HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1975.01.23 - 14587Miscellaneous Resolution 6946 January 23, 1975
BY: GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE - Henry W. Hoot, Chairman
IN RE: RULES FOR OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the proposed "Rules for Oakland County Board of Commissioners" have
been reviewed, amended and finally approved by the General Government Committee and
copies have been distributed to members of the Board at this meeting;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the said "Rules for Oakland County Board
of Commissioners", copy of which is attached hereto, be and they are hereby adopted.
The General Government Committee, by Henry W. Hoot, Chairman, moves the
adoption of the foregoing resolution.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
RULES FOR
OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
I. RULES OF ORDER
Robert's Rules of Order, Newly Revised Edition, or the successor
volume as last published, shall be the parliamentary authority
of the Board of Commissioners and shall govern proceedings of the
Board. Rules adopted by the Board of Commissioners shall supersede
any rules in the parliamentary authority with which they conflict.
II. ORDER OF BUSINESS
For meetings of the Board of Commissioners, the following shall
be the Order of Business:
1. Call Meeting to Order
2. Invocation
3. Pledge of Allegiance
it Roll Call
8. Reports of Special Committees
9. Special Order of Business
10. Unfinished Business
11. New and Miscellaneous Business
5. Approval of Minutes 12.
6. Communications 13.
7. Reports of Standing Committees
Fixed Time for Adjournment
Adjournment
III. NOMINATION AND ELECTION OF TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN
A. A Temporary Chairman shall be elected as provided herein at
the first meeting of the Board of Commissioners in each year
and he shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Commis-
sioners until the Chairman of the Board of Commissioners is
elected.
B. Any member of the Board of Commissioners may place the name
of another member in nomination for Temporary Chairman.
Nominations do not require a second.
C. Election of the Temporary Chairman shall be by roll call vote
in alphabetical order. The vote of fourteen (14) members is
required to elect the Temporary Chairman.
IV. NOMINATION AND ELECTION OF CHAIRMAN AND VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
A. There shall be elected a Chairman and Vice Chairman of the
Board of Commissioners for a term of one (1) year ending
at 12:00 o'clock midnight on December 31 of each year, to
perform the duties of such office as provided by State
statute, these Rules and Resolutions of the Board of
Commissioners.
B. Any member of the Board of Commissioners may place the name
of another member in nomination for Chairman or Vice Chairman
of the Board of Commissioners.
C. The nomination and election of the Chairman and the nomination
and election of the Vice Chairman of the Board of Commissioners
shall be separate.
D. Election of the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Board of
Commissioners shall be by roll call vote in alphabetical
order. The vote of fourteen (14) members is required to
elect the Chairman and Vice Chairman.
V. WITHDRAWAL OF NOMINEE
Any member nominated for Temporary Chairman, Chairman or Vice
Chairman of the Board of Commissioners may decline such nomination.
VI. PRESIDING OFFICER
A. The Chairman of the Board shall preside over all sessions of
the Board of Commissioners and he shall be an ex officio
member of all Committees, and shall have the right to vote in
all Committees if the presence of the Chairman is necessary to
constitute a quorum in the Committee. In the absence of the
Chairman, the Vice Chairman shall preside and be vested
with all of the powers of the Chairman. The Vice Chairman
shall also be an ex officio member of all Committees, but
shall attend and vote in such meetings as such, only in the
absence of the Chairman of the Board at such meetings.
B. In the absence of the Chairman or Vice Chairman, the Chairman
of the Finance Committee shall preside over all sessions of
the Board of Commissioners.
VII. CHAIRMAN TO PRESERVE ORDER
A. The Chairman shall preserve and decide questions of order
subject to an appeal of the Board.
B. No literature, other than official documents coming from
County Departments, shall be permitted to come before the
assembly or be placed on members' desks unless signed or
endorsed by or attributable to a current member of the
Board of Commissioners.
