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Votes at a glance: Oakland County Board approves multiple grant applications, public‑safety allocations and routine minutes
Summary
At its May 27 meeting the Board approved minutes and the agenda, accepted and authorized multiple grant applications across courts, health and human services, public safety and housing programs, and approved a $10,000 Safer Communities allocation for a gun‑buyback campaign; vote counts were recorded for several items.
The Oakland County Board of Commissioners took multiple formal actions during its May 27 meeting. Below are the primary motions and outcomes recorded on the public agenda. Where the transcript listed movers, seconders or vote tallies, they are shown.
Routine business - Approve minutes for May 13, 2025 (motion by Commissioner Pershington, support Commissioner Spitz) — outcome: approved (voice vote recorded as “Aye”). - Approve agenda (motion by Commissioner Gingell, support Commissioner Jurjansson) — outcome: approved (voice vote recorded as “Aye”).
Circuit and district court grants - Circuit Court: Apply for State Court Administrative Office (SCAO) grants for the adult treatment court and juvenile mental health court (motion by Commissioner Ginzell, support Commissioner Gershenson) — outcome: motion approved; transcript recorded an affirmative vote (record referenced as 7 yeas, 0 nays for related items in committee). - District Court: Apply for SCAO Michigan Drug Court Program FY26 continuation (motion by Commissioner Spitz, support Commissioner Gershenson) — outcome: approved (vote recorded as 7 yeas, 0 nays).
Health & human services / housing grants and plans (motion by Commissioner Smith, support Commissioner Gerson) - Multiple HHS grant applications and acceptances were approved, including: Metro Solutions award acceptance (Best Start for Babies), a Medicaid lead hazard control grant application (for lead abatement focused on Medicaid‑eligible families), the HUD Annual Action Plan applications (CDBG $3,735,142; HOME $1,800,000; ESG $320,372) and Ballmer Group applications for community schools (Southfield and Hazel Park) to expand community health worker‑based wraparound services. Outcome: board approved the package (vote recorded 6 yeas, 0 nays in committee).
Public service and community corrections - Accept donation of $50,000 from Martha Preston Trust to the county animal shelter (motion by Commissioner Powell, support noted) — outcome: approved. - Apply for Michigan Department of Corrections FY26 Community Corrections comprehensive plan ($2,316,088 requested) — outcome: authorization to apply approved.
Sheriff’s office and interlocal agreements - Apply for Michigan State Police Narcotics Enforcement Team (NET) grant (continuation request) and renew agreements for trail and event patrols, and an interlocal search and rescue agreement — outcome: approved (committee vote recorded 6 yeas, 0 nays). The NET application anticipates staffing changes contingent on the award amount; presenters noted the likely need to absorb any shortfall if statewide grant awards are reduced.
Safer Communities funding - Approve $10,000 allocation to Disarmory Ministries for firearm collection and destruction outreach (motion by Commissioner Gershenson, second by Commissioner Gintzel) — outcome: approved by the board, vote recorded 5 yeas, 1 nay. The allocation was conditional on any remaining corporation‑counsel review and included direction to coordinate serial‑number reporting with law enforcement.
Other approvals and procedural notes - Communications and grant items under $50,000 were received and filed as communications where indicated; staff clarified the threshold for bringing grants to the regular agenda (>$50,000 requires board action).
Where to find records: agendas, complete grant applications and signed agreements are public records; commissioners requested staff provide the full ARPA Oakland County Schools mental health final report and promised additional documentation for grant awards upon request.
Ending: motions and approvals described above were part of the committee meeting and were advanced to the full board as appropriate.
