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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1990.08.30 - 18186Miscellaneous Resolution 90208 8-30-90 By Larry Crake and Lawrence Pernick IN RE: SOLID WASTE ALTERNATIVES PROGRAM $150 MILLION GRANT FUNDS FOR SOLID WASTE ALTERNATIVES To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners Mr. Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen: WHEREAS, Act 641 of 1978 requires that Michigan's counties prepare solid waste management plans and that these plans be updated from time-to-time; and WHEREAS, responsible counties recognize the need for cooperating with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources in moving forward, in a timely fashion, well integrated plans that meet State goals and policies for a hierarchy of municipal solid waste volume reduction strategies; and WHEREAS, Michigan Department of Natural Resources Administrative Rules have basically foreclosed the opportunity for Solid Waste Alternatives Program (SWAP) grant applications from residents, businesses, cities, villages and townships in counties that do not yet have Act 641 Solid Waste Plan Updates approved by the MDNR Director; and WHEREAS, many Counties have been struggling laboriously to develop solid waste plans that meet or exceed Michigan's solid waste volume reduction goals to insure future minimization of landfilling as well as to achieve a responsible usage of virgin resources; and WHEREAS, many of the Plan Updates have taken an inordinate amount of effort to produce a final product that goes beyond the minimum requirements outlined in the State goals and policies; and WHEREAS, in Counties that have adopted aggressive and far-sighted volume reduction goals, the need is greatest for grant funding to implement advanced programs that will ultimately benefit everyone in the State; and WHEREAS, Michigan Department of Natural Resources staff dedicated to the task of approving the Act 641 Plan Updates and reviewing and approving grant applications have a work load that drain resources needed to guarantee efficient, timely and equitable processing of the submitted documents; and WHEREAS, present Administrative Rules for the SWAP grant applications have essentially worked to the disadvantage of many Counties that have taken the time to develop responsible future solid waste goals and programs in their plan; and WHEREAS, the present rules and policies are counter productive towards allowing achievement of the State's goals and volume reduction hierarchy. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Commissioners requests that the Governor and Legislature im.ervene in the grant application process to enable all of Michigan's Counties that have Act 641 Plan Updates which are both approved at the Board of Commissioners level and that contain volume reduction goals and strategies that meet or exceed the State's goals, to apply for the available grant monies in the current funding cycle; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that in addition to grant eligibility being extended to Counties with Act 641 Plan Updates approved by their County Board of Commissioners and which demonstrate volume reduction goals and strategies meeting or exceeding the State's goals, that the grant application deadlines be extended (after notification of the recommended rule changes) so that everyone in eligible Counties is duly afforded the opportunity to submit proper grant applications and then be equitably considered; and BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be forwarded to the Governor, Michigan's Legislature, SEMCOG, Michigan Association of Counties, Michigan Township Association, Michigan Municipal League and to all Oakland County units of government. Mr. Chairman, we move the adoption of the foregoing resolution. /63211-11 awrence Pernick Commissioner District #20 I HEREBY APPROVE THE, FOREGOING RESOLUTION rarry 'rake Commissioner District #5 aniel T. MurpiTydunty Eiecuti August 30, 1990 Resolution # 90208 Moved by Crake supported by Johnson the rules be suspended for immediate consideration of the resolution. A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the motion to suspend the rules carried. Moved by Moffitt supported by Olsen a unanimous ballot be cast for the resolution. A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was unanimously adopted. STATE OF MICHIGAN) COUNTY OF OAKLAND I, Lynn D. Allen, 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 August 30, 1990 with the original record thereof now remaining in my office. In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set illy hand and affixed the seal of the County of Oakland at Pontiac, Michigan this .30th day Ft) AlLaust i9 Lynn/D. Allen,--County Clerk JANET F. STICKLEY Director of Elections 858-0563 SUE PAYNE Chief Deputy Register 858-0610 0 T 0 44 - 0 X ' • RICHARD A. ELLIOTT DEPUTY CLERK - REGISTER 858-0561 LYNN D. ALLEN OAKLAND COUNTY CLERK — REGISTER OF DEEDS PONTIAC, MICHIGAN 48053 858-0560 STEPHANIE SCHROEDER Chief Deputy County Clerk 858-0581 TO ALL MEMBERS OF STATE LEGISLATURE FROM: Oakland County Board of Commissioners Enclosed find copies of two resolutions adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners: 1. #90208 - SOLID WASTE ALTERNATIVES PROGRAM - $150 MILLION GRANT FUNDS FOR SOLID WASTE ALTERNATIVES 2. #90206 - SUPPORT HB 5890 WITH AMENDMENTS - TIRE BURNING RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITY D. Allen ounty Clerk Oakland County LDA:bjw Enc: 2 resolutions RICHARD A. ELLIOTT DEPUTY CLERK - REGISTER 858-0561 JANET F. STICKLEY Director of Elections 858-0563 STEPHANIE SCHROEDER Chief Deputy County Clerk 858-0581 SUE PAYNE Chief Deputy Register 858-0610 LYNN D. ALLEN OAKLAND COUNTY CLERK — REGISTER OF DEEDS PONTIAC, MICHIGAN 48053 858-0560 September 10, 1990 TO: All City and Townships of Oakland County FROM: Oakland County Board of Commissioners Enclosed find a copy of Miscellaneous Resolution #90208 - "SOLID WASTE ALTERNATIVES PROGRAM - $150 MILLION GRANT FUNDS FOR SOLID WASTE ALTERNATIVES" which was adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners at their last regular Board Meeting. LYnn D. Allen Oakland County Clerk- Register of Deeds LDA:bjw enc.