Authorization of Non-Members to Address Board
A. The County Executive shall attend all meetings of the Board
of Commissioners with the right to participate in such
meetings but shall have no right to vote.
B. Members of the County Executive Staff shall be allowed to
address the Board upon matters before the Board, if requested
by a Board member, unless otherwise decided by a majority of
the Board present. •
C. Upon invitation or request by a Board member, any person
may address the Board of Commissioners on a matter before it
unless objection is upheld by a majority of the Board members
present.
VIII. APPOINTMENTS OF COMMITTEES
A. Membership of all Standing Committees shall-be recommended by
a General Government Committee composed of six (6) members of
the majority party and four (4) members of the minority party.
The membership on said General Government Committee shall be
approved by a majority of fourteen (14) members of the Board
of Commissioners. All committee appointments shall terminate
on December 31 of each year.
B. The Board Chairman may appoint Special and Ad Hoc Committees
subject to the approval of the Board. Any change in a Special
or Ad Hoc Committee structure or personnel shall be made by
the Board Chairman subject to the approval of the Board.
Further, any Special or Ad Hoc Committee may be abolished
at any time by the vote of sixteen (16) members of the Board
of Commissioners.
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C. Any change in Committee structure or personnel or the
abolition of any Standing Committee shall require the
vote of sixteen (16) members of the Board. The filling
of any vacancy in any. Committee shall require the vote
of fourteen (14) members of the Board.
TX. COMMITTEES
A. The Standing Committees and membership thereon shall be:
1. Finance Committee
2. General Government Committee
3. Human Resources Committee--
4. Personnel Committee-------------
5. Planning and Building Committee--
6. Public Services Committee----------
11 Members
10 Members
--10 Members
--10 Members
--10 Members
---10 Members
B. Membership of all Standing Committees, except the Finance
Committee shall consist of six (6) members of the majority
party and four (4) members of the minority party of the
County Board of Commissioners. The Finance Committee shall
consist of seven (7) members of the majority party and four
(4) members of the minority party.
C. The first named member of any Committee shall he the Chairman
and the second named member shall be the Vice Chairman. In
the temporary absence of the Chairman and Vice Chairman, the
member next in rank in the order named, and so on, as often
as the case shall happen, shall act as Chairman. In case of
a permanent vacancy in the Chairmlnship of any Standing
Committee, the General Government Committee shall appoint
another Chairman, which appointment shall be subject to the
approval of the Board of Commissioners. In the apparent pro-
longed absence of a member of a Standing Committee, the
General Government Committee may recommend appointment, as
defined in Rule VIII, until the absent Commissioner returns.
D. A majority of each Committee shall constitute a quorum. The
vote of a majority of those present and voting at a Committee
meeting shall be necessary to report any matter to the Beard
of Commissioners. The minutes of each Committee meeting shall
record the vote of each member of any matter to be reported to
the Board of Commissioners.
E. Notice of Board and Committee meetings, the place and the time
shall be available to all Board members not less than three (3)
days prior to such meeting. Such Notice shall also be posted
in a conspicuous public place.
F. Committees shall meet at the time and place set by their
Chairman or shall meet at such time and place as a majority
of their members may decide.
G. When a meeting time and place is fixed, the Chairman of a
Committee may cancel or change the meeting.
H. The Board of Commissioners, unless it shall discharge the
Committee, shall not act upon any matter on which it has not
received recommendation from the Committee.
I. The vote of fourteen (14) members shall be required to dis-
charge a committee from consideration of any matter provided
notice of intent to discharge the committee is given at a
previous regular meeting of the Board.
X. STANDING COMMITTEES RESPONSIBILITIES
A. FINANCE COMMITTEE
To provide liaison with the Management and Budget Department
and all divisions thereunder unless provided for elsewhere
in these Rules, and the Reimbursement and Computer Services
Division of the Central Services Department and liaison
between the County Treasurer and the County Clerk, and to
confer and advise on all matters wherein the discretion or
approval of the Board of Commissioners is involved and if
necessary, present matters formally to the Board of Com-
missioners by appropriate resolution.
