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1200 N. Telegraph Road, Bldg. 12 East, Pontiac, MI 48341
Board of Commissioners
David T. Woodward, Chair
February 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
MINUTES
1. Call Meeting to Order
Chair David T. Woodward called the meeting of the Board of Commissioners to order at
06:26 PM in Commissioners' Auditorium 1200 N. Telegraph Road, 12E, Pontiac, MI
48341.
2. Roll Call
MEMBERS PRESENT: David Woodward, Michael Spisz, Michael Gingell, Penny Luebs,
Karen Joliat, Kristen Nelson, Christine Long, Robert Hoffman, Philip Weipert, Angela
Powell, Marcia Gershenson, William Miller III, Yolanda Smith Charles, Charles Cavell,
Brendan Johnson, Ann Erickson Gault, Linnie Taylor, Robert Smiley (18)
MEMBERS ABSENT WITH NOTICE: Gwen Markham (1)
3. Invocation - Yolanda Smith Charles
4. Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag
5. Approval of Minutes
a. Clerk/Register of Deeds - dated January 23, 2025
Board Action #2025-4967 _
Penny Luebs moved approval of the Minutes dated January 23, 2025, as
presented. Seconded by Angela Powell.
Motion Passed.
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the Minutes dated January 23, 2025,
were approved, as presented.
6. Approval of Agenda
Penny Luebs moved approval of the Agenda, as presented. Seconded by Michael
Gingell.
Motion Passed.
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the Agenda was approved.
7. Public Hearing - Carlisle Townhomes Brownfield Plan located at 204 W. New York in
the City of Pontiac - 6:00 p.m.
Chair David Woodward made the following statement: "A Public Hearing is now called on
the Carlisle Townhomes Brownfield Plan located at 204 W. New York in the City of
Pontiac. Is there anyone who wishes to speak?" No one requested to speak and the Chair
declared the Public Hearing closed.
8. Presentations
a. Board of Commissioners - Awards - Black Excellence Awards
Board Action #2025-4951 _
Commissioners Angela Powell, Yolanda Smith Charles and Linnie Taylor
addressed the Board to present the 2025 Black Excellence Awards to the
following recipients:
Dustin McClellan
Jamar Bray
Camilla Rice
Dustin McClellan, Jamar Bray and Camilla Rice addressed the Board.
b. Board of Commissioners - Presentation - Detroit Zoo
Board Action #2024-4607 _
Dr. Hayley Murphy, CEO and Executive Director, Detroit Zoological Society
addressed the Board to give a presentation entitled: Detroit Zoological Society -
Strategic Plan, followed by a short Q & A session.
9. Communications
a. Corporation Counsel - Corporation Counsel Appointments to the Tax
Increment Financing District Ad Hoc Review Committee
Board Action #2025-4983 _
Fred Miller, Deputy Oakland County Clerk/Register of Deeds addressed the
Board to read a communication from Solon M. Phillips, Corporation Counsel, to
confirm the appointments of William DeBiasi as Representative and Solon M.
Phillips as Alternate Representative to the Tax Increment Financing District Ad
Hoc Review Committee for the 2025-2026 term.
b. Treasurer's Office - Treasurer's Office Appointments to the Tax Increment
Financing District Ad Hoc Review Committee
Board Action #2025-4984 _
Fred Miller, Deputy Oakland County Clerk/Register of Deeds addressed the
Board to read a communication from Robert Wittenberg, Oakland County
Treasurer, to confirm the appointment of Jill Robinson, Deputy Treasurer –
Property Specialist and the Executive Director of the Oakland County Land
Bank Authority, as an Alternate Representative to the Tax Increment Financing
District Review Policy Ad Hoc Review Committee. Robert Wittenberg, Oakland
County Treasurer, will continue to serve as a Representative from the
Treasurer's Office on the TIF Review Committee.
