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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - 2010.03.15 - 36427CHRISTINE LONG Chairperson SHELLEY TAUB Vice Chairperson MARCIA GERSHENSON Minority Vice Chairperson March 15, 2010 Chairperson Long called the meeting of the General Government Committee to order at 9:32 a.m. in Committee Room A of the Commissioners’ Auditorium Wing, County Service Center in Pontiac, Michigan. COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT : Christine Long, Shelley Taub, Marcia Gershenso n, John Scott , Bradford J acobsen, David Potts, Kim Capello, Jim Runestad, Mattie Hatchett, Mattie Hatchett, Jim Nash, Gary McGillivray, Steve Schwartz COMMITTEE MEMBERS ABSENT: None. OTHERS PRESENT HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES George Miller, Director HOMELAND SECURITY Ted Quisenberry, Manager AREA AGENCY ON AGING 1-B Tina Abbate Marzolf, Chief Executive Officer Jim McGuire, Director of Research Joe Hehir, Finance Director OAKLAND LIVINGSTON HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY Ron Borngesser, Chief Executive Officer BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Larry Doyle, Administrative Director Sheryl Mitchell, Senior Analyst Harvey Wedell, Senior Analyst Julia Ruffin, BOC Liaison Helen Hanger, Sr. Committee Coordinator PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PUBLIC COMMENT None. APPROVAL OF THE PREVIOUS MINUTES Jacobsen moved approval of the minutes of February 22, 2010 and March 3, 2010 as printed. Supported by Taub. OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS 1200 N. TELEGRAPH ROAD, PONTIAC, MI 48341-0475 Telephone (248) 858 -0100 FAX (248) 858 -1572 GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE John Scott Bradford Jacobsen David Potts Kim Capello Jim Runestad Mattie Hatchett Jim Nash Gary McGillivray Steve Schwartz GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE Page 2 March 15, 2010 Motion carried on a voice vote. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA Jacobsen moved the agenda as presented. Supported by Taub. Motion carried on a voice vote. 1. MR #10045 – BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS – TRI-PARTY ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM – AMENDMENT TO MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #09221 AND COMMITTEE PROCESS Introduced by Commissioner Gingell, the resolution would amend MR #09221, the Tri-Party Road Improvement Program, by deleting the General Government Committee from the requirement that a project resolution go to both the General Government and Finance Committees before proceeding to the Board for final approval to appropriate the County’s 1/3 share of funding for a road project. It is offered that funding for the tri -party program is designated at the time of budget adoption and therefore would only require authorization to appropriate the funds by the Finance Committee. Taub moved to report to recommend approval of the attached suggested resolution. Supported by Scott. Motion carried on a roll call vote with Schwartz voting no. 2. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICE S – HOMELAND SECURITY DIVISION – ACCEPTANCE FOR 2007 FEMA STATE HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM – MICHIGAN TASK FORCE 1 EQUIPMENT Homeland Security is requesting authorization to accept U.S. Department of Homeland Security , through the Federal Emergency M anagement Agency, State Homeland Security Grant funding of $125,000 to continue support for development of the Regional Urban Search and Rescue Task Force (Michigan Task Force 1) by the Regional Homeland Security Planning Board for Region 2. The Planning Board consists of the City of Detroit and Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, St. Clair, Washtenaw and Wayne Counties. The Planning Board is not a legal entity and therefore is requesting that Oakland County serve as fiduciary and grantee for this award. Funds will be used to purchase one refrigerated box truck to be used for transporting supplies and equipment to the scene of an incident necessitating deployment of the task force. Commissioner Potts requested information on the cost and utilization of the Task For ce vehicles, including housing. Jacobsen moved to recommend approval of the attached suggested resolution. Supported by Nash. Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote. GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE Page 3 March 15, 2010 3. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES – HOMELAND SECURITY DIVISION – ACCEPTANCE FOR 2007 FEMA STATE HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM – OAKLAND COUNTY PROJECTS Homeland Security is requesting authorization to accept U.S. Department of Homeland Security, through the Federal Emergency Management Agency, State Homeland Security reimbursement for qualified expenses up to but not exceeding $100,000 for the period January 1, 2010 through May 30, 2010. Funds will be used for projects in the solution areas of Planning, Training, Equipment and Exercise to improve the County’s overal l ability to prevent, respond to and recover from chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear or explosive weapons of mass destruction terrorism incidents. Commissioner McGillivray asked that more detail on the use of funding be included in these resolutions. Taub moved to recommend approval of the attached suggested resolution. Supported by Schwartz. Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote. 4. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES – HOMELAND SECURITY DIVISION – ACCEPTANCE FOR 2009 INTEROPERABLE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS GRANT PROGRAM Homeland Security is requesting authorization to accept $353,770 from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency and the DHS Office of Emergency Communications and released to the State of Michigan for the 2009 Interoperable Emergency Communications Grant Program. Funds will be used by the Regional Homeland Secur ity Planning Board for Region 2. The Planning Board consists of the City of Detroit and Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, St. Clair, Washtenaw and Wayne Counties. The Planning Board is not a legal entity and therefore is requesting that Oakland County serve as fiduciary and grantee for this award. Funding can be used for projects that strengthen interoperable communications capabilities in the areas of Leadership and Governance, Common Planning and Operational Protocols and emergency Responder Skills and Capabilities. If these areas have been adequately addressed as defined in the grant, remaining funds may be used to purch ase equipment, which will require a 25% cash or in-kind match. Taub moved to recommend approval of the attached suggested resolution. Supported by Hatchett. Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote. 5. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES/H EALTH DIVISION – 2010 W.K. KELLOGG FOUNDATION GRANT TO SUPPORT MICHIGAN NURSE FAMILY PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM AGREEMENT AMENDMENT ACCEPTANCE The Health Division is requesting authorization to accept additional W.K. Kellogg Foundation Nurse - Family Partnership funds of $8.754 for the period of January 4, 2010 through March 31, 2010. Original funding of $55,000 was awarded per MR #10 019. This additional funding will partially offset the continued transition of remaining cases from the Nurse Family Partnership Program to the Health Division’s Community Nursing Unit as a result of the State’s discontinuation of the Michigan Nurse Family Partnership program. GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE Page 4 March 15, 2010 McGillivray moved to recommend approval of the attached suggested resolution. Supported by Taub. Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote. 6. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS / DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES – AREA AGENCY ON AGING 1 -B FISCAL YEAR 2010 ANNUAL APPROPRIATION FOR SERVICES TO OLDER ADULTS Health and Human Services is requesting authorizati on to appropriate FY 2010 funding for the Area Agency on Aging 1 -B in conjunction with the AAA 1 -B Fiscal Year 10 -12 Multi-Year Implementation Plan adopted pursuant to MR #09153. Funding appropriations of $80,472 will be used for Administrative match purp oses to meet local match requirements for federal Older Americans Act and state resources and $108,034 for Community Care Management. Taub moved to recommend approval of the attached suggested resolution. Supported by McGillivray. Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote. 7. “SILVER TSUNAMI” NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND COLLABORATIVE STRATEGIC PLAN (REPORTING REQUIREMENT OF MR #09055) Pursuant to MR #09055, Commissioner Zack presented a summary of the Needs Assessment and Collaborative Strategic Plan Study Group recommendations to address Oakland County’s “Silver Tsunami”, the impending explosion of its senior population of Baby Boomers born between 1946 and 1964. Schwartz moved to postpone and schedule a special meeting of the General Government Committee on March 25, 2010 at 9:25 a.m. to consider the full report and make a recommendation to the Board of Commissioners regarding endorsement . Supported by Nash. Roll Call: Ayes: Runestad, Nash, Schwartz, Taub, Jacobsen, Long Nays: Hatchett, McGillivray, Gershenson, Potts, Capello Absent: Scott Motion carried. 