To plan ways and means of financing the County activities,
to recommend to the Board of Commissioners plans for the
County activities each year, to the end that there may be
sufficient moneys raised and available to pay the current
fixed operating expenses and all approved extraordinary and/or
unanticipated expenses; to receive by reference from the
Board, all reports from other Committees involving an ape ,
propriation of funds.
The Finance Committee shall also recommend, each year, a
revised five-year capital improvement program based upon
review and recommendations of each of the pertinent Com-
mittees of the Board and with the County Executive, and
shall be responsible for the preparation and final recom-
mendation of the annual County budget respecting all funds
required and all expenditures anticipated for the ensuing
year.
The Finance Committee shall:
1. Prepare a form for township and city clerks to report to
the County Clerk, all taxes to be raised for township,
school, highway and all other purposes, as provided in Section
36 of the General Property Tax Law (NSA 7.54).
2. Receive and examine all certificates, statements, papers and
records submitted to it showing the moneys to be raised in
the several townships and cities for school, highway, drain,
township and all other purposes, and if it shall appear to
the Committee that any certificate, statement, paper or re-
cord is not properly certified, or that the same is in
anyway defective or that any proceeding to authorize the
raising of any such moneys has not been had or is in anyway
imperfect and such certificate, statement, paper, record
or proceeding can then be corrected, supplied or had, such
Board may authorize and require such defects or omissions
of proceedings to be corrected, supplied or had. (MSA 7.55)
3. (On or before the October Session) prepare a statement
showing the taxes to be raised in each city or township for
highway, drain and all purposes including special assessment
rate taxes, which statement shall also show the amount of
County taxes apportioned to each city or township to be
raised and shall mail the same to each city assessor or
township supervisor prior to the October Session of the Board
of Commissioners, giving him notice that at such meeting, the
Board of Commissioners will hear and duly consider all ob-
jections made on the millages to be spread against the state
equalized value of properties to be affected. After hearing
all objections by any taxpayer, the Board will direct such
millages be spread against the state equalized value of such
properties listed in the assessment rolls of tne proper
townships and cities.
4. Present a recommendation in the form of a resolution to the
Board of Commissioners at its final meeting during the month
of October, recommending that such millages be spread against
the state equalized value of properties in the proper cities
and townships.
5. As provided in Section 41 (MSA 7.82) of the General Property
Tax Law, supply a form for the clerk of each city and in-
corporated village to report all taxes levied in their
respective cities or villages not included in the general
(winter) tax levy, to the County Clerk.
6. After receiving such statements, cause to be prepared a
statement, as provided in Section 41, for the County Clerk
showing the aggregate valuation of all property as assessed
in each assessing precinct within the County during the cur-
rent year, also, a detail of all taxes to be raised in the
County for such year in all townships and cities and shall
submit the same to the County Clerk for filing with the
Auditor General within thirty (30) days after the close
of the October Session of the Board of Commissioners.
7. Cooperate with the Office of the County Treasurer in preparing
and presenting to the Board of Commissioners, the report on
rejected taxes, cancelled taxes and/or the respread of the
same.
8. To examine each year, as required by statute, the assessed
valuations of the taxing units, to equalize the units to the
end that the County tax burden be fairly and justly appor-
tioned to the lesser units than the County; to advise Civil
Counsel if the state equalization should be challenged;
to employ and equip, subject to the approval of the Board
of Commissioners, the necessary technical and clerical help
needed by the Committee in performing its functions.
9. All Federal and State grants shall be processed through the
Finance Committee in accordance with the procedures estab-
lished by the former Committee on Organization adopted at a
meeting of said Committee on October 15, 1973.
B. GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
Rules
To receive, review and recommend all proposed revisions of
the Rules of the Board of Commissioners and report to the
Board on said matters.
