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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - 2011.05.23 - 36537CHRISTINE LONG Chairperson KATHY CRAWFORD Vice Chairperson MARCIA GERSHENSON Minority Vice Chairperson May 23, 2011 Chairperson Long called the meeting of the General Government Committee to order at 9:30 a.m. in Committee Room A of the Commissioners’ Auditorium Wing, County Service Center in Pontiac, Michigan. COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT : Christine Long, Kathy Crawford , Marcia Gershenson, John Scott, Bob Gosselin, Jeff Matis, Bob Hoffman, Mattie Hatchett, Jim Nash, Nancy Quarles COMMITTEE MEMBERS ABSENT WITH NOTICE: None. OTHERS PRESENT HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES George Miller, Director HEALTH Kathy Forzley, Manager HOMELAND SECURITY Ted Quisenberry, Manage r Sara Stoddard, Chief OTHERS Ron Borngesser, Chief Exec. Officer Joe Green BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Jim Ver Ploeg, Administrative Director Sheryl Mitchell, Senior Analyst Harvey Wedell, Senior Analyst Helen Hanger, Sr. Committee Coordinator PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Chairperson Long led the Pledge of Allegiance. APPROVAL OF THE PREVIOUS MINUTES Scott moved approval of the minutes of May 4, 2011 and May 9 , 2011. Supported by Matis. Motion carried on a voice vote. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA Moved by Matis, supported by Gosselin to approve the printed agenda . 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 Bob Gosselin Jeff Matis Bob Hoffman Mattie Hatchett Jim Nash Nancy Quarles GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE Page 2 May 23, 2011 Motion carried on a voice vote. PUBLIC COMMENT None. AGENDA ITEMS 1. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES/HEALTH DIVISION – AMENDMENT TO THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF OAKLAND AND THE OAKLAND COUNTY COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH AUTHORITY The Health Division is requesting authorization to amend its Interlocal Agreement with the Oakland County Community Mental Health Authority (OCCMHA), authorized by MR #10236, to allow OCCMHA to pay Oakland County an additio nal $174,000 for Fiscal Year 2011 to provide substance abuse services to Medicaid recipients under the Substance Abuse Audit Benefit Waiver program . Scott moved to recommend approval of the attached suggested resolution. Supported by Gershenson. Motion carried on a roll call vote with Hatchett and Nash absent 2. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES – HOMELAND SECURITY DIVISION – 2010 FEMA STATE HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT ACCEPTANCE Homeland Security is requesting authorization to accept Federal Emergency Management Agency pass-through funding of $11,798,426 from the State of Michigan under the 2010 Homeland Security Grant Program for Region 2. Funding includes a $1,013,146 State Homel and Security Grant and Urban Area Security Initiative funds of $10,785,280. Region 2 includes but is not limited to the City of Detroit, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, St. Clair, Washtenaw and Wayne Counties. Funding is used to prevent, deter, respond to and recover from incidents of national significance, including threats and incidents of terrorism. The Region 2 Security Planning Board will determine and prioritize program funding. The Region 2 Board is not recognized as a legal entity to accept these funds and has voted Oakland County to act as the Fiduciary Agent and Subgrantee for this purpose. Oakland County may retain up to 5% of the total award to fund Management and Administrative costs associated with the program. Two special revenue (SR) full-time eligible (FTE) Homeland Security- Regional SAP positions for regional planning activities , one SR FTE Homeland Security -UASI Regional SAP and one SR full-time non-eligible (FTNE) Buyer II position in the Purchasing Division for fiduciary and subgrantee related administrative purposes will be continued. One SR FTE Homeland Security-UASI Regional SAP, one SR FTE Business Analyst and one SR PTNE Technical Assistant are also requested to discharge increased fiduciary responsibilities. Hoffman moved to recom mend approval of the attached suggested resolution. Supported by Gershenson. Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Hatchett and Nash absent . 3. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES – HOMELAND SECURITY DIVISION – AGREEMENT/ACCEPTANCE FOR PRE DISASTER MITIGATION PLAN Homeland Security is requesting authorization to accept Federal Emergency Management Agency, Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Hazard Mitigation Grant Program GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE Page 3 May 23, 2011 funding of $177,389.20, through the State of Michigan. Total funding includes a $45,164.20 in-kind match. The Michigan Department of State Police Emergency Management and Homeland Security Division will administer the grant. Funds are used to update the County’s long -term hazard mitigation plan . Scott moved to recommend approval of the attached suggested resolution. Supported by Gershenson. Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Hatchett and Nash absent. 4. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS – APPOINTMENT TO THE JURY BOARD On May 4, 2011, the Board of Commissioners referred the Jury Board appointment back to the General Government Committee for further consideration . Scott moved to report to recommend that Joe Green be appointed to the Jury Board for a six-year term ending April 30, 2017. Supported by Matis. Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Hatchett absent. 5. