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OAKLAND COttiTY
Board Of Commistionurs
MEETING
March 7, 1974
Meeting called to order by Chairman Richard R. Wilcox at 10:10 A. M. in the Court House
Auditorium, 1200 North Telegraph Road, Pontiac, Michigan.
Invocation given by James Mathews,
Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
Roll called.
PRESENT: Berman, Brotherton, Burley, Button, Coy, Dearborn, Douglas, Dunleavy, Gabler, Hobart,
Hoot, Houghten, Kasper, Lennon, Mathews, Moffitt, Montante, Nowak, Olson, Patnales, Perinoff, Pernick,
Quinn, Richardson, Vogt, Walker, Wilcox, (27)
ABSENT: None. (0)
Quorum present.
Moved by Hoot supported by Button the minutes of the previous meeting be approved as printed.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the motion carried.
Clerk read letter from City of South Lyon urging continued use of Community Colleges for
providing police training. (Referred to Public Protection and Judiciary Committee)
Clerk read resolution from City of Royal Oak urging Board of Commissioners to take action to
provide permanent training facilities for police training. (Referred to Public Protection and
Judiciary Committee)
Clerk read letter from State Representative Melvin L. Larsen acknowledging receipt of
resolution passed by this Board of Commissioners, (Placed on file.)
Moved by Gabler supported by Richardson the agenda be amended to consider the Personnel
Practices Committee Report as the first item of business under Reports of Standing Committees.
AYES: Hobart, Hoot, Houghten, Kasper, Lennon, Moffitt, Montante, Nowak, Olson, Patnales,
Perinoff, Pernrck, Quinn, Richardson, Vogt, Wilcox, Berman, Brotherton, Button, Coy, Dearborn, Douglas,
Dunleavy, Gabler. (24)
NAYS: Walker, Burley. (2)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the motion carried.
Misc. 6569
By Mr. Kasper
IN RE: SALARIES OF MANAGEMENT CLASSIFICATIONS
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the setting of 1974 Salary ranges for Elected and Appointed Officials, Department
Heads and Assistant Department Heads was delayed pending completion of the Personnel Practices
Committee's study of Management Classifications; and
WHEREAS this study which was initiated in April of 1973, has now been completed; and
WHEREAS during this study the Committee examined these classifications in much greater depth
than had previously been the case and attempted to base its findings on the present duties and
responsibilities of the positions, ignoring as much as possible the personalities of present incumbents
and past salary relationships; and
WHEREAS the budgeted cost of $100,938 is well under the $149,600 budgeted for this purpose
in the 1974 salaries adjustment package approved by this Board December 20, 1973;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the following salary ranges be approved retroactive to
January 1, 1974, with the exception of the 1974 salary rates for elected officials which shall be
effective as of the passing of this resolution.
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Group I
Director of Public Works
UNCLASSIFIED SALARIES GROUP (All one-step Annual Salaries)
Auditor Chairman/County Executive 011,000
Auditor (For terms ending 12/31/74 and 12/31/75) $34,000
Psychiatrist Director-Community Mental Health 546,000
Director of Health 041,000
Chief Pathologist-Medical Examiner $38,500
Medical Director-Hospital 535,000
Prosecuting Attorney 5 35,000
Civil Counsel 534,000
Executive Assistant-Auditors $33,000
Chief Assistant Prosecutor $30.000
BASE 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3 YEAR 4 YEAR
$29,000 $30,000 $31,000 $32,000 $33,000
Group 2
Director of Equalization
Director of Facilities and Operations
Director of Juvenile Services
Director of Personnel
Group 3
County Clerk/Register of Deeds
County Drain Commissioner
County Sheriff
County Treasurer
Group 4
Admlnistrator-Oakland County Hospital
Assistant Director-Community Mental Health
Court Administrator-Judicial Assistant
Deputy Director of Public Works
Director of Accounting and Auditing
Director of Aviation
Director of Budgeting
Director of Central Services
Director of Data Processing
Director of Parks and Recreation
Director of Planning
Friend of the Court
Group
Attorney 111/Probate Register
Drug Abuse Program Director
Group 6
Deputy Director - D.E.O. - Engineering
Deputy Director - - Operations
Deputy Equalization Director
Undersheriff
Group 7
Administrative Assistant - Auditors
Assistant Director of Accounting and Auditing
Assistant Director of Personnel
Chief Probation Officer
Committee Clerk
Director of Children's Village
Director of Reimbursement
Group 8
Chief Deputy Treasurer
Deputy Clerk/Register
Deputy Drain Commissioner
Group 9
Admin, Officer - Community Mental Health
Assistant Administrator - Hospital
Assistant Director of Budgeting
Assistant Director of Data Processing
Assistant Director of Juvenile Services
Assistant Planning Director
Deputy Director of Parks and Recreation
Public Health Administrator
BASE 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3 YEAR 4 YEAR
$24,000 $25,000 526,000 $27,000 $28,000
$27,000 Flat Rate
BASE I YEAR 2 YEAR 3 YEAR 4 YEAR
$22,500 $23,500 $24,500 525,500 $26,500
BASE 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3 YEAR 4 YEAR
$21,000 $22,000 $23,000 $24,000 $25,000
BASE I YEAR 2 YEAR 3 YEAR 4 YEAR
$20,000 $21,000 $22,000 $23,000 $24,000
BASE 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3 YEAR 4 YEAR
$19,000 $20,000 $21,000 $22,000 523,000
BASE 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3 YEAR 4 YEAR
$18,500 $19,500 $20,500 $21,500 522,500
BASE 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3 YEAR 4 YEAR
518,000 519,000 $20,000 $21,000 $22,000
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BASE. 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3 YEAR 4 YEAR
$17,600 518,200 $18,800 519,400 $20,000 Group 10
Director of Animal Welfare
Group 11
Director of Camp Oakland
Group 12
Director of Nursing - Hospital
Director of Veterans' Services
Medical Examiryer Administrator
Group 13
Disaster Control and Civil Defense Director
BABE 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3 YEAR 4 YEAR
$17,100 $17,700 $18,300 518,900 519,500
BASE 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3 YEAR 4 YEAR
$16,000 $16,500 $17,000 $17,500 S18,000
BASE 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3 YEAR 4 YEAR
$14,000 514,00 515,000 55,500 $16,000
BASE 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3 YEAR 4 YEAR
$11,200 511,600 512,000 512,400 $12,800
BASE 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3 YEAR 4 YEAR
Group 15 $9,700 $10,1 00 510,500 $10,900 $11,300
Assistant Director of Disaster Control and Civil Defense
The Personnel Practices Committee, by Paul E. Kasper, Chairman, moves the adoption of the
foregoing resolution,
PERSONNEL PRACTICE COMMITTEE
Paul E, Kasper, Chairman
Moved by Kasper supported by Vogt the resolution be adopted.
Discussion followed.
Moved by Lennon supported by Burley the resolution be referred back to the Personnel Practices
and Finance Committees for further consideration.
AYES: Hoot, Lennon, Mathews, Olson, Patnales, Perinoff, Pernick, Walker, Berman, Burley,
Coy, Dearborn. (12)
• NAYS: Houghten, Kasper, Moffitt, Montante, Nowak, Richardson, Vogt, Wilcox, Brotherton,
Button, Douglas, DUnleavy, Gabler, Hobart, (14)
A sufficient majority not having voted therefor, the motion lost,
Discussion followed.
Mr. Brotherton offered the following amendment: "Whereas the Personnel Practices Committee
should be comended for the obvious amount of industry, integrity, objectivity and courage in its salary
recommendations for official department heads and assistant department heads, current economic conditions
force me to submit the following amended salary recommendations which follow the committees intended
groupings but will reduce the average 5,467,"
Discussion followed.
Moved by Lennon supported by Hobart the resolution and amendment be sent back to Personnel
Practices Committee and Finance Committee for further study.
AYES: Lennon, Mathews, Olson, Patnales, Perinoff, Pernlck, Quinn, Walker, Berman, Burley,
Coy, Dearborn, Douglas, Hobart, Hoot. (15)
NAYS: Moffitt, Montante, Richardson, Vogt, Wilcox, Brotherton, Button, Dunleavy, Gabler,
Kasper. (10)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the motion carried.
Misc. 6570
By Mr. Kasper
IN RE': MILEAGE PAYMENT- SCHEDULE
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Mr. Chairman, Ladies andGentlemen:
WHEREAS the labor contracts recently ratified by the represented employees of the Probate
Court and the Probation Department included a change in the mileage reimbursement for the use of
privately owned automobiles used on County business; and
WHEREAS it has been the County's policy to pay such mileage at a uniform rate scale to all
County employees and officials; and
WHEREAS the cost of operating an automobile has risen dramatically in recent months,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that effective January 1, 1974, the reimbursement schedule for
the use of privately owned automobiles on County business be adjusted:
Group 14
Assistant Veterans' Services Director
Chief Deputy Dog Warden
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From: 13,;" per mile for the first 600 miles per month
lit per mile for the next 400 miles per month
9;'_ per mile for all miles in excess of 1,000 per month
To: 14c per mile for the first 600 miles per month
12c per mile for all miles in excess of 600 miles per month
AND BE 11 FURTHER RESOLVED that the provisions of Misc. Res. .0273, adopted April 10, 1973,
defining the mileage for which Commissioners are reimbursed, be continued; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that because of the current pattern of automobile fuel costs, the
Board of Auditors and Personnel Division are directed to continue analyzing the relationship between
the costs involved in maintaining an automobile and the adequacy of the County's reimbursement schedule.
The Personnel Practices Committee, by Paul E. Kasper, Chairman, moves the adoption of the
foregoing resolution.
PERSONNEL PRACTICES COMMITTEE
Paul E. Kasper, Chairman
Moved by Kasper supported by Button the resolution be referred to the Finance Committee.
There were no objections.
Misc. 6571
By Mr, Kasper
IN RE: SALARY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HEALTH DEPARTMENT REORGANIZATION
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the Health Department is currently undergoing a revamping of its organizational
structure; and
WHEREAS this reorganization has not yet been completed as it affects the following
classifications; and
WHEREAS it may be some time before the final realignment of these classifications is
established and more definitive salary recommendations are forthcoming; and
WHEREAS these Classifications are still being paid 1973 salary rates;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the following 1974 Salary Ranges, which are based on 5/:
raises rounded off to the nearest hundred dollars, be made effective January 1, 1974;
Director of Environmental Health
Director of Public Health Nursing
Alcoholism Program Director
Assistant Director of Public Health Nursing
Assistant Director of Environmental Health
Director of Public Health Laboratory
BASE 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3 YEAR 4 YEAR
$17,500 $18,100 318,700 $19,300 $19,900
$17,100 317,700 $18,300
$16,900 $17,500 518,100
$14,500 $15,100 $15,700 $16,300
The Personnel Practices Committee, by Paul E. Kasper Chairman, moves the adoption of the
foregoing resolution,
PERSONNEL PRACTICES COMMITTEE
Paul E, Kasper, Chairman
Moved by Kasper supported by Coy the resolution be referred to the Finance Committee,
There were no objections.
Misc, 6572
By Mr. Kasper
IN RE: SALARY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HEALTH DEPARTMENT REORGANIZATION (POSITIONS DELETED IN 1974)
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the following Classifications have been deleted during 1974, as part of the Health
Department reorganization; and
WHEREAS incumbents worked in these classes during part of 1974; and
WHEREAS no 1974 salary rates were established for these classes; and
WHEREAS the application of 1974 salary rates should not be construed as evidence of a
continuing need for the deleted positions, fairness dictates that the incumbents should have been paid
at the higher salary levels for time worked in 1974;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the following 1974 Salary Ranges, which are based on 51
raises rounded off to the nearest hundred dollars, be made effective from January 1, 1974 until the
positions and classifications are deleted;
Public Health Physician - Deputy Director II
BASE 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3 YEAR
$33,700 $34,900 $36,100
Public Health Physician - Deputy Director
$27,700 $28,900 530,100 $31,300
Public Health Program Coordinator
$14,500 $15,100 S15,700 $16,300
The Personnel Practices Committee, by Paul F. Kasper, Chairman, moves the adoption of the
foregoing resolution.
PERSONNEL PRACTICES COMMITTEE
Paul E. Kasper, Chairman
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Moved by Kasper supported by Montante the resolution be referred to the Finance Committee.
There were no objections.
Misc. 6573
By Mr, Kasper
IN RE: CREATION OF NEW CLASSIFICATIONS AND SALARY RANGES FOR DATA PROCESSING
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS it has been necessary for the Data Processing Division to establish a DATA Control
section to insure that input is ready and in proper form, that finished work is correct that schedules
are maintained to provide the highest utilization of the computer and that the computer tape library
functions properly; and
WHEREAS the DATA Control section was established and has been staffed with personnel carrying
Classifications deScriptive of work elsewhere in the Data Processing Division and in the County; and
WHEREAS study by the Personnel Division has resulted in the development of Classifications
unique and applicable to the Data Control Section;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the following Classifications and Salary Ranges be
established:
BASE 6 MO, 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3 YEAR 4 YEAR
Data Processing Control Technician $6,900 $7,050 $7,200 57,500 $7,800 $8,100
Data Processing Control Technician II $7,90D $8,050 $8,200 $8,500 $8,800 $9,100
Date Processing Control Section Supr. $9,600 $10,000 S10,400 $10,800 531,200
The Personnel Practices Committee, by Paul E. Kasper, Chairman moves the adoption of the
foregoing resolution.
PERSONNEL PRACTICES COMMITTEE
Paul E. Kasper, Chairman
Moved by Kasper supported by Moffitt the resolution be referred to the Finance Committee.
There were no objections.
Misc. 6574
By Mr. Kasper
IN RE: 1974 AFL-C10 CONTRACTS FOR CASEWORKER AND NON-CASEWORKER EMPLOYEES OF THE OAKLAND COUNTY
PROBATE COURT
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the Oakland County Probate Court, the County of Oakland, the 64 member Caseworker
and 176 member Non-Caseworker Units of the Oakland County Probate Court, and Local 2437 or the American
Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-C10 have been negotiating two contracts, each
covering certain employees of the Oakland County Probate Court; and
WHEREAS agreements have been reached with both the Caseworker and the Non-Caseworker
bargaining units for the period January 1 through December 31, 1974 and said agreements have been
reduced to writing; and
WHEREAS it is necessary to increase the salaries budgets of the various Probate Court
divisions to cover the increased costs of these agreements as follows: Probate Court $15,448;
Probate-Children's Village $41,647; Probate-Camp Oakland $10,955; and Probate-Juvenile $72,195; and
WHEREAS the amounts necessary to fund the increased budgeted cost of the agreements were
set aside in the Salary Rate Document approved by this Board on December 20, 1973; and
WHEREAS said Agreement has been reviewed by your Personnel Practices Committee which
recommends approval of the Agreements,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Agreements between the Oakland County Probate Court,
the County of Oakland, The Caseworker Units and Non-Caseworker Unit of the Probate Court, and Local 2437,
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-C10, be and the same is hereby
approved; and that the Chairman (and Clerk) of this Board, on behalf of the County of Oakland, be and
is (are) hereby authorized to execute said Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto.
The Personnel Practices Committee by Paul E. Kasper, Chairman moves the adoption of the
foregoing resolution.
PERSONNEL PRACTICES COMMITTEE
Paul E. Kasper, Chairman
THE OAKLAND COUNTY PROBATE COURT
AND
THE COUNTY OF OAKLAND
AND
THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES, AFT-CIO COUNCIL 23
PROBATE COURT CASEWORKER EMPLOYEES
Collective Bargaining Agreement
1974
CASEWORKER
AGREEMENT
This agreement is made and entered into on this day of , A.D., 1974, by and
between The Oakland County Probate Court and the Oakland County Board of Commissioners, hereinafter
referred to collectively as the "Employer", and Local 2437, American Federation of State, County and
Municipal Employees, AFL-CID, hereinafter referred to as the "Union". It is the desire of both parties
to this agreement to continue to work harmoniously and to promote and maintain high standards, between
the Employer and employees, which will best serve the citizens of Oakland County.
