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AGENDA ITEM: Staffing Modification in the Forensic Services Unit 22-406
COMMITTEE MEETING: Board of Commissioners
DATE: Thursday, December 8, 2022 9:52 AM - Click to View Agenda
ITEM SUMMARY SHEET
DEPARTMENT SPONSORED BY
Sheriff’s Office Penny Luebs
INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND
This is a request, effective January 1, 2023:
to delete 2 part-time (663 hours per year) Forensic Laboratory Technician positions
to delete 1 part-time (1,000 hours per year) Forensic Laboratory Technician position
to create 2 part-time (500 hours per year) Forensic Laboratory Technician positions
The deletion of 1 part-time (1,000 hours per year) Forensic Laboratory Technician position will
offset the creation of 2 part-time (500 hours per year) Forensic Laboratory Technician positions.
BUDGET AMENDMENT REQUIRED: Yes
Committee members can contact Michael Andrews, Policy and Fiscal Analysis Supervisor at
248.858.5115 (office) or andrewsmb@oakgov.com, or the department contact persons listed for
additional information.
CONTACT
Curtis Childs
Gaia Piir, Sheriff Fiscal Officer
piirg@oakgov.com
ITEM REVIEW TRACKING
Penny Luebs, Created/Initiated - 12/8/2022
David Woodward, Board of Commissioners Approved - 12/8/2022
Hilarie Chambers, Executive's Office Approved - 12/9/2022
Lisa Brown, Clerk/Register of Deeds Final Approval - 12/13/2022
AGENDA DEADLINE: 12/08/2022 11:15 AM
COMMITTEE TRACKING
2022-11-29 Public Health & Safety - Recommend to Board
2022-11-08 Full Board - Adopted
ATTACHMENTS
1. 2023 HIDTA Grant Firearms Positions Deletions Schedule A
2. Sheriff's Office Delete and Create Forensic Lab Tech Positions HR Write Up
December 8, 2022
RESOLUTION #2022-2287 _ 22-406
Sponsored By: Penny Luebs
Sheriff’s Office - Staffing Modification in the Forensic Services Unit
Chairperson and Members of the Board:
WHEREAS funding from the Office of National Drug Control Policy High Intensity Drug Trafficking
Areas (HIDTA) for reimbursement of positions will end effective December 31, 2022; and
WHEREAS it is necessary to delete two (2) General Fund General Purpose (GF/GP) Part-Time Non-
Eligible (PTNE) Forensic Laboratory Technician positions (#4030901-11324 and 11325) in the
Forensic Services Unit that were funded by HIDTA; and
WHEREAS the technicians provide support in testing firearms, entering fired cartridge cases into the
Integrated Ballistics Identification System (IBIS) and completing lab reports of their findings; and
WHEREAS MR #22-330 created one (1) GF/GP PTNE 1,000 hours per year Forensic Laboratory
Technician position (#4030901-15829) in anticipation of the funding cut; and
WHEREAS it is requested to delete one (1) GF/GP PTNE 1,000 hours per year Forensic Laboratory
Technician position (#4030901-15829) and create two (2) GF/GP PTNE 500 hours per year Forensic
Laboratory Technicians in the Forensic Services Unit (#4030901).
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED to delete two (2) GF/GP PTNE 663 hours per year Forensic
Laboratory Technician positions (#4030901-11324 and 11325) in the Forensic Services Unit effective
January 1, 2023.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED to delete one (1) GF/GP PTNE 1,000 hours per year Forensic
Laboratory Technician position (#4030901-15829) in the Forensic Services Unit effective January 1,
2023.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED to create two (2) GF/GP PTNE 500 hours per year Forensic
Laboratory Technician positions in the Forensic Services Unit (#4030901) effective January 1, 2023.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED the budget is amended as detailed in the attached Schedule A.
Chairperson, the following Commissioners are sponsoring the foregoing Resolution: Penny Luebs.
Date: December 08, 2022
David Woodward, Commissioner
Date: December 09, 2022
Hilarie Chambers, Deputy County Executive II
Date: December 13, 2022
Lisa Brown, County Clerk / Register of Deeds
COMMITTEE TRACKING
2022-11-29 Public Health & Safety - Recommend to Board
2022-11-08 Full Board - Adopted
VOTE TRACKING
Motioned by Commissioner Penny Luebs seconded by Commissioner Karen Joliat to adopt the
attached Staffing Modification: in the Forensic Services Unit.
Yes: David Woodward, Michael Gingell, Michael Spisz, Karen Joliat, Kristen Nelson, Eileen
Kowall, Christine Long, Philip Weipert, Gwen Markham, Angela Powell, Chuck Moss, Marcia
Gershenson, William Miller III, Yolanda Smith Charles, Charles Cavell, Penny Luebs, Janet
Jackson, Gary McGillivray, Robert Hoffman, Adam Kochenderfer (20)
No: None (0)
Abstain: None (0)
Absent: (0)
Passed
ATTACHMENTS
1. 2023 HIDTA Grant Firearms Positions Deletions Schedule A
2. Sheriff's Office Delete and Create Forensic Lab Tech Positions HR Write Up
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Lisa Brown, Clerk of the County of Oakland, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution is a true
and accurate copy of a resolution adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners on
December 8, 2022, with the original record thereof now remaining in my office.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Circuit Court at
Pontiac, Michigan on Thursday, December 8, 2022.
