HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1979.06.07 - 11367'June 7, 1979
GENEUAL)GOVERNMENT
Robert H. Gorslinel, Chairperson
Miscellaneous Resolution # 90M
BY: GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE, Robert H. Gorsline, Chairperson
IN RE: REQUEST FOR STORM DAMAGE ASSISTANCE
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Mr. Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS on April 8, 1979, many South Oakland County communities were
struck by a devastating ice storm which seriously threatened the safety of
residents and caused substantial damage to both public and private property; and
WHEREAS on April 9, 1979, Oakland County Executive, Daniel T. Murphy,
declared a state of emergency; and
WHEREAS on April 11, 1979, a representative of the governor's office
surveyed the damage in Oakland County; and
WHEREAS subsequently, Governor Milliken declared a state of emergency
and requested federal assistance; and
WHEREAS the Federal Disaster Assistance Administration did not approve
the governor's request for assistance; and
WHEREAS the Michigan Emergency Preparedness Act (P.A. 390, 1976) provides,
in part, for assistance to local jurisdictions when federal disaster assistance is
not available, and
WHEREAS many Oakland County communities have incurred tremendous financial
costs in both initial and ongoing cleanup operations which represent a severe
threat to local budget stability due to public damage estimated in excess of $1.6.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
urge the governor and the state legislature to provide financial relief to the
affected jurisdictions under the provisions of P.A. 390 or any other funding
mechanism; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the governor and the state legislature review
the emergency disaster procedures toward reducing time lags such as those ex-
perienced with the April 8, 1979 ice storm.
The General Government Committee, by Robert H. Gorsline, Chairperson,
moves the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
#9006 June 7, 1979
Moved by Gorsline supported by Patterson the resolution be adopted.
Discussion followed.
AYES: Moxley, Murphy, Page, Patterson, Perinoff, Pernick, Peterson,
Price, Wilcox, Doyon, Fortino, Gabler, Gorsline Hobart, Hoot, Kasper, Kelly,
Lewand, McConnell, McDonald, Moffitt, Montante, Moore. (23)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution 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 #9006 adopted by the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners at their meeting held on June 7, 1979
with the original 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 7.0 day of...Juve 19.79.
Lynn D. Allen Clerk
By Deputy Clerk