the proposition of establishing a 0.1 millage rate (10 cents per $1,000
taxable value) on real and personal property for six (6) ten (10) years, being years
2008 through 20137, to support zoological services to benefit the residents of
Oakland County “ to avoid being on the same ballot as the Parks Millage. Supported
by Greimel.
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Crawford and Suarez absent.
Main motion, as amended, carried on a roll call vote with Long and Kowall voting no and
Crawford and Suarez absent.
5. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS – OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS’
RULES FOR THE RECORDING OF MEETINGS BY THE PUBLIC (POSTPONED FROM
LAST MEETING)
At the last General Government Committee meeting there was a lot of discussion and
suggestions for the rules for recording meetings by the public, and consideration of this item
was postponed until today’s meeting to give the commissioners time to write down their ideas
and suggestions and submit them to Larry Doyle, who would then review them with
Corporation Counsel. From those suggestions Mr. Doyle has submitted a revised resolution
showing the revisions from the original resolution. Following are the changes that were made
to the original resolution:
1. The words “rules and” were inserted in the first paragraph of the resolution.
2. In the NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED paragraph #4, the words “in an area
behind the seating area of the commissioners and ” were deleted.
3. Paragraph #7 was deleted, which stated that, “These regulations apply to a political
caucus meeting, if a majority of the Board is in attendance.”
Potter moved approval of the attached suggested resolution with the proposed
amendments incorporated into it. Supported by Potts.
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Crawford and Suarez absent.
6. MR #08081 – BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS – SUPPORT FOR HOUSE BILL 5872 –
PENALTIES FOR COPPER AND SCRAP METAL THEFT
The resolution reflects that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners urges members of
the Oakland County delegation to the Michigan legislature to vote in favor of House Bill 5872
and urges Governor Granholm to sign the resulting legislation. House Bill 5872 proposes an
amendment to the Michigan Penal Code by adding the following section:
Sec. 357c. A person shall not remove scrap metal from a uti lity pole,
telecommunications company property, Government property, utility property, or a
jobsite or offer for sale scrap metal stolen from 1 or more of those locations and
belonging to another person, without the consent of the owner. A person who viol ates
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this section is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 5 years or
a fine of not more than $10,000.00, or both. As used in this section, “scrap metal”
means copper or copper alloy aluminum or aluminum alloy, or both.
Kowall moved to report to the full Board with the recommendation that the resolution be
adopted. Supported by Jacobsen.
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Crawford and Suarez absent.
7. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS – REVIEW APPLICATIONS FOR APPOINTMENTS TO
THE FOC-CAC
There are four members whose terms expire on June 30, 2008, on the Friend of the Court
Citizens’ Advisory Committee (FOC-CAC). The two General Public members were appointed
last November for partial terms. The other two terms that are expiring are for the Custodial
Parent and Non-Custodial Parent seats. All incumbents have applied for reappointment. Alice
Benbow has withdrawn her application at this time for the Custodial Parent seat.
Gingell moved to set up interviews with the applicants who applied for the Custodial
Parent and Non-Custodial Parent seats at the June 2, 2008, General Government
Committee meeting and to report to the full Board with the recommendation that Mel
Ettenson and Rackeline Hoff be reappointed as General Public members on the Friend
of the Court Citizens’ Advisory Committee. Supported by Hatchett.
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Crawford and Suarez absent.
8. MR #08087 – BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS – OPPOSITION TO DETROIT RIVER
INTERNATIONAL CROSSING PROJECT
The Canada-U.S.-Ontario-Michigan Border Transportation Partnership is proposing
construction of a new bridge border crossing in Southwest Detroit, known as the Detroit River
International Crossing (DRIC) Project. The cost of this p roject is estimated to be between
$1.27 and $1.488 billion, and it is not known whether the project would be funded with federal
or state dollars. There are significant private and public funds already being expended on the
Gateway Expansion Project to improve connections to the Ambassador Bridge, and private
owners of the Ambassador Bridge are already planning to construct a second span. The
resolution reflects that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners expresses grave concern
that the Detroit River International Crossing (DRIC) Project will constitute an enormous,
unnecessary and unjustified expenditure of scarce public resources, which could be better
spent on other infrastructure improvements and other pressing needs.
Commissioner Potter and Commissioner Hatchett expressed that this is such a complex issue
to consider in such a short amount of time. Commissioner Potts expressed that he has a
conflict of interest regarding this issue as his law firm represents the bridge company so he
would not be voting on this issue.
Commissioner Greimel handed out a copy of a letter from Brent Bair, Managing Director, Road
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Commissioner for Oakland County, to Senator Pappageorge, which detailed his findings with
regards to the proposal of building a second bridge from Detroit to Windsor. Mr. Bair indicated
in his letter that the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) did not offer $2 billion in cash or
toll credits to anyone. He also indicated that MDOT, FHWA and the Canadians would like a
private entity to operate and maintain the bridge, once it is built.
Commissioner Kowall handed out a copy of an article from the Detroit Free Press with the
heading, “New Detroit bridge would displace 400 homes, up to 920 jobs.” Also included with
this article is a copy of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Draft Section 4(f)
Evaluation of the Detroit River International Crossing Study.
Commissioner Hatchett moved to postpone consideration of this resolution to a future
General Government Committee meeting, date uncertain, to get more information from
neutral individuals to discuss this issue with the commissioners. Supported by Nash.
Motion carried on a roll call vote with Gingell voting no and Crawford and Suarez
absent.
COMMUNICATIONS
A. Oakland County Library Board Minutes of January 23, 2008, February 27, 2008 and March
26, 2008
B. Area Agency on Aging 1-B – Public Hearing on Proposed FY 2008 Annual Implementation
Plan
Gingell moved to receive and file the Communications. Supported by Gregory.
Motion carried on a voice vote.
OTHER BUSINESS/ADJOURNMENT
There being no other business to come before the committee, the meeting was adjourned at
11_34 a.m.
________________________ _______________________________
Pamela L. Worthington Lawrence Doyle
Committee Coordinator Administrative Director
NOTE: The foregoing minutes are subject to Committee approval.