Miscellaneous
To receive, investigate and report to the Board of Commis-
sioners on any and all matters referred to it by the
Chairman, to provide liaison between the Board of Commis-
sioners and offices to which no Committee has been named.
Receive and make recommendations to the full Board re-
garding membership and Chairmen of Standing Committees, and
appointments requiring Board approval.
To receive, review and approve or disapprove all memorial or
recognitional resolutions to be presented to the Board of
Commissioners and to determine the member or members to make
such presentations.
To recommend to the Board of Commissioners proposed
legislation to aid and assist in preparing and intro-
ducing bills to bring about the enactment of legislation
desired; to become informed on pending legislation detri-
mental to the interests of the County and oppose the same;
to prepare or review proposed County ordinances and make
recommendations concerning the same; to keep contact during
legislative sessions with the Civil Counsel's Office and ad-
vise with him on pending matters between meetings of the
Board of Commissioners.
Boundaries of Villages
To examine all petitions filed with the County Clerk-which
involve the jurisdiction of the Board of Commissioners
relative to- change -of boundaries -of-villages and report --.
to the .Board,ofi Commissioners on the sufficiency or_ insuf,
ficiency thereof with recommendations as to action -thereon
and for elections, if involved -; to determine the priority
of presentation of petitiohs'to the Board of'Commissioners -
when conflicting petitions are filed with the recommendations
on the date of submission to the electors of the question in-
volved, and, if there is no conflict, the filing date shall
control.
C. HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE
To provide- liaison with the -Department of Human: -e -
all divisions - thereunder unless provided for elsewhere in -
thes-e-Rules ,- and the Probation and Friend of the Court
Divisions of the Department of Central Services, the Animal
Control Department -of the -Public Services Department_ and the
Human Services Agency Council and the Council on Aging and
the Social Services Board, and to confer and advise on all
matters wherein the discretion or approval of the Board of
Commissioners is involved and if necessary, present matters
formally to the Board of Commissioners by appropriate
resolution.
To annually inspect the facilities under the administration
of these agencies for the purpose of recommending such
alterations or changes as are deemed by the Committee to be
advisable. To inform the Board of Commissioners on all
matters affecting the public welfare of the County and its
citizens, to recommend social service programs implemen-
tation and social service policy changes to meet the needs
of the community.
To advise and confer with the Juvenile Division of the
Probate Court; to inspect and make recommendations to the
Board of Commissioners relative to the facilities for housing
juveniles, combating juvenile delinquency and adopting the
general approved methods of handling juveniles.
D. PERSONNEL COMMITTEE
Personnel Policies,
To provide liaison with the Personnel Department and the
Oakland County Retirement Commission, and to confer and
advise on all matters wherein the discretion or approval
of the Board of Commissioners is involved and if necessary,
present matters formally to the Board of Commissioners by
appropriate resolution.
To become informed on salaries and wages paid in industry
to skilled and unskilled labor, professional and non-
professional services and yearly review the salaries and
wages paid for comparable service by the County, to advise
with the County Executive upon request as to classification
or reclassification of employees; to yearly advise the
Finance Committee as to the gross amount of money recom-
mended to be raised for salaries; to study the basic living
standards and, as far as practicable, anticipate economic
trends to the end that salaries and wages may be flexible
enough to meet existing conditions; to report to the Board
of Commissioners on the adequacy or excess of personnel in
the several departments; to prepare and enforce specific rules
and regulations and to carry out the provisions and intent
of policies established pursuant to the Oakland County Merit
System and to recommend to the Board of Commissioners the
provisions of all employee fringe benefit programs.
Retirement
To meet at least annually and such other times as may be
necessary, with the Oakland County Retirement Commission
concerning all matters contemplated in Section 12-a of
Act 156 of the Public Acts of 1851, as amended, prescribing
the duties and defining the powers of Boards of Commissioners.
