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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - 2008.12.01 - 36316CHRISTINE LONG Chairperson MICHAEL GINGELL Vice Chairperson MATTIE MCKINNEY HATCHETT Minority Vice Chairperson December 1, 2008 Chairperson Long called the meeting of the General Government Committee to order at 9:34 a.m. in Committee Room A, Commissioners’ Wing, County Service Center, Pontiac, Michigan. COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT: Christine Long, Michael Gingell, Mattie McKinney Hatchett, Jeff Potter, Bradford Jacobsen, David Potts, Glenn Clark, Jim Nash, Tim Greimel COMMITTEE MEMBERS ABSENT: Eileen Kowall and Vincent Gregory OTHERS PRESENT DISTRICT COURT – 52ND, DIV. 2 Sharon Rupe, Court Administrator EXECUTIVE OFFICE Phil Bertolini, Deputy County Executive FISCAL SERVICES Katherine Bell, Acct. Supervisor HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES George Miller, Director HEALTH DIVISION Kathy Forzley, Manager INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Ed Poisson, Director Dawn Siegel, Supervisor WATER RESOURCES COMMISSIONER’S OFFICE Kevin Larsen, Chief Deputy GENERAL PUBLIC Mark Sadecki, Attorney, Davisburg Gary R. McGillivray, Commissioner-Elect, District #24 Jim Runestad, Commissioner-Elect, District #6 OHLSA Ron Borngesser, CEO WOMEN’S COMMISSION FOR O.C. Wanda Lohmeir, Chairperson Colleen Barkham Jessica Jenkins Alexa Stanard, District #25 BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Marcia Gershenson, Commissioner, District #17 Sheryl Mitchell, Senior Analyst Pamela Worthington, Committee Coordinator PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS 1200 N. TELEGRAPH ROAD, PONTIAC, MI 48341-0470 Telephone (248) 858 -0100 FAX (248) 858 -1572 GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE Eileen Kowall Jeff Potter Bradford Jacobsen David Potts Glenn Clark Vincent Gregory Jim Nash Tim Greimel GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE Page 2 December 1, 2008 PUBLIC COMMENT Eric Wilson, Commissioner, Road Commission for Oakland County (RCOC), indicated that despite the information given by the media, the Road Commission does have enough salt for the roads this winter. The issue that the Road Commission is having difficulty with is the amount of employees they have. Due to declining revenues, vacant positions are not being filled. Many of those positions are truck driver positions who will not be available to clear snow and ice from the roads this winter. He also indicated The Michigan Department of Transportation has mandated that Woodward Avenue and M-15 be designated as Priority 2 roads, which means they will be cleared of ice and snow over its entire width as soon as reasonably possible after the winter storm event, without working overtime. APPROVAL OF THE PREVIOUS MINUTES Jacobsen moved approval of the previous minutes of November 10, 2008, as printed. Supported by Greimel. Motion carried on a voice vote. AGENDA ITEMS 1. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS – APPOINTMENT TO THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY BOARD - INTERVIEWS A vacancy exists on the Michigan Department of Human Services Agency Board due to the resignation of Mary Eddy. Ten applications were received for this general public position. The General Government Committee reviewed all applications and decided to interview six of the applicants at today’s meeting. Douglas Brown was interviewed at 9:40 a.m. Marc Craig was interviewed at 9:51 a.m. Shirley Black was interviewed at 10:04 a.m. Linnie Taylor was interviewed at 10:18 a.m. She distributed two reference letters at today’s meeting. Dr. Gren ader was interviewed at 10:32 a.m. David L. Moffitt was interviewed at 10:45 a.m. AGENDA Chairperson Long suggested that since the presenters for the other items on the agenda were present, they should postpone consideration of the appointment for the Michigan Department of Human Services Agency Board until after al l other agenda items were presented and considered. There were no objections. GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE Page 3 December 1, 2008 2. FIFTY-SECOND DISTRICT COURT – APPROVAL OF MAGISTRATE MARK SADECKI The Fifty-Second District Court is seeking approval of the appointment of Mark Sadecki to serve as magistrate for the Fifty-Second District Court per MCL 600.8501(1), which provides that magistrate appointments be approved by the County Board of Commissioners. The resolution reflects approval by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners of this appointment. Gingell moved approval of the attached suggested resolution. Supported by Clark. Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Kowall and Gregory absent. 3. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES/HEALTH DIVISION – FISCAL YEAR 2008/2009 MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (MDEQ) REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) has awarded Oakland County Health Division grant funding in the amount of $276,438 for the period of October 1, 2008 through September 30, 2009. These funds serve as reimbursement for ongoing services related to Non-Community Type II Water Supply, Long-Term Drinking Water Monitoring, Radon, Public Swimming Pool Inspections, Septage, On -Site Sewer and Campground Inspection. The resolution authorizes the acceptance and approval of the grant agreement in the amount of $276,438, conditioned upon the Department’s concurrence in the terms and conditions contained in Addendum A of the agreement. Jacobsen moved approval of the attached suggested resolution. Supported by Potts. Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Kowall and Gregory absent. 4. DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY – REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF CAMS CUSTOMER REQUEST MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT The Department of Information Technology is requesting approval and acceptance of a Collaborative Asset Management System (CAMS) Customer Request Management Agreement between Oakland County and the Road Commission for Oakland County (RCOC), Customer Request Management (CRM) Application Service Level Agreement and an RCOC Customer Request Management Implementation Scope of Work Document between Oakland County and the RCOC. This CAMS project will allow Oakland County to proactively manage assets and mitigate long -term costs associated with the operations and maintenance of critical infrastructure. The data would be centralized to allow other Oakland County governmental agencies to gather and share information across jurisdictional and organizational boundaries at a low cost, preventing duplication of data. As funding permits, the Department of Information Technology will GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE Page 4 December 1, 2008 be bringing contracts back to the General Government Committee in the future with various communities that have committed to participate in this project. Nash moved approval of the attached suggested resolution and to directly refer this resolution to the Finance Committee, as this is the last week of committee meetings for the year. Supported by Gingell. Clark moved to amend the NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED paragraph, as follows: NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby approves and authorizes the attached CAMS Customer Request Management Agreements, between Oakland County and the RCOC, the Customer Request Management (CRM) Application Service Level Agreement and the RCOC Customer Request Management Implementation Scope of Work Document to govern the relationship and responsibilities between Oakland County and the RCOC. Supported by Jacobsen. Motion to amend carried on a voice vote. Main motion, as amended, carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Kowall and Gregory absent. 5. WOMEN’S COMMISSION FOR OAKLAND COUNTY – YEAR-END REPORTS Per Oakland County Board of Commissioners’ Miscellaneous Resolut ion #07236, the Women’s Commission for Oakland County is required to provide a report to the Oakland County Board of Commissioners, through the General Government Committee and County Executive on or before the last scheduled Board of Commissioners’ meeting of the 2008 calendar year. The Women’s Commission for Oakland County met seven times throughout the year. At the January 30 meeting officers were elected, and they decided to study and assess four topics throughout the year. These were Health and Wellness, Economic Autonomy, Leadership and Safety/Violence Against Women of which they created subcommittees to focus on each topic. They held a Public Forum in the beginning of the year to obtain information from the general public to assess the needs and status of the women in Oakland County. The public forum was well-received as over 40 speakers attended the forum . Information from the forum was then disseminated throughout the issue groups to study. Each subcommittee submitted a year-end report, as well, which is included as part of the report received today from the Women’s Commission. The Women’s Commission Health and Wellness Committee indicated future goals such as to continue focusing on issues of mental health parity for Michigan with ongoing support from the Oakland County Board of Commissioners and the communities of Oakland County, Commissioner Gershenson indicated the GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE Page 5 December 1, 2008 following long-term goals of the Leadership Committee: increase public awareness regarding leadership training resources; support programs that promote tomorrow’s women leaders; connect with schools in Oakland County; partner with the League of Women Voters; Women Officials Network and other women’s leadership groups; and network with other subcommittees to establish the women ’s commission as a point of connection for the wide range of organizations in Oakland County that focus on providing services to women. All of the accomplishments of the Women’s Commission were done without funding. A Finance Committee was established, a nd a future goal of this committee, provided the Women’s Commission is re-established next year, would be to seek funding through possible grants. Commissioner Potts thanked Commissioner Gershenson for the work that she has done through the establishment of the Women’s Commission for Oakland County. Gingell moved to submit the year-end reports from the Women’s Commission of Oakland County to the full Board. Supported by Potts. Motion carried on a voice vote. 1. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS – APPOINTMENT TO THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY BOARD - INTERVIEWS Jacobsen moved to report to the full Board with the recommendation that David L. Moffitt be appointed to the Michigan Department of Human Services Agency Board for a three-year term ending 10/31/11. Supported by Gingell. ROLL CALL VOTE: AYES: Gingell, Potter, Jacobsen, Clark, Long (5) NAYS: Hatchett, Potts, Nash, Greimel (4) Motion carried on a roll call vote with Kowall and Gregory absent. COMMUNICATIONS A. Women’s Commission for Oakland County – Attendance Report for 2008 B. Women’s Commission for Oakland County – Violence Against Women – Minutes from August 27, 2008; September 24, 2008; and October 29, 2008 Gingell moved to receive and file the Communications. Supported by Hatchett. Motion carried on a voice vote. OTHER BUSINESS/ADJOURNMENT GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE Page 6 December 1, 2008 There being no other business to come before the committee, the meeting was adjourned at 12:30 p.m. ________________________ _______________________________ Pamela L. Worthington Lawrence Doyle Committee Coordinator Administrative Director NOTE: The foregoing minutes are subject to Committee approval.