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May 3, 1979
8927 Miscellaneous Resolution #
BY: General Government Committee, Robert H. Gorsline, Chairperson
IN RE: Support of House Bill #4149, Amending the Detroit Water-Sewer Board,
with the Recommendation that the Membership of the Detroit Water-Sewer
Board More Closely Reflect the Population of the Entire Service Area
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Mr. Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS House Bill #4149 would increase the membership on the Detroit
Water-Sewer Board from the present seven to nine; and
WHEREAS House Bill #4149 prescribes that five of the members be from
Detroit and be appointed by the Mayor of Detroit and that the other four members
be elected from the water-sewer service area outside Detroit; and
WHEREAS at the present time all seven members are appointed by the
Mayor of Detroit with no mandate on how many must be from Detroit or outside
Detroit; and
WHEREAS it seems that the expanded board with four members mandated
from outside Detroit would be a step toward better representation for the entire
water-sewer service area; and
WHEREAS a recent report indicates that a total population of 4,127,000
is served by the water system and 3,218,800 people are served by the sewer system,
compared to the City of Detroit population of about 1,514,000.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners go on record as supporting House Bill #4149 with the recommendation
that the Detroit Water-Sewer Board membership more closely reflect the population
of the entire water-sewer area.
BE IT FURTHER6RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be sent to all
state legislators representing Oakland County and to the county's legislative agent.
The General Government Committee, by Robert H. Gorsline, Chairperson,
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#8927 ' May 3, 1979
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Moved by Gorsline supported by Hobart the resolution be adopted.
AYES: Kelly, Lewand, McConnell, McDonald, Moffitt, Montante, Moore, Moxley, Page,
Patterson, Perinoff, Peterson, Price, Roth, Wilcox, Aaron, DiGiovanni, Doyon, Dunaskiss,
Fortino, Gabler, Gorsline, Hobart, Hoot. (24)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was adopted.
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
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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 #8927 adopted by the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners at their meeting held on May 3, 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, 1 have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of said County at Pontiac, Michigan
this ird day of. ..POW 19.79.
Lynn D. Allen Clerk
By Deputy Clerk