c. Equalization - Equalization Appointments to the Tax Increment Financing
District Ad Hoc Review Committee
Board Action #2025-4985 _
Fred Miller, Deputy Oakland County Clerk/Register of Deeds addressed the
Board to read a communication from Micheal R. Lohmeier, Equalization Officer,
recommending Terry Schultz and Micheal Lohmeier to continue serving on the
Tax Increment Financing District Ad Hoc Review Committee for the 2025-2026
term.
d. Economic Development - Economic Development Appointments to the
Tax Increment Financing District Ad Hoc Review Committee
Board Action #2025-4986 _
Fred Miller, Deputy Oakland County Clerk/Register of Deeds addressed the
Board to read a communication from Dom Holmes, Director, Economic
Development, to confirm the appointments of Bret Rasegan as Representative
and Tim Colbeck as Alternate Representative to the Tax Increment Financing
District Ad Hoc Review Committee for the 2025-2026 term.
e. Executive's Office - CE Appointments - Oakland County Brownfield
Redevelopment Authority Board of Directors
Board Action #2025-4987 _
Fred Miller, Deputy Oakland County Clerk/Register of Deeds addressed the
Board to read a communication from David Coulter, Oakland County Executive,
reappointing the following to the Oakland County Brownfield Redevelopment
Authority Board of Directors:
1 Year Terms - Yolanda Smith Charles, Michael Spisz
2 Year Terms - Anne Jamison-Urena
Linnie Taylor moved to receive and file the attached Communications and
confirm the appointments. Seconded by Michael Gingell.
Motion Passed.
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the Communications were received
and filed, and the appointments confirmed.
10. Public Comment
No one addressed the Board during Public Comment #1. Reports of Standing Committees
Consent Agenda
All items on the Consent Agenda Passed.
The vote can be found after item 14 g.
11. Economic Development and Infrastructure Committee - Yolanda Smith Charles
a. Economic Development - Renewal of Oakland County Microloan Program
Board Action #2025-4895 _
Renew the Oakland County Microloan Program for FY 2025 and invest an
additional $125,000 into the Economic Development Corporation Special
Revenue Fund (FND 21180) that wilI be leveraged by the U.S. Small
Business Administration through CEED to make available $1.2 million in
new loans to eligible Oakland County small businesses; further, amend
the FY 2025 budget as detailed in the attached Schedule A - Budget
Amendment.
Attachments:
1. Economic Dev. Corp_Renewal of Microloan_Schedule A-Budget
Amendment
2. combinepdf CMMR
b. Economic Development - Business Development - Carlisle Townhomes
Brownfield Plan located at 204 W. New York in the City of Pontiac
Board Action #2025-4915 _
Adopt the Carlisle Townhomes Brownfield Redevelopment Plan located at
204 W. New York in the City of Pontiac.
Attachment:
1. EDI Packet 204 W. New York Pontiac
c. Economic Development - Aviation and Transportation - Airport Land
Lease with BARK Investments, LLC
Board Action #2025-4862 _ 25-2
MR #25002
Lease Airport Land Lease with BARK Investments, LLC
WHEREAS the County of Oakland (“County”) owns the Oakland County
International Airport in Waterford Township; and
WHEREAS parcels of land are leased to various aviation businesses for the
purpose of constructing hangars, aviation ramps, and related appurtenances for
conducting aviation business at the Airport; and
WHEREAS the Airport Division has negotiated the attached Land Lease with
BARK Investments, LLC; and
WHEREAS the Land Lease will have a term of thirty years from March 1, 2025
to February 28, 2055, with annual rent fixed for the first two years at $81,515.09
per year; and
WHEREAS under the Land Lease the County has the right to change the rental
payment effective March 1, 2027 and each and every two years thereafter, as
set forth in the Land Lease; and
WHEREAS the Lessee, at its sole cost is responsible for any improvements to
the property and maintenance to the grounds including mowing, snow removal,
and landscaping; and
WHEREAS the Airport Committee and the County’s Office of Corporation
Counsel have reviewed and agreed to the terms of the Land Lease.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners hereby approves and accepts the terms and conditions of the
attached Land Lease for thirty (30) years with BARK Investments, LLC.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners directs its Chair or his designee to execute the attached Land
Lease and all other related documents between the County and BARK
Investments, LLC.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that no budget amendment is required as the
revenue is already reflected in the County Airport Fund (#56500) FY 2025 – FY
2027 Adopted budget.
Adopt the attached Airport Land Lease with BARK Investments, LLC.
