HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2010.03.25 - 10176REPORT (misc. #10045) December 9, 2009
BY: GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE — Christine Long, Chairperson
RE: MR #10045 — BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — TRI-PARTY ROAD IMPROVEMENT
PROGRAM — AMENDMENT TO MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #09221 AND
COMMITTEE PROCESS
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The General Government Committee, having considered the above titled resolution on
March 15, 2010, hereby recommends that the resolution be adopted.
Chairperson. on behalf of the General Government Committee, I move the auueptarrue of the
foregoing report.
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Motion carried on a roll call vote with Schwartz voting no.
Miscellaneous Resolution #10045
BY: Commissioner Michael J. Gingell
RE: Board of Commissioners — Tr-Party Road Improvement Program — Amendment to
Miscellaneous Resolution #09221 and Committee Process
TO: Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the Oakland County Board of Commissioners adopted Miscellaneous Resolution #09221 which
established the revised "Tr-Party Road Improvement Program — Funding and Project Approval Process; and
WHEREAS Miscellaneous Resolution #09221 provides that any discretionary Oakland County appropriation in
support of the Tr-Party Road Improvement Program shall be distributed only from the designated General
Fund Tr-Party Program fund balance and may be made only after completion of all of the following:
1. The Road Commission for Oakland County (RCOC) and an individual city, village, or township
(CVT) have identified a specific project and said project is ready to be undertaken immediately;
and
2. The RCOC has appropriated its 1/3 share of the funding for the project and transferred said
appropriation to a specific project account; and
3. The CVT has authorized its 1/3 share of the funding for the project and has executed a written
contract for payment with the RCOC; and
4. The Commissioner(s) representing the CVT requesting the project submits to the Board of
Commissioners General Government Committee and Finance Committee a resolution authorizing
the appropriation of the County's 113 share of the project from the General Fund Designated Fund
Balance for Tr-Party Program. The resolution shall be approved by both Committees and the full
Board before any funds may be released from the Ti-Party Program designation account; and
WHEREAS the full Board of Commissioners acts to adopt the annual budget, including the designations for
the Tr-Party Program, therefore it is only necessary for resolutions to come before the Finance Committee
and the Board of Commissioners to authorize the appropriation of the County's 113 share of the project from
the General Fund Designated Fund Balance for Tr-Party Program; and
WHEREAS the language in Miscellaneous Resolution #09221, which references Tr-Party authorizations for
individual communities to go before the General Government Committee are redundant and should be
stricken from the !process to release funds from the Tr-Party Program designation account.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby amends
Miscellaneous Resolution #09221 and the Tr-Party Road Improvement Program authorization process to
remove any references that require authorization of funding for individual projects to go before the General
Government Committee.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners amends the 5 ' Be It Further
Resolve Paragraph of Miscellaneous Resolution #09221 to state as follows:
4. The Commissioner(s) representing the CVT requesting the project submits to the Board of
Commissioners Finance Committee a resolution authorizing the appropriation of the County's 1/3
share of the project from the General Fund Designated Fund Balance for Tr-Party Program. The
resolution shall be approved by the Finance Committee and the full Board before any funds may
be released from the Tr-Party Program designation account; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Clerk is requested to forward copies of this adopted
resolution to the Road Commission for Oakland County, Oakland County Fiscal Services and the Clerks of the
cities, villages and townships in Oakland County.
Chairperson, we move the adoption of the foregoing Resolution.
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Resolution #10045 March 3, 2010
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the General Government Committee. There were no objections.
Resolution #10045 March 25. 2010
Moved by Long supported by Gingell the resolution ne adopted.
Moved by Long supported by Gingell 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 Paragraphs:
BE IT FURTHER 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 tne 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-Party 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 the Tr-Party Road Improvement
Program Funds provided by the above three paragraphs do not apply to projects for which design
work and/or right-of-way acquisition began prior to March 25, 2010.
Chairperson Bill Bullard, Jr. ruled that the amendment was not germane to the resolution.
Commissioner Greirnel asked for Corporation Council's opinion regarding the ruling.
Discussion followed,
Chairperson Bill Bullard, Jr. stated that he is maintaining his position that the amendment is not germane to
the resolution.
Discussion followed.
Moved by Greimel supported by Schwartz the resolution be amended as follows:
Add the Following Paragraphs:
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby encourages
cities, townships, and villages to only submit requests for Tr-Party Road Improvement Program
funding for projects that relate to the repair, repaving, and resurfacing of roads and to the limited
reconfiguration of roads for safety purposes.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby discourages
cities, townships, and villages to submit requests for Tr-Party Road Improvement Program funding for
projects that will: (a) widen roads by adding through lanes in both directions: (b) extend roads into
areas where the roads did not previously go; and/or (c) construct entirely new roads.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners continues to
encourage cities, townships, and villages to submit requests for Tr-Party Road Improvement Program
funding for projects involving the construction of middle turn lanes, right turn lanes, and lett 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), the construction of boulevards, so long as such projects do not involve the construction
of additional through lanes, and the paving of gravel roads so long as such newly paved roads are
only two lanes or three lanes (two lanes witi a middle turn lane).
Chairperson Bill Bullard, Jr. ruled that the amendment was not germane to the resolution.
Vote on resolution:
AYES: Gershenson, Gingen, Gosselin, Greimel, Hatchett, Jackson, Jacobsen, Long, McGillivray,
Middleton, Nash, Potter. Potts, Runestad, Scott, Taub, Zack, Bullard, Burns, Capella, Coleman,
Coulter, Douglas. (23)
NAYS: Schwartz. (1)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolution was adopted.
I HEREBY APPROVE THE FOREGO[NG\RESOLUTION
ACTING PURSUANT TO 1973 PA 139
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
1, 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 March 25, 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 25th day of March, 2010.
Gat
Ruth Johnson, County Clerk