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REQUEST TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND ASK FOR IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION # 10341
BY: Commissioners David Coulter, Marcia Gershenson, and Tim Greimel
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS —ADOPTION OF "FIX IT FIRST" POLICY IN APPROPRIATION OF
TRI-PARTY ROAD PROGRAM EXPENDITURES
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson. Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS due to the Road Commission for Oakland County having more miles of road under its jurisdiction
than any other road commission or county in the State of Michigan and due to financial challenges facing the
State of Michigan and all road commissions, the Michigan infrastructure and Transportation Association has
recently reported that Oakland County has the second highest number of roads in disrepair of any county in
the State of Michigan; and
WHEREAS Resolution #09221 gives the Oakland County Board of Commissioners substantially greater
authority over the expenditure of Tr-Party Road Improvement Program funds than it has exercised in the past;
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WHEREAS the Board of Commissioners believes that scarce road funds should be prioritized on repairing
roads before they are used on widening or expanding roads.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby adopts a
policy of appropriating its share of Tr-Party Road Improvement Program funding only to the repair, repaving,
and resurfacing of roads and to the limited reconfiguration of roads for safety purposes.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this new policy of the Oakland County Board of Commissioners expressly
prohibits the use of its share of Tr-Party Road Improvement Program dollars to be used for: (a) the widening
of roads by adding through -lanes in both directions (b) the extension of roads into areas where the roads did
not previously go; and/or (c) the construction of entirely new roads.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this new policy will continue to permit the use of Tr-Party Road
Improvement Program dollars for the construction of middle turn lanes, right turn lanes, and left turn lanes
(even if doing so means that a road will be expanded from two lanes to three lanes or from four lanes to five
lanes), will continue to permit the use of Tr-Part Road Improvement Program dollars for the construction of
boulevards, so long as such projects do not involve the construction of additional through-lanes, and will
continue to permit the use of Tr-Party Road improvement Program dollars for the paving of gravel roads so
long as such newly paved roads are only two lanes or three lanes (two lanes with a middle turn lane).
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the restrictions on the use of Tr-Party Road improvement Program funds
provided by this resolution do not apply to projects for which design work and/or right-of-way acquisition began
prior to the passage of this resolution.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Commissioners requests the Oakland County Clerk to forward
copies of this resolution to the Road Commission for Oakland County and to all cities, villages, and townships
in Oakland County.
Chairpgr.soa, we movq, the adoption of)he foregoing resolution.
Commissioner Tim Greimel
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Resolution #10341 December 9, 2010
Moved by Greimel supported by Schwartz to suspend the rules and vote on Miscellaneous Resolution #10341— Board of
Commissioners — Adoption of 'Fix it First' Policy in appropriation of Tri-Party Road Program Expenditures.
Vote on motion to suspend the rules:
AYES: Coleman, Coulter, Gershenson, Greimel, Hatchett, McGillivray, Nash, Schwartz, Woodward. (9)
NAYS: Zack, Bullard, Douglas, Gingell, Jackson, Jacobsen, Long, Middleton, Potts, Runestad, Scott. Taub. (12)
A sufficient majority having voted opposed, the motion to suspend the rules and vote on Miscellaneous Resolution
#10341 — Board of Commissioners — Adoption of "Fix it First" Policy in appropriation of Tr-Party Road Program
Expenditures failed.
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the Finance Committee. There were no objections.