Attachment:
1. LANDLEASE2025_BARK Investments
d. Economic Development - Aviation and Transportation - Sublease
Agreement to Airport Land Lease Agreement with EJB-OC, LLC to Corbin
Aviation, LLC
Board Action #2025-4863 _ 25-3
MR #25003
Lease Sublease Agreement to Airport Land Lease Agreement with EJB-
OC, LLC to Corbin Aviation, LLC
WHEREAS the County of Oakland (“the County”) owns the Oakland County
International Airport in Waterford Township; and
WHEREAS parcels of land are leased to various aviation businesses for the
purpose of constructing hangars, aviation ramps, and related appurtenances for
conducting aviation business at the Airport; and
WHEREAS the County entered into an Airport Land Lease with EJB-OC, LLC,
on May 1, 2020, with the land lease term of thirty years, May 1, 2020, through
April 30, 2050, and with the annual rent fixed for the first two years at
$22,113.56; and
WHEREAS EJB-OC, LLC has negotiated with Corbin Aviation, LLC and the
parties have agreed that Corbin Aviation, LLC will sublease the leased premises
for a term of thirty-six months commencing January 1, 2025 and expiring
December 31, 2027; and
WHEREAS Corbin Aviation will assume the rights, duties and obligations of the
Landlord under the existing Airport Land Lease during the term of the Sublease,
upon the Consent of the County; and
WHEREAS the County desires to consent to the Sublease between the parties;
and
WHEREAS EJB-OC., LLC is current on any amounts due and payable under
the lease prior to the effective date of this Sublease; and
WHEREAS the Airport Committee and the County’s Office of Corporation
Counsel have reviewed and agreed to the terms of the Sublease Agreement as
to Subleased Premises and Lease Agreement as to Leased Premises between
EJB-OC, LLC and Corbin Aviation, LLC.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners hereby approves and accepts the terms and conditions of the
attached Sublease Agreement as to Subleased Premises and Lease Agreement
as to Leased Premises between EJB-OC, LLC and Corbin Aviation, LLC.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners directs its Chair or his designee to execute the attached
Sublease Agreement as to Subleased Premises and Lease Agreement as to
Leased Premises and all other related documents between the County and
EJB-OC, LLC.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that no budget amendment is required at this
time as the revenue is already reflected in the FY 2025 Adopted budget and FY
2025 – FY 2027 County Executive Recommended budget within the Airport
Fund (#56500).
Adopt the attached Sublease Agreement to Airport Land Lease Agreement
with EJB-OC, LLC to Corbin Aviation, LLC.