Lisa Brown, Oakland County Clerk / Register of Deeds
Oakland County, Michigan
SHERIFF'S OFFICE - STAFFING MODIFICATION TO DELETE AND CREATE FORENSIC LAB TECHNICIAN POSITIONS
Schedule "A" DETAIL
R/E Fund Name Division Name
Fund #
(FND)
Cost Center
(CCN) #
Account #
(RC/SC)
Program #
(PRG)
Grant ID
(GRN) #
Project ID #
(PROJ)
Regio
n
(REG)
Budget
Fund
Affiliate
(BFA)
Ledger
Account
Summar
y Account Title
FY 2023
Amendment
FY 2024
Amendment
FY 2025
Amendment
E General Fund GrantsInvestigative and Forensic Svcs FND10101 CCN4030901 SC702010 PRG110000 GRN-1003643 702000 Salaries Regular $(37,074)$-$-
E General Fund GrantsInvestigative and Forensic Svcs FND10101 CCN4030901 SC722740 PRG110000 GRN-1003643 722000 Fringe Benefits (1,770)--
E General Fund Investigative and Forensic Svcs FND10100 CCN9090101 SC730359 PRG196030 730000 Contingency 38,844
Total Expenditures $-$-$-
REQUEST:
1. To delete two (2) GF/GP PTNE 663 hours per year Forensic Laboratory Technician positions (#4030901-
11324 and 11325) in the Forensic Services Unit effective January 1, 2023.
2. To delete one (1) GF/GP PTNE 1,000 hours per year Forensic Laboratory Technician position (#4030901-
15829) in the Forensic Services Unit effective January 1, 2023.
3. To create two (2) GF/GP PTNE 500 hours per year Forensic Laboratory Technician positions in the Forensic
Services Unit (#4030901) effective January 1, 2023.
PROPOSED FUNDING:
The deletion of one (1) GF/GP PTNE 1,000 hours per year Forensic Laboratory Technician position (#4030901-15829)
will offset the creation of two (2) GF/GP PTNE 500 hours per year Forensic Laboratory Technician positions.
OVERVIEW:
Funding from the Office of National Drug Control Policy High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) for
reimbursement of positions will end effective December 31, 2022. It is necessary to delete two (2) General Fund
General Purpose (GF/GP) Part-Time Non-Eligible (PTNE) Forensic Laboratory Technician positions (#4030901-11324
and 11325) in the Forensic Services Unit that were funded by HIDTA. The technicians provide support in testing
firearms, entering fired cartridge cases into the Integrated Ballistics Identification System (IBIS) and completing lab
reports of their findings. MR #22-330 created one (1) GF/GP PTNE 1,000 hours per year Forensic Laboratory
Technician (#4030901-15829) in anticipation of the funding cut. It is requested to delete one (1) GF/GP PTNE 1,000
hours per year Forensic Laboratory Technician position (#4030901-15829) and create two (2) GF/GP PTNE 500 hours
per year Forensic Laboratory Technicians in the Forensic Services Unit (#4030901).
It is requested to delete two (2) GF/GP PTNE 663 hours per year Forensic Laboratory Technician positions (#4030901-
11324 and 11325) in the Forensic Services Unit effective January 1, 2023. It is also requested to delete one (1) GF/GP
PTNE 1,000 hours per year Forensic Laboratory Technician position (#4030901-15829) in the Forensic Services Unit
effective January 1, 2023. It is requested to create two (2) GF/GP PTNE 500 hours per year Forensic Laboratory
Technician positions in the Forensic Services Unit (#4030901) effective January 1, 2023.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE RECOMMENDATION: Recommended as Requested.
PERTINENT SALARIES 2023
Class Gr Period Step 01 Step 12 Step 24 Step 36 Step 48 Step 60 Step 72 Step 84
Forensic
Laboratory
Technician
116 Hourly $25.07 $26.29 $27.50 $28.72 $29.94 $31.15 $32.37 $33.59
*Note: Annual rates are shown for illustrative purposes only.
SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT SAVINGS
**Note: Fringe benefit rates displayed are County averages. Annual costs are shown for illustrative purposes only.
Actual costs are reflected in the budget amendment.
Annual Cost
Delete two (2) GF/GP PTNE 663 hours per year Forensic Laboratory Technician
positions (#4030901-11324 and 11325)
Salary at Step 12 $17,430
Fringes – 5.49% $957
Savings – One Position ($18,387)
Savings – Two Positions ($36,774)
Delete one (1) GF/GP PTNE 1,000 hours per year Forensic Laboratory
Technician position (#4030901-15829)
Salary at Step 12 $26,290
Fringes – 5.49% $1,443
Savings ($27,733)
Create two (2) GF/GP PTNE 500 hours per year Forensic Laboratory Technician
positions
Salary at Step 12 $13,145
Fringes – 5.49% $722
Cost – One Position $13,867
Cost – Two Positions $27,734
Total Savings ($36,773)