Governmental Operations Committee

324 S.Saginaw St., Bryant "BB" Nolden Auditorium

Agenda — 24 items

1. I. CALL TO ORDER
2. II. ROLL CALL
3. 3 Commissioner Weighill called the meeting to order at 6:50 PM.
4. III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
5. 5 Approval of Meeting Minutes - September 17, 2025 RES-2025-2429 approved Pass
6. IV. PUBLIC COMMENT TO COMMITTEE
7. V. COMMUNICATIONS
8. VI. OLD BUSINESS
9. 1. Approval of an agreement between Genesee County and Savi, in an amount not to exceed $180,000.00, to help Genesee County residents identify and apply for student loan repayment and forgiveness programs RES-2025-1231 denied Fail
10. VII. NEW BUSINESS
11. 1. Approval of an agreement between Genesee County and Legal Services of Eastern Michigan, in the amount of $140,000.00, to provide pre-petition and post-adjudication ancillary legal services involved in child welfare cases; the term of this agreement is from October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026; the cost of this agreement is budgeted and will be paid from 2915-662.00-801.004 RES-2025-2296 referred Pass
12. 2. Approval of an agreement between Genesee County and Attorneys for Indigent Defense, PLLC, in the amount of $296,500.00, to provide legal representation for indigent mothers who are involved with the Court in child protective proceedings; the term of this agreement is October 1, 2025-September 30, 2026; the cost of this will be paid from accounts 1010-662.00-818.003 ($293,500.00) and 2915-662.00-801.004($3,000.00) RES-2025-2300 referred Pass
13. 3. Approval of an agreement between Genesee County and Child Advocacy Team, in an amount not to exceed $724,824.00, to provide legal counsel for minor children in child protective proceedings; the cost of this agreement will be paid from the accounts listed RES-2025-2308 referred Pass
14. 4. Approval of a contract extension between Genesee County and Cole Williams, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $55,000.00, for a period commencing October 1, 2025-September 30, 2026 for the Parent Support Network which conducts parent sessions for juvenile system-involved families RES-2025-2312 referred Pass
15. 5. Approval of a contract extension between Genesee County and Paul Scott & Associates, PLLC, in the amount of $304,000.00, to provide legal representation for indigent fathers who are involved in child protective proceedings, the term of this extension is from October 1, 2025 - September 30, 2026; the cost of this extension will be paid from accounts 1010-662.00-818.003 and 2915-662.00-801.004 RES-2025-2341 referred Pass
16. 6. Approval of an agreement between Genesee County and Dr. Larry Kage, D.O., in an amount not to exceed $55,000.00, to provide physician services at Genesee County's Juvenile Justice Center; the term of this agreement is October 1, 2025 through September 20, 2026; the cost of this agreement will be paid from account 2920-356.00-801.028 RES-2025-2390 referred Pass
17. 7. Approval of the Genesee County Volunteer Days Policy RES-2025-2394 referred Pass
18. 8. Approval of Agreement with Sentinel Offender Services, LLC, for Tether and Monitoring Services RES-2025-2397 referred Pass
19. 9. Approval of a contract extension with Peckham Vocational Industries, Inc., whereby Peckham will provide vocational rehabilitation services for youth in the Career Academy and Career Academy Plus program, and for youth placed into Juvenile Justice Center residential program for a two-month term commencing October 1, 2025 through November 28, 2025, in an amount not to exceed $106,666.67, to be paid from account 2920-663.07-801.000 RES-2025-2406 referred Pass
20. 10. Approval of the Annual Evaluation of Direct Reports Policy RES-2025-2419 referred Pass
21. 11. Approval of a blanket purchase order for FY 25/26 to Bob Barker Co. for the purchase of clothing, hygiene and housing supplies for the Juvenile Justice Center RES-2025-2433 referred Pass
22. VIII. OTHER BUSINESS
23. IX. ADJOURNMENT
24. 25 The meeting was adjourned at 8:47 PM.