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MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION 409017 February 5, 2009
BY: Finance Committee, Torn Middleton, Chairperson
IN RE: OAKLAND COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT REQUEST FOR INTERNAL FUND TRANSFER TO SUPPORT
JUDGE ON-LINE PROGRAM
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen: - - -
WHEREAS Judge On-Line is expected to save attorneys and ldigants time and costs and assist the court intmanaging
its docket more effectively; and
WHEREAS participation in Judge On-Line is discretionary on the part of attorneys and litigants, and part icipation is
subject to a $30 fee in accordance with the Michigan Court Rules; and
WHEREAS the pilot program phase of Juage On-Line has been successful and is viewed favorably bY, the legal
community, and so the Circuit Court would like to expand the program to al; circuit judges; and
WHEREAS the Probate Court has also indicated its interest in implementing telephonic conferences for probate court
proceedings and the Friend of the Court has expressed interest is using telephonic conferencing for certain, Friend of
the Court hearings; and
WHEREAS on October 27, 2008, the Circuit Court implemented a teleconferencing pilot program entitled I rJudge On-
Line; and
WHEREAS Judge On-Line is a new service to allow for telephonic participation in lieu of personal court appearances
for summary dispositions, motions, pre-trials, scheduling and status conferences and other miscellan0ous court
proceedings; and
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WHEREAS the Circuit Court eliminated two court reporter positions (positions #2287 and #3641) nineryil onths in
advance of its budget task, thereby creating S121730 in one-time accelerated savings; and
WHEREAS the Circuit Court requests the transfer of accelerated savings from its Controllable Personnel budget to its
Controllable Operating budget, in the Circuit Court's Special Projects account, against which the necessary telephonic
and IT equipment may be expensed.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners approves le budget
amendment of $121,730 from the Circuit Courts Controllable Personnel budget to its Controllable Operating budget -
Special Projects account, as detailed below.
General Fund 10100
Expenditures
3010101-121130-702010
3010101-121130-722770
3010101-121100-731822
FY 2009
Salaries Regular $ (71.750)
Fringe Ben - Retirement (49.980)
Special Projects 121,730
Total General Fund $
Chairperson, on behalf of the Finance Committee, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
FINANCE COMMITTEE ,
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FINANCE COMMITTEE
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Zack absent.
February 5, 2po9 Resolution #09017
Moved by Middleton supported by Jackson the resolutions (with fiscal notes attached) on the Con4ent
Agenda be adopted (with accompanying reports being accepted).
AYES: Burns, CapeIle, Coleman, Coulter, Douglas, Gershenson, Gingell, Gosselin, Greir Liel,
Hatchet( Jackson, Jacobsen, Long, McGillivray. Middleton, Nash, Potter, Potts, Runestad,
Schwartz, Scott, Taub, Woodward, Bullard, (24)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolutions (with fiscal notes attached) on the Cons lent
Agenda were adopted (with accompanying reports being accepted).
I HEIBY APPROVE THE FOREGOING RESOIUTION
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Ruth Johnson, Clerk of the County of Oakland. do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution is a trip
and accurate copy of a resolution adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners on FebruaN
5, 2009, with the original record thereof now remaining in my office.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my nand and affixed the seal of the County of Oakland 4t
Pontiac, Michigan this 5th day of February, 2009.
GoA
Ruth Johnson, County Clerk