HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1989.03.22 - 17042Miscellaneous Resolution No. 89086 March 23, 1989
BY: Government and Transportation Committee
Richard G. Skarritt, Chairperson
IN RE: OPPOSE CONSUMERS POWER ROYAL OAK FACILITY
MOVE TO LIVONIA AND PONTIAC
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Mr. Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, Consumers Power Company is the largest
public utility in the State of Michigan and maintains a presence in
southeast Oakland County; and
WHEREAS, Consumers Power Company is proposing the
relocation of all or part of its Royal Oak field office from that city
to Pontiac and Livonia; and
WHEREAS, Southeast Oakland County contains over 65% of
the County's population and to remove the field operations from
Royal Oak can only diminish the viability of the Company and its
services to this prospering area; and
WHEREAS, it has been stated that response time to
emergency calls could increase by 15 minutes to more than an hour
for customers in southeast Oakland County if service personnel are
based in Pontiac and Livonia for service to the Royal Oak area.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland
County Board of Commissioners joins with the governments of a
number of communities in southeast Michigan in opposing the
proposed move of the Consumers Power Field Office--maintenance,
construction or field operations--from Royal Oak to Livonia and
Pontiac.
Mr. Chairperson, on behalf of the Government and
Transportation Committee, I move the adoption of the foregoing
resolution.
GOVERNMENT AND TRANSPORTATION
COMMITTEE
Misc. 89086 March 23, 1989
Moved by Jensen supported by McPherson the resolution be adopted.
Discussion followed.
Vote on resolution:
AYES: Chester, Jensen, Luxon, McPherson, Oaks, Pernick, Aaron. (7)
NAYS: Caddell, Calandro, Crake, Ferrens, Gosling, Hobart, Johnson,
R. Kuhn, McConnell, McCulloch, Moffitt, Olsen, Pappageorge, Price, Rewold,
Skarritt, Wolf, Caddell. (18)
A sufficient majority NOT having voted therefor, the resolution failed.