Administration and County Services Committee

Administration and County Services Committee

Michael Crawford			Robert McLeod, Chairman	David Howelman

Revised
April 3, 2003
Minutes

Members Present:		Mike Crawford and David Howelman
Members Absent:		Bob McLeod
Others Present:		Pete Garwood

1. Meeting called to order at 1:00 p.m.
2. Web Based Geographical Information System (GIS) Grant
	Howard Yamaguchi, Associate Planner presented the Committee with an opportunity to put GIS on the County website using grant dollars. The Land Information Access Association (LIAA) would be the primary applicant for the Coastal Management Program (CMP) grant. The County's required cash match would be $5,000.
	Motion by Mike Crawford, supported by Dave Howelman, to recommend the Board of Commissioners approve Antrim County's participation in the CMP grant with LIAA (for approximately $40,000), and appropriate $5,000 out of the grant match reserve fund. Motion carried – unanimous.
3. Barnes Park – Personnel
	Eileen Wallick, Park Manager was present.
	At the last meeting, the Committee recommended and the Board of Commissioners approved a shift premium of 25¢ for the employee who works the 12:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. shift. Ms. Wallick indicated that one of the other shifts starts at 8 p.m. and ends at 4:00 a.m.
	Motion by Mike Crawford, supported by Dave Howelman to recommend the Board of Commissioners approve a shift premium of 25¢ for the hours between 12:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. and for the employee that works the 8:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m. shift. Motion carried – unanimous.
4. Bay County and Arenac County Resolutions - Health Care
	Motion by Mike Crawford, supported by Dave Howelman, to recommend the Board of Commissioners approve a resolution on health care similar to the resolutions passed by Bay and Arenac Counties (see attached resolutions). Motion carried – unanimous.
	Genesee County Resolution - Mobile Home Parks, Ottawa County Resolutions – Substance Abuse and NPDES Phase II funding - all tabled until next months meeting.

5. Sheriff Department
	Terry Johnson, Sheriff requested the use of a part-time officer in place of a full-time road officer who was called up to military duty.
	Motion by Dave Howelman, supported by Mike Crawford, to recommend the Board of Commissioners approve a part-time employee for the Sheriff Department not to exceed a one year period. Motion carried – unanimous.
6. Health Benefits
	· Prescription Plan
	Peter Garwood Coordinator/Planner and Laurie Sexton, Clerk addressed the Committee on the recent policy (regarding the implementation of the $10/40 prescription plan) that requires employees to provide certification from their physicians that the name brand drugs they are getting are necessary either because there is not a generic substitute or because the generic substitute would be inappropriate. It appears that due to privacy laws there are a number of complications to requiring the employee to divulge the name of the name brand drug. Mr. Garwood and Ms. Sexton recommended doing away with this requirement.
	Motion by Mike Crawford, supported by Dave Howelman, to recommend the Board of Commissioners remove the stipulation from the Blue Cross Blue Shield $10/40 prescription plan and the Priority Health $10/20 prescription plan, that the employee present a certification from the doctor that there is no generic substitute available or a generic substitute would not be appropriate. Motion carried – unanimous.
7. Health Plan
	Ms. Sexton informed the Committee that the Blue Cross Blue Shield Traditional Plan, Suffix 001 has no subscribers. The plan is an old traditional plan with a $2.00 co-pay for prescriptions and is extremely expensive. Mr. Garwood and Ms. Sexton both recommended discontinuing the plan.
	Motion by Mike Crawford, supported by Dave Howelman, to recommend the Board of Commissioners discontinue the Blue Cross Blue Shield, Suffix 001 health plan. Motion carried – unanimous.
8. Clerks Office - Personnel Issue
	Ms. Sexton presented a request for the creation of a Supervisor/Administrative Assistant position in the Clerk’s Office for the year 2004. The position would be a non-union position and would assist Ms. Sexton in running the day to day operations of the Clerk’s Office especially in her absence.
	Motion by Mike Crawford, supported by Dave Howelman, to recommend the Board of Commissioners approve the creation of a Supervisor/Administrative Assistant position in the Clerk’s Office for the 2004 budget. Motion carried – unanimous.

