HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1974.12.19 - 150486941
By Mr. Lennon
IN RE: FUNDING PLAN FOR ROAD COMMISSION LAY-OFF
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
Oakland County finished with a surplus of $1,202,863 million dollars.
Road Commission is laying off 27 employees in order to meet the budget -
to be laid off December 27, 1974, 14 hourly and 13 salaried employees.
Budget of 21 million dollars vs. 28.2 million dollars in 1974.
Not eligible for un-employment benefits - 14 weeks of work would get
them through the winter and also make eligible for state un-employment benefits.
$2,397,739 in Federal Revenue Sharing
$4,772,600 in uncommitted money
Fourteen additional weeks of employment at a cost of $135,000 for 27
Road Commission Employees.
$82,324 Salaries
4,705 Social Security
3,634 Hospital Insurance - Blue Cross
8,723 Retirement
1,615 Workmen's Compensation
105 Life Insurance
8,905 Cost of Living
25,231 Un-employment Benefits
$135,242
Obscene to have a surplus budget and layoff in another department.
Bernard F. Lennon-Commission - Dist. #18
#6941
Moved by Lennon supported by Perinoff the resolution be adopted.
Moved by Lennon supported by Perinoff the rules be suspended for immediate
consideration of the resolution.
AYES: Hoot, Kasper, Lennon, Mathews, Moffitt, Montante, Nowak, Olson, Perinoff,
Pernick, Vogt, Walker, Wilcox, Berman, Douglas. (15)
NAYS: Hobart, Gabler. (2)
A sufficient majority not having voted therefor, the motion failed.