BOARD COORDINATOR GENESEE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

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TELEPHONE: (810) 257-3020 FAX: (810) 257-3008

JON CARE COORDINATOR

GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS COMMITTEE Wednesday, February 13, 2013, 9:00 a.m.

AGENDA I. CALL TO ORDER II. ROLL CALL III. MINUTES – January 23, 2013 IV. PUBLIC COMMENT TO COMMITTEE V. COMMUNICATIONS VI. OLD BUSINESS VII. NEW BUSINESS

A. G021313VIIA: County Bills – Attached B. G021313VIIB: Burial Claims – Attached C. G021313VIIC: Travel Claims -- Attached

D. G021313VIID: Prosecutor’s Office: Request Approval to Accept $1,000

Grant/Donation, in Combination with $500 from the Crime Victim Budget, to Purchase a Witness Screen -- Attached

E. G021313VIIE: Sheriff’s Department: Request Approval to Use State and Federal

Drug Forfeiture Funds to Pay for Sending Three (3) Deputies to the Police Academy, for a Total of $17,083.05 -- Attached

F. G021313VIIF: Sheriff’s Department: Request Approval for Jenifer Boyer,

Emergency Management Manager, to attend the Michigan Stormwater Floodplain Association’s 26th Annual Conference in Battle Creek, Michigan from March 5-8, 2013, Not to Exceed, $505 -- Attached

G. G021313VIIG: Controller’s Office: Request Approval of March 2013 Requests --

Attached VIII. OTHER BUSINESS IX. ADJOURNMENT GA021313

Genesee County Board of Commissioners 1101 BEACH STREET, ROOM 312 FLINT, MICHIGAN 48502

TELEPHONE: (810) 257-3020

FAX: (810) 257-3008

-COMMISSIONERS-

OMAR A. SIMS DISTRICT 1

BRENDA CLACK DISTRICT 2

JAMIE W. CURTIS DISTRICT 3

JOHN NORTHRUP DISTRICT 4

MARK YOUNG DISTRICT 5

TONY BROWN DISTRICT 6

ARCHIE H. BAILEY DISTRICT 7

TED HENRY DISTRICT 8

PEGGE L. ADAMS DISTRICT 9

GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS COMMITTEE

Omar Sims, Chairperson February 13, 2013

BURIAL CLAIMS Submitted February 5, 2013: Burial Claims: $3,000.00 Headstone Claims: $0 TOTAL CLAIMS: $3,000.00 TOTAL BURIAL CLAIMS $3,000.00 dt

Approved

____________________________________________ Omar Sims, Chair

Governmental Operations Committee

____________ Date

Jeanne Thick, Director 1101 Beach Street Robin Pleasant, Secretary Phone: (810) 257-3068 Flint, Michigan 48502 Monica Kannai, Secretary

Fax: (810) 237-6172

Burial and Headstone Claims, submitted on __February 5, 2013 for the next regular Finance Committee Meeting

BURIAL CLAIMS DECEASED MORTUARY CLAIMANT PAYMENT BOCKELMAN, KENNETH HANSEN FUNERAL HOME DORIS BOCKELMAN $ 300.00BURCH, JACK N. HANSEN FUNERAL HOME HANSEN F.H. $ 300.00CODY, HEYDON L. ALLEN FUNERAL HOME ALLEN F.H. $ 300.00EDWARDS, BANNIE J. SHARP FUNERAL HOME MARTHA EDWARDS $ 300.00FIRMAN, KENNETH SWANSON F.H. SWANSON F.H. $ 300.00FROST, WILLIAM SWARTZ FUNERAL HOME SWARTZ F.H. $ 300.00GODLESKY, ANTHONY SHARP FUNERAL HOME SHARP F.H. $ 300.00LAHAR, HARRY L. SHARP FUNERAL HOME SHARP F.H. $ 300.00MYERS, ROBERT ROSSELL FUNERAL HOME JOYCE MYERS $ 300.00RAGONESE, TOMMY J. SHARP FUNERAL HOME TABITHA RAGONESE $ 300.00 TOTAL $ 3,000.00

HEADSTONE CLAIMS

DECEASED CLAIMANT PAYMENT TOTAL 0.00

TOTAL BURIAL AND HEADSTON CLAIMES $ 3,000.00

REQUEST TO APPEAR BEFORE

GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS COMMITTEE

TO: Omar Sims, Chair – Governmental Operations Committee FROM: David Leyton, Prosecuting Attorney DATE: February 4, 2013 Request: I respectfully request to appear before the Governmental Operations Committee on February 13, 2013 and to be placed on the meeting agenda for the purpose of requesting approval to accept a $1,000 grant/donation. Explanation: DaVita, Inc., a national dialysis company with a local presence, has a practice of providing grants to local institutions as part of its corporate responsibility outreaches. A local DaVita representative came into contact with one of our Crime Victim Advocates, Lisa Baker, when Ms. Baker was assisting an individual in obtaining a birth certificate. From that contact, DaVita Inc. offered to the Prosecutor’s Crime Victim division a $1,000.00 donation for the purpose of assisting us in purchasing a witness screen. This device allows a child or other vulnerable witness to testify in court without having to see a perpetrator-defendant whose presence may intimidate the witness into not testifying. Recent court decisions have held that, in appropriate circumstances, and in the discretion of the judge, witness screens may be used. The cost of a basic witness screen is about $1,500.00. This donation, in combination with about $500.00 from a small reserve fund in our Crime Victim budget, will allow us to make the purchase of the witness screen, thereby benefitting certain testifying victims with no other appropriation necessary. Action Requested: Approval to accept this grant/donation so that we may purchase the witness screen.

Thank you for your consideration.