HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2009.05.21 - 9858May 21, 2009
REPORT MR #09107
BY: Human Resources Committee, Sue Ann Douglas, Chairperson
RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — AUTHORIZATION FOR LAW LIBRARY
COLLABORATION
TO: Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The Human Resources Committee having reviewed the MR #09107 on May 13, 2009
Reports with the recommendation the resolution be amended to add a fourth BE IT
FURTHER RESOLVED paragraph as follows:
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that once a contractual agreement has been
negotiated, it will come through the appropriate committee process, including the
Human Resources and Finance Committees for review and final
recommendation to the Board of Commissioners.
Chairperson, on behalf of the Human Resources Committee, I move the acceptance of
the foregoing Report.
HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE
Human Resources Committee Vote:
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote.
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION .#09107 May 7, 2009.
By: General Government Committee, Christine Long, Chairperson
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — AUTHORIZATION FOR LAW LIBRARY
COLLABORATION
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the Oakland County Courthouse currently houses three libraries: the Adams Pratt
Law Library, the County Research Library, and a Regional Library for the Visually and
Physically Impaired (LVPI); and
WHEREAS for the past several years, the County has recognized the need to find additional
space in the Courthouse for the County's courts and other offices and departments; and
WHEREAS the County is currently facing a severe financial crisis, estimated as high as a $76
million dollar shortfall over the next three years; and
WHEREAS in seeking to maximize County facilities and, at the same time, reduce the County's
financial obligations, efforts have been made to ascertain whether County collaboration and
cooperation with and among other libraries may be feasible; and
WHEREAS on March 31, 2009, Thomas M. Cooley Law School's President and Dean Don
LeDuc sent a letter to County Executive L. Brooks Patterson and County Board Chairperson Bill
Bullard, Jr., to inquire whether the County would be interested in combining the Adams Pratt
Law Library Collection with Cooley's library collection to be housed together at the Law School's
Auburn Hills campus; and
WHEREAS the Thomas M. Cooley Law School is the nation's largest law school and has
established a 67-acre branch campus in Auburn Hills; and
WHEREAS this joint venture arrangement with Cooley Law School comes at an opportune time
for the County — a time when unprecedented budgetary adjustments must be made in all County
departments; and
WHEREAS MCL 397.471 provides that libraries may enter into contracts with other libraries for
cooperation and coordination in their maintenance and operation "to avoid unnecessary
duplication and at the same time promote the widest public use of books, manuscripts and other
materials and facilities . ." ; and
WHEREAS the statutes allowing for such collaborative contracts "shall be broadly and liberally
construed and applied"; and
WHEREAS in an effort to keep all parties informed of the Cooley Law School offer, County
Administration met with the Library Board on April 20, 2009, to advise it of this unique
opportunity and to encourage the Library Board's participation in managing the details; and
WHEREAS the Administration has also been in contact with and provided information to the
Oakland County Bar Association and the Oakland County Bar Foundation, which provides
supplemental financial assistance in the form of gifts to the Adams Pratt Law Library.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Potter absent.
Resolution #09107 May 7, 2009
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
appreciates and supports the offer from Thomas M. Cooley Law School to enter into a
collaborative venture for public law library services with Oakland County.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Commissioners appreciates the support of the
County Library Board in this joint venture.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Administration, with assistance as needed from
the Library Board and the Board of Commissioners staff, is hereby authorized to proceed with
negotiations for this collaboration with Thomas M. Cooley Law School with a goal of providing
enhanced public law library services to the constituents and users of the Adams Pratt
Collection.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County negotiating team shall submit a proposed
recommended agreement for consideration by the Board of Commissioners.
Mr. Chairperson, on behalf of the General Government Committee, I move the adoption of the
foregoing resolution.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the Human Resources Committee and the Finance
Committee. There were no objections.
Resolution #09107 May 7, 2009
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the Human Resources Committee and the Finance
Committee. There were no objections.
FISCAL NOTE (MR. #09107) May 21, 2009
BY: FINANCE COMMITTEE. TOM MIDDLETON, CHAIRPERSON
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — AUTHORIZATION FOR LAW LIBRARY
COLLABORATION
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule XII-G of this Board, the Finance Committee has reviewed the above referenced
resolution and finds:
1. The proposed collaboration between Oakland County and the Thomas M. Cooley
Law School will not increase County cost and should decrease the County's
funding obligation for this service while improving the service to the public.
2. Any budgetary implications resulting from this collaboration will be addressed by
the Human Resources and the Finance Committees once the contract is
negotiated.
FINANCE COMMITTEE
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Gingell absent.
Resolution #09107 May 21, 2009
Moved by Long supported by Potter the resolution (with fiscal note attached) be adopted.
Moved by Long supported by Potter the Human Resources Committee Report be accepted.
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the report was accepted.
Moved by Long supported by Potter the resolution be amended to coincide with the recommendation in
the Human Resources Committee Report.
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the amendment carried.
Vote on resolution, as amended:
AYES: Capelio, Coulter, Douglas, Gershenson, Gingell, Gosselin, Greimel, Jackson, Jacobsen,
Long, McGillivray, Middleton, Nash, Potter, Potts, Runestad, Schwartz. Scott, Taub, Zack,
Bullard, Burns. (22)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolution (with fiscal note attached), as amended, was
adopted.
I HEREBY APPROVE THE FOREGOING RESOLOON
ACTING PURSUANT TO 1973 PA 139
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
1, Ruth Johnson. Clerk of the County of Oakland. do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution is a true
and accurate copy of a resolution adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners on May 21.
2009, with the original record thereof now remaining in my office.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County of Oakland at
Pontiac. Michigan this 21st day of May, 2009.
Gat
Ruth Johnson, County Clerk