9. MSU Extension Plat Book
	Motion by Dave Howelman, supported by Mike Crawford, to recommend the Board of Commissioners approve an ad on the inside back page of the 4-H Plat Book at a cost of $895.00, to be spent from the advertising budget (see attachment). Motion carried – unanimous.
10. Personnel Issue
	Mr. Moore informed the Committee that as a result of flooding in one of the offices in MSU Extension, one of the employees had a reaction and missed six (6) days of work between two incidents. The employee took two (2) vacation days and four (4) personal days. Mr. Moore requested the six (6) days be reimbursed to the employee’s vacation and personal day bank.
	The Committee chose to delay action on the subject until the next Administration and County Services Committee meeting.
Meeting adjourned at 4:55 p.m.

Administration and County Services Committee

Michael Crawford

Robert McLeod, Chairman

David Howelman

Revised

April 3, 2003

Minutes

Members Present:

Mike Crawford and David Howelman

Members Absent:

Bob McLeod

Others Present:

1. Meeting called to order at 1:00 p.m.

Motion by Mike Crawford, supported by Dave Howelman, to recommend the Board of Commissioners approve Antrim County's participation in the CMP grant with LIAA (for approximately $40,000), and appropriate $5,000 out of the grant match reserve fund. Motion carried – unanimous.

Eileen Wallick, Park Manager was present.

At the last meeting, the Committee recommended and the Board of Commissioners approved a shift premium of 25¢ for the employee who works the 12:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. shift. Ms. Wallick indicated that one of the other shifts starts at 8 p.m. and ends at 4:00 a.m.

Motion by Mike Crawford, supported by Dave Howelman to recommend the Board of Commissioners approve a shift premium of 25¢ for the hours between 12:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. and for the employee that works the 8:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m. shift. Motion carried – unanimous.

4. Bay County and Arenac County Resolutions - Health Care

Motion by Mike Crawford, supported by Dave Howelman, to recommend the Board of Commissioners approve a resolution on health care similar to the resolutions passed by Bay and Arenac Counties (see attached resolutions). Motion carried – unanimous.

Genesee County Resolution - Mobile Home Parks, Ottawa County Resolutions – Substance Abuse and NPDES Phase II funding - all tabled until next months meeting.

Motion by Dave Howelman, supported by Mike Crawford, to recommend the Board of Commissioners approve a part-time employee for the Sheriff Department not to exceed a one year period. Motion carried – unanimous.

· Prescription Plan

Ms. Sexton informed the Committee that the Blue Cross Blue Shield Traditional Plan, Suffix 001 has no subscribers. The plan is an old traditional plan with a $2.00 co-pay for prescriptions and is extremely expensive. Mr. Garwood and Ms. Sexton both recommended discontinuing the plan.

Motion by Mike Crawford, supported by Dave Howelman, to recommend the Board of Commissioners discontinue the Blue Cross Blue Shield, Suffix 001 health plan. Motion carried – unanimous.

Ms. Sexton presented a request for the creation of a Supervisor/Administrative Assistant position in the Clerk’s Office for the year 2004. The position would be a non-union position and would assist Ms. Sexton in running the day to day operations of the Clerk’s Office especially in her absence.

Motion by Mike Crawford, supported by Dave Howelman, to recommend the Board of Commissioners approve the creation of a Supervisor/Administrative Assistant position in the Clerk’s Office for the 2004 budget. Motion carried – unanimous.

Motion by Dave Howelman, supported by Mike Crawford, to recommend the Board of Commissioners approve an ad on the inside back page of the 4-H Plat Book at a cost of $895.00, to be spent from the advertising budget (see attachment). Motion carried – unanimous.

10. Personnel Issue

The Committee chose to delay action on the subject until the next Administration and County Services Committee meeting.

Meeting adjourned at 4:55 p.m.