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November 4, 1999
Mary Jo Hammond
Director of Elections
Oakland County
1200 N. Telegraph Road
Pontiac, MI 48341
4110 Dear Mary Jo:
Enclosed please find the Canvassing Board's Certificate of Determination of the General Election held
on November 2, 1999. This was for the purpose of electing the mayor and three (3) council members
and voting on 7 City Charter Amendment Proposals.
If you have any questions or need any further information, please contact me.
Sincerely
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OAKLAND COUNTY, MICHIGAN
November 2, 1999
CERTIFICATE OF DETERMINATION
The Board of City Canvassers of the City of Farmington Hills having ascertained and canvassed the votes of said City at
the General Election held Tuesday, the 2" Day of November, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Ninety Nine;
Do hereby certify and determine that:
Mayor - One for two year term
Nancy Bates 7,085 (Elected)
George Sarkisian 1,774
City Council Members - Three for four year terms
Vicki Barnett 7,415 (Elected)
Barry L. Brickner 6,033 (Elected)
Christopher McRae 4,549 (Elected) 411) Paul A. Molin 1,886
Ronald Oliverio 3,724
THERE WERE NO DECLARATION OF WRITE-INS RECErVED PRIOR TO THE ELECTION, THEREFORE
NO WRITE-INS WERE REQUIRED TO BE COUNTED.
ATTEST:
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Martin Krohner
CITY OF FARMINGTON HILLS
OAKLAND COUNTY, MICHIGAN
CITY PROPOSALS
PROPOSAL A
Shall the City Charter Section 2.06 relating to remuneration of Council Members be amended to increase the annual salary
of Council Members from $1,800 to $5,000 and the Mayor's annual salary from $2,700 to $7,500 effective July 1, 2000, and to
eliminate the authority of Council to increase the salaries of Councilmembers and the Mayor by ordinance, subject to
mandatory referendum of the electors, but provide for annual increases of such salaries in a percentage equal to any increase
in the United States Consumer Price Index for the previous 12 months?
YES 5,216 (Passed)
NO 3,676
PROPOSAL B
Shall the City Charter, Section 5.01 relating to Administrative Departments, be amended to remove the prohibition of council
adopting ordinances to create additional administrative departments beyond those established by charter?
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE:
This Charter Amendment would allow the Council to create administrative departments by Ordinance in addition to the five
departments created by City Charter. The present administrative departments are Finance, Public Safety, Public Services,
•anning and Special Services.
YES 3,818
NO 5,002 (Failed)
PROPOSAL C
Shall the City Charter, Subsection B of Section 2.11 relating to managerial audits, be amended to provide for managerial
audits to be conducted not less than once in each ten year period?
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE:
This Charter Amendment would increase the time between which managerial audits must be conducted from five years to ten
years.
YES 2,943
NO 5,869 (Failed)
PROPOSAL D
Shall the City Charter, Section 9.12 relating to Contracts, be amended to require sealed bids or proposals for purchases or
contracts involving the expenditure of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or more?
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE:
iip' Charter Amendment would increase the minimum amount of expenditures for purchases or contracts requiring sealed
or proposals from three thousand ($3,000) dollars to ten thousand ($10,000) dollars.
YES 5,688 (Passed)
NO 3,102
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AROPOSAL E
lirhall the City hall the City Charter, Subsection A of Section 10.01 relating to the Employment of relatives, be amended to remove the
prohibition of appointment or employment of relatives of Councilmembers, appointees or employees of the City without prior
Council approval, to allow such appointment or employment provided that Council approval is subsequently obtained within
thirty days of the initial date of service or employment?
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE:
This Charter Amendment would allow the City to appoint or employ relatives by blood or marriage of any Councilmember,
appointee or employee of the City subject to the approval of City Council within thirty days of the initial date of service or
employment
YES 2,978
NO 5,869 (Failed)
PROPOSAL F
Shall the City Charter, Subsection D. of Section 4.09 relating to signatures required on initiatory or referendum petitions be
amended to provide that initiatory petitions and referendum petitions for City Ordinances be signed by registered electors of
the City not less in number than ten (10) percent of the total votes cast for Secretary of State in the City at the last election at
which a Secretary of State was elected prior to the filing of the petition, reducing the number of signatures required from
fifteen (15) percent?
YES 4,621 (Passed)
NO 3,687 •
PROPOSAL G
Shall the City Charter, Subsection H of Section 4.09, relating to limitations on amendments or repeal of Initiatory or
Referendum Ordinances be amended to prohibit the amendment or repeal of initiatory ordinances and the enactment of
ordinances repealed by referendum for a period of two (2) years after the date of the election at which the initiatory
ordinance was adopted or the ordinance was repealed, increasing this period from the current one (1) year?
ATTEST:
YES 4,569 (Passed)
NO 3,567
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