HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1976.06.03 - 14198June 3 , 1976
Miscellaneous Resolution
BY: PLANNING AND BUILDING COMMITTEE - Patrick K. Daly, Chairman
IN RE: SUPPORT OF SUBSTITUTE S.B. 1375 - MASS TRANSIT
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS Substitute Senate Bill 1375 amends Act No. 204 of the Public
Acts of 1967, entitled "Metropolitan transportation authorities act of 1967;" and
WHEREAS the Planning and Building Committee has reviewed Substitute
S. B. 1375.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Oakland County Board of Commissioners
hereby opposes the property transfer tax as a source of local funding for
public transportation;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
hereby urges the Michigan legislature to incorporate the following recommendations
to Substitute Senate Bill 1375:
1. That no restructuring of the SEMTA Board be done prior to the sale
and merger of SEMTA and DeDOT.
2. That a City eligible for appointment to SEMTA Board
shall follow the following procedure: the
first two members shall be appointed by the Mayor with the advice and
consent of the legislative body of the City; the third and fourth
appointments by SEMCOG; and the fifth appointment by the Governor.
And further that the terms of the SEMTA Board members be staggered
so no more than one third (1/3) appointments would be made each year.
3. That no assumption of any kind of ReDOT's pension system be mandated
by legislation.
4. That no automatic takeover of all DoDOT personnel be mandated by
legislation.
5. That there be some compensation provided for SEMTA Board members.
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of the foregoing resolution
be forwarded to the County's legislative agent and the County's legislators.
The Planning and Building Committee by Patrick K. Daly, Chairman moves
the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
PLANNING AND BUILDING COMMITTEE
Patrick K. Daly, _Cirdirman
7571
Moved by Daly supported by Dearborn the resolution be adopted.
Moved by Nowak supported by Page the resolution be referred to the General
Government Committee.
Discussion followed.
Mr. Nowak withdrew his motion to refer.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the motion carried.
Moved by Houghten supported by Page the resolution be amended by striking Item 5
which reads: "that there be some compensation provided for SEMTA Board members".
Vote on amendment:
AYES: Roth, Simmons, Wilcox, Wilson, Douglas, Dunleavy, Gabler, Hoot, Houghten,
Kasper, McDonald, Moffitt, Montante, Murphy, Olson, Page, Patterson. (17)
NAYS: Aaron, Button, Daly, Dearborn, Fortino, Lennon, Nowak, Perinoff, Pernick,
Price. (10)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the motion carried.
Moved by Houghten supported by Page the resolution be amended by adding another item
to read "that no taxing authority would assess any type of tax until after the merger
of SEMTA AND D-DOT".
Vote on amendment:
AYES: Wilcox, Wilson, Daly, Dearborn, Douglas, Dunleavy, Fortino, Gabler, Hoot,
Houghten, Kasper, McDonald, Moffitt, Montante, Murphy, Nowak, Olson, Page, Patterson,
Perinoff, Pernick, Roth. (22)
NAYS: Simmons, Aaron, Button, Lennon, Price. (5)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the motion carried.
Moved by Nowak supported by Houghten the resolution be amended in the NOW THEREFORE
BE IT RESOLVED paragraph after the word 'transportation' to read "and urges some kind
of a state wide tax".
Vote on amendment:
AYES: Wilcox, Button, Fortino, Gabler, Hoot, Houghten, Kasper, McDonald, Moffitt,
Montante, Murphy, Nowak, Page, Patterson. (14)
NAYS: Wilson, Daly, Dearborn, Douglas, Dunleavy, Lennon, Olson, Perinoff, Pernick,
Price, Roth, Simmons. (12)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the motion carried.
Vote on resolution as amended:
AYES: Daly, Dearborn, Dunleavy, Fortino, Gabler, Hoot, Kasper, McDonald,
Moffitt, Montante, Murphy, Nowak, Olson, Page, Patterson, Perinoff, Pernick, Roth, Simmons,
Wilcox. (20)
NAYS: Wilson, Button, Douglas, Houghten, Lennon, Price. (6)
A _sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution, as amended, 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
Resolution #7571 adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners at
their meeting held on June 3, 1976.
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, I have "hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of said County at Pontiac, Michigan
By..,
Lynn D. Allea....,...„............Clerk
-t-,,,,IDeputy Clerk