HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1987.10.08 - 18085Miscellaneous Resolution # 87273 October 8, 1987
By: Transportation Committee-John J. McDonald, Chairperson
Re: Appropriation of Funds-Oakland County Road Commission
To: THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Mr. Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, rapid economic development has contributed to serious traffic
congestion problems on the Oakland County road system; and
WHEREAS, the Oakland County Board of Commissioners is aware that the
Oakland County Road Commission is insufficiently funded to meet these new
road construction demands; and
WHEREAS, the Oakland County Board of Commissioners is making a
concerted effort to obtain appropriate assistance from the State of Michigan,
which has benefited from the economic development in Oakland County; and
WHEREAS, in order to grant some immediate relief the Oakland County
Board of Commissioners on Miscellaneous Resolution #87158 appropriated $5
million of non-property tax dollars to the local communities for major road
improvement projects; and
WHEREAS, such funds were to be distributed directly to the cities, villages
and townships on the basis of the 1986 (tax year) SEV; and
WHEREAS, the process of distribution of these funds directly to the local
communities may, in the opinion of Corporation Counsel, be improper under
existing state statutes governing the use of county funds; and
WHEREAS, road improvement projects have been successfully funded by
the County through the Oakland County Road Commission.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the funds specified in
Miscellaneous Resolution #87158 are appropriated to the Oakland County Road
Commission and allocated to the various communities in the manner and
amounts set forth in Miscellaneous Resolution #87158.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that to effectuate the provisions of this
resolution, the Chairman of the Oakland County Board of Commissioners shall
enter into a contract with the Road Commission.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following guidelines specified in
Miscellaneous Resolution #87158 will be followed for expenditure of these
funds :
A. Funds should be used for construction projects not
currently budgeted ( e.g. not for reducing current
community debt or for routine maintenance activities) .
B. Proposed construction projects should be identified and
submitted to the Board of Commissioners' Transportation
Committee for final approval within 18 months of the
adoption of Miscellaneous Resolution #87158.
C. Funds must be spent on certified city/village major streets
and county primary or mile-type roads.
D. Communities may use their own funds to supplement those
received under this program.
E. Communities may enter agreements with adjacent communities
and/ or the Road Commission to develop projects of an
intercommunity nature.
Mr. Chairperson, on behAlf of the Transportation Committee, I move
adoption of the foregoing resolution.
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
.LEN
# 87273
October 8, 1987
Moved by McDonald supported by Crake the resolution be adopted.
AYES: Page, Pernick, Price, Rewold, Rowland, Skarritt, Wilcox, Aaron, Caddell,
Calandro, Crake, Gosling, Hobart, Jensen, R. Kuhn, S. Kuhn, Lanni, Law, Luxon,
McConnell, McDonald, A. McPherson, Moffitt. (23)
NAYS: R. McPherson. (1)
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
this Miscellaneous Resolution adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
at their meeting held on October 8, 1987
with the orginial 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 affixed the
seal of said County at Pontiac, Michigan
this 8th day of /Th, October lq 87
County Clerk/Register of Deeds