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I. RfiGNITION
The Employer recognizes the Union as the exclusive representative of the Casework
employees of the Oakland County Probate Court, for the purposes of collective bargaining witt respect to
rates of pay, wages, hours of employment and other terms and conditions of employment, in this following
bargaining unit for which they have been certified, and in which the Union is recognized as reltective
bargaining representative, subject to and in accordance with the provisions of Act 1336 of the Public
Acts of 1947, as amended
All of the Oakland County Probate Court; excluding confidential employees,
professional empinyees, ,t;kacutives aid supervisors,
11. MAhAciNCtir RfSPONSIBILITY
TIc T to hire_ promote, discharge or discipline, and to maintain discipline and
eff it iency of eiialoym, is the sole responsibility of the Employer except that Union Members shalt
not be discriminated dipint as such. In addition, the work schedules, methods end mears or deoeit-
mental operation are solely and exclusively the responsibility of the Employer subject, however to the
provisions of this agreement.
ill, DkILS [HE CftOFF
(al The Eciiployer agrees to deduct the union membership initiation fee and dues, once
each month, from the pay of those employees who individually authorize in writing that such deductions
be made All at delivered to the Employer prior to the first day of the month shall become
effective during that succeeding month. Check-off monies will be deducted from the second paycheck ct
each month and shall be remitted together with an itemized statement to the local treasurer, Ill . n
fourteen (14) days after the deductions have been made.
(b) An employee shall cease to be subject to check-off deductions beginning with the
month immediately following the month in which he is no longer a member of the bargaining unit. Any
employee may voluntarily cancel or revoke the Authorization for Check-off deduction upon ar.tten nc0 cc
to the Employer and Union during the fifteen (15) day period prior to the expiration date of the ayree-
ment.
(c) The Union will protect and save harmless the Employer from any and all claims,
demands, suits and other forms of liability by reason of action taken by the Employer for the purpoke
of complying with this section,
IV, BASIS OF REPRESENTATION
Section I.
There shall be one steward and one alternate steward. Stewards will be permitted to
leave their work, after obtaining approval of their respective supervisors and recording their rime,
for the purpose of adjusting grievances in accordance with the grievance procedure and for reporting
to the grievant a change in status of his grievance. Permission for stewards to leave their work
stations will not be unreasonably withheld. Stewards will report their time to their supervisor upon
returning from a grievance discussicm,
The privilege of stewards to leave their work during working hours, without loss of pay.
is extended with the understanding that the time will be devoted to the prompt handling of grievances
and will not be abused, and that they will continue to work at their assigned jobs at al I times except
when permitted to leave their work to handle grievances.
Section 2.
There shall also be. one Chief Steward and one alternate Chief Steward.
Section 3.
There shall be a grievance committee consisting of the Local president, the chief steward
and two other members to be selected from the represented group and certified in writing to the Empioyer.
The Employer shall meet whenever necessary, at a mutually convenient time, with the union
grievance committee. The purpose of grlevgnce committee meetings will be to adjust pending grievances.
and to discuss procedures for avoiding future grievances. In addition, the committee may discuss with
the Employer other issues which would improve the relationship between the parties.
V. GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE
The Employer and the Union support and subscribe to an orderly method cf adjusting
employee grievances. To this end, the Employer and the Union agree that an employee should first bring
his problem or grievance to the attention of his immediate supervisor, with or without his steward,
who shall attempt to resolve the grievance informally. Dismissals, suspensions, demotions and
disciplinary actions of any type shall rot be a subject for the grievance procedure but shall be
processed according to the procedures of the Personnel Appeal Board,
Step I.
If the grievance is not settled informally, it shall be discussed with the appropriate
steward and shall be reduced to writing, signed by the grievant and submitted to his immediate supervisor.
Step 2.
The written grievance shall be discussed between the steward and the immediate supervisor,
and the Chief Steward if so desired. The supervisor will attempt to adjust the matter and will give
his written decision within five (5) days (excluding Saturday, Sunday and holidays) of receipt of the
written grievance.
Step 3.
A grievance not settled at Step 2 may be submitted to the Grievance Committee within five
days (excluding Saturday, Sunday and holidays) of the date of the receipt of the immediate supervisor's
written reply. Any grievance not submitted to the Grievance Committee by written notification to the
Employer within five days shall be considered dropped. A meeting or the grievance shall be held by the
Grievance Committee within ten days unless the time is extended by mutual agreement of both parties.
Any matter not settled in Step 3 of the grievance procedure coy be submitted to final
and binding arbitration by either of the parties. A request for arbitration must be submitted by
written notice to the other party within fifteen (15) days after the grievance committee meeting,
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Expenses for arbitration shall be borne equally by both parties.
if thw parties fail to select an arbitrator, one will be selected undef the rules of the
American Arbitration Association.
APY appealed, from a decision in one of the steps of the grievance procedure,
to the next step as preoritiail, shall be considered dropped and the last decision final and binding,
except that time limits sac Ikt extended by mutual agreement of the parties.
VI. SOLI.F.TfN_BOARD
The E]mpleyer shall assign appropriate space on bulletin boards which shall be used by the
Union for posting notices. bearing the written approval of the President of the Union local, which shall
be restricted to:
(a) Notices of Union recreational and social affairs;
(b) Notices of Union elections;
(c) Notices of Union appointments and results of Union elections;
(d) Notices of Union Meetings:
(e) Other notices of bona fide Union affairs which are not political or libelous in nature.
VII. SENIORITY
New employees may acquire seniority by working six (6) continuous months, in which event
the employee's seniority will dare back to the date of hire into the department. When the employee
acquires seniority, his name shall be placed on the seniority list, in the order of his seniority date.
An up-to-date seniority list shall be furnished to the Union every six (6) months.
An employee shall lose his seniority for the following reasons:
(a) If the imiployee resigns or retires;
(b) If the employee is discharged, and not reinstated;
(c) if the employee is absent from work for three working days, without properly notifying
the Employer, unless a satisfactory reason is given;
(d) If the employee does not return to work at the end of an approved leave:
(c) if the employee does not return to work when recalled from a layoff.
VIII, LAYOFFFICALL, AND TRANSFERS
(a) If and when it becomes necessary for the Employer to reduce the number of employees
in the work force, the employees will be laid off in seniority order, based on capability of performing
available jobs and shall be recalled in the same order.
(b) If and when an employee is permanently transferred to another division within the
Department, the president or chief steward shall be notified of said transfer by the employer.
IX. MATERNITY SEPARATION
Employees who leave. Probate Court employment, as a result of maternity, will be given
employment preference if they make application to return to the Probate Court and if a vacancy exists,
in the classification in which they left, provided they apply within one year of separation and are
qualified to return.
X. PROMOTIONS
All promotions within the bargaining unit shall be made on the basis of competitive
examination as provided for in the Oakland County Merit System. The employer will make his selection
for promotion from the three highest ranking candidates who have passed the promotional examination.
Xl. GENERAL CONDITIONS
Section 1.
The Union shall be notified in advance of anticipated permanent major changes in working
conditions and discussions shall be held thereon.
Section 2.
The provisions of this agreement shall be applied equally and without favoritism to all
employees in the bargaining unit. There shall be no discrimination as to age, sex, marital status, race,
color, creed, national origin or political affiliation. The Union shall share equally with the Employer
the responsibility for applying this provision of the agreement.
Section 3.
The reemployment rights of employees and probationary employees who are veterans will be
limited by applicable laws and regulations.
Section 4.
Employees elected to any permanent full time union office or selected by the Union to do
work which takes them from their employment with the County, shall at the written request of the Union
be granted a leave of absence without pay, The leave of absence shall not exceed two (2) years, but it
shall be renewed or extended For a similar period at any time upon the written request of the Union.
Section 5.
When any position not listed on the wage schedule is filled or established, the County
may designate a job classification and rate structure for the position, In the event the Union does
not agree that the classification, rate or structure are proper, the Union shall have the right to
submit the issue as a grievance through the grievance procedure within a six (6) month period.
Section 6,
In the event that any other represented unit negotiates a contract with the County of
Oakland containing any form of union security, the same right will automatically be given to the units
covered under this agreement.
XII. ADOPTION BY REFERENCE OF RELEVANT RESOLUTIONS AND PERSONNEL POLICIES
All Resolutions of Oakland County Board of Commissioners, as amended or changed, from
time to time, relating to the working conditions and compensation of the employees covered by this
agreement, and all other benefits and policies provided for in the Oakland County Merit System, which
incorporates the Oakland County Employees' Handbook, are incorporated herein by reference and made a
part hereof to the same extent as if they were specifically set forth.
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X111, MAINTENANCE. DE CONDITIONS
Wages, hours and conditions of employment legally in effect at ihe execution of this
agreement shall, except as improved herein, be maintained during the term of this agreement. No
employee shall suffer a reduction in such benefits as a consequence of the execution of this agreement.
XIV. ECONOMIC MAT1ERS
Wages and other economics are attached hereto as Appendix A.
XV. NO STRIKE - NO LOCKOUT
Under no circumstances will the Union cause or authorize or permit its members to cause,
nor will any member of the bargaining unit take part, in any strike, sitdown, stay-in or slowdown or
any violation of any state law. In the event of a work stoppage or other curtailment, the Union shall
immediately instruct the involved employees in writing, that their conduct is in violation of the
contract and that all such persons shall immediately ceasethe offending conduct.
The Employer will not lockout any employees of the bargaining unit during the term of this
agreement.
XVI, DURATION
This agreement shall remain in full force and effect until midnight, December 31, 1974.
It shall be automatically renewed from year to year thereafter unless either party shall notify the
other, in writing, sixty (60) days prior to the anniversary date, that it desires to modify this
agreement. In the event that such notice is given, negotiations shall begin not later than sixty (60)
days prior to the anniversary date. This agreement shall remain in full force and be effective during
the period of negotiations and until notice of termination of this agreement is provided to the other
party in the manner set forth in the following paragraph.
In the event that either party desires to terminate this agreement, written notice must
be given to the other party no less than ten days prior to the desired termination date which shall
not be before the anniversary date set forth in the preceding paragraph.
It is agreed and understood that the provisions contained herein shall remain in full
force and effect so long as they are not in violation of applicable statutes and ordinances and remain
within the jurisdiction of the County of Oakland,
The Union recognizes the right and duty of the Probate Court to operate and manage its
affairs in accordance with the State of Michigan Constitutional provisions and statutes and such
Constitutional provisions and statutes shall take precedence over any conflicting provisions which
might be contained in this Agreement. If any article or section of this agreement or any appendixes or
Supplement thereto should be held invalid by any Constitutional provisions, operation of law or by any
tribunal of competent jurisdiction, or if compliance with or enforcement of any article or section
should be restrained by such tribunal, the remainder of this Agreement shall not be affected thereby.
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL OAKLAND COUNTY PROBATE COURT
EMPLOYEES METROPOLITAN COUNCIL NO, 23, AFL-CIO,
LOCAL 2437
Judge Donald E. Adams, Senior Probate Judge
COUNTY OF OAKLAND, a Michigan
Constitutional Corporation
By
Richard R. Wilcox, Chairman;
and
Lynn D. Allen, Clerk of its
Board of Commissioners
CASEWORKER AGREEMENT
APPENDIX A
SALARIES
The following merit salary schedule shall prevail for the period from January 1, 1974
through December 31, 1974:
CLASSIFICATION BASE 6 MO, i YEAR 2 YEAR
Boy's Boarding Home Supervisor 11,800 12,450 13,100 14,400
Child Welfare Worker I 10,500 11,150
Child Welfare Worker I! 11,800 12,450 13,100 14,400
Juvenile Court Intake Worker 15,400 16,000
Vocational Counselor 11,800 12,450 13,100 14,400
CASEWORKER AGREEMENT
APPENDIX B
For the following fringe benefits refer to the Oakland County Employee's Handbook;
1. Injury on the Job
2. Holidays
3. Leave of Absence
4. Life Insurance
5. Longevity
6. Master Medical Insurance
7, Sick Leave
8. Retirement
9. Annual Leave
10. income Protection Insurance
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THE OAKLAND COUNTY PROBATE COURT
AND
THE COUNTY OF OAKLAND
AND
THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPHYEES, AFL-CIO COUNCIL 23
PROBATE COURT NON -CASFWORKER EMPLOYEES
Collective bargaining Agreement
1974
AGREEMENT
This agreement is made and entered into on this day. of , A.D., 1974, by
and between the Oakland County. Probate Court and the Oakland County Board of Commissioners, hereinafter
referred to collectively as the "Employer", and Local 2437, American Federation of State, County and
Municipal Employees, Afi-C10, hereinafter referred toes the "Union'. It is the desire of both parties
to this agreement to continue to work harmoniously and to promote and maintain high standards, between
the Employer and employees, whixh will hest serve the. citizens of Oakland County.
I. RECOGNITION
The Empayer reoognizes the On as the exclusive representative or all employees other
than Caseworkers, of the Oakland County Probate Court, for the purposes of collective bargaining with
respect to rates of p ay, ,,Jge5, hours of employment and other terms and conditions of employment, in
the to bargaining unit for which they have been certified, and in which the Union is recognized
as collective bargaining representative, subject to and in accordance with the provisions of Act 336
of the Public Acts of 1947, era amended.
All employees, of the Oakland County Probate Court; excluding confidential employees,
professional employees, executives and supervisors,
II. MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITY
The right to hire, promote, discharge or discipline, and to maintain discipline and
efficiency of employees, is the sole responsibility of the Employer except that Union Members shall
not be discriminated against: as such. In addition, the work schedules, methods and means of
departmental operation are solely and exclusively the responsibility of the Employer, subject, however,
to the provisions, of this agreement.
DUES CHECK-OFF
(a) The Employer agrees to deduct the union membership initiation fee and dues, once
each month, from the pay of those employees who individually authorize in writing that such deductions
be made. All authorizations delivered to the Employer prior to the first day of the month shall become
effective during that succeeding month. Check-off monies will be deducted from the second paycheck
of each month and shall he remitted together with an itemized statement to the local treasurer, within
fourteen (14) days after the deductions have been made,
(b) An employee shall cease to be subject to check-off deductions beginning with the
month immediateiy following the month in which he is no longer a member of the bargaining unit. Any
employee may voluntarily cancel or revoke the Authorization for Check-off deduct inns upon written notice
to the Employer and the Union during the fifteen (15) day period prior to the expiration date of the
agreement.
(c) The Union will protect and save harmless the Employer from any and all claims, demands,
suits and other forms of liability by reason of action taken by the Employer for the purpose of
complying with this section,
IV, BASIS OF REPRESENTATION
Section 1.
There shall be one steward and an alternate steward for the. following locations and shifts:
Children's Village - One (I) each shift
Camp Oakland - One (1) each for the day and afternoon shift
Court House - One. (1) for the. day shift
Stewards will be permitted to leave their work, after obtaining approval of their
respective supervisors and recording their time, for the purpose of adjusting grievances in accordance
with the grievance procedure and for reporting to the grievant a change in status of his grievance.
Permission for stewards to leave their work stations will not be unreasonably withheld. Stewards wili
report their time to their supervisor upon returning from a grievance discussion.
The privilege of stewards to leave their work during working hours, without loss of pay,
is extended with the understanding that the time will be devoted to the prompt handling of grievances
and will not be abused, and that they will continue to work at their assigned jobs at all times except
when permitted to leave their work to handle grievances.
Section 2.
There shall also be one Chief Steward and one alternate Chief Steward,
Section 3,
There shall be a grievance committee consisting of three (3) members selected from the
non-caseworker group and certified in writing to the Employer; however, a Local President or Chief
Steward not in the group may be one of the three members.
The Employer shall meet whenever necessary, at a mutually convenient time, with the
union grievance committee. The purpose of grievance committee meetings will be to adjust pending
grievances, and to discuss procedures for avoiding future grievances. In addition, the committee may
discuss with the Employer other issues which would improve the relationship between the parties,
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V. PRAEYAW_FTPCUURE,
TTie Employer and the Union support and subscribe to an orderly method of adjusting
employee grievances. To this end, the Employer and the Union agree that an employee should first
bring his problem or grievance to the attention of his immediate supervisor, with or without his
steward, who shall attempt to resolve the grievance informally, Dismissals, suspensions, demotions
and disciplinary actions of any type shall not he a subject for the grievance procedure but shall be
processed according to the procedures of the Personnel Appeal Eoard,
ttE"...el •
If the grievance is not settled informally, it shall be duscussed with the steward and
shall be reduced to an signed by the grievant end submitted to his immediate supervisor,
The written grievance shall bo duscussed between the steward end the immediate. supervisor,
and the Chief Steward if so desired, The supervisor will attempt to adjust the matter and will give
his written dctcison within five (5) days (excluding Saturday, Sunday, and holidays) of receipt of • the
written grievance.
