HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1976.10.12 - 14338October 12, 1976
MISC., RES, 7722
IN RE: Inequity in the Tax Dollars Received by the State of Michigan from the Federal
Government
BY: Fred D, Houghten, Commissioner District #6
TO: The Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Mr, Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, an-,econornic study of the flow of tax dollars from the states to
Washington, D.C. and back shows Michigan is receiving less for its federal fax dollars
than any other state - $.65 of every $1.00 paid,, and
WHEREAS, other Great Lakes States (Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin)
are also big losers in this federal tax flowand and counter-flow; and
WHEREAS, a 30-year trend shows that this flow of money from the industrial
states of the Midwest and Northeast is accelerating annually and may become an even
more severe economic strain on the citizens of Oakland County, of Michigan and the
Great Lakes States.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners on this 12th Day of October, 1976, implores the Governor of the State
of Michigan to form a coalition with the governors of our neighboring states for the
purpose of seeking redress in the Congress, or, if necessary and possible, in the courts,
to the end that this economic injustice be relieved; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the governing bodies of municipalities and
townships in Oakland County be advised of this action and encouraged to join in a
coalition to correct this inequity; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Michigan State Legislature, Michigan Associ-
ation of Counties, the Michigan Municipal League and the Michigan Township Association,
be apprised of this injustice and encouraged to lain in an effort to seek relief, and that the
members of the U.S. Congress representing Oakland County be hereby petitioned to seek
remedies appropriate to the needs of the People of the County.
Mr, Chairman, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution,
#7722 October 12, 1976
Moved by Houghten supported by Dunleavy the resolution be adopted.
Moved by Houghten supported by Roth the rules be suspended for immediate
consideration of the resolution.
AYES: Wilson, Aaron, Button, Daly, Dearborn, Douglas, Dunleavy, Fortino,
Gabler, Hoot, Houghten, Kasper, Lennon, McDonald, Moffitt, Montante, Murphy,
Nowak, Olson, Page, Patterson, Perinoff, Pernick, Price, Roth, Wilcox. (26)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the motion carried.
Vote on resolution:
AYES: Aaron, Button, Daly, Dearborn, Douglas, Dunleavy, Fortino, Gabler,
Hoot, Houghten, Kasper, Lennon, McDonald, Montante, Murphy, Nowak, Olson, Page,
Patterson, Perinoff, Pernick, Price, Roth, Jilcox, Wilson. (25)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was adopted.
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
1, Lynn D. Alien, Clerk of the County of Oakland and
having a seal, do hereby certify that I have compared the annexed copy of
Resolution #7722 adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
t••nSslyst.“.•,.,n a.sre
at their meeting held on October 12, 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
Lynn D. Alien Clerk
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