E. PLANNING AND BUILDING COMMITTEE
To provide liaison with the Planning and Physical Develop-
ment Department, unless provided for elsewhere in these
Rules, and with Security, Facilities and Opeations and the
Property Management Divisions of the Central Services Depart-
ment, the Oakland County Drain Commissioner, the Oakland
County Road Commission, Building Authority and Southeast
Michigan Transportation Authority, and to confer and advise
on all matters wherein the discretion or approval of the Board
of Commissioners is involved and if necessary, present matters
formally to the Board of Commissioners by appropriate resolution.
Buildings and Grounds
To annually, between the fifteenth day of April and the
fourth Monday in June, inspect all County-owned buildings
and grounds and file with the Board of Commissioners, a
detailed written report with recommendations as to the
necessary improvement, repair or upkeep needed to place
the buildings in a reasonably sufficient state of repair
and the lands in a reasonably sufficient condition con-
sidering the aesthetic surroundings; to biennally survey
excess lands owned by the County or acquired by any of its
subsidiary corporations and recommend either retention of
the same or disposal, and, if disposal is recommended, the
the report shall show the concurrence of the departmental
committee assigned to the department which was instrumental
in acquiring said lands; to conduct the sale of lands, the
sale of which has been approved by the Board of Commissioners
and, in the conduct of such sale the following procedures
shall be involved and followed:
If there are no statutory regulations or restrictions on the
sale, it may be conducted as follows:
I. The County Executive, with the concurrence of the
Planning and Building Committee, shall employ two
real estate appraisers, one of whom shall be approved
by the American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers or
Senior member of the Society of Residential Appraisers,
and pay the standard fee thereof, or as an alternative,
the appraisal staff of the Management and Budget Depart-
ment may be used by the County Executive, if authorized
by the Board of Commissioners. No land shall be sold at
less than the lowest appraisal price unless such appraisal
price shall be waived by the Board of Commissioners.
2. All sales of land shall, be made in one of the following
ways:
(a) Private Sale: The County Executive, with the con-
currence of the Planning and Building Committee, may
sell at private sale for not less than the lowest
current appraisal price placed upon the property in
accordance with (1) above.
(b) Public Sale: The County Executive, with the concur-
rence of the Planning and Building Committee, may
advertise once each week for two successive weeks
(unless otherwise prescribed by statute) and either
a public auction held or sealed bids received up to
but not later than the time fixed for opening of the
same, which shall be in full view of the interested
public. The Committee shall fix a minimum acceptable
price at which said lands can be sold which minimum
price shall not, unless otherwise authorized by the
Board of Commissioners, be less than the lowest
appraisal under (1) above.
(c) Whenever the requirements of (a) or (b) above have been
fulfilled and no sale made within thrity (30) days
thereafter, the Planning and Building Committee may
authorize the County Executive to notify the licensed
brokers in the area that the lands are for sale at
not less than the lowest appraisal or highest bid
received and the County Executive shall be authorized
to pay from the proceeds of such sale the customary
broker's fee therefor, or less.
3. The Planning and Building Committee shall be vested with the
authority to determine the amount and type of advertising to
be done, the time and place of sale, provide for such terms
as it deems reasonable, the manner in which -it is to be
conducted and make reasonable rules and regulations per-
taining to the same not in conflict with the requirement
of the By-Laws.
4. In all cases, the Committee may withdraw any lands authorized
for sale up to the time the County Executive shall have re-
ceived a commitment thereon, and shall, at any public sale,
reserve the right to reject any or all bids received.
5. All new construction and all alterations of existing
structures beyond what would normally fall in the
category of maintenance shall be under the general
jurisdiction of the Planning and Building Committee.
Such Committee shall be charged with, subject to the
approval of the Board of Commissioners, establishing
locations of buildings, employment of architects, and
preparation of plans and specifications.
6. The County Executive shall advertise for and receive
bids. The County Executive shall tabulate and report
the bids to either a joint meeting, or separate meeting
of the Finance and Planning and Building Committees.
