HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1971.05.20 - 16213May 20, 1971
RESOLUTION NO, 5721
RE: MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION 5621
OAKLAND COUNTY JAIL BOARDING FEES
BY: MR. BERNARD F. LENNON
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
MR. CHAIRMAN, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:
WHEREAS, the Oakland County Board: of Commissioners adopted
Miscellaneous Resolution 5621 on February 18, 1971; and
WHEREAS, this resolution established that the boarding fee
for prisoners in the Oakland County jail, charged with, or con-
victed of violating a City, or a Village ordinance, at $9.50 per
day; and
WHEREAS, said boarding fee was an increase of $3.50 per day
over the previously established $6.00 per day fee; and
WHEREAS, this increase in prisoners boarding fees has caused
considerable concern to the governing bodies of several Oakland
County municipalities; and
WHEREAS, these governing bodies, in their respective resolutions,
have called for either a decrease in or the abolishment of the
prisoner boarding fee; and
WHEREAS, the property owners of these communities pay county
taxes which revenues are used, in part, to support the operations
of the Oakland County Jail; and
WHEREAS, it is felt that a more equitable formula can be de-
rived for the establishment of prisoner boarding fees; and
WHEREAS, it is believed that any such formula should take into
account the total population of the municipalities of the County.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the boarding fee of $9.50
per day established by Miscellaneous Resolution 5621 be reviewed
by the appropriate committee of the Oakland County Board of Com-
missioners.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that thisiCommittee in its review of
said policy, consider the establishment of a formula which would
provide each municipality an annual credit in the ratio of one
day of free boarding per each 1,000 persons, or any fraction
thereof in excess of one-half.
MR. CHAIRMAN, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
Bernard F. LennOn
Commissioner, District #Il
The resolution was referred to the Finance Committee and Public
Protection and Judiciary Committee. There were no objections.