Attachment:
1. Corbin Aviation - EJB-OC-OCIA Sublease Agreement
12. Finance Committee - Gwen Markham
a. Executive's Office - Appropriation of American Rescue Plan Act-Local
Fiscal Recovery Funds
Board Action #2025-4940 _ 25-4
MR #25004
Budget Amendment Appropriation of American Rescue Plan Act-Local
Fiscal Recovery Funds
WHEREAS the United States Treasury allocated Oakland County $244,270,949
of Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (LFRF) established under the American Rescue
Plan Act (ARPA) of 2021; and
WHEREAS under the guidance of the Final Rule, the County may use these
funds at their discretion to support eligible investments in public health
expenditures, address negative economic impacts caused by the public health
emergency; replace lost public sector revenue; provide premium pay for
essential workers; and invest in water, sewer, and broadband infrastructure; and
WHEREAS under the guidance of the Final Rule’s Frequently Asked Questions
as updated by the United States Department of Treasury in March of 2024,
recipients may reclassify funds from an LFRF-funded activity to another
expenditure which would be eligible under the LFRF Final Rule; and
WHEREAS the Oakland County Board of Commissioners appropriated
$18,000,000 of LFRF funds to THRIVE to provide consulting and technical
assistance to small businesses in Oakland County, of which $5,881,321 is
currently unspent; and
WHEREAS expenditure of Local Fiscal Recovery Funds for base payroll costs
incurred prior to December 31, 2024 is an eligible expenditure under federal
guidance, resulting in General Fund savings that may be used for other
purposes; and
WHEREAS these General Fund savings are being designated for use by
THRIVE to continue providing vital services to small businesses in Oakland
County beyond the December 31, 2026 expiration of the American Rescue Plan
Act.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners authorizes a one-time appropriation of American Rescue Plan
Act – Local Fiscal Recovery funding in the amount of $5,881,321 to fund base
payroll costs incurred in the Department budgets in the first quarter of FY 2025
(October 1, 2024-December 31, 2024) broken down as follows:
Management and Budget $4,204,166
Economic Development $1,050,732
Department of Public Communications $626,423
Total $5,881,321
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners authorizes a one-time appropriation in the amount of
$5,881,321 from the General Fund to THRIVE for the purpose described above.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that approval of the appropriation of American
Rescue Plan Act-Local Fiscal Recovery Funds for programs and services by
Oakland County shall not obligate a commitment of the General Fund unless
authorized by action of the Board of Commissioners.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the FY 2025 budget shall be amended in the
First Quarterly Forecast for FY 2025.
Adopt the attached Appropriation of American Rescue Plan Act-Local
Fiscal Recovery Funds.
b. Indigent Defense - Interlocal Agreement for Attorney Performance
Evaluations
Board Action #2025-4864 _
Approve the attached Interlocal agreements and authorize the Chair of the
Board to execute these agreements with the Cities of Ferndale, Madison
Heights, Oak Park, Southfield and Pontiac, the Township of Waterford, as
well as any other agreements executed by the other funding units in
Oakland County that are substantially similar to the template agreement
as reviewed and approved by Corporation Counsel.
Attachments:
1. Standard 7 Interlocal Template
2. Standard 7 Interlocal - Madison Heights Signed
3. Standard 7 Interlocal - Pontiac Signed
4. Standard 7 Interlocal - Southfield Signed
5. Standard 7 Interlocal - Oak Park Signed
6. Standard 7 Interlocal - Ferndale Signed
7. Standard 7 Interlocal - Waterford Signed
c. Information Technology - 2025 First Quarter Information Technology
Development Report
Board Action #2025-4912 _
Approve the First Quarter appropriation transfer as specified on the
attached schedule and that the respective departmental Fiscal Year 2025
budgets are to be amended as specified in the attached detail schedule.
Attachment:
1. IT Development Summary - 1st Quarter 2025
13. Legislative Affairs and Government Operations Committee - Brendan Johnson
a. Human Resources - Implementing the Salary Administration Plan 1st
Quarterly Report for FY2025
Board Action #2024-4857 _
Authorize the implementation of the Salary Administration Plan 1st
Quarterly Report for FY 2025, effective January 25, 2025; further, to
change the classifications according to the attached Schedule B; further
to change the salary grade of classifications according to the attached
Schedule C; further, to reclassify positions according to the attached
Schedule D; further, to amend the FY 2025-2027 budgets as detailed in the
attached Schedule A.