8. MR #10030 – BOARD OFF COMMISSIONERS – SUPPORT FOR CLARKSTON CHRYSLER JEEP TO HAVE ITS CHRYSLER JEEP FRANCHISE REINSTATED The resolution was introduced by Co mmissioner Middleton to suppo rt reinstatement of the Clarkston Chrysler Jeep franchise. It was determined that the resolution is an economic development matter and should be reviewed by the Planning & Building Committee rather than General Government. Taub moved to report to the Planning and Building Committee that this matter has been determined to be an economic development issue and is therefore referring the resolution to GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE Page 5 March 15, 2010 the Planning and Building Committee. Supported by Scott. Motion carried on a voice vote. 9. MR #10046 – BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS – RECOGINZING APRIL 11, 2010 AS HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY The resolution was introduced by Commissioners Taub, Gershenson, Zack and Schwartz in recognition of April 11, 2010 as Holocaust Remembrance Day. Taub moved to report to rec ommend approval of the attached suggested resolution. Supported by Hatchett. Schwartz moved to report to amend the resolution as follows. 1. Correct the title word “RECOGINZING” to RECOGNIZING.” 2. Amend the body of the resolution as follows. WHEREA S the United States Congress established the Days of Remembrance as the nation’s annual commemoration of the Holocaust; and WHEREAS in the spring of 1945 Allied soldiers encountered liberated dozens of concentration camps and forced labor camps and were su ddenly confronted with the reality of Nazi atrocities; and WHEREAS journalists accompanying military units who had seen the camps described what they had seen as “unbelievable”, “beyond all comprehension and “You just can’t understand it, even when you’ve seen it”; and WHEREAS those atrocities included mass executions in gas chambers, starvation of prisoners, grotesque medical experiments and rape ; and WHEREAS the number of six million Jews and five to six million non-Jews were systematically murdered by th e Nazis is estimated to be between 11-17 million people from 1939 to 1945; and WHEREAS General Dwight D. Eisenhower realizing that a failure to believe would be a danger for the future, ordered military units to visit the camps, he encouraged journalists a nd members of Congress and the British Parliament to see the camps so they could bear witness to what they had seen; and WHEREAS “ethnic cleansing” and genocide have occurred in recent years in Europe and Africa; and WHEREAS sixty four years later at Buche nwald, President Barack Obama acknowledged the value of bearing witness: “We are here today because this work is not finished. To this day, there are those who insist that the Holocaust never happened – a denial of fact and truth that is baseless and igno rant and hateful. This place is the ultimate rebuke to such thoughts, a reminder of our duty to confront those who would tell lies about our history”; and WHEREAS this year, Holocaust Remembrance Day is Sunday, April 11, 2010 commemorating the 65th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners recognizes April 11, 2010 as Holocaust Remembrance Day. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners expresses its profound appreciation for the American and GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE Page 6 March 15, 2010 other Allied soldiers for their courage and valor, which resulted in the ability to liberate the Nazi concentration camps and forced labor camps, thus saving millions of lives. BE IT FURTHER RESOL VED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners honors the memories of those who perished in the Holocaust. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be provided to the Holocaust Memorial Center in Farmington Hills. Chairperson, I move the foregoing resolution. Supported by Taub. Motion carried on a voice vote. Jacobsen moved to report to amend the resolution to include additional commissioners on the By Line as follows. 3. Add the following commissioners /members of the General Governm ent Committee to the BY line: Christine Long, District # 7; John Scott, District #5; Brad Jacobsen, District #1; David Potts, District #20; Kim Capello, District #9; Jim Runestad, District #6; Mattie Hatchett, District #10; Jim Nash, District #15; Gary McGillivray, District #24 Supported by McGillivray. Motion carried on a voice vote. Main motion, as amended, carried unanimously on a roll call vote. 10. MR #10026 – BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS - OBJECT TO THE USE OF NACO DUES AND RESOURCES TO ADVOCATE ON B EHALF OF AN AMNESTY PROGRAM FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS The resolution was introduced by Commissioner Runestad in opposition to the use of National Association of Counties (NACo) dues and resources to support lobbying efforts on behalf of an amnesty program for illegal immigrants. He distributed an article regarding the surge in jail populations due to illegal immigration. Commissioner Hatchett, distributed a NACo Fact Sheet on Enacting Comprehensive Immigration Reform with 8 components. Runestad moved to report to recommend approval of the attached suggested resolution. Supported by Schwartz. Hatchett moved to postpone until the next regular meeting. Supported by Gershenson. Roll Call: Ayes: Capello, Hatchett, Nash, Schwartz, Gershenson. Nays: Jacobsen, Potts, Runestad, McGillivray, Taub, Scott, Long Motion failed. GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE Page 7 March 15, 2010 Capello moved to amend the resolution to include a BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED with revised NACO components of Comprehensive Immigration Reform as follows. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Boar d of Commissioners hereby: 1) Addressing Supports border security and enforcement, including a national strategy for coordination among federal, state, local and tribal authorities; 2) No new Supports tougher mandates for states and counties to enforce immigrat ion laws; 3) Opposes use of Federal funding for counties to help provide health care and education services; 4) Full Opposes funding for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program; 5) A sensible and orderly guest worker program; 6) Opposes Incentives for undocumented workers who are already here and working or in school to register, study English and prepare for citizenshi p. In order to qualify for the program they must show that they have worked; show that they have paid all federal taxes; pass medical checks; pass security checks and a criminal background check; pass an English and civics test; must be registered for the Selective Services where applicable; and must pay a fee; 7) Reducing immigration backlogs; and 8) Modernizing immigration control by requiring that all n ew visas and immigration documents from the Department of Homeland Security be biometric, machine=readable and tamper-resistant. Supported by McGillivray. Roll Call: Ayes: Capello, Hatchett, Nash, McGillivray, Gershenson. Nays: Potts, Runestad, Schwartz, Taub, Scott, Jacobsen, Long Motion failed. Main motion carried on a roll call vote with Hatchett, Nash and McGillivray voting no. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS – AMENDMENT TO THE 2010 RULES FOR THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS – SECTION VII – CHAIRPERSON TO PRESERVE ORDER Commissioners Schwartz and Jacobsen proposed changes to the 2010 Adopted Board Rules to allow for visual power point presentations. Schwartz moved to report to recommend an amendment to the 2010 Adopted Board Rules as follows. VII. CHAIRPERSON TO PRESERVE ORDER D. A Commissioner may make a visual presentation by PowerPoint, easel, or other visual means: GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE Page 8 March 15, 2010 (1) By giving written or electronic notice to the Chairperson twenty-four (24) hours prior to the Board meeting. (2) With less than twenty four hours’ notice, if the Chairperson determines that set-up will not inappropriately delay or disrupt the meeting. The length of the presentation shall be governed by Section XIII(M). The Commissioner making the visual presentation shall give t wenty- four (24) hours written or electronic notice to the Commissioner(s) whose district is the subject of the presentation. Supported by Jacobsen. Motion carried on a roll call vote with Scott and Capello voting no. COMMUNICATIONS A. Oakland Livings ton Human Services Agency Board Minutes – 12/02/09 B. Oakland Livingston Human Services Agency Board Minutes – 01/27/10 C. Saginaw County Resolution Re: Funding Obligations for State Mandated Services D. Wexford County Resolution Supporting for Amendi ng State Act 312 of 1969 E. Milford Township Resolution Opposing Countywide SMART Millage Vote F. Rose Township Resolution Opposing Countywide SMART Millage Vote G. Grant Amendments #1, #2 and #3 to the Health and Human Services/Health Division FY 2010 comprehensive Planning, Budgeting and Contracting Agreement H. Southeastern Michigan Transportation Authority (SMART) – (Board and Committee Minutes and all other materials required per MR #09327) Potts moved to receive and file the communication. Supported by Taub. Motion carried on a voice vote. OTHER BUSINESS/ADJOURNMENT There being no other business to come before the committee, the meeting was adjourned at 11:42 a.m. ______________________________ _______________________________ Helen A. Hanger Lawrence Doyle Sr. Committee Coordinator Administrative Director NOTE: The foregoing minutes are subject to Committee approval.