HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1975.11.06 - 14815_ James W. Dunleavy
November 6, 1975
RESOLUTION NO, 7339
RE: RESTRICTED SPEED ZONES IN SCHOOL AREAS
BY: MR. JAMES W. DUNLEAVY
TO: THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
MR. CHAIRMAN, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:
WHEREAS, township boards and school boards do not pre-
sently have the authority to establish restricted speed zones on
highways in school areas; and
WHEREAS, speeding traffic in school areas is a safety
hazard to children in elementary school and junior high school; and
WHEREAS, the township boards and school boards should have
the authority to establish reasonable restrictions during school hours
and a reasonable time immediately before and after school hours for
the protection and safety of the children; and
WHEREAS, it will require enabling legislation by the
State Legislature to grant such authority; and
WHEREAS, the Oakland County Board of Commissioners believes
that the township boards and school boards should have such authority,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board
of Commissioners requests the State Legislature to adopt enabling
legislation permitting a township board, with the concurrence of
a school board, to establish reasonable speed restrictions on
highways in school areas during school and a reasonable time im-
mediately before and after school hours
MR. CHAIRMAN, I move the adoption of the foregoing
resolution.
HERYAPPROVETHE FOREGOING RESOLUTION
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#7339 November 6, 1975
Moved by Dunleavy supported by Fortino the resolution be adopted.
Moved by Dunleavy supported by Lennon the rules be suspended for immediate
consideration of the resolution.
Discussion followed,
AYES: Roth, Simmons, Wilson, Button, Daly, Dearborn, Dunleavy, Fortino,
Houghten, Lennon, Moffitt, Montante, Nowak, Page, Patterson, Perinoff. (16)
NAYS: Pernick, Wilcox, Aaron. (3)
PASS: Price, (1)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the motion carried.
Moved by Dunleavy supported by Fortino the resolution be adopted.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was adopted.
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
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 #7339 adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners at
their meeting held on November 6, 1975
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 af Pontiac, Michigan
Lynn D, Clerk
By Deputy Clerk