2001 - Saginaw County

Board of Commissioners June 26, 2001
FROM: COMMITTEE ON COUNTY SERVICES -- 3.5 JUNE 26, 2001
At the May 22, 2001 session Commissioner Wurtzel tabled by
commissioner privilege County Services Committee Report 2.9 that
relates to a Michigan Works! Administration (MWA) request to
continue an Information Technology budget in the amount of
$55,000. Commissioners were unclear why it was not included in
their original budget.
We met with Dennis Brieske, Director, MWA who informed us the
Board of Commissioners approved the initial Information Technology
budget at the December 1999 Board session. The budget provided for
implementation of a centralized data base for all Michigan Works!
programs to report to the State. The system is independent of the
County's Information Systems & Services Department. All funds come
from unobligated Work First and Welfare to Work funds.
By the Spring of 2001, Information Technology program funds were
running low, and the State advanced additional funds in the amount
of $55,000 for the T-1/ISDN data lines and the maintenance of the
system (see attached). The budget covers a fourteen-month period
ending June 30, 2002. This budget in now in sink with other MWA
budgets.
It is the recommendation of your committee to approve the request
of Michigan Works! Administration to continue a Work First
Information Technology budget, as outlined above; and that the
proper County officials be authorized and directed to make the
necessary budget adjustments. We further recommend that County
Services Committee Report 5-22-2.9 be withdrawn.
Respectfully submitted,
COMMITTEE ON COUNTY SERVICES
Todd M. Hare, Chair
Raymond F. Bartels, Vice-Chair
Kenneth B. Horn
Michael P. O'Hare
Carl E. Ruth
Robert L. Fish
APPROPRIATIONS AUTHORIZATION: It is the recommendation of your
committee to concur with the above.
James M. Graham, Chair
Connie D. Smith, Vice Chair
By Commissioner Bartels: That the Report of the Committee be
received and the recommendations contained therein be adopted.
Approved.
Attachment 6-26-3.5
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
ISDN, T-1 LINES, ISP
Monthly 14 Months
Two downtown service centers $ 705 $ 9,870
Three new satellite centers plus SER
and SVRC $1,695 $23,730
Central Office ISP $1,100 $15,400
Installation, future expansion, downtown
location changeover $ 6,000
Total $55,000
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