The Chairman of the Finance Committee shall report to
the Board of Commissioners on the bids received with
the joint recommendation of the County Executive, the
Planning and Building Committee and the Finance Com-
mittee as to the disposition thereof and appropriate
action to be taken thereon. The Planning and Building
Committee and the County Executive shall make necessary
inspections. No payment shall be made to the contractor
or architect until the Planning and Building Committee
or the Board of Commissioners approves the same.
F. PUBLIC SERVICES COMMITTEE
Liaison with the Department of Public Services unless pro-
vided for elsewhere in these Rules, and the Prosecuting
Attorney, the Sheriff, the Circuit Court, Probate Court and
District Courts and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, and to
confer and advise on all matters wherein the discretion or
approval of the Board of Commissioners is involved and if
necessary, present matters formally to the Board of Com-
missioners by appropriate resolution.
XI. PROCEDURE TO BRING MATTERS BEFORE THE BOARD
A. Any member desiring to bring a resolution before the Board
may do so by reducing to writing said resolution. A copy
of said resolution shall be presented to the Clerk prior
to reading. The resolution shall be read by the member
presenting said resolution under New and Miscellaneous
Business under the Order of Business. The foregoing shall
not apply to resolutions initiated by a Committee. No
resolution shall be discussed or commented upon until
reported to the Board of Commissioners by the appropriate
committee or committees.
B. The Chairman of the Board shall refer all matters subject to
Committee consideration to the appropriate committee or
committees. if an objection is raised, then said objection
to said referral shall be sustained by four -teen (14)
affirmative votes.
C. Every resolution appropriating funds, when reported favorably
to the Board by a committee other than the Finance Committee,
shall, together with all amendments thereof, and prior to
adoption of the resolution, be referred to the Finance
Committee. The Finance Committee shall report on the
availability of the funds to make the necessary appropriations
and the means of providing financing if such funds are found
to be available. They may suggest what reasonable alter-
natives are available as to funding if tOtal funding means
are insufficient. A fiscalnote reporting such determination
shall be attached to each resolution requii'ingsuch review.
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D. When a Committee is considering a resolution which will
require the appropriation of uncommitted funds, the
Chairman of such Committee may request the Finance Com-
mittee to determine the preliminary financial feasibility
of such appropriation.
E. Any resolution when reported by a committee to the Board
of Commissioners shall be laid over to the next regular
Board meeting, and shall be presented for disposition to
the Board at its next regular meeting. Every resolution
reported to the Board by a committee and referred to
another committee, including the Finance Committee, shall
be considered at the meeting during which said resolution
was reported back to the Board.
F. Any committee, after receiving or initiating a resolution
pursuant to Rule XI, Sections A and B, may refer that resolu-
tion directly to any other committee or committees except
the Finance Committee for its recommendation and concurrence.
The resolution shall then be returned to the original com-
mittee for presentation.
XII. PREVIOUS QUESTION
The previous question shall be ordered upon fourteen (14) affir-
mative votes, providing each commissioner has been given an
opportunity to speak before the body on the question.
• XIII. SUSPENSION OF RULES
These Rules and any rules in the parliamentary authority shall be
suspended upon the affirmative vote of sixteen (16) members.
XIV. CHANGES IN AGENDA OR ORDER OF BUSINESS
Changes in the Agenda or Order of Business shall be made upon
the affirmative vote of fourteen (14) members.
XV. AMENDMENT OF RULES
Amendments to the Rules shall be adopted upon the affirmative
• vete of sixteen (16) members provided that written notice of any
proposed amendment is given to all members at least five (5)
days prior to the vote thereon.
XVI. APPEAL FROM DECISION OF THE CHAIR
The vote of 3/5 of the members present and voting shall be re-
quired to reverse a decision of the chair.
XVII. ROLL CALL VOTE
Ayes and Nays by roll call shall be ordered when demanded by any
member prior to the announcement of the vote. The Clerk of the
Board shall call the names of each Commissioner in alphabetical
order and the name called first shall be advanced one position
alphabetically in each successive roll call.
