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The omnibus motion, which moved items 1–26 for full board approval, passed on a roll call. Commissioner Rickey registered support for the omnibus motion but said he would vote against item 23 (the shuttle/shelter grant) if taken separately; the motion nonetheless carried.

Among items discussed before the vote:

• Shuttle/shelter grant: Ahmad Netter, finance manager for Homeland Security, said the county was awarded a $6.8 million FEMA shelter-and-services grant in December and that Wayne County is the grantee with subrecipients that include the City of Detroit and Hype Athletic. Netter said the grant is intended to accommodate people arriving from the southern border without legal presence and to provide “primary preliminary service like health and lodging and food for a period of 15 days.” He added that subrecipients submit expense reports to the county, which then requests reimbursement from FEMA. Netter told commissioners the county had not yet incurred expenses on the grant but had certified the funding in case sheltering is required. Commissioners asked whether the grant could be subject to federal policy changes or clawbacks; Netter said the county had received no official notice of such action to date.

• Senior services: William Chuck Jackson, director of Wayne County Senior Services, said a budget adjustment included funds to cover a prior fiscal‑year deficit tied to halal congregate meals and home‑delivered meals for county seniors.

• Liability payments: Derek Coley, DPS administration director, and Alicia Baker Giles, DPS finance director, said a budget reallocation of $143,192 in the DPS liability line was needed to cover year‑end settlement payments; DPS finance reported two settlement payments totaling $160,000 that drove the overrun.

• Juvenile services overrun: Sharron Rose, finance director for juvenile and youth services, and Deputy Director Tia Loran explained a roughly $4.8 million budget overrun from the prior year, which the department attributed largely to increased provider rates. Loran said the county had increased the residential provider’s daily rate to match the state rate, which contributed to the higher expenditures. The department said it is reviewing an addendum that could raise rates again and that staff will report back on state budget impacts.

• Opioid funding reconciliation: Mal Caprout, management and budget finance director for Health, Human and Veteran Services, said the department was reconciling opioid funds for the end of the fiscal year. Staff stated that a contract proposing to spend about $1,600,000 of the funding is under review.

After discussion, the chair moved to advance items 1–26 to the full board. The clerk conducted a roll call: Commissioner Scott, yes; Commissioner Rickey, yes (with a stated no on item 23 if separated); Commissioner Clemente, yes; Commissioner Anderson, yes; Commissioner Badu, yes; Chair Kinloch, yes. The motion was recorded as carried.

The action approved budget certifications and reallocations; commissioners directed staff to provide additional details to the board in follow‑up briefings, including how opioid and other program funds will be spent going forward.

Votes at a glance

- Omnibus motion: Move items 1–26 (budget adjustments and revenue certifications) — Approved by roll call; Chair moved the motion; no named second in the record; motion carried. Commissioner Rickey noted he would vote against item 23 if it had been considered separately.
- Item 23 (shuttle/shelter grant certification) — Described in packet as $6,800,000 FEMA grant for shelter and services; discussed and certified as part of omnibus approval; Commissioner Rickey stated he is opposed to item 23 if separated.

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The commission heard staff describe the ERP program as a long-running effort with “about a hundred and 28,000,000” spent from inception, and that the current fiscal-year portion is smaller (staff said it may be around $68,000,000 for the current year). Commissioners were told a budget adjustment item listed at $883,754 in the meeting packet would provide funds for two new full-time positions and project-consultant costs and that the item was included in a later omnibus approval of budget adjustments.

The discussion centered on three issues: total program cost, how the county will transition institutional knowledge from contractors to county employees, and whether end users across departments have been engaged in training and testing.

“I think the total amount is around a hundred and 28,000,000,” a staff member told the commission, adding that the figure covered multiple vendor contracts over several years, including the county’s Oracle contract and later contracts such as Pierce Monroe. Commissioners asked whether the county is training internal staff to replace consultants. A staff member replied that the goal is to “wean ourselves off of, for example, Pierce Monroe, to bring those people on board, and bring them on the county’s payroll with their expertise.”

Mary Carr, deputy director, said the budget adjustment reported in the packet would cover salary for two positions and portions of the project-consultant budget. “It’s covering salary for 2 positions … but it’s also funding the project consultant portions, which is probably gonna be Pierce Monroe and Associates, which that contract would be on GovOps tomorrow,” Carr said. When commissioners pressed on the salary breakout, staff said salary and benefits for the two positions would total about $320,000 and that roughly $400,000 of the request would be allocated to consultant-related costs; the packet, Carr said, contains the detailed line-item breakdown.

Commissioners also asked whether end users from county departments had been included in training and testing. A staff member said training includes “people from the field, not only just MAB budget analyst, but for example, people from the sheriff’s department,” so that differing operational needs are represented in testing and onboarding.

The ERP-related budget adjustment was taken up and approved as part of a larger omnibus motion that moved items 1–26; the omnibus motion passed on a roll call. Commissioners said they will continue oversight through the government operations committee (GovOps) and scheduled additional meetings to review progress and costs.

The commission did not adopt new policy language in this discussion; the action taken was a budget certification and reallocation included in the omnibus vote reported later in the meeting.

Commission staff said further, more detailed reports on vendor contracts and the Pierce Monroe-related breakout will be presented to the GovOps committee for deeper review.

Next steps include additional GovOps briefings and follow-up reports from staff on contract terms, timelines for internal staffing, and detailed packet breakout of the $883,754 item.","Commissioners questioned the scope, total cost and staffing plan for Wayne County's enterprise resource planning (ERP) project. Staff said about $128 million has been spent since project inception; an item described in the meeting as $883,754 to fund two positions and consultant costs was included in an omnibus approval.","actionData","errors"]

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Wayne County approves omnibus budget adjustments; certifies $6.8M FEMA migrant shelter grant

Commission presses staff on $128 million ERP program; approves funding for two positions and consultants as part of omnibus vote