Attachments:
1. HR - Schedule A - Implementing the Salary Administration Plan 1st
Quarterly Report for FY2025
2. 1st 2025 SCHEDULE B - Classification Changes
3. 1st 2025 SCHEDULE C - Factor Changes
4. 1st 2025 SCHEDULE D - Biweekly Increases
5. 1st 2025 SCHEDULE E - Draft Job Descriptions
b. Parks & Recreation - 2025 Strategic Partnership Grant - City of Farmington
Board Action #2025-4877 _
Approve the Park Development Grant Agreement with the City of
Farmington for the Fitness Court project with a Strategic Partnership
Grant in the amount of $200,000; further, authorize the Chair of the Board
of Commissioners to execute the grant agreement.
Attachments:
1. 021125Partnership Grant Agreement Farmington
2. 021125 Strategic Partnership Grant - City of Farmington - Exhibit A
c. Parks & Recreation - Interlocal Agreement with the School District of the
City of Pontiac
Board Action #2025-4878 _
Approve an Interlocal Partnership Agreement between the County of
Oakland and the School District of the City of Pontiac; further, authorize
the Chairperson of the Oakland County Board of Commissioners to
execute the grant agreement on behalf of Oakland County.
Attachment:
1. Revised Interlocal Agreement with OCPRC and PSD
d. Parks & Recreation - Amendment to the Interlocal Partnership Agreement
with the City of Southfield
Board Action #2025-4880 _
Approve Amendment #1 to the Interlocal Partnership Agreement for Park
Operation Between the County of Oakland and the City of Southfield;
further, authorize the Chairperson of the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners to execute the amended agreement on behalf of Oakland
County.
Attachment:
1. Amendment to Southfield Interlocal Partnership Agreement
e. Parks & Recreation - Grant Acceptance - FY 2025 DNR Urban and
Community Forestry Inflation Reduction Act Grant
Board Action #2025-4887 _
Approve a grant from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Urban and Community Forestry Inflation Reduction Act grant program for
$150,000 for tree planting, maintenance and inventories, for the term of
October 1, 2024 through September 1, 2026.
Attachments:
1. DNR Urban Forestry Grant Schedule A
2. Grant Review Sign-Off
3. GA_UIRA25-12 Final
14. Public Health and Safety Committee - Penny Luebs
a. Sheriff’s Office - Grant Acceptance from the Michigan Commission on Law
Enforcement Standards for the 2025 Continuing Professional Education
Program
Board Action #2025-4866 _
Accept the 2025 Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards
Continuing Professional Education Program funds from the State of
Michigan in the amount of $629,000, for the period January 1, 2025
through December 31, 2025; further, authorize the Chair of the Board of
Commissioners to execute this agreement; further, amend the FY 2025
budget as detailed in the attached schedule A.
Attachments:
1. 2025 MCOLES CPE Grant Schedule A
2. Grant Review Sign-Off
3. Remittance Advice 1 of 2
4. Remittance Advice 2 of 2
5. CPE-2025-27_Quick-Reference-Guide_12132024_FINAL
6. CPE Funding Guidelines
b. Sheriff’s Office - Grant Acceptance from the Federal Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives for the FY 2025 Overtime
Reimbursement Funds
Board Action #2025-4885 _
Accept the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
FY 2025 Overtime Reimbursement funds in the amount of up to $217,405
for the period of October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025; further,
authorize the Chair of the Board of Commissioners to execute this
agreement; further, amend the FY 2025 as detailed in the attached
Schedule A.
Attachments:
1. Sheriff - FY2025 ATF Grant Acceptance Schedule A
2. Grant Review Sign-Off
3. FY 2025 State and Local Overtime (SLOT) Forms
4. FY25 NEW Authorization and Review Statement_SingleForm
5. FY25 Overtime Ledger
6. Oakland County SO_Signed MOA FY2023
c. Sheriff’s Office - Grant Application to the Michigan Department of Natural
Resources for the 2025 Marine Safety Program
Board Action #2025-4872 _
Approve the grant application to the Michigan Department of Natural
Resources for the 2025 Marine Safety Program in the amount of $670,401.
