HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2010.06.09 - 10146REPORT (MISC. #10116) June 9, 2010
BY: GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE — Christine Long, Chairperson
RE: MR #10116 — BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — COST RECOVERY FOR STATE POLICE
SERVICES PROVIDED TO LOCAL COMMUNITIES
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The General Government Committee, having considered the above titled resolution on April
12, 2010, hereby recommends that the resolution be adopted.
Chairperson, on behalf of the General Government Committee, I move-the-acceptance-of the
foregoing report.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
Motion carried on a roll call vote with Jacobsen and Potts voting no and Schwartz absent.
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION # 10116 54..tIvo
BY: Commissioner Jeff Potter, Dist. #8 and David Coulter, Dist. #25
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS - COST RECOVERY FOR STATE FOL
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SERVICES PROVIDED TO LOCAL COMMUNITIES
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the Michigan State Police have historically provided local
uniformed police services to rural Michigan communities hosting State
Police posts; and
WHEREAS this historical relationship has grown to the present day to
include populous, highly successful suburban communities with urban-
style characteristics and densities and with complex and varied
policing needs; and
WHEREAS many of these communities enjoy large tax bases, equal to or
exceeding those of other communities in our region and our State that
pay for their own uniformed police protection; and
WHEREAS the cost of these state subsidized services is borne by all of
the taxpayers in our State, including communities which support their
own local police services, either through police departments, sheriff
patrols or contractual relationships paid through local taxes; and
WHEREAS many of the communities who provide this police subsidy to
their neighbors are struggling with rising police costs, eliminating
police positions, or need to expand facilities in growing areas of
their own; and
WHEREAS the cost to state taxpayers for these state police services,
provided at no charge to select communities is estimated to be in the
millions of dollars; and
WHEREAS Oakland County communities struggle with declining resources
and revenue sharing, and will surely endure service cuts and other
financial exactions, including proposed reductions to Sheriff's
Secondary Road Patrol, available to all Oakland Residents, even as
these subsides continue for a select few; and
WHEREAS subsidized police service is especially unfair and troublesome
to older or less-advantaged communities, and may contribute to
duplication of infrastructure, accelerated population shift, and
reduced funds to support law enforcement and quality of life in
established cities, villages and townships that pay for their own
police protection; and
WHEREAS Oakland County is otherwise a responsible partner and net
contributor to the well-being of our State; and
WHEREAS the Governor and Legislature have signaled a dire budget crisis
in the current and future fiscal years, and have committed to cooperate
on budget cuts and structural realignment of services, to overcome this
challenge; and
WHEREAS consequences of these continuing subsidies also include the
diminution of specialized resources offered by the Michigan State
Police, available to all Michigan Communities and their citizens;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners recommends that the Governor and Legislature seek to
progressively and permanently eliminate state subsidized local police
services by the Michigan State Police to municipalities, except in such
cases where compelling economic necessities may warrant consideration,
with action to begin in the 2011-2012 fiscal year.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this Resolution be forwarded to
Governor Jennifer Granholm and members of the State House and Senate
from Oakland County.
Chairperson, we move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
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The Chairperson referred the resolution to the General Government Committee. There were no
objections,
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Resolution #10116 June 9,2010
Moved by Potter supported by Coulter the resolution be adopted.
Moved by Potter supported by Coulter the General Government Committee Report be accepted.
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the report was accepted.
Discussion followed.
Moved by Greimel supported by Schwartz the resolution be amended, as follows:
Add the following paragraph after the "NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED" clause:
"BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this resolution does not advocate a reduction in the
budget of the Michigan State Police or in the overall number of troopers deployed by the
Michigan State Police, but simply recommends that Michigan State Police troopers and
services are redeployed so as to benefit all Michigan communities in an equitable and just
manner;"
Discussion followed.
Vote on amendment:
AYES: Coleman, Coulter. Douglas, Gershenson, Greimel, Hatehett, Jackson, Jacobsen, Long,
McGillivray, Nash, Potter, Potts, Schwartz, Scott, Taub. Woodward, Zack, Bullard, Burns,
Capella (21)
NAYS: Gingen, Gosselin, Middleton, Runestad. (4)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the amendment carried.
Vote on resolution, as amended:
AYES: Coulter, Douglas, Gershenson, Greimel, Hatchett, Jackson, Long. McGillivray, Nash,
Potter, Schwartz, Taub, Woodward, Zack, Burns. Capello, Coleman. (17)
NAYS: Gingell, Gosselin. Jacobsen, Middleton, Potts, Runestad, Scott, Bullard. (8)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolution, as amended, was adopted.
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STATE OF MICHIGAN)
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 June 9,
2010, with the original 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 9th day of June, 2010.
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Ruth Johnson, County Clerk