HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2010.01.20 - 10096REPORT (MISC. 109327) January 20, 2010
BY: GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE — Christine Long, Chairperson
RE: MR #09327 — Board of Commissioners — SMART Transportation
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The General Government Committee, having considered the above titled resolution on
January 11, 2010, hereby recommends that the resolution be amended as follows.
1. Amend the NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESQLVED:
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners hereby requests the Executive Director and/or Board of Directors of
SMART to provide the Oakland County Public Transportation Authority and the
Oakland County Board of Commissioners, through the General Government
Committee, with the following information:
Chairperson, on behalf of the General Government Committee, I move the
acceptance of the foregoing report.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Jacobsen, Hatchett and Schwartz absent.
Chairperson, we CI.DiattSZA-1; e foregoing Resolution.
ommissioner Eric Coleman
District #23
Miscellaneous Resolution # 09327
BY: Commissioner Eric Coleman
RE: Board of Commissioners — SMART Transportation
TO: Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS Michigan Public Act 204 of 1967, created SEMTA (Soutneastem Michigan
Transportation Authority) which was responsible for public transportation services and facilities for
the Southeastern Michigan region; and
WHEREAS In 1989, Public Act 204 was amended and SEMTA was renamed SMART (Suburban
Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation); and
WHEREAS regular and timely information is not being received from SMART relative to budgetary
projections or anticipated changes in transportation service; and
WHEREAS transparency is government is encouraged because It promotes accountability and
provides information for citizens and decision-makers; and
WHEREAS government and public agencies should be participatory and collaborative. Public
engagement enhances the effectiveness and improves the quality decisions. Knowledge is widely
dispersed in society, and public officials benefit from having access to that knovviedge; and
WHEREAS the Oakland County Board of Commissioners, as the duly elected representatives of the
citizens of Oakland County, should have current access to information relative to regional
transoortalion tnat is supported by our local taxpayers.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby
requests :le Executive Director and/or Board of Directors of SMART to provide the Oakland County
Board of Commissioners, through the General Government Committee, with the following
information:
• By-laws and Rules and Procedures (and any subsequent updates)
• Annual Financial Report
• The Annual Report
• Minutes from Board of Director's Meetings
• Minutes from all Committee Meetings
• Updates of any budgetary changes
• Updates of any changes in service
• Upoates of any changes in fares
• Updates of any deficit reduction plans
• Copies of Press Releases
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners respectfully
requests that at least once a year, that the Executive Director of SMART make a formal presentation
on the status of transportation service in Oakland County and the region.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Clerk is requested to forward copies of this
adopted resolution to the Executive Director and each member of the Board of Directors of SMART,
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Resolution #09327 December 9, 2009
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the General Government Committee. There were no objections.
Resolution #09327 January 20, 2010
Moved by Long supported by Coleman the resoiution be adopted.
Moved by Long supported by Coleman the General Government Committee Report be accepted.
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the report was accepted.
Moved by Long supported by Coleman the resoluton be amended tc coincide with the recommendation in the
General Government Committee Report.
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the amendment carried.
Discussion followed.
Vote en resoluton, as amencied:
AYES: Coulter, Douglas, Gershenson, Gingell, Gosselin, Greimel, Hatchett, Jackson, Jacobsen,
Long, McGillivray, Middleton, Nash, Potter, Potts, Runestad, Schwartz, Scott, Taub, Woodward, Zack,
Bullard, Burns, Capello, Coleman (25)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolution, as amended, was adopted.
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I NEP APPROVE ME FOREGX CONON
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COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I. Ruth Johnson, Clerk of the County of Oakland, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution is a true and
accurate copy of a resolution adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners on January 20, 2010,
wit l the originai record thereof now remaining in my office.
In Testimony Whereof. I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County of Oakland at Pontiac,
Michigan this 20th day of January, 2010,
Gat
Ruth Johnson, County Clerk