HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - 2020.06.01 - 37357OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
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PANDEMIC RESPONSE AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY COMMITTEE
David T. Woodward, Chairperson
MARCIA GERSHENSON Helaine Zack
Vice Chairperson Janet Jackson
MICHAEL SPISZ June 1, 2020 Penny Luebs
Minority Vice Chairperson William Miller
Kristen Nelson
Shelley Taub
Philip Weipert
Thomas Kuhn
Chairperson Woodward called the meeting of the Pandemic Response and Economic Recovery
Committee to order at 1:06 p.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT :
David Woodward, Marcia Gershenson, Michael Spisz, Helaine Zack, Janet Jackson, Penny Luebs,
Kristen Nelson, Shelley Taub, Philip Weipert, Thomas Kuhn
MEMBERS ABSENT WITH NOTICE:
William Miller
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Commissioner Weipert led the Committee in the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance.
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES
Luebs moved approval of the minutes from May 11, 2020 and May 18, 2020 as presented.
Seconded by Zack.
Motion carried.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Chairperson David Woodward requested the Agenda be amended to remove Item #2, MR
#20156 – Board of Commissioners – Support to Protect Workers in the Workplace as the
Economy Reopens. There were no objections.
Spisz moved approval of the Agenda, as amended. Seconded by Luebs.
Motion carried.
PUBLIC COMMENT
No one addressed the Committee during Public Comment.
COMMUNICATIONS
A. County Executive – COVID-19 Update
Sean Carlson, Deputy County Executive; Thomas Hardesty, Manager, Homeland Security; Hilarie
Chambers, Chief Deputy County Executive and Scott Guzzy, Administrator, Purchasing provided a
COVID-19 Response and Analysis Report and addressed questions posed by the Commissioners.
Pandemic Response and Economic Recovery Committee Page 2
June 1, 2020
Spisz moved to receive and file the COVID-19 Response PowerPoint and COVID-19 Analysis
Report. Seconded by Luebs.
Motion carried.
REGULAR AGENDA
1. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS – ESTABLISHMENT OF OAKLAND TOGETHER LOCAL
GOVERNMENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM AND ALLOCATION OF CARES ACT FUNDING
Zack moved to recommend approval of the attached suggested resolution. Seconded by Luebs.
Gershenson moved to amend the following language in the NOW THEREFORE BE IT
RESOLVED clause in the resolution as follows:
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby
authorizes the creation of the “Oakland Together Local Government Partnership” program for the
purpose of offering Oakland County local governments grant funding for CARES Act Coronavirus
Relief Funds (CRF) eligible expenses. Local governments (as defined above) in Oakland County
are eligible for consideration for funding. Funds are only made available if the CVT “Local
Government” and any approved, eligible public entities have expenditures has expenses
that meet the requirements of the fund Coronavirus Relief Fund as provided by the U.S.
Treasury.
Seconded by Zack.
Motion carried.
Main motion, as amended, carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Miller absent.
OTHER BUSINESS/ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business to come before the Committee, the meeting adjourned at 2:45 p.m.
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Wendy McBride, Elections Division Sandra O’Brien, Deputy Clerk/Register of
Deeds
NOTE: The foregoing minutes are subject to Committee approval.