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Oakland County commissioners approve sheriff—s multi-jurisdiction contracts and grant acceptance
Summary
The Oakland County Board of Commissioners approved a package of sheriff—s office items including 12 law-enforcement service agreements with local municipalities, a Justice Assistance Grant acceptance, and two school resource officer interlocal agreements.
Oakland County commissioners voted to approve a package of sheriff—s office recommendations that included 12 law-enforcement service agreements with local municipalities, acceptance of the 2024 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) and two interlocal school resource officer (SRO) agreements.
The most immediate item approved was the set of 12 law-enforcement services agreements covering Addison Township, Brandon Township, Commerce Township, Highland Township, Independence Township, Lyon Township, Orion Township, Oxford Township, Oakland Township, the City of Pontiac, Rochester Hills and Springfield Township. The board voted 5-1 to approve those 12 agreements as a block. Commissioner Joliet recorded the dissent, citing concern over the rate increase formula and its first-year effect.
The board then approved three related items — the JAG grant acceptance and two SRO interlocal agreements with Pontiac School District and Oakland Schools — by a 6-0 vote. The county said the JAG award for 2024 is $70,469; county staff said the amount is roughly $17,000 less than the prior year. County representatives said the JAG funds will buy miscellaneous equipment for the sheriff—s office, the prosecutor—s office and the county children—s village.
Sheriff—s office staff told commissioners that the SRO arrangements are changing: some school districts are expected to contract directly with the sheriff—s office rather than through municipalities. The sheriff—s office also confirmed it added an SRO addendum to the county—s CBT (cost-by-type) agreements and that some contracts reflect personnel changes.
Commissioners discussed the contracted billing and payment schedule with municipal partners. County staff said the agreements include language allowing municipalities to spread the cost over three years and that municipalities must coordinate billing details with county fiscal services. The county also noted it must set billing rates in its system before January, creating a time constraint for municipalities that want multi-year payment schedules.
Votes at a glance: the 12 law-enforcement services agreements were approved 5-1; the JAG grant acceptance and the two SRO interlocal agreements were approved 6-0.
The board moved on to other agenda items after the votes.
