HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2011.03.24 - 16671REPORT (MISC. #11034) March 24, 2011
BY: GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE — Christine Long, Chairperson
RE: MR #11034 — BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — SUPPORT FOR LEGISLATION REFORM
ON FILLING COUNTY COMMISSIONER VACANCIES
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The General Government Committee, having considered the above titled resolution on
March 14, 2011 hereby recommends that the resolution be adopted.
Chairperson, on behalf of the General Government Committee, I move the acceptance of the
foregoing report.
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Ayes: Scott, Gosselin, Matis, Hoffman, Crawford, Long
Nays: Hatchett, Nash, Quarles, Gershenson
Chairperson, we move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
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MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION # 11034
BY: Commissioner Robert Hoffman, District #2
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — Support for Legislation Reform on Filling County
Commissioner Vacancies
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS Public Act 261 of 1966, provides that when a seat on the Board of Commissioners
becomes vacant in an odd numbered year, that vacancy shall be filled by a special election
regardless of whether the Board of Commissioners has made an appointment to fill the
vacancy; and
WHEREAS the costs associated with holding Special Elections are generally not anticipated in
the budgets of the affected local governments and thereby pose an unanticipated financial
hardship on the impacted communities; and
WHEREAS Michigan law currently provides that vacancies in offices of elected , bodies, such as
county-wide, township, city and school board officers, shall be filled by an appointee who serves
until the next regularly scheduled general election; and
WHEREAS filling a vacancy in the office of County Commissioners created in an odd-numbered
year is an unreasonable exception in the law in that it requires unscheduled special elections to
be held; and
WHEREAS Oakland County Clerk/Register of Deeds Bill Bullard, Jr. has requested Michigan
legislators to consider amending the state law to make the appointment and vacancy procedure
for a County Commissioner consistent with the current law governing other local officials; and
WHEREAS it would be both reasonable and prudent to save taxpayers dollars and lessen the
burden on local governments by enacting legislation that makes the process for filling vacancies
in the office of County Commissioners consistent with other local offices.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners,
hereby proclaim its support for the Oakland County Clerk/Register of Deeds Bill Bullard, Jr. and
his effort to seek a change in Michigan's law relative to requiring a special election, if a vacancy
occurs in the office of County Commissioners in an odd-numbered year.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners urges the
Michigan Legislature to adopt and Governor Snyder to enact legislation that makes the process
for filling vacancies in the office of County Commissioners consistent with other local offices that
allow an appointed replacement to serve until the next general election.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Clerk is requested to forward copies of
this adopted resolution to Governor Snyder, the Oakland County delegation to the Michigan
Legislature, the Michigan Association of Counties and Oakland County's legislative lobbyists.
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Resolution #11034 February 9, 2011
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the General Government Committee. There were no
objections.
Resolution #11034 March 24,2011
Moved by Long supported by Potts the resolution be adopted.
Moved by Long supported by Potts the General Government Committee Report be accepted.
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the report was accepted.
Vote on resolution:
AYES: Gingell, Gosselin, Hoffman, Long, Middleton, Nuccio, Potts, Runestad, Scott, Taub,
Weipert, Bosnic, Covey, Crawford, Dwyer. (15)
NAYS: Greimel, Hatchett, Jackson, McGillivray, Nash, Quarles, Woodward, Gershenson. (8)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolution was adopted.
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I, Bill Bullard Jr., Clerk of the County of Oakland, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution is a true
and accurate copy of a resolution adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners on March 24,
2011, with the original record thereof now remaining in my office.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County of Oakland at
Pontiac, Michigan this 24th day of March, 2011.
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Bill Bullard Jr., Oakland County