ADOPTED - MAY 27, 2008

Agenda Item No. 22

Introduced by the Judiciary, County Services and Finance Committees of the:

INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

RESOLUTION TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR EQUIPMENT AND FURNITURE FOR THE INGHAM COUNTY FAMILY CENTER

RESOLUTION #08-150

WHEREAS, the voters of Ingham County passed a Juvenile Justice Millage, generating funds for the expansion of Ingham County’s juvenile justice programs; and

WHEREAS, the Ingham County Action Plan for Juvenile Continuum of Care report, prepared by Chinn Planning, Inc., specified as one of the recommendations, the creation of a Day Treatment/Evening Reporting Program; and

WHEREAS, the Ingham County Board of Commissioners have authorized the purchase of the facility located at 1601 W. Holmes Rd., Lansing, for the purpose of housing the Ingham Academy and an evening reporting program for adjudicated court youth; and

WHEREAS, the initial start-up capital budget costs for both programs including furniture, equipment, transportation vehicles, and technology needs have been prepared and recommended by the proper Ingham County departments; and

WHEREAS, the MIS Department has estimated their start-up capital budget costs to be a maximum of $73,660; and

WHEREAS, the Purchasing Department has submitted an itemized list of start-up capital budget costs with a maximum cost of $282,000; and

WHEREAS, these expenditures are being recommended to the Ingham County Board of Commissioners to adequately equip the facility so it can begin operations at full capacity.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Ingham County Board of Commissioners hereby authorizes an appropriation of up to $355,660 from the Juvenile Justice Millage to fund the estimated start-up capital budget costs, as recommended by the MIS and Purchasing Departments, in order to begin the programming for the Ingham Academy and Evening Reporting Center.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Controller is directed to make the necessary budgetary transfers from the Juvenile Justice Millage funds for the 2008 Family Division budget.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the Ingham County Board of Commissioners authorizes the Board Chairperson and the County Clerk to sign any necessary contract/purchase documents that are consistent with this resolution and approved as to form by the County Attorney.

JUDICIARY:  Yeas:  Weatherwax-Grant, Tennis, Bahar-Cook, Holman, Nolan, Schafer

   Nays:  None     Absent:  None        Approved 5/15/08

COUNTY SERVICES:  Yeas:  Nolan, De Leon, Copedge, Soule, Grebner, Severino

   Nays:  None     Absent:  None        Approved 5/20/08

FINANCE:  Yeas:  Grebner, Hertel, Celentino, Schor, Dougan

  Nays:  None       Absent:  Weatherwax-Grant    Approved 5/21/08