A grievance not settled at: Step 2 may be submitted to the Grievance Committee within five
days (excluding Saturday, Sunday and holidays) of the date of the receipt of the immediate supervisor's
- written reply. Any grievance not submitted to the Grievance Committee by written not to the
Employer within five days shall be considered dropped. A meeting on the grievance shall be held by
the Grievance Committee within ten days unless the time is extended by mutual agreement of both parties.
Any matter not settled in Step 3 of the grievance procedure may be submitted to final
and binding arbitration by either of the parties. A request for arbitration must be submitted by
written notice to the other party within fifteen (15) days after the grievance committee meeting. •
Expenses for arbitration shall be borne equally by both parties.
If the parties fail to select an arbitrator, one will be selected under the rules of the
American Arbitration Association,
Any grievance not appealed, from a decision in one of the steps of the grievance procedure,
to the next step as prescmibed, shall be considered dropped and the last decision final and binding,
except that time limits may be extended by mutual agreement of the parties.
VI, 601_,LETIN BOARD
The Employer shall assign appropriate space on bulletin boards which shall be used by the
Union for posting notices, bearing the written approval of the President of the Union local, which
shall be restricted to;
(n) Notices of Union recreational and social affairs;
(b) Notices of Union elections;
(c) Notices of Union appointments and results of Union elections;
(d) Notices of Jr ion Meetings;
(e) Other notices of bona fide Union affairs which are not political or libelous in nature.
VII. SENIORITY
Section I,
New employees may acquire seniority by working six (6) continuous months, in which event
the employee's seniority will date back to the date of hire into the department. When the employee
acquires seniority, his name shall be placed on the seniority list, in the order of his seniority date.
An up-to-date seniority list shall be furnished to the Union every six (6) months.
An employee shall lose his seniority for the following reasons
(a) if the employee resigns or retires;
(b) If the employee is discharged, and not reinstated;
(c) if the meployee is absent front work for three working days, without properly notifying
the Employer, unless 8 satisfactory reason is given;
(d) If the employee does not return to work at the end of an approved leave;
(e) If the employee does not return to work when recalled from a layoff.
Section 2,
Shift preference will he granted at Children's Village or Camp Oakland on the basis of
seniority, within the classification, provided the employee meets the qualifications of the vacancy.
Shift preference may be utilized only for vacancies created by employee separation, promotion or the
creation of a new position. Vacancies created by employee transfers, as a result of shift preference,
shall rot be subject to shift preference_
VIII. LAYOFF RECALL, AND TRANSFERS
(a) if and when it becomes necessary for the Employer to reduce the number of employees
in the work force, the employees will be laid off in seniority order, based on capability of performing
available jobs and shall be recalled in the same order.
• (b) If and when an employee. is permanently transferred to another division within the
Department, the president or chief steward shall be notified of said transfer by the employer.
IX. MATERNITY SEPARATION
Beployees who leave Probate Court employment, as a result of maternity, will be given
employment preference if they make application to return to the Probate Court and If a vacancy exists,
in the classification in which they left, provided they apply within one year of separation and are
qualified to return,
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X. PROMOTIONS
promoio.no within the kart:paining unit shall be made on the hasis of cempetitive
examination as p•ouiEcx1 in rho. Oakland County Merit System. The employer will make his selection
for promotion fmes rio.:hioe hi•hest ranking candidates who have passed the promotional examination.
Cifi IONS
n shall be netifled in advance of anticipated permanent major changes in working
conditions Jim-t—sions shall be heist thereon.
he provisions of this agreement shall be applied equally and without - favoritism to all
employees in the. 1,49:Lining unit, there shall be no discrimination as to age, sex, marital status,
race, color, creed, rat M.mal origin or political affiliation. The Union shall share equally with the
Employer the responsibility for applying this provision of the agreement.
Section
The reemployment rights of employees and probationary employees who are veterans will
be limited by applicab)e laws and regulations.
Section 4,
Employees elected to any permanent full time union office or selected by the Union to
do work. which )akes them from their employment with the CtAtnty, shall at the written request of the
Union be granted a leave of absence wirhout pay. the leave of absence_shall not exceed twe (2)
years, but it shall be renewed or extended for a similar period at any time upon the written request
of the Union.
Section 5.
When any position not listed on the wage schedule is filled or established, the County
may designate a job classification and rate structure for the position. In the event the Union does
not agree that the classification, rate or structure are proper, the Union shall have the right to
submit the issue as a giievance through the grievance procedure within a six (6) month period.
Section 6
In the overt thot any other represented unit negotiates a contract with the County of
Oakland containing any form et union security, the same right will automatically he given to the units
covered under this egreement_
XII. ADOPTION Ex RL.:MtNCE OF RELEVANT RESOLUTIONS INC PERSONNE.L_POLICIES
All oi Oakland County Board of Commissioners, as amended or changed, from
time to time reintin to thm . working conditions and compensation of the employees covered by this
agreement, and all ether benefits and policies provided for in the Oakland County Merit System, which
incorporates the Oat and County Employees Handbook, are incorporated herein by reference and made a
part hereof to the same extent as if they were specifically set forth,
X/11. MAINTENANCE OF CONDITIONS
Wages, hours and conditions of employment legally in effect at the execution of this
agreement shall, except as hqtreved herein, be maintained during the term of this agreoment. No
employee shall suffer. a reduction in such benefits as a consequence of the execution of this agreement.
XIV F.COMOMIC MATTERS
WO ,:j6S and ether economics are attached hereto as Appendix A.
XV, NO STRIKE - NO LOCKOUT
Under no circumstances will the Union cause or authorize or permit its members to cause,
nor will any member of the bargaining unit take part, in any strike, sitdown, stay-in or slowdown or
any violation of any state law, In the event of a work stoppage or other curtailment, the Union shall
immediately instruct the involved employees in writing, that their conduct is in violation of the
contract and that all such poisons shall immediately cease the offending conduct.
The Employer will not lockout any employees of the bargaining unit during the term of
this agreement.
XVI. DURATION
This agreement shall remain in full force and effect until midnight, December 31, 1974.
It shall be automatically renewed from year to year thereafter unless either party shall notify the
other, in writing, sixty (60) days prior to the anniversary date, that it desires to modify this
agreement. In the event that such notice is qiven, 1)gotiatons shall begin not later than sixty (60)
days prior to the anniversary date. This agreement shall remain in full force and be effective during
the period of negotiations and until notice. of termination of this agreement is provided to the other
party in the manner set forth in the following paragraph.
In the event that either party desires to terminate this agreement, written notice must
be given to the other party no less than ten days prior to the desired termination date which shall not
be before the anniversary date set forth in the preceding paragraph.
It is agreed and understood that the provisions contained herein shall remain in full
force and effect so long as they are not in violation of applicable statutes and ordinances and remain
within the jurisdiction of the County of Oakland.
The Union recognizes the right and duty of the Probate Court to operate and manage its
affairs in accordance with the State of Michigan Constitutional provisions and statutes and such
Constitutional provisions and statutes shall take precedence over any conflicting provisions which
might be contained in this Agreement. If any article or section of this agreement or any appendixes
or supplement thereto should be held invalid by any - Constitutional provision, operation of law of by
any tribunal of competent jurisdiction, or if compliance with or enforcement of any article or section
should be restrained by such tribunal, the remainder of this Agreement shall not be affected thereby.
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AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL
EMPLOYEES METROPOLITAN COUNCIL NO, 23 AFL-CIO,
LOCAL 2437
OAKLAND COUNTY PROBATE COURT
Judge Donald E. Adams, Senior Probate Judge
COUNTY OF OAKLAND, a Michigan Constitutional
Corporation
By
Richard R. Wilcox, Chairman; and
Lynn D. Allen, Clerk of its
Board of Commissioners
NON-CASEWORKER AGREEMENT
APPENDIX A
SAIARIE .
76) The following merit salary schedule shall prevail for the period from January 1, 1974,
through Dezember 31, 1974:
BASF
3 M0, 6 MO, 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3 YEAR 4 YEAR
Account Clerk 1 7,400 7,550 7,700 8,000 8,300 8,600
Account Clerk II 8,500 8,900 9,300 9,700 10,000
Assistant Deputy Probate Register 7,400 7,550 7,700 8,000 8,300 8,600
Children's Supervisor 1 8,425 8,688
Children's Supervisor II 8,950 9,475 10,000 30,525
Clerk 1 6,100 6,200 6,300 6,500
Clerk II 6,900 7,050 7,200 7,500 7,800 8,100
Clerk III 7,900 8,050 8,200 8,500 8,800 9,100
Court Officer - Probate Court 7,000
Court Reporter 1 10,300 10,900 11,500
Court Reporter II 12,400 13,100
Court Reporter Trainee 8,900 9,200 9,500
Court Service Officer 1 8,700 9,050 9,400 10,100
Court Service. Officer II 10,600 11,400 12,200 13,000
Departmental Clerk 8,400 8,800 9,200 9,600 10,000
Deputy Probate Register I-Juvenile 8,300 8,700 9,100 9,500 9,900
Deputy Probate Register 1 - Estates 8,300 8,700 9,100 9,500 9,900
Deputy Probate Register I-Mental Health 8,300 8.700 9,100 9,500 9,900
Deputy Probate Register li-Juvenile 70,300 10,600
Deputy Probate Register 11-Estates 10,300 10,600
Deputy Probate Register II-Mental Health 10,300 10,600
First Cook 7,800 7,925 8,050 8,300 8,550 8,800
General Staff Nurse 10,300 10,900 11,500 12,100
Houseparent 8,425 8,688 8,950 9,475 10,000
Maintenance Mechanic/Instructor 9,400 9,800 10,200 10,600
Probate. Court Clerk 6,700 6,850 7,000 7,300 7,600 7,900
Second Cook 7,100 7,300 7,500 7,900
Secretary 8,400 8,800 9,200 9,600 10,000
Stenographer I 6,900 7,000 7,100 7,300
Stenographer 11 7,900 8,050 8,200 8,500 8,800 9,100
Typist I 6,300 6,400 6,500 6,700
Typist II 7,100 7,250 7,400 7,700 8,000 8,300
(b) Premium Pay - Reception Center
Employees in the classifications of Children's Supervisor 1 and Children's Supervisor 11
shall receive premium pay of fifteen cents per hour when actually performing duties at the Children's
Village Reception Center. Such premium shall not be included in the salary rate which is used for the
computation of payment of overtime. Payment of this premium will be made only during the period the
present facility is used as the Children's Village Reception Center.
NON-CASEWORKER AGREEMENT
APPENDIX B
For the following fringe benefits refer to the Oakland County Employees' Handbook:
1, Injury of the job
2. Holidays
3. Leave of Absence
4. Life Insurance
5. Longevity
6. Master Medical Insurance
7. Sick Leave.
8. Retirement
9. Annual Leave
10. Income Protection Insurance
Moved by Kasper supported by Mathews the resolution be referred to the Finance Committee.
There were no objections.
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Misc. 6575
By Mr. Kasper
IN RE: COUNTY AGEN1 AND ASSISTANT COUtITY ACENT SALARY ADJUSTMENT
To the Oakland County Board ot Commissioners
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemea:
WHEREAS the State of Michigan supplies the County with a County Juvenile Agent and six
Assistant County Juvenile. Agents to work in the juvenile Division of Probate Court; and
WHEREAS these people are. assigned duties and responsibilities as Child Welfare Workers /
and II and are used intrchangeably with Courty employees. in these riassifications; and
WHEREAS the State payment to these employees is traditionally less than the County salaries
for Child Welfare Workers I and II/ and
WHEREAS the County has traditionally maintained special classifications with salary ranges
to supplement the difference between the State payment mod the County salary; and
WHEREAS the County salaries for Child Welfare. Yorker I and II are about to receive upward
adjustments effective January I, 1974, in the Probate Caseworker Labor Contract.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the following 1974 salaries be approved effective
January 1, 1974:
BASF 6 MO,_ 1 YEAR 2 YEAR
Child Welfare Worker I-Assistant County Agent $1,936 $2,k6
Child Welfare Worker1I-Assistant County Agent $3,236 $3,656 $4,536 $5,836
Child Welfare Worker11-County Agent $1,810 $2,460 $3,110 $4,410
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this supplementary salary be maintained in such manner that
the combined State and County salaries is equal to the salaries of the comparable County classifications.
The Personnel Practices Committee by Paul E. Kasper, Chairman, moves the adoption of the
foregoing resolution,
PERSONNEL PRACTICES COMMITTEE
Paul E. Kasper, Chairman
Moved by Kasper supported by Button the resolution be referred to Finance Committee.
There were no objections.
Misc, 6576
By Mr. Kasper
IN RE; CHILDRENS ViLLAtiE-SALARY RAWiE ADJUSTMENT FOR TWO SUPERVISORY LEVEL CLASSIFICATION
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the Salary adjustments included in the Labor Contract for Probate Non-Caseworkers
decreases the 1974 salary differentials between Children's Supervisors and twelve non-bargaining unit
employees who supervise them and result in slightly higher percentage salary adjustments for the
supervised than for those charged with the responsibility of supervising,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the following 1974 salary ranges, which are the result of
adding $100 to each salary step of the previously approved 1974 ranges, be approved effective
January 1, 1974.
BASE 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3 YEAR
Children's Supervisor III $11,100 $11,600 $12,100
Program Supervisor 1-Children 1 s Village $11,600 $12,200 $12,800 $13,400
The Personnel Practices Committee, by Paul E. Kasper, Chairman moves the adoption of the
foregoing resolution.
PERSONNEL PRACTICES COMMITTEE
Paul E. Kasper, Chairman
Moved by Kasper supported by Button the resolution he referred to the Finance Committee.
There were no objections.
Misc. 6577
By Mr. Kasper
IN RE: 1974 AFL-C10 CONTRACT FOR BOARD OF AUDITORS-CIRCUIT COURT PROBATION OFFICERS
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen/
WHEREAS the County of Oakland, the 24-member Board of Auditor-Circuit Court Probation
Officer bargaining unit, and Local 1905 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal
Employees, AFL-CIO, have been negotiating a contract covering certain employees of the Board of Auditors-
Circuit Court Probation Division; and
WHEREAS an agreement for the period January 1, through December 31, 1974, has been reached
and reduced to writing; and
WHEREAS it is necessary to increase the salaries budget of the Board of Auditors-Circuit
Court Probation Division by an amount of $14,698 to cover the increased cost of the agreement; and
WHEREAS said Agreement has been reviewed by your Personnel Practices Committee which
recommends approval of the agreement;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Agreement between the County of Oakland, the Oakland
County Circuit Court, the Board of Auditors-Circuit Court Probation Officer bargaining unit, and
Local 1905 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-C10, be and the
same is hereby approved; and that the Chairman (and Clerk) of this Board, on behalf of the County of
Oakland, be and is (are) hereby authorized to execute said agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto.
The Personnel Practices Committee by Paul S. Kasper, Chairman, moves the adoption of the
foregoing resolution.
PERSONNEL PRACTICES COMMITTEE
Paul E. Kasper, Chairman
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THE COUNTY OF OAKLAND
AND
THE AMER/CAN FEDERATION OF STATE, tARd-ITY aHD tMblOYEES, AFL-C10 COUNCIL 23 -
Collective Bu raining Agi -dilsnt
1974
PRObATION AFFICEP
A 1 RFEMENC
This agreement.. is made and entered Ints on ibis day ......A. D., 1974 by
and between the Sixth Judicial Circuit Court and she Oat •arin Count! Board of Commissioners, hereinafter
referred to collectiveL., as the "Employer", and focal :lsenican Federal on of State, County and
Municipal Employees,- AFL -C10, hereinafter 1 r ,cd to as 'che "Union'', it is the desire of both parties
to this agreement to con;Pnue to work N.M..,1..!.y ann promote, aH,.1 maintain high standards, between
the Employer and employees, which will Las , serve the citi7ens of Oakland County.
The ,na)•yer recognizes the Union as the exclusive representative of the Probation Officer
employees of the Oakland_ County Circuit Court Probation Department, for the purposes of collective
bargaining with respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment and other terms and conditions of
employment, in the following bargaining unit tor which they have been certified, and in which the Union
is recognized as collective bargaining representative, suLject to and in accordance with the provisions
of Act 336 of the Public. Acts of 1947, as amended.
All Oakland County Circuit Couit probation officers; but excluding supervisors and all
other employees.
MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITY
The riht to hire, promote, discharge or discipline, and to maintain discipline and
efficiency of employees, is the sole responsibility of the Employer except that Union Members shall
not be discriminated against as such. in addition, the work schedules, methods and means of depart-
mental operation are solely and exclusively the responsibility of the Employer subject, however to
the provisions of this agreement,
III, DUES CHECK-OTT
(a) The Employer agrees to deduct the union membership initiation fee and dues, once
each month, from the pay of those employees who individually authorize in writing that such deductions
be made. All authorizations delivered to the Employer prior to the first day of the month shall
become effective during that succeeding month. Check-off monies will he deducted from the second pay-
check of each month and shall be remitted together with an itemized statement to the local treasurer,
and an itemized statement to the Chapter Chairman, within fourteen (14) days after the deductions have
been made.
(b) An empleyee shall cease to be auhject to check-off deductions beginning with the
month immediately followins: the month in wrih he is to longer a membor of the bargaining unit. Any
. employee may voluntarily cancel or revoVe the, Authoriation for Check-off deductions upon written notice
to the Employer and the Union submitted during the fiCteen (15) day period prior to the expiration date
of the agreement.
(c) The Union will protect and save harmless the Employer from any and all claims, demands,
suits and other forms of liability by reason of action taken by the Employer for the purpose of
complying with this section.
IV, BASIS OE REPRESENTATION
Section i
TheTe shall be one steward and one alternate steward,
Stewards will be permitted to leave their work, after obtaining approval of their
respective supervisors and recording their time, for the purpose of adjusting grievances in accordance
with the grievance procedure and for reporting to the grievant a change in status of his grievance.
Permission for stewards to leave their work stations will not be unreasonably withheld. Stewards will
report their time to their supervisor upon returning from a grievance discussion.
The privilege of stewards to leave their work during working hours, without loss of pay,
is extended with the understanding that the time will be devoted to the prompt handling of grievances
and will not be abused, and that they will continue to work at their assigned jobs at all times except
when permitted to leave their work to handle grievances.
Section 2..
There shall also be one Chief Steward and one alternate Chief Steward.
Section 3.
there. shall be a grievance committee consisting of the Chapter Chairman, the Chief Steward
and one other member to be selected from the represented group and certified in writing to the Employer.
The Employer shall meet whenever necessary, at a mutually convenient time, with the union
grievance committee, The purpose of grievance committee meetings will be to adjust pending grievances,
and to discuss procedures for avoiding future grievances. In addition, the committee may discuss with
the Employer other issues which would improve the relationship between the parties.
A cTiovance committee meeting may also be attended by a Council 23 representative.
V. C,RIEVANLE PROCEDURE
ifte Employer and Union support and subscribe to an orderly method of adjusting employee
grievances. To this end, the Employer and the Union agree that an employee should first bring his
problem or grievancs to the attention of his immediate supervisor, with or without his steward, who
shall attempt to resolve the grievance informally. Dismissals, suspensions, demotions and disciplinary
actions of any type shall not be a subject for the grievance procedures but shall be processed according
to the..proOedwres of the Personnel Appeal Board.
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IF the grievance. is not settled informally, it shall be discussed with the appropriate
steward and shall be reduced to writ rig, signed by the grievant and submitted to his Immediate
auperviser.
,Step
the wrtten grievance shall be diseussed between the steward and the immediate supervisor,
and the Chief Steward if so desired, The. supervisor will attempt to adjust the matter and will eive
hit written decision within five (5) days (excluding Saturday, Sunday and holidays) of reeeipt of the
written grievance.
A erievance not settled at Step 2 may be submitted to the Grievance Committee within
five days (excluding Saturday, Sunday and holidays) of the date of the receipt of the immediate
supervisor's written reply. Any grievance not suhmitted to the Grievance Committee by written
not to the Employer within five. days shell he considered dropped. A meeting on the grievance
shall be held by the Grievance Committee within ten days unless the time is egtended by mutual agreement
of both parties.
Any matter not settled in Step 3 of the grievance procedure may be submitted to final and
binding arbitration by either of the parties. A request for arbitration must be submitted by written
notice to the other party within fifteen (15) days after the grievance committee meeting. Expenses
For arbitration shall be borne equally by both parties.
If the parties fail to select an arbitrator, one will be selected under the rules of the
American Arbitration Association.
Any grievance not appealed, from a decision In one of the steps of the grievance procedure,
to the next step as prescribed, shall be considered dropped and the last decision final and binding,
except that time limits may be extended by mutual agreement of the parties.
VI, BULLETIN BOARD
The Employer shall assign appropriate space on bulletin boards which shall be used by
the Union for posting notices, bearing the written approval of an officer of the Union local, which
shall be restricted to;
(a) Notices of Union recreational and social affairs;
(b) Notices of Union elections;
(c) Notices of Union appointments and results of Union elections;
(d) Notices of Union Meetings;
(e) Other notices of bona fide Union affairs which are not political or libelous in nature.
VII, s ...1vip!:z1T,?_
New employees may acquire seniority by working six (6) continuous months, in which event
the employee's seniority will date back to the date of hire into the department. When the employee
acquires seniority, his name shall be placed on the seniority list, in the order of his seniority date.
An up-to-date seniority list shall be furnished to the Union every six (6) months,
An employee shall lose his seniority for the following reasons;
(a) If the employee resigns or retires;
(b) if the employee is discharged, and not reinstated;
(c) If the employee is absent from work for three working days, without properly notifying
the Employer, unless a satisfactory reason is given;
(d) If the employee does not return to work at the end of an approved leave;
(e) If the employee does not return to work when recalled from a layoff.
VIII, LAYOFF, RECALL, AND TRANSFERS
If and when it becomes necessary for the Employer to reduce the number of employees in
the work force, the employees will be laid off in seniority order, based on capability of performing
available jobs and shall he recalled in the same order.
IX. GENERAL CONDITIONS
Section 1.
The Union shall be notified in advance of anticipated permanent major changes in working
conditions and discussions shall be held thereon.
Section 2.
The provisions of this agreement shall be applied equally and without favoritism to all
employees in the bargaining unit. There shall be no discrimination as to age, sex, marital status,
Race, color, creed, national origin or political affiliation. The Union shall share equally with the
Employer the responsibility for applying this provision of the agreement.
Section 3.
The reemployment rights of employees and probationary employees who are veterans will be
limited by applicable laws and regulations.
Section 4.
Employees elected to any permanent full time union office or selected by the Union to do
work which takes them from their employment with the County, shall at the written request of the Union
be granted a leave of absence without pay. The leave of absence shall not exceed two (2) years, but
it shall be renewed or extended for a similar period at any time upon the written request of the Union.
Section 5,
When any position not listed on the wage schedule is filled or as the County
may designate a job classification and rate structure for the position. In the event the Union does
not agree that the classification, rate or structure are proper, the Union shall have the right to
submit the issue as a grievance through the grievance procedure within a six (6) month period.
Section 6,
In the event that any other represented unit negotiates a contract with the County of
Oakland containing any form of agency shop, this unit may then request negotiations to discuss a
modified agency shop,
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K. ADOPTION BY REFERENCE OP RELEVANT RESOLUTIONS AND PERSONNEL POLICIES
The provisions of Miscellaneous Resolution 4606 as adopted by the then Oakland County
Board of Supervisor% on September 19, 1966 and approved by the electorate on November 8, 1966 shall
continue to appiy as 5et forth therein. The Employer and the Union, however, agree that in natters
of dismissals, suspensions. demotions and disciplinary actions employees shall have the right of
appeal to the RersonneI Appeal hoard Ta accordance with the rules of the Merit System and the Personnel
Appeal Board, and the decision or the Board shall be finai and binding.
Ail resolAions of the Oakland County Board of Commissioners, as amended or changed,
from time to time, relating to the working conditions and compensation of the employees covered by
this agreement are incorporated by reference within the limitations set forth above and made a part
hereof to the same extent as if they were specifically set forth,
XI. MAINTENANCE OF CONDITIONS
Wages, hours dhd of employment in effect at the execution of this agreement
shall, except as improved herein, be maintained during the term of this agreement. No employee shall
suffer a reduction ln such benefits as 8 consequence of the execution of this agreement.
XII. ECONOMIC MATTERS
Wages and other economics are attached hereto as Appendix A.
X111. NO_STRyL_LINO LOCROsIT
Under no circumstances will the Union cuase or authorize or permit its members to cause,
nor will any member of the bargaining unit take part, in any strike, sitdown, stay-in or slowdown or
any violation of any state law. In the event of a work stoppage or other curtailment, the Union
shall immediately instruct the involved employees in writing, that their conduct is in violation of the
contract and that all such persons shall immediately cease the offending conduct.
The Employer will not lockout any employees of the bargaining unit during the term of
this agreement.
XIV, DURATION
This agreement shall remain in full force and effect until midnight, December 31, 1974.
It shall be automatically renewed from year to year thereafter unless either party shall notify the
other, in writing, sixty (60) days prior to the anniversary date, that it desires to modify this
agreement. In the event that such notice is given, negotiations shall begin not later than sixty (60)
days prior to the anniversary date. This agreement shall remain in full force and be effective during
the period of negotiations and until notice of termination of this agreement is provided to the other •
party in the manner set forth in the following paragraph.
In the event that either party desires to terminate this agreement, written notice must
be given to the other party no less than ten days prior to the desired termination date which shall
not be before the anniversary date set forth in the preceding paragraph. It is agreed and understood
that the provisions contained herein shall remain in full force and effect so long as they are not
in violation of applicable statutes and ordinances and remain within the jurisdiction of the County
of Oakland.
If any article or section of this agreement or any appendixes or supplement thereto
should be held invalid by any Constitutional provisions, operation of Taw or by any tribunal of
competent jurisdiction, or if compliance with or enforcement of any article or section should be
restrained by such tribunal, the remainder of this agreement shall not be affected thereby.
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF AUDITORS
EMPLOYEES METROPOLITAN COUNCIL NO. 23, AFL-C10,
LOCAL 1905
Daniel T. Murphy, Chairman
SIXTH JUDICIAL CURCU1T COURT
Byron E. Belong, Staff Representative
Henry Mueller, Local 1905 President
John E. Piggott, Chapter Chairman
Frederick C. flee, Presiding Judge
COUNTY OF OAKLAND, A Michigan
Constitutional Corporation
By
Richard R. Wilcox, Chairman; and
James R. Marsh, Chapter Vice Chairman Lynn D. Allen, Clerk of its Board
CIRCUIT COURT
PROBATION OFFICER AGREEMENT
APPENDIX A
SALARIES
The following merit salary schedule shall prevail for the period from January 1, 1974.
through December 31, 1974:
CLASSIFICATION BASE 6 MO. 1 YEAR 2 YEAR
Probation Officer 1 10,000 10,600
Probation Officer II 11,500 12,800 14,100
Probation Officer III 14,900 15,6000
No employee shall be advanced to this step-rate until on or after January 1, 1975 and then
only if the employee has worked in the Probation Officer III class for at least one (l) year,
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PROBATION OFFICER AGREEMENT
APPENDIX B
For the following fringe benefite refer to the Oakland County Employees' Handbook:
I. Injury on the Job
7. Holidays
3. Leave of Absence
4. Life Insurance
Longevity
6. Master Medical Insurance
7, Sick Leave
8. Retirement
9. Annual Leave
10. income Protection Insurance
Moved by Keeper supported by Button the resolution be referred to the Finance Committee.
There were no objections.
Misc. 6578
By Mr. Kasper
IN RE: CRIMINAL JUSTICE GRANTS AND PLANNING COORDINATOR SALARY RANGE ADJUSTMENT
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS under Miscellaneous Resolution P6544, of January 24, 1974, this Board approved the
acceptance of the Law Enforcement Planning Grant for the Office of Criminal Justice Programs; and
WHEREAS one of the provisions of this grant is to delegate additional responsibilities
for grant management and Criminal Justice planning from the State level to the County level, including
the inspection, monitoring, auditing and reviewing of L,F,A,A, supported programs in various
governmental units in the County, and
WHEREAS the grant also provided funds for increasing the salary of the "Criminal Justice
Grants and Planning Coordinator",
NOW THEREFORE. BE IT RESOLVED that the 1974 salary of the one position Classification of
'Criminal Justice Grants and Planning Coordinator" be increased as follows:
BASE
i YEAR 2 YEAR 3 YEAR 4 YEAR
FROM: $13,900 $15,000 $16,100 $17,2D0
TO: $17,200 $18,000 $18,800 $19,600 520,400
The Personnel Practices Committee, by Paul E. Kasper, Chairman, moves the adoption of the
foregoing resolution.
PERSONNEL PRACTICES COMMITTEE
Paul E. Kasper, Chairman
Moved by Kasper supported by Button the resolution be referred to the Finance Committee.
There were no objections.
ifisc. 6579
By Mr. Kasper
IN RE: ESTABLISH CLASSIFICATION AND SALARY RANGE OF HEATING PLANT SUPERVISOR AND LAUNDRY MANAGER AND
SALARY ADJUSTMENT FOR ASSISTANT LAUNDRY MANAGER
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen;
WHEREAS the position of Laundry Manager will soon become vacant due to the retirement of
the incumbent employee; and
WHEREAS investigation has indicated that it is feasible and desirable to combine the duties
of managing the Laundry and Supervising the Central Heating Plant, partly because they are located
in the same building and partly because of the abilities and past experience of the personnel
involved; and
WHEREAS by eliminating one position and upgrading two, a net personnel savings of $15,417
can be realized,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that a new classification and salary range of "Heating Plant
Supervisor and Laundry Manager" be created at a salary range of:
BASE _ 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3 YEAR 4 YEAR
$15,700 $16,300 $16,900 $17,500 $18,100
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following Classifications and Salary Ranges be deleted
as soon as the combining of functions is completed:
BASE 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3 YEAR 4 YEAR
Laundry Manager $12,600 $13,400 $14,200 $15,000 $15,800
Heating Plant Supervisor $11,800 $12,300 $12,900 $13,500 $14,100
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the 1974 Salary Range of the Classification of "Assistant
Laundry Manager" be adjusted as follows:
BASE 1 YEAR 2 YEAR LYEAR 4 YEAR
FROM: $ 9,600 $10,200 $10,800 $11,400 $12,000
TO: $11,100 $11,700 $12,300 $12,900
The Personnel Practices Committee, by Paul E. Kasper, Chairman, moves the adoption of the
foregoing resolution.
PERSONNEL PRACTICES COMMITTEE
Paul E. Kasper, Chairman
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Moved by Kasper supported by Lennon the reso
There were no objections.
be referred to the Finance Committee.
REPORT
By Mr. Kasper
IN RE: MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION 0563-IMPROVEMENT OF EmPLOYLE GROUP LIFE INSURANCE PROGRAM AND
ESTABLISH WAGE CONTINUATION INSURANCE FOR EMPLOYEES
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The Personnel Practices Committee, by Paul E.Kasper, Chairman, reports Miscellaneous
Resolution No.6563 with the recommendation that the resolution be adopted,
PERSONNEL PRACTICES COMMITTEE
Paul E. Kasper, Chairman
"Misc. 6563
By Mr. Kasper
IN RE: IMPROVEMENT OF EMPLOYEE GROUP LIFE INSURANCE PROGRAM AND ESTABLISH WAGE CONTINUATION INSURANCE
FOR EMPLOYEES
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the County's two-year labor contracts, covering 1973 and 1974, with bargaining units
representing employees in the Sheriff's Department, the Department of Facilities and Operations, the
Animal Welfare Department, Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, Comunity Mental Health, Drain
Commissioner, and Department of Parks and Recreation call for the County to grant fringe benefit im-
provements for 1974 covering either Hospitalization Insurance, Life Insurance or Income Continuation
Insurance beyond Sick Leave, with the choice of improvements to be the County's; and
WHEREAS a comparison of County fringe benefits with those of comparable and competitive
employers indicates improvements are most needed in the areas of Life Insurance and Income Continuation;
and
WHEREAS the County's current negotiations for 1974 contracts with bargaining units
representing employees of the Probate Court, Circuit Court Probation and the Hospital have reached
reasonable agreement on these fringe benefit improvements; and
WHEREAS it continues to be to the County's advantage to apply fringe benefit programs to
all eligible employees, whether they are part of the one-third represented by bargaining units or the
two-thirds not represented: and
WHEREAS the tentative cost of the proposed fringe benefit improvements is within the amount
included in the salaries portion of the 1974 Budget for this purpose; and
WHEREAS there is an estimated had time of approximately six weeks including a bidding
process to implement the proposed Income Continuation Insurance;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Employees' Group Life Insurance be altered as follows:
1. That the monthly premium for the employee financed paid-up portion of an employee's
life insurance be reduced from $1.00 per thousand to 70c per thousand.
