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MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION 85095 March 28, 1985
BY: FINANCE COMMITTEE, DR., G. WILLIAM CADOELL,I CHAIRPERSON
IN RE: CORPORATION COUNSEL - LEGAL FEE. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS,
COUNTY EXECUTIVE, PROBATE JUDGES - DECLARATORY
JUDGMENT/CHILDREN'S VILLAGE
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Mr. Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS Miscellaneous Resolution #83118 authorized the filing of a Declaratory
Judgment action to resolve the issue of authority for administration of Children's Village;
and
WHEREAS Miscellaneous Resolution #831I8 authorized the Board of Commissioners,
the County Executive and the Oakland County Probate Judges to designate outside counsel
to represent their individual interests in said action and further authorized an appropriation
of $6,000 to cover $2,000 for payment of each respective counsel; and
WHEREAS the County Executive. designated outside counsel and the Probate Judges
and Board of Commissioners jointly designated outside counsel; and
WHEREAS $1,343 was expended for the County Executive in said case, and the balance
of the appropriation was unexpended and subsequently closed to surplus leaving insufficient
funds for further payments: and
WHEREAS a Decision has been rendered in said case and final billings have been
received by said outside counsel totalling $33,750: $10,710 for the County Executive's
outside counsel and $11,520 for the Probate Judges and $11.520 for the Board of
Commissioners' outside counsel; and
WHEREAS Corporation Counsel has reviewed said final billings and finds the attorney
fees to be reasonable for services rendered and recommends payment
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Finance Committee finds $33,750
available in the 1985 Contingency ACCOUnt
fees in connection with the Children's Village litigation.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Commissioners appropriate 33,750
from the 1985 Contingency Account and transfers said funds as follows:
909-01-00-9900 1 Contingency $ (33,750)
111-01-00-3456 1 County Executive-Legal Exp. 10,710
341-01-00-5456 Probate Court Legal Exp. 23,040
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Mr. Chairperson, on behalf of the Finance Committee, I move the adoption of the
for the purpose of paying outside legal
day of March 19 85
ALLEN
County Clerk/Register of Deeds
Resolution #85095 March 28, 1985
Moved by Caddell supported by Susan Kuhn the resolution be adopted.
Moved by Caddell supported by Hobart the resolution be amended in the
fifth (5th) WHEREAS paragraph by changing "...S11,520 for the Probate Judges"
to read "$23,040 for the Probate Judges" and deleting the remainder of the
paragraph ($11,520 for the Board of Commissioners' outside counsel).
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the amendment carried.
Vote on resolution as amended:
AYES: Skarritt, Webb, Wilcox, Aaron, Caddell, Calandra, Doyon, Fortino,
Gosling, Hassberger, Hobart, Richard Kuhn, Susan Kuhn, Lanni, McConnell, McDonald,
McPherson, Moffitt, Moore, Nelson, Pernick, Price, Rewold. (23)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution, as amended,
was adopted.
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Lynn D. Allen, Clerk of the County of Oakland and having a seal,
do hereby certify that I have compared the annexed copy of
Miscellaneous Resolution # 85095 adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
at their meeting held on March 28, 1985
with the orginial record thereof now remaining in my office, and
that it is a true and correct transcript therefrom, and of the
whole thereof.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
seal of said County at Pontiac, Michigan
this 28th