Attachments:
1. Grant Review Sign-Off
2. 2025 Marine Safety Grant Application
3. MARINE SAFETY PROGRAM
d. Sheriff’s Office - Grant Application to the Office of National Drug Control
Policy for the 2026 High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) Program
Board Action #2025-4883 _
Approve the grant application to the Office of National Drug Control Policy
for the 2026 High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) Program in the
amount of $132,300.
Attachments:
1. 2026 HIDTA Grant Review Sign-Off
2. NET Initiative Description & Budget Proposal 2026
3. Financial Budget Sheet 2026
e. Circuit Court - Grant Application to the State Court Administrative Office
for the FY 2025 - 2026 Status Offender Diversion Program
Board Action #2025-4928 _
Approve the grant application for the State Court Administrative Office for
the FY 2025 - 2026 Status Offender Diversion Program in the amount of
$114,900.
Attachments:
1. Grant Review Sign-Off
2. Application--FY25 Status Offense Diversion Project--FINAL
3. status-offense-pilot-budget-sheet-final
f. Health & Human Services - Health Division - Grant Application to the
Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE),
Water Resources Division for the 2025 - 2026 Inland Lake Beach
Monitoring Program
Board Action #2025-4896 _
Receive a grant application to the Michigan Department of Environment,
Great Lakes and Energy Water Resource Division for the 2025 - 2026
Inland Lake Beach Monitoring Program in the amount of $80,605.67.
Attachments:
1. Grant Review Sign-Off
2. Final Oakland Inland Lakes 2025-2026 Proposal
3. EGX Application
4. Application Notice Letter - Rapid Testing Source Tracking & Inland Lake
Beach Grant
g. Health & Human Services - Health Division - Grant Application to the
Michigan State Police for the 2025 Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program
Board Action #2025-4897 _
Approve the grant application to the Michigan State Police for the 2025
Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program (SCIP) in the amount of $352,825.
Attachments:
1. Grant Review Sign-Off
2. BYRNE SCIP Project Narrative FY25
3. Budget Detail Worksheet_Oakland County Health Division
4. FY25 Byrne SCIP - Phase 3 Application Form_OCHD
5. Time and Task Plan Template
6. MOA_OCHD and Disarmory Ministries
7. Budget Detail Worksheet_Disarmory Ministries
Vote on Consent Agenda items:
Michael Gingell moved to recommend approval of the attached suggested
resolutions on the Consent Agenda. Seconded by Penny Luebs.
Motion Passed.
Vote Summary (18-0-0)
Yes: David Woodward, Michael Spisz, Michael Gingell, Penny Luebs, Karen
Joliat, Kristen Nelson, Christine Long, Robert Hoffman, Philip Weipert, Angela
Powell, Marcia Gershenson, William Miller III, Yolanda Smith Charles, Charles
Cavell, Brendan Johnson, Ann Erickson Gault, Linnie Taylor, Robert Smiley
No: None
Abstain: None
Regular Agenda
15. Legislative Affairs and Government Operations Committee - Brendan Johnson
a. Board of Commissioners - Oakland Community Health Network
Appointment
Board Action #2024-4846 _
Brendan Johnson moved to to reappoint the following: Yvette Woodruff, as
Working Involvement in Mental Health Services; Malkia Newman, as
Primary Consumer; and John Young, as Secondary Consumer, to the
Oakland County Health Network for a three-year term beginning April 1,
2025 through March 31, 2028. Seconded by Karen Joliat.
Motion Passed.