II. That the amount of combined employee financed, paid-up insurance and County financed
term insurance be increased from the present scale of:
Rate of Annual County Salary Total Amount of tife Insurance
$12,500 and Over $12,000
$10,000 through $12,499 5, 9,000
$ 7,500 through $ 9,999 S 7,000
5 4,000 through $ 7,499 5 5,500
Less than $4,000 $ 4,000
To an amount equal to the employee's annual salary, rounded off to the next even thousand.
That the County finance the purchase of additional term insurance for each covered
employee equal to 50%, of the employee's annual salary, as rounded off.
IV, That Double Indemnity apply only to the combined paid-up and term portion of the coverage
and not to the additional term only insurance.
V. That those who become retirants with a County Pension after the implementation of this
plan and who elect to keep their paid-up insurance in force after retirement shall be covered by the
greater of the following until age 70:
1. The amount of paid-up insurance which the employee had purchased by the date of
retirement.
2. An amount equal to the employee's salary at the time of retirement, not to exceed
$12,000.
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that an Employee Income Continuation Insurance plan be implement-
ed with the following provisions:
I. The plan will apply only to those employees eligible for the County's Sick Leave
Plan but no employee will be eligible for benefits until the completion of six months of eligible
County employment.
II. The plan will not eliminate or alter the present sick leave plan.
III, Benefits from the plan will be offset by any social security disability benefits,
Workmen's Compensation benefits, disability retirement benefits or similar third party benefits.
IV. Determination of legitimacy of claims will be made by the Insurance Carrier.
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V. The level of benefits will be determined by length of County Service, as defined
in Merit System Rule 22, Section III, and the following Chart:
Years of Service Amount of Benefit Paid
less than S 5CUI: of Salary
:5 through 9 60T of Sa€ary
i0 and Oven 70f, of Salary
A. Mo S iury ii exce'is of S25,000 will be considered.
P. Salary will include IS increment Pay and Registered Engineer and Surveyor's
Bonus but will not include night shift differential pay, overtime pay, on call pay, or similar premium
pay.
VI. An employee will become eligible for coverage only after he had been unable to work,
because of the reason for the coverage, for a period of working days equal to 807, of the total number
of sick leave days the employee had earned in his employment with OMtland County.
VII. Benefits will be paiii for a maximum period of 21- weeks from the date coverage begins.
VIII. While receiving benefits under this plan the employee will not earn and accumulate
sick leave, annual leave and retirement credit. Unless excused under a provision of the Life Insurance
Program the employee will be responsible for paying his life insurance premiums and will he required
to pay any Hospitalization Insurance Premiums falling due when he was off the County payroll.
EX, Time absent from work while receiving benefits from this plan will not necessarily
be covered by a leave of absence without pay,
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Life Insurance Improvement be contracted for with the
carrier of the County's present employee life insurance plan and that the Income Continuation
Insurance plan be put out for competitive bids.
The Personnel Practices Committee by Paul E. Kasper, Chairman, moves the adoption of the
foregoing resolution.
PERSONNEL. PRACTICES COMMITTEE
Paul E. Kasper, Chairman"
FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT
By Mr. Houghten
IN RE € MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION HM563-IMPROVEMENT OF EMPLOYEE GROUP LIFE INSURANCE PROGRAM AND
ESTABLISH WAGE CONTINUATION INSURANCE FOR EMPLOYEES
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule XI-C of this Board, the Finance Committee finds that the funds are
available within the Fringe Benefit line item of the Salaries Reserve Portion of the 1974 County
Budget and further, when the bids for the insurance benefits are received, they be brought to this
Committee.
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Fred D; Houghten, Chairman
Moved by Kasper supported by Button that the report be accepted.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the motion carried.
Moved by Kasper supported by Button that resolution g6563 be adopted.
AYES: Kasper, Lennon, Mathews, Moffitt, Montante, Olson, Patnales, Perinoff,. Pernick,
Quinn, Vogt, Walker, Wilcox, Berman, Brotherton, Burley, Button, Coy, Dunleavy, Gabler, Hobart, Hoot. (22)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was adopted,
Miscellaneous Resolution No, 6580
Recommended by Board of Public Works
Re: CLANTON-OAKLAND SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM - WATERFORD EXTENSIONS PHASE ill
Submitted by Mr. Patnales
RESOLUTION
Mr. Patnales offered the following resolution which was approved by the Board of Public Works
at their meeting of January 28, 1974:
WHEREAS this Board of Supervisors, by Miscellaneous Resolution No. 4342, adopted on June 22,
1964, did approve of the establishment of the Clinton-Oakland Sewage Disposal System to serve the
Clinton-Oakland Sewage Disposal District, within which district lies all of the Charter Township of
Waterford; and
WHEREAS pursuant to Board of Supervisors Resolution Miscellaneous No. 5097 and pursuant to
a resolution adopted by the governing body of the Charter Township of Waterford, the County of Oakland
and the said Township entered into a Contract dated as of April I, 1969, whereby the County agreed to
construct and finance in one or more phases, the Waterford Extensions to said Clinton-Oakland Disposal
System and the Township agreed to pay the total cost thereof, based upon the total estimated cost of
the project, and as represented- by the amount of bonds issued by the county to finance. said Waterford
Extensions, which said Contract is set forth in full in the said resolution of this Board of commis-
sioners; and
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WHEREAS construction plans and specifications for Phase III of the Clinton-Qekland Sewage
Disposal System - Waterford Extensions as prepared by Johnson 1 Anderson, Inc„ registered professional
engineers, and an amended estimate of 510,100,000 ps the cost of Phase III of said Extensions and
an estimate of fifty (50) years and upwards as the period of usefulness thereof, (Revised Exhibit B-.
Phase III) as preN:re ,:.5tv said registered professional engineers, have, been approved by the Beard
of Public Works and by the 9overning body of the Charter Township of Waterford; and
WHEREAS pursuant to the provisions of said Contract of April 1, 1969, a Revised Exhibit .C=
Phase I I thereto Has been prepared on which the agqreyate amounts of the severai annuai itistailments :
to be paid by the Township to finance Phase III of the project are set - forth in amount at least as
much as the annual maturities of County bonds to be hereafter issued; and
WHEREAS the County Board of Putlic. Works has approved this resplution and recOmmended its
adoption by the Board of Commi5sione -rs.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED • 8Y THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF OAKLAND COUNTY, MICHIGAN, as
follows:
I, That the Revised Exhibits, A, B and C - Phase • fit to the Contract - C#intoarOakland
Sewage Disposal System, Waterford Extensions, dated as of April 1, 1969, are herby approved and
the County Clerk is hereby directed to endorse onsaid amended exhibits the fact of such approval
and return the same to the Board of Public Works.
ESTIMATE OF COST
CLINTON-OAKLAND SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM
WATERFORD EXTENSIONS
PHASE I (Based upon bids received August 12 and 17, 1970)
Contract 1 = S. 838,152,00 -
Contract 2 = 7-,2 52 ,8 38.1 7
Contract 3 818,460.10
Contract 4- . 1,173,630.95
Contract 5 = 1,383,127.13
Contract 6 3,579,586,80
Contract 7 = 991,•250,76'
Contract. 8 =493,437.9P
Contract 9 =3,856,987,00
Contract 10 560 ,00
Total Construction Cost PHASE 1 ,,, ,„ = 5 1 2,967,870.81- .
Engineering = 760,000.0 • . ,
Bong Counsel 39,000.00
Local Attorney • 4,000.00
Financial ,,,,, ........... = 9,700,00.
Administration =250,000,00
Inspection 500,000,00
Easement and Land Acquisition „. = 250,000.00
Soil Test Borings =10,000,00
Contingency = 28,9,42q, j9
. . . Sub-Total = $ 15,080,000.00
Less Grant based on eligible costs only = 1,300,000.00
Sub-Total = $ 12,780,000,00 •
Capitalized Interest @ 8% for 24 months = 2,721a,000,0o
Total Estimated Cost, PHASE I = 5 16,500,000.00
SECOND REVISED EXHIBIT "B"
PHASE li (Based on bids received on 5/23/72 and 6/15/72) •
Contract 11 = • $ 961,030.34
Contract 12 851,205.86
Contract 33 659,371.36
Contract 14 =712,984.73
Contract 15 =1,115,518,55
Contract 16 ....„,..„ 458,425,00
Contract 17 = 1,047,061..65
Contract 18 =568,598.79
Contract 19 2,872,038,50
Contract 20 A .„ 861,872.30
Contract 20 B =374,045.88
Contract 20 C =. 467,732.75 •
Contract 21 A - 456,000,00
Contract 21 B 319,643,00.
Contract 21 C = 26 500,00.-
. .
Total Construction Cost, PHASE II $ 11,718,028,71
Engineering 5 700,000.00
Bond Counsel 45,800.00
Financ i al 9,740.00
Administration 363,000.04
Inspection 508;100.00
Easement and Land Acquisition ... „.... = 325,000.00
Soil Test Borings a - 20,000.00-
CLINTON - OAKLAND
SEWA E L
WATERFORD TOWNSHIP. EXTENSIONS
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STAGE I
OAKLAND COUNTY D.P.W
JANUARY' 1969
LEGEND
PHASE I
PHASE
PHASE III
Prepared by
1OHNSON a ANDERSON INC REVISED EXHIB IT 44"
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Contingency = $ 1,154,41.29
Sub-Total 514,844,000.00
Can itrli/cal Interest rr: 77 for 24 months 2.856,000.00
Tot af EsIimated Cost PHASE I 517,700,000,00
SECOND REVISED EXHIBIT °B"
PHASE III fstiirate oi Cost:
Contract 22 $ 793 000,00
Contract 2$ 1,002,203.00
Contract 23 A 269,276.00
Contract 24 1,506,792,00
Contrart 25 1,23.277,00
Contract 26
Cent! at 9 7 749,343 00
Contract 27 A = 279,590,00
Contract = 416 400,00
Total Construction Cost, PHASE III $ 7,319,762.00
En o ineerir ri = 495,000.00
Bond Counsel 18,000,00
Financial 7,770.00
Administration = 183,000.00
Inspection = 293,000,00
Easement and Land Acquisition = 200,000.00
Soil Test Borings = 20,000,00
Contingency =tnr 00
Sub-Total $ 9,134,000:00
Capitalized Interest 96.6,000,00
Total Estimated Cost, PHASE III $10, 1 Ob-, 0673766
Less surplus proceeds of bonds issued for
Phase 1 and Phase 11 3,200,000.00
Total Bond issue $ 6,900,000.00
I hereby estimate the period of usefulness of the above project to be Fift y (50) y ears and
upwards.
JOHNSON & ANDERSON, INC,
By Felix A. Anderson, President
SECOND REVISED EXHIBIT "B"
CLINTON-OAKLAND SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM
WATERFORD EXTENSIONS - PHASE III
SCHEDULE OF PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS
Principal Due Principal Due Printlpal Due
Y__,r May 1 Year Noel Year :lay 1
T-974 -6- 17985 150,000 1996 300,000
1975 -0- 1986 175,000 1997 325,000
1978 -0- 1987 17,000 1998 350,000
1977 -0- 1988 200,000 1999 375,000
1978 -0- 1989 200,000 2000 400,000
1979 100,000 1990 225,000 2001 400,000
1980 100,000 1991 225,000 2002 400,000
1981 125,000 1992 250,000 2003 400,000
1982 125,000 1993 250,000 2004 400,000
1983 125,000 1994 275,000 2005 400,000
1984 150,000 1995 300,000 56,900,000
SECOND REVISED EXHIBIT "C"
PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
Robert F. Patnales, Chairman
Moved by Patnales supported by Hobart the resolution be adopted,
ADOPTED:
YEAS: Berman, Brotherton, Burley, Button, Coy, Dearborn, Dun leav y , Gabler, Hobart, Hoot,
Kasper, Lennon, Mathews, Moffitt, Montante, Patnales, Perinoff, Pernick, Quinn, Vogt, Walker,
Wilcox. (22)
NAYS: None. (0)
Miscellaneous Resolution No, 6581
Recommended by Board of Public Works
RE: TRANSFER OF SURPLUS CONSTRUCTION FUND FROM WATERFORD EXTENSION PHASE 1 AND II TO PHASE Ill
Submitted by Mr. Patnales
RESOLUTION PROPOSED BY OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS WITH RESPECT TO
CLINTON-OAKLAND SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM-WATERFORD EXTENSIONS, PHASE ill
WHEREAS the following resolution has been received from the Charter Township of Waterford:
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RESOLUTION PERTAINING TO THE CIINTON-OAKLAND SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM - WATERFORD EXTENSIONS
At a regular meeting of the Township Board of the Charter Township of Waterford, Oakland
County, Michian, held in the hown all in said Township on the 28 day of January, 1974, at 7:30 P.M.,
Eastern Daylight Time
PRESENT: Jac. F. Seeterlir, Naomi F. Grittin, Jas. F. Schell, Chas. Richards, Russell
Grinnell, Eugene Mihay
ABSENT: Frank 4. Lone
The following resolution was offered by Schell, and seconded by Fichards;
WHEREAS the Charter Township of Waterford and the County of Oakland have entered into a
Contract, dated as of April I, 1969, with respect to acquisition of the Waterford Extensions to the
Clinton-Oakland Sewage Disposal System which Waterford Extensions are described in said Contract as
Phase I, II and III; and
WHEREAS projects fur the construction of Phase I and Phase are now underway and Phase I
and II are substantially. cowpleted and there are surplus grant and bond proceeds on hand with the
County of Oakland from the. forids issued and grants received by said County to finance acquisition of
said Phase I and It; and
WHEREAS the Charter Thwnship of Waterford desires further to extend sanitary sewage disposal
facilities and services to certain areas of said Township as hereinafter described as Phase I I of
said Waterford Extensions in accordance with plans and specifications prepared by the engineers for
this project in the Township: and
WHEREAS in order to provide such additional sanitary sewage disposal facilities and services
known as Phase III it is necessary to construct sanitary sewers and other facilities substantlaily as
Set forth in Revised Exhibit A - Phase III and Revised Exhibit B - Phase 11 heretofore approved by
this Township Board, and by this reference wade a part hereof, and in accordance with the plans and
specifications also heretofore approved, which sanitary sewers and other facilities are known as Phase
III of the Waterford Extensions to the Clinton-Oakland Sewage Disposal System in said Township and are
estimated to cost the amount set forth on the estimates of cost prepared by the engineers and designated
Revised Exhibit 8 - Phase III; and
WHEREAS said Cuntract provides that surplus funds remaining after payment of all costs incurred
in acquiring said system r-nE be used to construct additional sewers or sewage disposal improvements in
the Charter Township of Waterford if the Oakland County Board of Commissioners shall consent thereto
by resolution upon the request of the Charter Township of Waterford; and
WHEREAS all costs incurred in acquiring said Phase 1 and II of the Waterford Extensions have
been paid or provided for and such a surplus does now exist; and
WHEREAS the Charter Township of Waterford and the County of Oakland have supplemented the
Clinton-Oakland Sewage Disposal System Contract - Waterford Extensions, dated as of April 1, 1969,
to provide for the acquisition of Phase III pursuant to said Contract, and to issue county bonds in the
aggregate principal amount of the cost of Phase III less the amount of funds on hand or grants to
finance the acquisition of sanitary sewers in accordance with the provisions of said Contract dated
as of April 1, 1969; and
WHEREAS it would now be advantageous for the Charter Township of Waterford to transfer part
of the surplus funds now remaining from the bonds issued and grants received to finance Phase I and
II, pursuant to the Contract dated as of April 1, 1969, to this Phase III project now to be acquired
pursuant to said Contract and for the County of Oakland to use said funds so transferred in accordance
with the provisions of said Contract dated as of April 1, 1969, to defray part of the cost of acquisi-
tion of Phase I I to the extent shown on Revised Exhibit B - Phase III,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE TOWNSHIP BOARD OF THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF WATERFORD,
OAKLAND COUNTY, MICHIGAN, as follows:
1, That the Oakland County Board of Commissioners is hereby requested pursuant to the said
Contract dated as of April 1, 1969, to transfer $3,200,000 from the surplus funds now remaining
after providing for payment of all costs incurred In acquiring Phase I and II of the Clinton-Oakland
Sewage Disposal System-Waterford Extensions to the construction fund to be created pursuant to the
Contract for Phase Ill of the Waterford Extensions.