XVIII. RECESS
In addition to the procedure for a recess set forth in the
parliamentary authority, a meeting of the Board of Commissioners
may be recessed for a fixed time by the Chair. Such recess shall
not exceed one (1) hour unless approved by a majority of those
present.
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XIX. MEETING OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Regular meetings of the Board shall be held the first and third
Thursday of each month at 9:30 A. M., except as determined by a
vote of fourteen (14) members of the Board of Commissioners. A
special meeting between meetings adjourned to a fixed date shall
be held on written petition of eleven (11) members of the Board,
which petition shall be filed with the County Clerk at least
ten (10) days before the meeting or by the Chairman of the Board
by written notice delivered to each Commissioner's mailing
address twenty-four (24) hours in advance of such meeting.
XX. PRESENCE AND VOTING
Every Commissioner shall be present during the sessions of the
Board, unless excused or necessarily prevented from attending,
and shall vote on each question put, unless he has a direct
personal or pecuniary interest in the question. When the
Chairman is putting any question, or while the roll is being
called by the Clerk, no member shall leave his seat or entertain
private discussion. When a member is speaking, he shall not be
interrupted except for points of order.
XXI. REFERRAL BY CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
The Chairman of the Board of Commissioners may refer any matter
arising between meetings of the Board to the appropriate com-
mittee or committees for recommendation thereon and he shall re-
port all such referrals to the Board at its next meeting as a
matter of New and Miscellaneous Business. Such referrals shall
be valid unless altered by a vote of fourteen (1)4) members at
the meeting to which they are so reported by the Chairman.
XXII. LIMITATION OF DEBATE
When a member is about to speak he shall rise from his seat and
respectfully address the Chair. When two or more members rise
at the same time, the Chairman, shall name the member who is first
to speak. The member recognized by the Chair shall confine
himself to the question under debate and shall avoid personalities.
No member shall be recognized to speak more than once on any
question until every member of the Board has had an opportunity
to speak once on the subject matter under debate. No member shall
speak for more than ten (10) minutes at any one time without •
leave from the Board by a majority vote of the members present.
The foregoing limitation shall not apply to the right of a
Chairman of a Committee to respond to questions.
XXIII. CONFLICT OF INTEREST
No member shall be interested directly or indirectly in any
contract or business transaction with the County or any Board,
Office or Commission thereof, during the time for which he is
elected or appointed, nor for one (1) year thereafter, except
as provided by law.
No member shall be eligible to receive, or shall receive, any
appointment from, or be employed in any capacity whatsoever,
by any Officer, Board, Committee or other authority of the
County, except as provided by law.
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X7X7F_V. The administrative staff of the Board of Commissioners, in-
cluding the Civil Counsel, shall be under the Board of
Commissioners and shall report to the Chairman of the Board.
X.):V. All committees of this Board shall operate in accordance with
the rules for the Oakland County Board of Commissioners as last
adopted and amended. To be considered in attendance at a
Committee each member shall be present at the beginning, 'unless
notice has been given that the member will be late, and at the
adjournment of such Committee meeting unless permission has
been granted by the Committee Chairman to leave the meeting
prior to adjournment and said permission is recorded in the
minutes of the Committee.
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Moved by Hoot supported by Moffitt the resolution be adopted.
Moved by Lennon supported by Olson that Rule XII PREVIOUS QUESTION, be amended
by reading "The previous question shall be ordered upon the affirmative votes of
2/3rds of the members present and voting".
AYES: Aaron, Daly, Douglas, Fortino, Lennon, Olson, Perinoff, Pernick, Price,
Roth, Simmons, Wilson. (12)
NAYS: Button, Coy, Dearborn, Dunleavy, Gabler, Hoot, Houghten, Kasper, McDonald,
Moffitt, Nowak, Page Patterson, Wilcox. (14)
A sufficient majority notihaving Voted therefor, the motion 'failed.
