HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1987.10.08 - 18086October 8, 1987
Miscellaneous Resolution 87274
BY: Commissioner James E. Lanni - District #11
RE: (Subcort) INCREASED TRANSPORTATION FUNDINS FOR THE LIMPLY
HANDICAPPERS
TO: THE OAELAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Mx. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, transportation represents the number one unmet need
for service identified by the University of Michigan's 1985 Needs Survey
of Michigan's 60 and over population; and
WHEREAS, similar studies and data gathering c1PPrly indicate
that the transportation needs of the handicappers are also unmet; and
WHEREAS, Michigan's Comprehensive Transportation Act currently
Puts an $850,000 ceiling on the amount of money the State Department of
Transportation may spend on specialized services to the elderly and handi-
capvers and thus provides less than $8,000 a year in operating assistance
grants for each bus serving the elderly and handicapper populations; and
WHEREAS, the County Small Bus program, due to federal belt-tightening
is receiving less funding and Congress has just appropriated fewer dollars
for rural transportation services; and
WHEREAS, THE Michigan Commission on Services to the Aging, recog-
nizing the increasingly severe transportation crises, has called for a
comprehensive statewide transportation system targeted to serve the elderly
and handicapped.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESCUED that Senate Bill '321 be amended
to strike the $850,000 fiscal year ceiling on expenditures for specialized
services to the elderly and handicappers and replace it with NOT LESS THAN
52 MILLION.
BE IT FURTHER RESMVED that Senate Bill 321 be further amended
to appropriate NOT lEss MAN $6 MILLION in each fiscal year for grants
area agencies on aging to be used for the purpose of specialized services
for the elderly and handicappers under a coordinated service plan approved
by the County Board of Commissioners.
Mr. Chairman, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
James E. Lanni
County Commissioner District til
#87274
October 8, 1987
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the General Government Committee.
There were no objections.