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Votes at a glance
- Approval of Jan. 29, 2025 meeting minutes: approved by voice vote.
- Item 5: Three-year contract (two 1-year renewal options) with Absol Pure Water Company to supply five-gallon bottled water, dispensers, sterilization and related supplies: approved by voice vote.
- Item 6: Memorandum of agreement modifying Article 28 of the collective bargaining agreement with the listed bargaining units to add Veterans Day as a holiday, add one floating holiday (eight hours) per calendar year and remove references to Good Friday: approved by voice vote. Labor relations director Gwendolyn DeYoung said the change removes Good Friday as a holiday in favor of the added holidays.
- Item 7: Revision to Resolution No. 2024-750, retroactive Amendment 11 to a comparable-source contract with AT&T Enterprises LLC (accounting/language correction noted): approved by voice vote.
- Item 8: Amendment 1 to a legal services agreement with Dickinson Wright PLLC for the China Cochran v. Wayne County matter (adds $70,000): approved by voice vote. Sue Humue, deputy corporation counsel, confirmed the case is active litigation related to a former county employee.
- Item 9: Amendment 1 to a professional services contract with Mario Morrow and Associates LLC (adds Appendix D and continues communications services including promotion of state-of-the-county, seniors and veterans outreach, and juvenile/youth services). The commission approved exercising a one-year renewal at the same rate, contingent upon a minor correction to the new exhibit and provision of additional information before full board review.
- Item 10: Receive and file an emergency procurement report for a one-year contract with VersaTerm Public Safety US for a cloud-based investigations application for the Wayne County Sheriff's Office internal affairs department: received and filed.
- Item 11: Five-year contract with SHI International Corp. to provide Palo Alto next-generation firewalls, hardware, software support and related services for county network protection: approved by voice vote.

What commissioners and staff said: Commissioners generally supported the items as routine or needed: the bottled-water and firewall contracts prompted little discussion beyond procedural questions. Deputy corporation counsel and department directors provided brief explanations when requested. The Mario Morrow renewal generated questions about results from prior outreach; staff said they would supply metrics on outcomes such as Meals on Wheels volunteer recruitment before the full-board vote.

Formal outcomes and follow-up: Several approvals included staff commitments to provide more information at full board or to correct minor contract exhibits before finalization. The Dickinson Wright amendment was approved to continue legal representation in active litigation; the Mario Morrow extension was approved contingent on a minor exhibit correction and additional information for full board.

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Commissioners and county project staff said the funding reflects a replan that pushes the enterprise resource planning (ERP) go-live from April 1 to Oct. 1, 2025, increases testing and integration work, and aims to stabilize the human capital management (HCM) system already in production.

The action came after commissioners received and filed the steering committee monthly reports for November and December 2024 and January 2025. Mike Jamieson, Connect 43 project director, briefed the commission and said the program is \"deep into this. There's no going back, but we have to be looking at just being very diligent with our time and money.\" Jamieson told commissioners the $20 million amendment is part of a triangulated estimate for additional resources the project expects to need.

Why it matters: County staff said the additional contractor resources would cover day-to-day functional and technical tasks now performed by Wayne County subject-matter experts (SMEs) so those SMEs can focus on priority work and avoid repeated replans. Jamieson described the proposed staff as Oracle-functional and technical specialists who would handle ticket resolution, enhancement requests and regression testing while county employees are recruited or transitioned into permanent roles.

Project status and milestones cited at the meeting:
- Enterprise Performance Management (EPM), the budgetary planning system, had a soft launch Jan. 27 and is in limited production for the budget office and IT while staff \"kick the tires\" ahead of integrations with ERP.
- The county pushed the ERP go-live from April 1 to Oct. 1, 2025, which adds a second round of integration testing between ERP and EPM.
- The county also put the human capital management (HCM) data warehouse into production and began rolling it out to end users.

Costs and budgeting: Jamieson presented a steering-committee financial summary the project lists as projecting a total program spend of about $128,800,000; he said that figure includes the Pierce Monroe amendment and the replan work. Commissioners noted the ERP program was initially estimated several years ago at roughly $30 million and has grown substantially. Commissioner Killeen warned that the project has had \"a lot of false steps over the last few years\" and said the commission must see it through to completion.

Staffing details discussed: Jamieson described two scenarios used to size the amendment (a full complement and a reduced complement), and said the $20 million figure represents a triangulation between them. He gave examples of roles the county needed immediately: additional report writers for IT (the county currently has two) and a procurement/business analyst dedicated to inventory tasks after learning the county's inventory processes were more complex than first assumed.

Hiring plan: Commissioners and staff discussed hiring some roles through the county's human-resources process when timing allowed. Jamieson said the goal is to transition temporary, contracted resources to county employees when possible.

Formal action: The commission voted to approve Amendment 6 to the Pierce Monroe contract and separately voted to receive and file the steering-committee reports for November and December 2024 and January 2025.

What remains: Jamieson said another contract soliciting Oracle functional and technical resources (to start with HCM stabilization and phase into ERP/EPM support) was expected to appear on a future agenda. Commissioners asked for continued monthly updates and that staff provide more detailed fiscal breakdowns for follow-up committees.

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Wayne County Commission approves series of contracts, union holiday change and legal funding; full list of votes

Wayne County approves $20 million amendment to staff up Connect 43 rollout; total program cost now projected at about $128.8 million