HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1979.06.07 - 12363MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION # 9012 June 7, 1 9 79
IN RE: DESIGNATE DRAIN COMMISSIONER AS BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS FOR OAKLAND COUNTY
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, the County of Oakland, in exercise of the powers
conferred by the terms of Act 185, Public Acts of Michigan, 1957,
as amended, has acquired, constructed and financed numerous water
supply and sewage disposal systems within the county, has improved,
enlarged and extended said systems and in certain cases has
contractually undertaken the responsibility for operating and
maintaining the systems; and
WHEREAS, the operation and maintenance of the systems has
been performed for the county by employees of the Department of
Public Works under the general supervision and control of the Board
of Public Works, all in accordance with the provisions of said Act
185 and the contracts entered into pursuant to said Act; and
WHEREAS, there no longer exists in the County of Oakland a
Board of Public Works or a Department of Public Works established
pursuant to the provisions of said Act 185; and
WHEREAS, the Michigan Legislature amended Section 2 of Act
185 when it adopted Public Act 580 of the Public Acts of 1978
effective January 2, 1979; and
WHEREAS, Act 185 now provides that the Board of Commissioners
by resolution may designate the Drain Commissioner as the Board of
Public Works for a county with all the authority, powers, and duties
conferred by law upon the Board of Public Works; and
WHEREAS, the designation by the Board of Commissioners of
the Drain Commissioner to act and serve in the place of the Board
of Public Works would, consistent with the provisions of Act 185,
establish clear responsibility for the operation and maintenance of
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systems performed by county employees formally under the control
and supervision of the Board of Public Works; and
V.
WHEREAS, the designation of the Drain Conmissioner to serve
and act as the Board of Public Works is desirable and appropriate
in that it would consolidate public worlZs responsibility in a single
office, thereby improving the administration of public works programs
and resulting in commensurate cost savings;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that this Board of Commissioners
designate the Oakland County Drain Commissioner, George W. Kuhn, to be
the Board of Public Works for Oakland County with all the authority,
powers, and duties conferred by law upon the Board of Public Work5.
#9012 June 7, 1979
Moved by Perinoff supported by Wilcox the resolution be adopted.
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the General Government
Committee.
Mr. Gorsline objected to the referral.
The Chairperson said a "Aye" vote will sustain the objection and a
"Nay" vote will refer the resolution.
The vote was as follows:
AYES: Gabler, Gorsline, Hobart, Kasper, McConnell, McDonald, Moffitt,
Montante, Moxley, Murphy, Page, Patterson, Peterson, DiGiovanni. (14)
NAYS: Fortino, Hoot, Lewand, Moore, Perinoff, Pernick, Price, Wilcox,
Aaron, Doyon. (10)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the objection was sustained.