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Votes at a glance: Oakland County commissioners approve staff positions, grants, contracts and board appointments
Summary
At its Sept. 18 meeting the Oakland County Board of Commissioners approved a package of consent and regular agenda items including personnel changes, grant acceptances, union contracts and board appointments; several floor amendments were rejected.
At its Sept. 18 meeting the Oakland County Board of Commissioners recorded multiple formal actions. This roundup lists each formal vote and outcome as reflected in the meeting record.
Key outcomes
- Consent agenda: Adopted, 17 yeas, 1 nay. Commissioner Koval (identified in the record as voting no) said she supported most consent items but opposed item 12b because of an unresolved accounting issue related to a bank account and approximately $31.7 million program reconciliation.
- Item 15a (creation of fiscal services sunset positions for FY 2025 and FY 2026): Adopted, 18 yeas, 0 nays.
- Item 15b (FY 2025 third-quarter forecast and budget amendments): Adopted, 18 yeas, 0 nays.
- Clemens authority (item 15c): Motion to postpone to Sept. 30 failed, 9 yeas, 9 nays; main motion to form Clemens authority adopted, 16 yeas, 2 nays.
- Item 15e (FY 2026 general appropriations act and county property tax rates): Adopted, 18 yeas, 0 nays.
- Grant acceptances: Community Development Block Grant, ESG and HOME funds accepted (vote recorded as 18 yeas, 0 nays); Marine Safety Program grant amendment accepted (18 yeas, 0 nays).
- Collective bargaining agreements: Multiple labor agreements covering IT, animal shelter and pet adoption center, homeland security facilities maintenance and operations, sheriff's office and parks and recreation, water resources commissioner employees, medical examiner investigators and prosecutor investigators were adopted on recorded votes (each recorded 18 yeas, 0 nays).
- Board of County Canvassers appointments: The legislative affairs committee recommended nominees from both parties. The tally reported in the meeting record shows Jeff Schaper received 16 votes, Lauren Lisi received 3 votes, and Gloria Spann received 15 votes. The board subsequently recorded a motion to appoint the two highest vote-getters and the clerk reported the confirmation vote as 17 yeas, 0 nays; the record indicates Jeff (announced as "Jeff Schaper" by the clerk) and Gloria Spann will serve the term beginning Nov. 1, 2025.
Votes that failed on the floor
- Amendment to create 6 Medicaid navigators and fund food pantry network (moved by Commissioner Cavell): Failed, 4 yeas, 14 nays.
- Amendment to allocate $100,000 for immigrant legal aid (moved by Commissioner Cavell): Failed, 3 yeas, 15 nays.
- Amendment to create an Office of Inspector General funded at 0.01% of the general fund: Failed, 2 yeas, 16 nays.
Notes on procedure and next steps
- The FY 2026 budget takes effect Oct. 1, 2025; implementing departments will proceed under the adopted appropriations.
- Clemens authority formation moves to staff implementation steps and asset transfer planning; board oversight opportunities were noted in the resolution.
Ending: The meeting record includes roll-call tallies for each item listed above and will be posted with the official minutes.