Moved by Lennon supported by Olson that Rule XXII - LIMITATION OF DEBATE, be
amended by deleting the last sentence of the first paragraph: "No member shall spedk
for more than ten (10) minutes at any one time without leave from the Board by a
majority vote of the members present".
AYES: Aaron, Daly, Douglas, Fortino, Lennon, Olson, Perinoff, Pernick, Price,
Roth, Simmons, Wilson. (12)
NAYS: Button, Coy, Dearborn, Dunleavy, Gabler, Hoot, Houghten, Kasper, McDonald,
Moffitt, Nowak, Page, Patterson, Wilcox. (14)
A sufficient majority not having voted therefor, the motion failed.
Moved by Pernick supported by Perinoff the last sentence of the first paragraph
in Rule XXII be amended to read "A member who has not spoken on the current topic,
may relinquish his time to another board member".
AYES: Aaron, Daly, Douglas, Fortino, Lennon, Olson, Perinoff, Pernick, Price,
Roth, Simmons, Wilson. (12)
NAYS: Button, Coy, Dearborn, Dunleavy, Gabler, Hoot, Houghten, Kasper, McDonald,
Moffitt, Nowak, Page, Patterson, Wilcox. (14)
A sufficient majority not having voted therefor, the motion failed.
Moved by Lennon supported by Olson that Rule XXV - to strike the second sentence
in its entirety.
Discussion followed.
Mr. Lennon requested that the Board recess for ten minutes.
Mr. Gabler objected to the recess.
AYES: Aaron, Daly, Douglas, Fortino, Lennon, Olson, Perinoff, Pernick, Price,
Roth, Simmons, Wilson. (12)
NAYS: Button, Coy, Dearborn, Dunleavy, Gabler, Hoot, Houghten, Kasper, McDonald,
Moffitt, Nowak, Page, Patterson, Wilcox. (14)
A sufficient majority not having voted therefor, the motion failed,
Moved by Olson supported by Lennon that Rule XXV be amended by inserting after the
word "Committee" to read: "when this above procedure is complete a deduct notice in the
amount of $35,00 will be sent to payroll department of this County and this amount de-
ducted from the total salary for that given two week pay period.
The Chairman ruled the amendment out of order.
Moved by Olson supported by Price that Rule XXV be amended to read: "when the
above procedure is complete a deduct notice voluntarily given by the part of the
Commissioners that complete the infraction will be sent to payroll and this amount
deducted from the total salary for the given two week pay period. All voluntarily
agree that $35.00 be deducted and if you want, send it to your favorite charity,
Children's Village or whoever and it will be on a voluntarily basis and everyone will
be accountable,".
Discussion followed.
A sufficient majority not having voted therefor, the motion failed.
Discussion followed.
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loved • by Aaron supported by Price that Rule yi
the Rules.
1 SectionB be stricken from
AYES: Aaron, Daly, Douglas, Fortino, Lennon, Olson, Perinoff, Pernick, Price,
Roth, Simmons,-Wilson, (12)
NAY:. Button, Coy, Dearborn', Dunleavy, Gabler, Hoot, Hou9hten, Kasper, MoDonald-,•. •
Moffitt', Nowak, Page, Patterson, Wilcox. (14) --
A sufficient majority not having voted therfor, the motion failed.
Vote on main motion: •
AYES: Button, Coy, -Dearborn, Dunleavy, Gabler, Hoot, Houghten,• Kasper, McDonald,.
Moffitt, Nowak, Page, 'Patterson, Wilcox. .(14)
• NAYS: Aaron, Daly, Douglas, Fortino, Lennon, Olson, Perinoff, Pernick, Price;
Roth, Simmons, Wilson. (12)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was adopted.
STATE OF MICHIGAN) -
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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 adopted by the Oakland County B-oard of Commissioners
at their meeting held on January 23, 1975
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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
this 24th • day of January 19::..
Lynn D. Allen Clerk
By ....... ..... ....... Deputy Clerk