HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1971.08.19 - 16011Alagust 19, 1971
RESOLUTION NO
RE: PURCHASE OF DOWNTOWN OFFICE BUILDING
BY: MR. LAWRENCE R. PERNICK
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
MR. CHAIRMAN, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:
WHEREAS, the County of Oakland muSt vacate No. 1 Lafayette
Street on or before December 31, 1971; and
WHEREAS, it will be necessary to find suitable quarters for
the Oakland County Clothing Store and the Office on Economic
Opportunity; and
WHEREAS, a downtown County office building will be used to
house the Department of Social Services, the Oakland County Clothing
Store and the Office on Economic Opportunity; and
WHEREAS, there is presently available for purchase the former
Administration Building of the Pontiac Motor Division of the General
Motors Corporation, located on Oakland Avenue, Pontiac, Michigan;
and
WHEREAS, the County may acquire the land and said building
for the sum of $200,000.00.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the County of Oakland fixes
and determines the site of the Downtown Oakland County Office
Building to be the present site of the former Administration Build-
ing of the Pontiac Motor Division of the General Motors Corporation,
located on Oakland Avenue, Pontiac, Michigan.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County of Oakland agrees to
purchase the former Administration Building located on said site
for the sum of $200,000.00, and that $200,000.00 be appropriated
for said purchase.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chairman and Clerk of this
Board be and they are hereby authorized to execute all necessary
documents to effectuate such purchase.
MR. CHAIRMAN, I move the adoption, of the foregoing resolution.
#5792
Moved by Pernick supported by Perinoff the rules be suspended
for immediate consideration of the resolution.
AYES: Horton, Houghten, Lennon, Mainland, Mathews, Olson,
Perinoff, Pernick, Richards, Simson, Szabo, Aaron, Barakat, Brennan,
Burley, Coy, Dal y, Edwards, Harrison. (19)
NAYS: Richardson, Wilcox, Dearborn, Gabler, Hamlin. (5)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the motion carried.
Moved by Pernick supported by Perinoff the resolution be adopted.
Discussion followed.
Mr. Pernick requested that Daniel T. Murphy, Chairman of the Board
of Auditors, be allowed to speak to the Board on this matter. There were
no objections; Mr. Murphy addressed the Board. • •
Discussion followed.
Vote on resolution:
AYES: Houghten, Lennon, Mainland, Mathews, Olson, Perinoff, Pernick,
Richards; Simson, Szabo, Aaron, Barakat, Brennan, Burley, Coy, Daly, Edwards,
Harrison, Horton. (19)
NAYS: Richardson, Wilcox, Dearborn, Gabler, Hamlin. (5)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution 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 #5792 adopted by the Oakland County Board of
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Commissioners at their August 19, 1971 meeting
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with the original record thereof now remaining in my
()ff iee,. and that it is a.trbe and correct transcript
therefrom, and of the whole thereof.. -
In Testimony Whereof, I . have hareunto- set my hand and
affixed the seal of said Cou-nty at Pontiac, Michigan
this 20th day of August 1921.
Lynn D. Allen Clerk
Deputy Clerk