2. That the funds so transferred be used by the County in accordance with the provisions
of said Contract dated as of April 1, 1969 to build Phase Iii as described in Revised Exhibits A
and B - Phase Ill hereto,
ADOPTED:
YEAS: Seeterlin, Griffin, Schell, Richards, Mihay
NAYS: Grinnell
ABSENT; Lane
STATE OF MICHIGAN )
)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND )
I, the undersigned, the duly qualified and acting Township Clerk of the Charter Township
of Waterford, Oakland County, Michigan, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and complete
copy of a resolution adopted by the Township Board of said Township on the 28th day of January, 1974,
the original of which is on file in my office,
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, i have hereunto affixed my official signature this 29th day of January,
A.D, 1974,
Naomi F. Griffin
Township Clerk
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;and
WHEREAS it mill he advantageous to the Charter Town5htp of Waterford and the County of
Oakland if a tranfer of funds is authorized by this board of Commissioners in accordance with the
request of thb Thwoship, and
WHEREPEH Rc,.]rd , 1 ,'A[ONT.. Works has recommended adoption of this resolution,
NOW THERFuRE FE li 31 IF PY IHE BOARD BE COMMISSIONERS OF OAKiAND COUNTY, MICHIGAN.
as follows:
1. That this Board of (lnissioners does hereby approve and authorize the transfer. pursuant
to the provisions of the Clinton -Oakland Sewage Disposal System Contracr-Wandriord Extensions, dated
as of April 1, 1969, of Si 300,001) from the surplus funds now mnmaining after providing ior payment
of all costs incurred in ,rouiriho Phase, I and 11 of the Cluton-Oultland Sewage Disposal System-
Waterford Extensions, to tfm. consiruction fund for Phase tll created pcirsuant to the said Contract
dated as of April 1, 1969.
2. That the surplus funds herein authorized to he transferred shall be used by the County
of Oakland through its Deparlment of Public Worlks for acquisition of Phase II in accordance with
the provisions of and for the purposes described in said Sewage Disposal Contract, dated as of
April 1, 1969 and as described on Revised Exhibits A and F - Phase III heretofore approved by the said
Township, the Board of Publi( Works and this Board of Commissioners.
Mr. Patnales moved the adoption of the foregoing resolution, which motion was supported by
Mr. Burley.
PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
Robert F. Patnales, Chairman
On roll call, the resolution was adopted by the following vote:
YEAS: Berman, Brotherton, Burley, Button, Coy, Dearborn, Dunleavy, Gabler, Hobart, Hoot,
Kasper, Lennon, Mathews, Moffitt, Montante, Patnales, Perinoff, Pernick, Quinn, Vogt, Walker,
Wilcox. (22)
NAYS: None. (0)
ABSENT: Douglas, Houghten, Nowak, Olson, Richardson. (5)
Miscellaneous Resolution No. 6582
Recommended by Board of Public Works
RE: CLINTON-OAKLAND SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM-WATERFORD EXTENSIONS-PHASE III
Submitted by Mr. Patnales
BOND RESOLUTION
Mr, Patnales offered the following resolution which was approved by the Board of Public
Works at their meeting of January 28, 1974:
WHEREAS the Board of Supervisors (now Board of Commissioners) of Oakland County, by
Miscellaneous Resolution No, 4342, adopted on June 22, 1964, did approve of the establishment of the
Clinton-Oakland Sewage Disposal System to serve the Clinton-Oakland Sewage Disposal District, within
which district lies all of the Charter Township of Idaterford, and
WHEREAS pursuant to the Board of Supervisors Resolution Miscellaneous No. 5097, and pursuant
to a resolution adopted by the governing body of the Charter Township of Waterford, the County of
Oakland and the said Township entered into a Contract dated as of April 1, 1969, whereby the County
agreed to construct and finance in one or more phases, the Waterford Extensions to said Clinton-
Oakland. Sewaee Disposal Syetem and the Township agreed to pay the total cost thereof, based upon the
total estimated cost of the project, and as represented by the amount of bonds issued by the County
to finance said Waterford Extensions, which said Contract is set forth in full in the said resolution
of this Board of Commissioners; and
WHEREAS construction plans and specifications for Phase III of the Clinton-Oakland Sewage ,
Disposal System - Waterford Extensions as prepared by Johnson and Anderson, Inc., registered pro-
fessional engineers, and an amended estimate of $10,100,000 as the cost of Phase III of said Ex-
tensions and an estimate of fifty (50) years and upwards as the period of usefulness thereof,
(Revised Exhibit S - Phase III) as prepared by said registered professional engineers, have been
approved by the Board of Public Works and by the governing body of the Charter Township of Waterford
and are herewith presented to this Board of Commissioners for approval; and
WHEREAS pursuant to the provisions of said Contract of April 1, 1969, aid Revised Exhibit C-
Phase ill thereto, the aggregate amounts of the several annual installments to be paid by the Township
to finance Phase III of the project are the same as the annual bond maturities aggregating $6,900,000,
hereinafter set forth, and the amounts of said bonds and surplus funds heretofore appropriated to
this Phase Ill project are in an aggregate amount equal to the estimated cost thereof; and
WHEREAS under said Contract of April 1, 3969, and amended exhibits thereto, the said
Township is to pay annually the amount of each annual Installment to the County and in addition thereto
is to pay semi-annually interest and paying agent fees and other bond handling costs as determined
pursuant to said Contract; and
WHEREAS the County is desirous of issuing bonds in anticipation of the payments to be made
by the said Township under said Contract of April 1, 1969, and amended exhibits thereto: and
WHEREAS the County Board of Public Works has approved this resolution and recommended its
adoption by the Board of Commissioners.
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THEREFORE. 4. IT RESOLVED EY THE Ft 1:0 of- commlIONORS OF OAKLAND COUNTY, mlf.inSAN,
as follows:
I. ildiat the plans arut spec it ht:icitut p:d the esi imares of ccs1 afl..i of period oi nsefulness
of the Waterford Fztensions. Nflac Ill t is 8re herehy ahr,-ted and zit:Tr-eyed and the
County Clerk herehy direr.fg,fd to •ritia: arf :inurn them to this Cru...affmort ‘')f Puh,.- Works_
2. That tionds of said founri C Pirtregating the -,rinbipal sun of Six. Mil lion
Nine Hunctred Thoosnad Dollarm (:E 90H000) i us or the purpose of defraying pari oi the cosi.
04. acquiring 011,tse. ill of said C I intore-Oak!and Sewage Disposal 1vstow-lr-1 :iterfore Extension. That said
bonds shall be as "Oakland Courry -'0:-c 'ae,nds -H lot S ,fland Waterford
Extensions Ph,, ii1"; shell be dared Mav 1, 1974; shall he numbered e.tanVelv in the direct order
, of their maturities from I upwards, shall be in Lie denon .nai ion of 5 000 each; shall bear interest
at a rate or r,ite to ite. hereafter determired not exctading seven percent (7.1 Der annum, payable on
November 1, 1974 and semi-annually thereafter on the iltst days of May and Noverriltr in each year and
shall mature on the first day of May in e•h...h year as ioltows:
1)79 - $100,000 lMt, - 52M,000 1997 - 532.,000
198C - 100,000 - 20f..),000 Il - 3'30,000
19ldl - 125,000 l u - 225,000 1999 - 373,000
- 125,000 . 19 ,1 - 225,000 2000 - 400,000
1 9 i3 -. 125,000 1992 - 2A,000 2001 - 400,000
- 150,1100 1993 - 250,000 2002 - 400,000
19'eiS - 150,000 1994 - 275,000 2003 - 400,000
- 175,000 1995 - 300,000 2004 - 400,000
1987 - 175,000 - 300,000 2005 - 400,000
Bords maturing prior to May 1, 1990, shall net he submect to redemption prior to maturity.
Bonds maturing on and after May 1, 1990, shall be subject to redemption in inverse numerical order at
the option of the county prior to maturity on any one or more interest payment dates on and after May 1,
1989. Bonds so called for redemption shall be redeemed at the par value thereof and accrued interest
plus a premium on each bond computed as a percentage of the face amount thereof in accordadce with the
following schedule:
r, if called to be redeemed on or after May 1, 1989, but prior to May 1, 1995
27, if called to be redeemed on or after May 1, 1995, but prior to May 1, 2000
17 if called to be redeemed on or after May 1, 2000, but prior to maturity.
Notice of redemption shall be given to the holders of the bonds to be redeemed by publication
of such notice not less than thirty (30) days prior to the date fixed for redemption, at least once in
a newspaper or publication circulated in the qiate of Michigan, which carries as a part of its regular
service, notices of the sale of municipal bonds. Bonds so called for redemption shall not bear interest
after the date fixed for redemption, provided funds are on hand with the paying agent to redeem the
same. All bonds shall have proper coupons attached thereto evidencing interest to their respective
dates of maturity.
3. That the principal of said bonds and the interest thereon shall be payable in lawful money
of the United States of America, at such bank and/or trust company which qualifins as a paying agent
under Federal or Michigan law and which shall be designated by the eriginal purchaser of the bonds.
Such purchaser shell have the right to name a similarly qualified co-paying agent.
0. That the Chairman of the Board of Commifisioners and the County Clerk, of the County of
Oakland are hereby authorized and directed to execute said bonds for and on behalf of the said County
and to affix the seal of said County thereto, and to execute the interest coupons to be attached to
said bonds by causing to be affixed thereto their facsimile signatures; and that upon the execution
of said bonds and attached coupons, the same shall be delivered to the Treasurer of said County who is
hereby authorized and directed to deliver said bonds and attached coupons to the purchaser thereof,
upon receipt of the purchase price therefor.
5. That the said bonds Cr, to be issued pursuant to the provisions of Act No. 185 of the
Michigan Public Acts of 1957, as amended, in anticipation of the payments to become due to the County
from the Charter Township of Waterford under said Contract of April I, 1969, and Revised Exhibits A.
B and C - Phase 111 thereto, which payments are in the principal amount of the bonds with interest
thereon as therein provided. As provided in said Act No. 185, the full faith and credit of the Charter
Township of Waterford is pledged to the making of the said payments when due, and in addition there is
hereby pledged, as authorized in said Act No, 185, the full faith and credit of the County of Oakland
to the payment of the bonds, both principal and interest, when due.
6. That all moneys paid to the County by the Charter Township of Waterford pursuant to said
Contract of April 1, 1969, and amended exhibits thereto, shall be set aside by the County Treasurer
in a separate fund and bank account to be used solely for the payment of the principal of and interest
on the bonds issued in anticipation thereof. Interest payable on the bonds on November 1 , 1974, may I
and November 1, 1975, and May 1, 1976, is capitalized and is payable from the proceeds of said bonds.
7. That the obligation of said Township to make the payments set forth in the Contract, and
especially Amended Exhibit C - Phase f, Supplemental Exhibit C, Phase I. and Revised Exhibit C -
Phase II, thereto, in anticipation of which the Oakland County Sewage Disposal Bonds - Clinton-Oakland
System, Waterford Extensions Phase I, dated May 1, 1970, in the amount of $12,850.000 and the Second
Series of said bonds, dated as of November 1, 1970, in the amount of $4,150,000, and the Oakland
County Sewage Disposal Bonds - Clinton-Oakland System, Waterford Extensions Phase II, dated as of
May i, 1972, in the amount of $20,400,000, are issued, is separate but equal and on a parity as a
pledge of full faith and credit with the obligation of said Township to make the payments set forth
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in the Contract, as supplemented by the attacheaent thereto of the Revised Exhibit 111 - Phase III and
the Revised Exhibit C - Phase 111 thereto, in anticipation of which the Oakland County Sewage
Dispcsai Bonds - Ciinton-OakInd System, Waterfard Extensions Phase III, dated May I. “Y"Ili, in the
amount of 36,900,000 ate issued. The ple6n by the Couri:N of Oakland of its f.L1H faith and credit
to payment of the four series of bonds, Phase 1, Second Series Phase I, Phase- li and Phaan Ill, as
authorized in said Act No. 115, applies equally and without preference and priority to the bonds of
each series.
8. That said bonds and attached coupons shall be substantially in the following fern:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
STATE OF MICHIGAN
COUNTY OF OAKLAND
OAKLAND COUNTY SEWAGE DISPOSAL BOND -
CLINTON-OAKLAND SYSTEM, WATERFORD EXTENSIONS PHASE Ill
Number $5,000
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the County of Oakland, Michigan, hereby acknowledges
itself indebted and for value received, promises to pay to the bearer hereof the sum of
FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS
on the first day of May, A, [3, 19 together with interest thereon from the date hereof until paid,
at the rate of ) per cenLum per annum, payable November I, 1974, and there-
after semi-annually on the first days of May and November in each year. Both principal and interest
hereof are payable in lawful money of the United States of America at
, in the City of _,upon presentation and surrender of
this bond and the coupons hereto attached as they severally mature.
This bond is one of a series of bonds of like date and tenor except as to maturity _
,numbered consecutively In the direct order of their maturities from I to 1380, both
inclusive, aggregating the principal sum of Six Million Nine Hundred Thousand Dollars ($6,900,000),
Issued under and pursuant to and in full conformity with the Constitution and Statutes or the State
of Michigan, and especially Act No. 185 of the Michigan Public Acts of 1957, as amended, for the
purpose of defraying part of the cost of Phase Ill of the Clinton-Oakland Sewage Disposal System-
Waterford Extensions in the Charter Township of Waterford.
Bonds of this series maturing prior to May 1, 1990, are not subject to redemption prior
to maturity. Bonds maturing on or after May 1, 1990, shall be subject to redemption in inverse numerical
order, at the option of the County prior to maturity on any one or more interest payment dates on and
after May 1, 1989, Bonds called for redemption shall be redeemed at the par value thereof and accrued
interest plus a premium on each bond computed as a percentage of the face amount thereof in accordance
with the following schedule:
37 if called to be redeemed on or after May 1, 1989, but prior to May 1, 1995
if called to be redeemed on or after May 1, 1995, but prior to May 1, 2000
1% if called to be redeemed on or after May 1, 2000, but prior to maturity.
Notice of redemption shall be given to the holders of bonds called for redemption by
publication of such notice not less than thirty (30) days prior to the date fixed for redemption, at
least once in a newspaper or publication circulated in the State of Michigan, which carries as a
part of its regular service, notices of the sale of municipal bonds. Bonds so called for redemption
shall not bear interest after the date fixed for redemption, provided funds are on hand with the paying
agent to redeem the same,
This bond as to both principal and interest, is payable from moneys to he paid to the County
of Oakland by the Charter Township of Waterford pursuant to a certain Contract dated April 1, 1969,
and Revised Exhibit B-Phase /II and Revised Exhibit C-Phase III thereto, between the County of Oakland
and said Charter Township whereby the said Charter Township agrees to pay to the said County the cost
of said Phase III of the Clinton-Oakland Sewage Disposal System-Waterford Extensions along with the
cost, as finally determined, of Phase 1 and II thereof, in annual installments in the same amounts as
to Phase III as the annual maturities of the bonds of this issue and semi-annually to pay the amount
of the interest and bond handling charges, such payments to be made at least thirty (30) days prior
to the respective due dates specified in this bond. The full faith and credit of said Charter Township
is pledged for the prompt payment of its obligation pursuant to said Contract and all amended exhibits
thereto, and in additbn, by affirmative vote of three-fifths (3/56s) of the members elect of its
Board of Commissioners, the full faith and credit of the County of Oakland is pledged to the payment
of this bond, principal and interest, when due, on a parity and without priority with the bonds of the
County of Oakland issued for Phase I in the amount of $12,850,000, dated May 1, 1970, and $0,150,000,
dated November 1, 1970 anf for Phase 11 in the amount of $20,400,000, dated May 1, 1972,
It is hereby certified, recited and declared that all acts, conditions and things required
to exist, happen and be performed precedent to and in the issuance of the bonds of this serles, existed,
have happened and have been performed in due time, form and manner as required by the Constitution
and Statutes of the State of Michigan, and that the total indebtedness of said County, including this
series of bonds, does not exceed any constitutional or statutory limitation,
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the County of Oakland, Michigan, by its Board of Commissioners, has
caused this bond to be signed in its name by the Chairman of said Board of Commissioners and by the
County Clerk of the County, and its corporate seal to be affixed hereto, and has caused the annexed
interest coupons to be executed with the facsimile signatures of said Chairman and County Clerk,
all as of the first day of May, A.D., 1974.