Vote Summary (17-0-0)
Yes: David Woodward, Michael Spisz, Michael Gingell, Penny Luebs, Karen
Joliat, Kristen Nelson, Christine Long, Robert Hoffman, Philip Weipert, Angela
Powell, Marcia Gershenson, William Miller III, Yolanda Smith Charles, Brendan
Johnson, Ann Erickson Gault, Linnie Taylor, Robert Smiley
No: None
Abstain: None
Attachments:
1. Woodruff App
2. Woodruff res
3. Newman - PrimConsApp
4. Newman - ResBio
5. Young - SecConsApp
6. Young Res
16. Public Health and Safety Committee - Penny Luebs
a. Sheriff’s Office - Interlocal Agreement with the City of Birmingham to join
the Oakland County Sheriff's Office Special Weapons and Tactics Team
(SWAT)
Board Action #2025-4917 _
Penny Luebs moved to approve the Interlocal Agreement with the City of
Birmingham to join the Oakland County Sheriff's Office Special Weapons
and Tactics Team (SWAT); further, authorize the Chair of the Board of
Commissioners to execute the agreement. Seconded by Michael Spisz.
Motion Passed.
Vote Summary (18-0-0)
Yes: David Woodward, Michael Spisz, Michael Gingell, Penny Luebs, Karen
Joliat, Kristen Nelson, Christine Long, Robert Hoffman, Philip Weipert, Angela
Powell, Marcia Gershenson, William Miller III, Yolanda Smith Charles, Charles
Cavell, Brendan Johnson, Ann Erickson Gault, Linnie Taylor, Robert Smiley
No: None
Abstain: None
Attachments:
1. City of Birmingham Interlocal OCSO SWAT Agreement
2. Birmingham Interest Letter
b. Sheriff’s Office - Interlocal Agreement with the Charter Township of
Bloomfield to join the Oakland County Sheriff's Special Weapons and
Tactics Team (SWAT)
Board Action #2025-4918 _
Penny Luebs moved to approve the Interlocal Agreement with the Charter
Township of Bloomfield to join the Oakland County Sheriff's Office Special
Weapons and Tactics Team (SWAT); further, authorize the Chair of the
Board of Commissioners to execute the agreement. Seconded by Michael
Spisz.
Motion Passed.
Vote Summary (18-0-0)
Yes: David Woodward, Michael Spisz, Michael Gingell, Penny Luebs, Karen
Joliat, Kristen Nelson, Christine Long, Robert Hoffman, Philip Weipert, Angela
Powell, Marcia Gershenson, William Miller III, Yolanda Smith Charles, Charles
Cavell, Brendan Johnson, Ann Erickson Gault, Linnie Taylor, Robert Smiley
No: None
Abstain: None
Attachments:
1. Bloomfield Township Interlocal OCSO SWAT Agreement
2. Bloomfield Interest letter
17. New & Miscellaneous Business
a. Board of Commissioners - Urging the Governor of the State of Michigan to
Grant a Pardon for Temujin Kensu
Board Action #2025-4929 _ 25-5
MR #25005
The Chair referred the resolution to the Legislative Affairs & Government
Operations Committee. There were no objections.
18. Announcements
Commissioner Michael Gingell addressed the Board to recognize the passing of former
County Commissioner Shelley Goodman Taub and requested a moment of silence in her
honor.
Fred Miller, Deputy Oakland County Clerk/Register of Deeds addressed the Board on
behalf of the Clerk's office to recognize Wendy McBride on the occasion of her retirement.
He stated that she has dedicated ten years to Oakland County and is emblematic of the
great people working tirelessly in Oakland County and is wished a happy retirement.
Commissioner Kristen Nelson addressed the Board to remind everyone that this
Saturday, February 15th, starting at 3:00 p.m. is the first event of Fireworks and Flannels
at Waterford Oaks. There will be an art exhibit, beer tents, live music and fireworks.
Commissioner William Miller addressed the Board to announce the UP200, Upper
Peninsula sled dog races will be held on February 14th through the 17th.
19. Public Comment
The following people addressed the Board during Public Comment #2: Nabil Sater, Amrit
Kohli, Suhair Ghannam, Amanda Love, Mike Flores, Rich Bossler and Alia Malik.
20. Adjournment to March 6, 2025, or the Call of the Chair
The meeting adjourned at 07:36 PM.