HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1982.07.01 - 13859Miscellaneous Resolution 32193 July I, 1982
BY: GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE, Wallace F. Gabler, Jr„ Chairperson
RE: OPPOSITION TO PROPOSED FEDERAL LEGISLATION REMOVING EXISTING
AUTHORITY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO REGULATE CABLE TELEVISION
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Mi. Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, Senate Bill 2172, sponsored by Senator Barry Goldwater, and Senate Bill
2445, sponsored by Senators Ernest Hollings and Howard Cannon, would place in the
Federal Government's hands the authority now granted to state and local governments with
respect to regulation of cable television; and
WHEREAS, many municipalities in recent years have achieved franchise agreements
that provide for meeting community needs vhHe maintaining local control; and
WHEREAS, the use of minimum service standards, minimum access requirements,
rate regulations and the establishment of franchise fees are matters of local concern and are
necessary for proper enforcement of cable ordinances; and
WHEREAS, the role of the Federal Government should be limited to regulation of
national ownership policies and the setting of minimum privacy standards with respect to
cable television,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
take a position opposing Senate Bills 2172 and 2445, both of which are still being reviewed
by the Senate Commerce Committee.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be sent to Senators Carl Levin
and Donald Riegle,
Mr Chairperson, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
Wallace F. Gabler, Jr., Chairperson
#82193 July 1, 1982
Moved by Gabler supported by Whitlock the resolution be adopted.
AYES: Aaron, Caddell, Cagney, Calandro, DiGlovanni, Doyon, Fortino,
Gabler, Geary, Gosling, Hobart, Jackson, Kasper, Lanni, McDonald, Moffitt, Montante,
Moore, Olsen, Page, Patterson, Perinoff, Price, Whitlock, Wilcox. (25)
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 #82193 adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
at the I r
with the orginial 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
1st /09"-%, July 19 82 this day of
ALLEN
County Clerk/Register of Deeds