COUNTY OF OAKLAND, MICHIGAN
By
Chairman of its Board of Commissioners
(SEAL) By
Its County Clerk
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(COUPON)
Number
On the. ist day of A,D, 19 . the Count/ ot Oakland, Michigan, will pay to the
bearer her eof the sum shown hereon in lawful money of the United States of America, at the
In the City of , same being the interest due
or that day on its Oakland County Sewage. Disposaf Bend-Cfinton-Dakland System, Waterford Extensions
Phase Ilf, dated May I, 1974, No.
(FACSIMILE) (FACSIMILE)
County Clerk Chairman of the Board of Commissioners
9. That the said bonds shall not be issued until the Municipal Finance Commission of the
State of Michigan shall have first issued its order granting permission to so do, as provided in
Act No, 202 of the Michigan Public Acts of 1943, as amended, and the Board of Public Works through
its Director is hereby authorized and directed to make application to said Commission for the issuance
of such order.
111, The Board of Public Works is hereby authorized to sell said bonds at not less than par
and accrued interest in accordance with the laws of this state and to do all things necessary to
effect the sale ard issuance of said bonds, subiect to the provisions of this resolution.
11. All resolutions and parts of resolutions, insofar as the same may be in conflict here-
with, are hereby rescinded.
PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
Robert F. Patnales, Chairman
It was moved by Mr. Patnales, seconded by Mr. Lennon, that the foregoing resolution be
adopted.
Upon roll call the vote was as follows:
YEAS: Berman, Brotherton, Burley, Button, Coy, Dearborn, Dunleavy, Gabler, Hobart, Hoot,
Kasper, Lennon, Mathews, Moffitt, Montante, Olson, Patnales, Perinoff, Pernick,Quinn, Vogt, Walker,
Wilcox. (23)
NAYS: None. (0)
Misc, 6583
By Mr. Lennon
IN RE: APPROVAL OF DESIGN-BUILD CONCEPT FOR PROPOSED COUNTY MEDICAL CARE FACILITY
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the County of Oakland is planning the construction of a proposed Medical Care
Facility; and
WHEREAS the Facilities and Operations Division of the Board of Auditors recommends that the
County adopt the disign-build concept for reasons that such concept would expidite the project, tie
the builder and contractor into a closer working relationship, and avoid the unnecessary expensive
specifications; and
WHEREAS your Committee recommends that the design build concept for the proposed medical
care facility be adopted.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the County of Oakland adopt the design-build concept for
the construction of the proposed County Medical Care Facility as recommended by the Facilities and
Operations Division of the Board of Auditors.
Mr. Chairman, the Buildings and Grounds Committee, by Patrick M. Nowak, Chairman, moves the
adoption of the foregoing resolution,
BUILDENGS AND GROUNDS COMMITTEE
Bernard F. Lennon, Vice Chairman
Moved by Lennon supported by Montante the resolution be adopted.
Discussion followed,
Mr. Lennon requested that Milton W. Handorf, Director of Facilities and Operations be
allowed to address the Board regarding this matter. There were no objections.
Mr. Handorf addressed the Board.
Moved by Berman supported by Dearborn the resolution be amended as follows: That the
criteria for the design-build concept of the Medical Care Facility be developed by staff and
Building and Grounds and Health Committees with consideration of State standards and previous
resolutions of this Board and submitted to this Board for approval before going out for bidding."
Discussion followed.
Moved by Kasper supported by Vogt the resolution be referred back to the Buildings and
Grounds Committee.
Discussion followed.
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Mr, Kasper moved the previous question, Seconded by Mr. Vogt.
The Chairman stated that those in favor of calling the question, say 'yes' and those
opposed, say 'no'. The vote was as follows:
AYES: Moffitt, Montante, Olson, Patnales, Perinoff, Pernik, Quinn, Richardson, Vogt,
Walker, Wilcox, Berman, Brotherton, Burley, Button, Coy, Dearborn, Douglas, Dunleavy, Gabler, Hobart,
Hoot, Kasper, Lennon, Mathews. (25)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority haying voted therefor, the Chairman called for a vote on the referral.
The vote was as follows:
AYES: Vogt, Hoot, Kasper. (3)
NAYS: Montante, Olson, Patnales, Perinoff, Pernick, Quinn, Richardson, Walker, Wilcox,
Berman, Brotherton, Burley, Button, Coy, Dearborn, Douglas, Dunieavy, Gabler, Hobart, Lennon,
Mathews, Moffitt. (22)
A sufficient majority not having voted therefor, the motion lost.
The Chairman called for a vote on the amendment to the resolution, The vote was as follows:
AYES: Olson, Patnales, Perinoff, Pernick, Quinn, Richardson, Vogt, Walker, Wilcox, Berman,
Brotherton, Burley, Button, Coy, Dearborn, Douglas, Dunieavy, Gabler, Hobart, Hoot, Kasper, Lennon,
Mathews, Moffitt, Montante. (25)
NAYS; None. 0)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the motion carried.
Discussion followed.
Mr. Pernick requested that Daniel T, Murphy, County Executive be allowed to address the
Board. There were no objections,
Mr. Murphy addressed the Board.
Vote on resolution, as amended:
AYES: Olson, Patnales, Perinoff, Pernick, Quinn, Richardson, Walker, Wilcox, Berman,
Brotherton, Burley, Button, Coy, Dearborn, Douglas, Dunleavy, Gabler, Hobart, Lennon, Mathews,
Moffitt, Montante, Vogt. (23)
NAYS: Hoot, Kasper, (2)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution, as amended, was adopted.
Misc. 6584
By Mr. Lennon
IN RE: AUTHORIZE BIDS-MISCELLANEOUS REMODELING PROJECTS
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Mr. Chairman, Ladles and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the Facilities and Operations Division of the Board of Auditors has reported to
your Committee that the following imiunty miscellaneous remodeling projects are now ready for
receipt of bids:
1. Relocation of Animal Control Division From the Animar Shelter to the former Drug Abuse
Control offices (Building 4)
2. Aiterations to existing Anima! Shelter for use by Central Laundry for dry cleaning
operation
3. Remodeling of certain Planning Department area of Administrative Annex II to provide
for the microfilm and photostat section operations of Central Services.
WHEREAS the Buildings and Grounds Committee recommends that said remodeling projects be
advertised for the receiving of bids;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Facilities and Operations Division of the Board of
Auditors be and they are hereby authorized to advertise for bids for the aforementioned County
miscellaneous remodeling projects.
The Buildings and Grounds Committee, by Patrick M. Nowak, Chairman, moves the adoption
of the foregoing resolution.
BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS COMMITTEE
Bernard F. Lennon, Vice Chairman
Moved by lennon supported by Button the resolution be adopted.
AYES: Patnales, Perinoff, Pernick, Quinn, Richardson, Vogt, Walker, Wilcox, Berman,
Brotherton, Burley, Button, Coy, Dearborn, Douglas, Dunleavy, Gabler, Hobart, Kasper, Lennon, Mathews,
Moffitt, Montante, Olson. (24)
NAYS: None. (0 )
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was adopted.
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REPORT
By Mr, Efotherton
IN RE.: NOMINATION Or FOURTH MEMECR TO VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMISSION
to the 0 ,0:land County Board of tiiinisioners
Mr. Chalrman, ffAitie and
PURSUANT to the. ri,gulfrents of P, A. 192, Pdhlic Act 01 l953 , as amend
on Organization recommends the nomination of George P. Halter, a veteran of the V
the fourth member of the Oakland County Veterans Affairs Commission,
Mr. Chairman, I so move.
d, the Committee
Ptnam conflict, as
COMMITTEE ON ORGANIZATION
Wilbur V. Brotherton, Chairman
Moved by Brotherton supPorted by Quinn the report be accepted.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the :01 ion carried.
The Chairman announced that nominations were in order for a fourth member to the Veterans
Affairs Corrmission.
Mr. Brotherton nominated George E. Halter. Mr. Quinn seconded the nomination.
Mr. Lennon nominated James Doyon. Mr. Olson seconded the nomination.
There were no other nominations. Nominations were closed.
The roll call vote was as follows:
Perinoff -James Doyon
Pernick - James Doyon
Quinn - George E. halter
Richardson - Donald C. Quinn, Jr.
Vogt - George E. Halter
Wilcox - George E. Halter
Berman - James Doyen
Erotherton - George E. Halter
Burley - James Doyon
Button - George E. Halter
Dearborn - George E. Halter
Douglas - James Doyon
Dunleavy - George E. Halter
Gabler - George E. Halter
Hobart - George E. Halter
Hoot - George E. Halter
Kasper - George E. Halter
Lennon - James Doyon
Mathews - James Doyon
Moffitt - George E. H-alter
Montante - George E. Halter
Olson - James Doyon
Pacnales - George E. Halter
The result of the roll call vote was as follows:
George F. Halter -14
James Doyon - 8
Donald C. Quinn, Jr. -
George E. Hatter declared elected the fourth member to the Veterans Affairs Gommissan for
a three year term expiring December 31, 1976.
Misc. 6585
By Dr. Montante
IN RE: ANIMAL CONTROL DEPARTMENT
To the Oakland County Board of Comissioners
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS . Act 349 of the Public Acts of 1972 provides that a county having an existing county
department to control animal we may, by resolution, assign the duties of said department to an
existing county department pursuant to said Act 349; and
WHEREAS the County of Oakland presently has in existence an Animal Welfare Department; and
WHEREAS it would appear that in assigning the jurisdiction of the animal control agency
to a county department, that the county department's name should be changed from Animal Welfare
Division Co the Animal Control Department.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Animal Welfare Division hereafter be entitled and
designated the Anima/ Control Department pursuant to the provisions of Act 349 of the Public Acts
of 1972.
The Health Committee, by Dr. Joseph P. Montante, moves the adoption of the foregoing
resolution.
HEALTH COMMITTEE
Joseph R. Montante, M.D., Chairman
Moved by Montante supported by Button the resolution be adopted.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resoluion was adopted.
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Misc. 6586
By Dr. Montante
IN RE: DESIGNATION OF COORDINATING AGENCY FOR SUBSTANCES ABUSE SERVICES
To the Oakland County Roard of Commisioner ,„
Mr, Chairman, Ladies end Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the State of Michigan has combined its Drug Abuse and Alcohol Programs under one
agency and the State Substance Abuse Administrator has directed that this also be done on the county
level as required by Act 56; and
WHEREAS your Committee recommends that the Oakland County Health Department be designated
as the County Co-ordinating Agency to the Office of Substances Abuse Services:
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Health Department be and is hereby
designated as the County Co-ordinating Agency to the Office of Substance Abuse Services.
The Health Committee, by Dr. Joseph R. Montante, Chairman, moves the adoption of the
foregoing resolution.
HEALTH COMMITTEE
Joseph R. Montante, M. D., Chairman
Moved by Montante supported by Berman the resolution be adopted,
AYES: Pernick, Quinn, Richardson, Vogt, Walker, Wilcox, Berman, Brotherton, Burley,
Button, Coy, Dearborn, Douglas, Dunleavy, Gabler, Hobart, Hoot, Kasper, Lennon, Mathews, Moffitt,
Montante, Olson, Patnales, Perinoff. (25)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was adopted.
Misc. 6587
By Dr. Montante
IN RE: APPROVAL OF PLANNING GRANT APPLICATION - OFFICE OF SUBSTANCES ABUSE SERVICES
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS your Committee has received a request from the County Health Director to review
and approve a planning grant application to the Office of Substances Abuse Services; and
WHEREAS said planning grant would allow for the hiring of a consulting firm to plan the
combining of the County Drug and Alcohol Abuse programs; and
WHEREAS your Committee recommends approval for the filing of a planning grant application
to the Office of Substances Abuse Services in an amount of $15,000,00 with no County matching funds
involved;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the planning grant application to the Office of Substances
Abuse Services in the amount of S15,000.00 with no County matching funds involved be and is hereby
approved.
The Health Committee, by Dr. Joseph R. Montante, Chairman, moves the adoption of the
foregoing resolution,
HEALTH COMMITTEE
Joseph R. Montante, M. D., Chairman
FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT
By Mr. Houghten
IN RE: MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION OF HEALTH COMMITTEE, "APPLICATION OSAS FOR PLANNING GRANT"
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Mr, Chairman. Ladies and Gentlemen:
Your Committee having received the Health Department Grant Application for an OSAS
Planning Grant, and finding that there is no involvement of County funds relative to this Grant,
hereby goes on record that if this Grant is applied for and received and if after such receipt,
there is at any time in the future, any County financial obligation resulting from this Grant
from the Office of Substance Abuse Services; the Finance Committee will and shall find no funds
available.
The Finance Committee, by Fred D. Houghten, Chairman, moves the acceptance of this report.
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Fred D. Houghten, Chairman
Moved by Montante supported by Button the resolution be adopted.
Discussion followed
AYES: Quinn, Vogt, Walker, Wilcox, Berman, Brotherton, Burley, Button, Coy, Dunleavy,
Gabler, Kasper, Moffitt, Montante, Perinoff, (15)
NAYS: Dearborn, Hobart, Hoot, Lennon, Mathews, Olson, Patnales, Pernick, (8)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was adopted.
Misc. 6588
By Mr. Button
IN RE: OPPOSITION TO SENATE BILL 438, REAPPORTIONMENT OF COUNTY BOARDS OF COMMISSIONERS
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS proposed legislation as contained in S. B. 438, would reapportion County Boards of
Commissioners into from 5 to 21 Commissioners; and
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WHEREAS many changes in the organization of County government will take place in the near
future;
NOW IHEREORE. BE 11 RESOLVED that the Oakland ColffiLy Board of Commi ,dsioner hereby opposes
S. B. 438 and ,J. r.-.c,.mmends to the Oakland County Legislators.
The Legislative Committee, by Robert A. But ion, Chairman, moves the adoption of the fore-
going resolution.
li.CIStATIVE COMMITTEE
Robert A. Button, Chairman
Moved by Dutton supported by Moffitt the resolution he adopted.
Discussion followed.
AYES: Richardson, Vogt, Wilcox, Berman, Brotherton, Burley, Button, Coy, Dunleavy, Gabler,
Hobart, Hoot, Kasper, Mathews, Moffitt, Montante, Perinoff, Pernick. (18)
NAYS: Walker, Dearborn, Lennon, Olson, Patnales, Quinn. (6)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was adopted.
Misc. 6589
By Mr. Hoot
IN RE: APOINTMENT OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE AD HOC TASK FORCE
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS pursuant to Miscellaneous Resolution #6490, dated December 20, 1973, the concept
of the establishment of an Emergency Medical Services Council was adopted; and
WHEREAS your Committee recommends that a 15 member task force be appointed to suggest
programs, recommend proper department to coordinate programs and make budget recommendations;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that a 15 member task force be appointed by the Chairman of
the Board, such task force to concern itself with recommendations for implementing an Emergency
Medical Services Council and to report back such recommendations to this Committee.
The Public Protection and Judiciary Committee, by Henry W. Hoot, Chairman, moves the
adoption of the foregoing resolution.
PUBLIC PROTECTION AND JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
Henry W. Hoot, Chairman
Moved by Hoot supported by Quinn the resolution be adopted.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was adopted.
The Chairman appointed the following persons members of the Emergency Medical Service
Ad Hoc Task Force:
Dr. Robert Aranosian John T. Kerr Vicki Niederluecke
Thomas Cranshaw Lonnie Merriett Dr. Merle Rydesky
Harold Foote Floyd Miles Dr. Joseph Schirle
Dr. Thomas Grekin Mark Nelson Ann Starr
Peter Holman William Nelson Dr. John Van DeLeuv
The Ex-officio members of this Task Force will be John Dent and Dr, Lowell M. Wiese.
Discussion followed,
The appointments were approved.
REPORT
By Mr. Hoot
IN RE: MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION 56551, POLICE TRAINING ACADEMY
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The Public Protection and Judiciary Committee reports Miscellaneous Resolution #6551 and
recommends that the County Board of Commissioners obtain a facility for housing a Police Training
Academy.
The Public Protection & Judiciary Committee, by Henry W. Hoot, Chairman, moves the
acceptance of the foregoing report.