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS – AMEND MR #05040 – PUBLICATION OF OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS’ APPOINTMENTS In response to concerns previously expressed by Committee members regarding the length of time the appointment process has taken, a resolution was drafted by staff for the committee’s consideration. Crawford moved approval of the attached suggested resolution. Supported by Gosselin. Gershenson moved to amend the NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED paragraph . NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby establishes a policy for amends MR #05040 to allow for advertising Board of Commissioners’ appointed positions which are open to the public Supported by Crawford. Motion carried on a voice vote. Quarles moved to amend the second bullet point under the first BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED to be consistent with the first bullet point. ▪ All openings for Board of Commissioners’ appointmen ts are to be posted on the Oakland County website. ▪ All openings for Board of Commissioners’ appointments may are to be publicized in the form of a press release to local newspapers of major circulation and local newspapers. Supported by Gershenson. Motion carried on a voice vote. GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE Page 4 May 23, 2011 Gershenson moved to amend all remaining bullet points under the first BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED to state “are to” instead of “may.” ▪ All Commissioners may are to be provided information about upcoming appointed positions in a format that can be shared within their district. ▪ All openings for Board of Commissioners’ appointments may are to be sent to the cities, villages and townships within Oakland County in the form of a communication from the respective Commissioner(s) that can b e read at a local meeting of the municipality. ▪ All openings for Board of Commissioners’ appointments may are to be sent to local cable stations, including community access and government access. ▪ All communications relative to openings for Board of Commissi oners’ appointments should include an explanation of what the position entails, frequency of meetings, time and location of meetings, specialized qualifications - if applicable, and any per diem. Supported by Hoffman. Motion carried on a voice vote. Roll Call on the resolution as amended. Ayes: Scott, Gosselin, Matis, Long Nays: Hoffman, Hatchett, Nash, Quarles, Crawford, Gershenson Motion failed. Gosselin moved to rescind MR #05040. Supported by Scott. Roll Call: Ayes: Hatchett, Scott, Gosselin, Lon g Nays: Nash, Quarles, Crawford, Gershenson, Matis, Hoffman Motion failed. Gershenson moved to recommend that a bi-partisan committee be formed to consider changes to the existing publication of appointments policy established by MR #05040. Supported by Quarles. Scott moved to amend the motion so that appointments to the committee would be done by the Chairperson of the Board of Commissioners. Supported by Gosselin. Motion to amend carried on a voice vote. Main motion as amended carried on a roll c all vote with Long voting no. 6. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS – UPDATE ON APPOINTMENTS AND APPLICATIONS RECEIVED TO DATE Information regarding the Friend of the Court Citizens Advisory Committee (FOCCAC), the Library Board and the Michigan Department of Human Services – Oakland County Board application process was discussed. Gershenson moved to report to recommend that Rackeline Hoff and Mel Ettenson be appointed to the Friend of the Court Citizens Advisory Committee as General Public GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE Page 5 May 23, 2011 members for three year terms of July 1, 2011 – June 30, 2014. Supported by Hatchett. Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote. Long moved that interviews be scheduled for applicants Fleming and O’Shea for the Custodial Parent appointment for the June 27 meeting of the committee. Supported by Gershenson. Motion carried on a voice vote. Gershenson moved that the website be updated to extend the application period for the FOCCAC non-custodial parent appointment for two more weeks. Supported by Quarles. Motion carried on a voice vote. The committee asked that others who submitted applications for the General Public seats be contacted to see if they would be eligible for consideration in the other two seats that will need to be filled for cus todial and non-custodial parent and, if so, that interviews be scheduled. Gershenson moved to report to recommend that Mary Ann Jerge be appointed to the Michigan Department of Human Services -Oakland County Board for a three-year term of November 1, 2011 – October 31, 2014. Supported by Scott. Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote. The committee directed that interviews for the Library Board be scheduled for the July 11 meeting of General Government and that the Parks and Recreation Commission seat vacated by the resignation of Charles Palmer be published for a period of two weeks to accept applications. COMMUNICATIONS A. Letter of Resignation from parks & Recreation Commission Submitted by Charles E. Palmer –dated 5/06/11 Gosselin moved to receive and file the communications. Supported by Hoffman. Motion carried on a voice vote. OTHER BUSINESS/ADJOURNMENT There being no other business to come before the committee, the meeting was adjourned at 10:44 a.m. ______________________________ __________________________________ Helen A. Hanger Jim Ver Ploeg GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE Page 6 May 23, 2011 Sr. Committee Coordinator Administrative Director NOTE: The foregoing minutes are subject to Committee approval.