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Home My WebLink AboutResolutions - 1977.02.03 - 13140Misc. 7801 January 20, 1977 Bv Mr. Wilcox IN RE: OAKLAND COUNTY WATER, SEWER AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM (OPERATION OF WATER SUPPLY AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEMS) 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 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 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 pur- suant to the provisions of said Act 185; and WHEREAS, this Board of Commissioners by Resolution No Misc. • 7580 adopted June 3, 1976, established, pursuant to the provisions of Act 342, Public Acts of Michigan, 1939, as amended, a county-wide sys- tem of water, sewer and sewage disposal improvements and services to be .known as the Oakland .County. Water, Sewer and „Sewage Disposa1.System and designated the County Drain Commissioner as the County Agency for the system; and -1- 0 )- WHEREAS, it is now desirable and appropriate for the County Drain Commissioner as County Agency for the said system to operate and maintain for the County those systems for which the County has under- taken the responsibility for operation and maintenance. NOW, THEREFORE, BE 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 main- tain 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. PLANNING AND BUILDING COMMITTEE -2- #7801 February 3, 1977 Moved by Wilcox supported by Gorsline the report be accepted. A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the report was accepted.