PUBLIC PROTECTION AND JUDICIARY
Henry W. Hoot, Chairman
"Misc. 6551
By Mrs. Dearborn
IN RE: POLICE TRAINING ACADEMY
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS a Police Training Academy has been discussed by the Public Protection and Judiciary
Committee and by the Board of Commissioners; and
WHEREAS said Police Training Academy is programmed into capital improvements although to
date no funds have been appropriated nor any dates set; and
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WHEREAS there is an immediate need for a permanent facility for the purpose of criminal
justice training; and
WHEREAS the Public Protection and Judiciary Committee directed the Board of Auditors on
October 23, 1973 to give recommendation to implementation to a Police Training Academy, said reborn
to be ready in 4 to 6 weeks. and
WHEREAS this report has not yet been given to the Public Protection and Judiciary Commiree:
. I move that this matter be given high priority and be given to the Committee within the
next month. -
Mr. Chairman, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
Mary M, Dearborn, County Commissioner
District if
Moved by Hoot supported by Button the report be accepted,
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the motion carried.
Moved by Hoot supported by Dearborn that resolution i6551 be adopted,
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was adopted,
REPORT
By Mr, Hoot
IN RE: MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION 66549 - ROLE OF THE SHERIFF
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The Public Protection and Judiciary Committee reports Miscellaneous Resolution •6549 and
concurs in said resolution.
The Public Protection and Judiciary Committee, by Henry W. Hoot, Chairman, moves the
acceptance of the foregoing report.
PUBLIC PROTECTION AND JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
Henry W. Hoot, Chairman .
"Mist, 6549
By Mr. Nowak
IN RE: ROLE OF OAKLAND COUNTY SHERIFF
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the Oakland County Board of Commissioners is desirous of ascertainment of the
consensus position of the loc,a1 units of government regarding the role of Sheriff cf Oakland County; and
WHEREAS the Sheriff of Oakland County is also desirous of the ascertainment of said role,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners recommend
that the Public Protection and Judiciary Committee prepare a questionnaire for submission to. local
units for the purpose of ascertainment of the consensus position regarding the role of Sheriff of
Oakland County;and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that said questionnaire also address itself to the sources of
funding for any expanded services,
Mr, Chairman, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
Patrick M. Nowak, County Comissioner
District 725"
Moved by Hoot supported by Button the report be accepted.,
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the motion carried.
Discussion followed.
• Moved by Pernick supported by Lennon that the Role of the Sheriff Report he laid on the
table for further consideration.
AYES: Walker, Berman, Lennon, Mathews, Olson, Perinoff, Pernick. •(7)
NAYS: Vogt, Wilcox, Brotherton, Burton, Coy, Dearborn, Dunieavy, Gabler, Hobart, Hoot,
Kasper, Moffitt, Montante, Patnales, Quinn, Richardson. (16)
A sufficient majority not having voted therefor, the motion failed.
Moved by Hoot supported by Button that resolution //654.9 be adopted,
Vote on resolution:
AYES: Wilcox, Brorherton, Button, Coy, Dearborn, Dunleavy, Gabler, Hobart, Hoot, Kasper,
Moffitt, Montante, Percales, Quinn, Richardson, Vogt. (16)
NAYS; Walker, Berman, Lennon, Mathews, Olson, Perinoff, Fernick. (7)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was adopted.
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REPORT
Ey Mr. Hoot.
IN RE; MIScEllAHED1 1 - WAGEfi OF JAIL INMAlES
To the Oakland l'oind Board ol Commissioners
Mr. Chairman, Ladiim: Gentlemen;
The Public Protection and Judiciary Committee reports Miscellaneous Resolution ll6550 and
based on onrnion /al Civil Counsel, advises that It is mandatory that the Sheriff . implement the
provisions of Act 60 of the Public Acts of 1962, as amended.
The Public Protection and Judiciary Committee, by Henry W. Hoot, Chairman, moves the
acceptance of the foregoing report.
PUBLIC PROTECTION AND JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
Henry W, Hoot, Chairman
"Misc. 6550
By Mr. Brotherton and Mrs. Dearborn
IN RE: WAGES AND SALARIES OF COUNTY JAIL INMATES
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS Act 60 of the Public Acts of 1962, as amended, provides in part that a prisoner may
be released from jail during necessary and reasonable hours for working at his employment or con-
ducting his own self-employed business or occupation, or in the case of a woman, housekeeping and
caring for the needs of her family; and
WHEREAS the Sheriff, pursuant to said Act, shall collect the wages or salaries of an em-
ployed prisoner or require said prisoner to turn over his salary in full when received; and •
WHEREAS certain municipalities in the County of Oakland have requested the Sheriff to
implement the provisions of said Act 60, and use the wages or salary for the purpose of defraying
the cost of boarding the prisoner.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners does hereby
request the Sheriff to hrplement the provisions of Act 60 of the Public Acts of 1962, as amended,.
Mr. Chairman, we move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
Wilbur V. Brotherton and Mary M. Dearborn"
Moved by Hoot supported by Dunleavy the report be accepted.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the motion carried.
Moved by Hoot supported by Dunleavy that resolution 1-/.6550 be adopted.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was adopted,
REPORT
By Mr. Hoot
IN RE: MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION //6566 - COUNTY HELICOPTER FLIGHT TRAINING
lathe Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The Public Protection and Judiciary Committee, by Henry W. Hoot, Chairman reports
Miscellaneous Resolution No 6566 with the recommendation that the resolution be adopted.
PUBLIC PROTECTION AND JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
Hnery W. Hoot, Chairman
'Misc. 6566
By N. Hoot
IN RE: COUNTY HELICOPTER FLIGHT TRAINING
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the Oakland County Sheriff's Department now has two helicopters operational and
used for rescue and law enforcement operations; and
WHEREAS it i s necessary to train a second helicopter pilot; and
WHEREAS your Committee recommends that such training be provided for and the necessary
funds in the amount of $2850.00 thereto be appropriated;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the County of Oakland hereby approves the training of
a second helicopter pilot for the Sheriff's Department by the Hi-Lift Helicopters, Inc, at a cost
of $2850.00.
The Public Protection and Judiciary Committee, by Henry W. Hoot, Chairman, moves the
adoption of the foregoing resolution.
PUBLIC PROTECTION AND JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
Henry W. Hoot, Chairman''
FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT
By Mr, Noughten
IN RE: MlSCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION iJi'i-6566, COUNTY HELICOPTER FLIGHT TRAINING
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant. to Rule XI-C of this Board, the Finance Committee finds a sum in the amount of
52850 available; such funds to be derived from the Contingent Fund,
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Fred D. Houghten, Chairman
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Moved by Hoot supported by Quinn the report be accepted.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the motion carried.
Moved by Hoot supported by Quinn that resolution #6566 he adopted,
AYES: Wilcox, Berman, Brotherton, Button, Coy, Dearborn, Dunleavy, Gabler ; Hobart, Hoot,
Kasper, Mathews, Moffitt, Montante, Olson, Patnalos. Porinoff, Pernick, Quinn, Richardson, Walker. (21)
NAYS: None, (0)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was adopted.
Misc. 6590
By Mr. Gabler
IN RE: ELECTED COUNTY EXECUTIVE ON BALLOT
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the Michigan State Legislature has passed enabling legislation to permit the
reorganization of County government; and
WHEREAS such legislation permits the election of a County Executive; and
WHEREAS it is right, fitting and proper that the citizens of Oakland County should have the
right of choice in the reorganization of their County government;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners shall see that
the necessary action be taken to place the question of establishing an elected County Executive before
the electorate. of Oakland County at the earliest possible date, pursuant to the provisions of Act 139
of Public Acts of 1973.
Wallace F. Gabler, Jr.
County Commissioner - District 02
Mr. Gabler requested the resolution be referred to the Committed on Organization. There
were no objections.
Misc. 6591
By Mr. Coy
IN RE: CONGRATULATOR RESOLUTION-CITY OF FARMINGTON AND CITY OF FARMINGTON HILLS - SEQUI-CENTENNIAL
CELEBRATION
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen;
WHEREAS the Cities of Farmington and Farmington Hills celebrate their 150th Birthday beginning
March 9, 1974; and
WHEREAS Farmington has, since its first settlers came to the area in 1824, progressed and
developed into one of the finest communities in Oakland County; and
WHEREAS the Cities of Farmington and Farmington Hills have worked long hours in preparation
for this event and have planned five months of extensive celebrations;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby extends
congratulations to the citizens of the Cities of Farmington and Farmington Hills on the historic
occasion of the communities' Sesqui-Centennial Celebration and commends the communities for the years
of progress and development,
Mr, Chairman, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
Richard R. Wilcox, Chairman
Wallace F. Gabler, Jr., Vice Chairman
Lew L. Coy, Wilbur V. Brotherton,
Lillian V. Moffitt, Patrick M. Nowak
Moved by Coy supported by Button the resolution be adopted.
Moved by Coy supported by Button the rules be suspended for immediate consideration of the
resolution.
AYES: Berman, Brotherton, Button, Coy, Dearborn, Douglas, Dunleavy, Gabler, Hobart, Hoot,
Kasper, Mathews, Moffitt, Montante, Olson, Patnales, Perinoff, Pernick, Quinn, Richardson, Vogt,
Walker, Wilcox. (23)
NAYS; None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the motion carried.
Vote on resolution:
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was adopted.
Misc. 6592
By Mr. Pernick and Mr. Brotherton
IN RE: GASOLINE CRISIS-VOLUNTARY ACTION PROGRAM
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the crisis in available supplies of retail gasoline is causing harm to the economy
of Michigan and considerable inconvenience to the people of the State; and
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WHFRLAS insufficient official action has been undertaken to allocate available supplies and
eliminate problems at the di•tribut 4 r)n
NOW HER' [UHF BE IT USOLVED that thc Oakland Ceunty Board of Commissioners issue a call
for the implementation of a voluntary- artion program including the following actions:
By t
1_ PurE ,.a;:e. .:-.0 live on an d-aven Sy --fl unisis
2 Purchzc,..! mline only when tanks are at lenst half empty
Ely Orgati24!0.[cins or-1
1. Develo:: a ;.--:,ciram ,hat will provide for minimum of 25% of local stations to remain open
evenings and weekend - to ',F.1-1.Ce dl!, bird vehicles anti sell minimum amounts of gasoline.
2. Provide aosily visible hours of operation at retail outlets.
By the Yltata. sld Federal Government
1. Undertal,e all necessary- steps to guarantee a continued fair allocation of gasoline supplies
throughout Michigan.
2. Continue to work toward improved sources of supply.
3. Continue programs designed to provide for public transit as a supplement and option to
reliance on the private automobile for travel.
FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED that. the Oakland County Board of Commissioners recognize the inherent
spirit of the American people to join together to solve their common problems and commends them to
demonstrate that Citizens Bower in dealing with the current fuel problem.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be forwarded to Oakland County's State
and Federal Representatives.
Mr. Chairman, we move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
Lawrence B. Pernick, Wilbur V. Brotherton,
Bernard D. Berman, M.D., Lew L Coy,
Robert A. Button
Moved by Pernick supported by Brotherton the resolution be adopted.
Moved by Pernick supported by Brotherton the rules be suspended for immediate consideration
of the resolution.
AYES: Brotherton, Button, Dearborn, Douglas, Dunieavy, Gabler, Hobart, Hoot, Mathews,
Moffitt, Montante, Olson, Patnales, Perinoff, Pernick, Quinn, Richardson, Vogt, Walker, Wilcox,
Berman. (21)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the motion carried.
Vote on resolution:
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was adopted.
Mr. Pernick asked that the Trasportation and Aviation Committee work with the oil companies in
Oakland County to set up reasonable service station hours through out the County of Oakland on a
voluntarily basis. There were no objections.
Misc. 6593
By Miss Hobart
IN RE: MICHIGAN YOUTH SERVICES INFORMATION SYSTEM
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the MYSIS Project (Michigan Youth Services Information System) has come to our
attention recently; and
WHEREAS this is funded with LEAA funds at the State level and therefore not under our
control; and
WHEREAS this project proposes to collect and place on a state-wide computer network the
confidential files of young people from schools, law enforcement agencies, courts, social services and
private agencies; and
WHEREAS it is our belief no computer system can contain the safeguards necessary to protect
the confidentiality and rights of privacy of the individual; and
WHEREAS we believe this system is totalitarian in concept,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners go on record as
opposing the MYSIS Project as it now stands and to work to prevent its implementation in Oakland County.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be forwarded to our Michigan State
Representatives and Senators and to Representative Broomfield, Representative Huber, Representative
O'Hara and Representative Griffiths and Senators Griffin and Hart immediately,
Mr. Chairman, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
Anne M. Hobart, Commissioner- District #4
Moved by Hobart supported by Olson the resolution be referred to the Human Resources
Committee. There were no objections.
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Misc. 6594
By Mr. Brotherfon
IN RE: Pt.A.CEMENT or APPOINTED COUNTY MANAGER FORM OF GOVERNMENT ON PRIMARY BALLOT
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Mr. Chairman, LadiE,s aod :
WHIERUfS the Stare of Michigan has enacted certain legislation, being Act 139 of Public
Acts of 1973 providing for an appointed County Manager: and
WHEREAS the County 0: Oakland, its people and its government, could best be served by the
adoption of the appointed manaer corcnpt of said act; acie
WHEREAS thin Board ot Commissioners. has within its authority, the means to place before
the people of tho County of Oakland a referendum on said subject;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Commissioners place on the August primary
ballot the question of adoption of the County Manager form of unified county government under
P. A. 139 of the Public Acts of the State of Michigan.
Mr. Chairman, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
Patrick M. Nowak, County Commissioner
District i/25
Mr. Brotherton requested the resolution be referred to the Committee on Organization.
Mr. Lennon objected to the referral,
The Chairman stated that those in favor of referring the resolution, say ryes' and those
opposed, say 'nol,
The vote was as follows,
AYES: Button, Coy, Dearborn, Dunfeavy, Gabler, Hobart, Hoot, Kasper, Lennon, Mathews,
Moffitt, Montante, Patnales, Perinoff, Pernick, Quinn, Richardson, Vogt, Wilcox, Brothertnn,(20)
NAYS: Douglas, Olson, Walker, Berman. (4)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was referred to the Committee
On Organization.
Misc, 6595
By Donald C. Quinn, Jr. and James W. Dunleavy
IN RE: OBTAINING A SITE FOR POLICE TRAINING ACADEMY
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen'
WHEREAS the Police Training Academy has in the past been discussed by the Board of
Commissioners and the Public Protection and Judiciary Committee, and
WHEREAS there is a need for a permanent facility for the purpose of criminal justice
training; and
WHEREAS the said Police Training Academy is programmed into the capital improvements; and
WHEREAS there is situated in Commerce Township a Nike Miss le Site which is being abandoned
that has all the requirements for a Police Training Academy such as barracks, classrooms, firing
range, drill grounds, etc.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby investigate
the possibility of obtaining the Nike Site from the federal government for a minimum consideration
for the establishment of a Police Training Academy.
Mr. Chairman, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
Donald Cr Quinn, Jr„ Commissioner District ii -
James W. Dunleavy, Commissioner District it2
Moved by Quinn supported by Dunieavy he resolution be adopted.
The ChairmarCreferred the resolution to the Public Protection and Judiciary Committee.
There were no objections.
Moved by Dearborn supported by Perinoff that the. Chairman of the Board be authorized and
directed by this Board to contact the proper State Agency to ascertain the status of the contract
signed in October 1973 (5-701 PLANNING GRANT) and ask that it be held in abeyance until this Board
has approved the proposed study.
Moved by Dearborn supported by Perinoff the rules be suspended for immediate consideration
of the previous motion.
AYES: Coy, Dearborn, Douglas, Hoot, Lennon, Mathews, Olson, Patnales, Far 'colt., Pernick,
Walker, Berman, (12)
NAYS: Dunleavy, Gabler, Hobart, Kasper, Moffitt, Montante, Richardson. Vogt, Wilcox,
Brotherton, Button,
A 2/3rd majority not having voted therefor, the motion Failed.
Mr. Vogt stated he meant to vote no on Resolution 06583.
Moved by Richardson supported by Button that the Board adjourn until March 21, 1974 at
9:30 A. Ni.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the motion carried.
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The Board adjourned at 2:00 0, M.
Lynn D. Allen ru rrd0. fllC)<
Clerk Chirman