HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1971.03.17 - 16163March 18, 1971
RESOLUTION NO
RE: APPLICATION FOR FEDERAL GRANT FOR
PURCHASE OF JET RANGER HELICOPTER.
BY: PUBLIC PROTECTION AND JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - Mr. Aaron
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
MR. CHAIRMAN, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:
WHEREAS, the Oakland County Sheriff's Department is presently
operating a helicopter which is used fbr highway patrol, park and lake
surveillance, tracking escapees, detection of stolen vehicles and
providing assistance to other County departments; and
WHEREAS, the present Enstrom Helicopter is limited in its
capabilities; and
WHEREAS, a Jet Ranger Helicopter has all-weather capabilities
and can provide additional services to the Sheriff's Department and
other County departments; and
WHEREAS, the estimated cost of the Jet Ranger Helicopter is
$130,000.00 of which $90,000.00 is available under the Omnibus Crime
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968; and
WHEREAS, the present helicopter's trade in value is $32,500.00
leaving a net cost to the County for the Jet Ranger Helicopter of
$7,500.00; and
WHEREAS, your Committee recommends that an application be
filed for a Federal Grant for the purchase of a Jet Ranger Helicopter.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that William M. Richards, Chairman
of the Oakland County Board of Commissioners, or in his absence,
Daniel T. Murphy, Chairman of the Oakland County Board of Auditors,
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or their successors, be and they are hereby authorized to act as
agent for the County of Oakland in all matters relative to pro-
curing a Federal Grant under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe
Streets Act of 1968, for the purchase of a helicopter for the use
of the Oakland County Sheriff's Department.
The Public Protection and Judiciary Committee, by Dennis
M. Aaron, Chairman, moves the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
X7) PUBL 4 TECT ION ,,c JUD I.6-NR Y COMMITTEE
Dennis M. Aaron, Chairman
Moved by Aaron supported by Gabler the resolution be adopted.
Discussion followed.
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_l have compared the annexed copy of
. Resolution #9691 adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
at their March 18, 1971 meeting
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
Pontiac, Mich. affixed the seal of said County at.... ............
19th March 71 this day of 19...
Lynn D. Allen Clerk
By Deputy Clerk