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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - 2017.10.16 - 37107 October 16, 2017 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, Wade Fleming, Marcia Gershenson, Shelley Taub, Bob Hoffman, David Woodward, Nancy Quarles COMMITTEE MEMBERS ABSENT WITH NOTICE: Eileen Kowall, Adam Kochenderfer OTHERS PRESENT : HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES Kathy Forzley, Director HOMELAND SECURITY Thom Hardesty, Manager OAKLAND SCHOOLS Julie McDaniel, Consultant Stephanie Barlow, Executive Assistant BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Chris Ward, Administrative Director Michael Andrews, Seni or Analyst Jami Monte, Committee Coordinator PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Chairperson Long led the Pledge of Allegiance. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES Fleming moved approval of the minutes of October 2, 2017, as printed. Supported by Hoffman. Motion carried on a voice vote. AGENDA Taub moved approval of the agenda, as presented. Supported by Quarles. Motion carried on a voice vote. PUBLIC COMMENT Commissioner Taub commented on how nice Committee Room A looks. OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS 1200 NORTH TELEGRAPH ROAD, PONTIAC, MICHIGAN 48341-0470 Telephone: (248) 858-0100 FAX: (248) 858-1572 GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE Shelley Taub Bob Hoffman Eileen Kowall Adam Kochenderfer David Woodward Nancy Quarles CHRISTINE LONG Chairperson WADE FLEMING Vice Chairperson MARCIA GERSHENSON Minority Vice Chairperson General Government Committee Page 2 October 16, 2017 AGENDA ITEMS 1. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES/HEALTH DIVISION – RYAN WHITE HIV/AIDS TREATMENT EXTENSION ACT OF 2009 INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF OAKLAND AND THE CITY OF DETROIT The Department of Health and Human Services/Health Division is requesting acceptance of the Intergovernmental Agreement between the City of Detroit and Oakland County for the funding of community agencies within Oakland County for the provision of services to persons living with HIV/AIDS. The City of Detroit is the recipient of Ryan White Part A, HIV Emergency Relief Grant funds for the eligible metropolitan area. Last year, about $10.2 million in the funding came into the eligible region and Oakland County received $2,200,919. The requirement of this Intergovernmental Agreement is that Oakland County provides maintenance-of-effort figures to help them write their grant for this funding. Approximately 15 agencies in Oakland County receive this funding for their services, such as the Oakland Livingston Human Service Agency (OLHSA). Taub moved to recommend approval of the attached suggested resolution . Supported by Gershenson. Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Kowall and Kochenderfer absent . 2. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES – HOMELAND SECURITY DIVISION – FY 2018 PREPARING COMMUNITIES FOR A COMPLEX COORDINATED TERRORIST ATTACK INTEGRATED EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COURSE (IEMC) – GRANT ACCEPTANCE The Department of Health and Human Services/Homeland Security Division is requesting acceptance of the Letter of Agreement between Oakland County and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)/Emergency Management Institute (EMI) for an Integrated Emergency Management Course (IEMC), Preparing Communities for a Complex Coordinated Terrorist Attack. T his program will help Homeland Security to look at their current policies and training, identify gaps, work on those gaps and test it at the end of the 4-day course, with a significant tabletop. The course will be held at the Emergency Management Institute in Emmitsburg, Maryland. FEMA will pay for the administration of the course, transportation and lodging for up to 75 attendees, consisting of police, fire, EMS, hospital, emergency management and administrative staff from all over Oakland County. Oakland County will be responsible for purchasing a $13 0 meal ticket for each County employee. The attendees have not been chosen yet, but will have a broad representation from across the county. Commissioner Taub asked for an app to alert residents of natural disasters. Mr. Hardesty identified that the county has OakAlert, where residents sign up to receive messages regarding disasters. Commissioner Taub stated that she believes now is the time to push advertisement of OakAlert and crank radios , as the natural disasters, such as the hurricanes and fires, are occurring and devastating areas around the country. Hoffman moved to recommend approval of the attached suggested resolution . Supported by Quarles. Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Kowall and Kochenderfer absent . 3. OAKLAND SCHOOLS – SAFE AND HEALTHY KIDS PROGRAM - PRESENTATION Ms. McDaniel gave a PowerPoint presentation regarding the Oakland Schools’ Safe and Healthy Kids Program. She explained the Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs pyramid, consisting of five tiers of needs: physiological, safety, belongingness and love, esteem and self-actualization. Ms. McDaniel described each of the tiers in the pyramid, why they are important and how each tier leads to the next. She described the core competencies of social -emotional learning, the power of community and talked about keeping kids General Government Committee Page 3 October 16, 2017 safe and healthy. Ms. McDaniel discussed Restorative Practices and explained that the primary focus is on building and sustaining strong and supportive communities, with 80% of the efforts toward building and sustaining positive relationships and 20% toward repairing relationships. She identified differences between traditional approaches versus restorative approaches to problems and continued to explain the positive affects these practices could have on children a nd community. Discussion was held. COMMUNICATIONS A. Library Board Minutes – 7/25/17 B. LARA – 13th Biennial Report to the Legislature C. DHHS Memo – 10/5/17 Hoffman moved to receive and file Communication Items A - C. Supported by Fleming . Motion carried on a voice vote. OTHER BUSINESS/ADJOURNMENT Hoffman moved that the General Government Committee, pursuant to Board Rule IX, Section H , waive the publication and interviewing requirements for the appointments and reappointments to the Department of Health and Human Services Agency Board and the Oakland County Solid Waste Planning Committee that were recommended to the Board of Commissioners a nd confirmed on October 11, 2017 . Supported by Taub. Motion carried on a voice vote. Chairperson Long established the O akland County Septic System Inspections and Regulation Study Group consisting of Commissioners Bob Hoffman , Chairman, Shelley Goodman Taub and Dave Woodward, for the term ending December 31, 2018. There being no further business to come before the Commi ttee, the meeting adjourned at 11:24 a.m. ______________________________________ _____________________________________ Jami Monte, Committee Coordinator Chris Ward, Administrative Director NOTE: The foregoing minutes are subject to Committee appro val.