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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1978.11.30 - 1291575 Miscellaneous Resolution 8731 - M r. IN RE: OPERATION OF OAKLAND COUNTY WATER SUPPLY AND SEWAGE. DISPOSALSYSTEMS To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen: WHEREAS, the County of Oakland, in exercise of the powers conferred by the•telias 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 under- taken 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 contra ts entered ni-o 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 pur- suant to the Provisions of said Act 185; and WHT7P7-7S, this Board of Commissioners by Resolution No. Misc. ted June 3, 1976, established, pursuant to the provisions of Act 349, Pub l ic Acts of Michigan, 1939, as amended, a county-wide sys- tr-71 of water, sewer and sewage disposal improvements and services to he known as the Oakland County Water, Sewer and Sewage Disposal System and designated the County Drain Commissioner as the County Agency for the system; and t/Uvttf:2 &J. / 1-7 ; j \ ' >1:2 if? I? 1 - r k‘IN WHEREAS, it is now desirable and appropriate to consolidate public works responsibility in a single office with the commensurate cost savings which this will create for the County of Oakland by • directing the County Drain Commissioner as County Agency for the said Act 342 system to operate and maintain for the County those systems acquired, constructed, financed, improved, enlarged or extended under the provisions of Act 185 of the Public Acts of 1957 and for which - the County has undertaken the responsibility for operation and main- tenance. NOW THEREFORE DE IT RESOLVED that the County Drain Commis- sioner, as County Agency for the Oakland County Water, Sewer and Sewage Disposal System, is hereby authorized and directed to operate and maintain for the County of Oakland those water supply and sewage disposal systems for which the County has previously assumed, pursuant to the provisions of Act 185 and the contracts entered into pursuant to said Act, the responsibility for operation and maintenance, November 30, 1978 The Chairperson referred the resolution to the Planning and Building Committee and Robert P. Allen, Civil Counsel. There were no objections. 8731